| Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2024 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship | |
| Irish | Craobh Iomána Sinsearach Chorcaí |
| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 1887 (rebranded in 2020) |
| Region |  Cork (GAA) |
| Trophy | Seán Óg Murphy Cup |
| No. of teams | 12 (group stage) 5 (divisional qualifying round) |
| Title holders |  Sarsfields (7th title) |
| Most titles |  Blackrock (33 titles) |
| Sponsors | Dairygold Co-Op |
| TV partner(s) | TG4, RTÉ |
| Official website | Cork GAA |
The Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs and amalgamated teams in the county of Cork in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Cork hurling.
Introduced in 1887 as the Cork Senior Hurling Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to senior-ranking club teams, with its winner reckoned as the Cork county champion. The competition took on its current name in 2020, adding a round-robin group stage and limiting the number of club and divisional entrants.
In its present format, the Cork Premier Senior Championship begins with a preliminary qualifying round for the divisional teams and educational institutions. The sole surviving team from this stage automatically qualified for the knockout phase. The 12 club teams are drawn into three groups of four teams and play each other in a single round-robin system. The three group winners and three runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in October. The winner of the Cork Premier Senior Championship, as well as being presented with the Seán Óg Murphy Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Munster Club Championship. In 2020, the intended format was disrupted and slightly amended due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The competition has been won by 19 teams, 14 of which have won it more than once. Blackrock is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 33 times. Sarsfields are the reigning champions, having beaten Midleton by 0-21 to 0-19 in the 2023 final.[1]
- ^ Cormican, Eoghan (15 October 2023). "Sars eventually find their feet to secure first Cork SHC title in nine years". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 October 2023.