Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship

Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Sinsearach Chorcaí
CodeHurling
Founded1887; 137 years ago (1887)
(rebranded in 2020)
Region Cork (GAA)
TrophySeán Óg Murphy Cup
No. of teams12 (group stage)
5 (divisional qualifying round)
Title holders Imokilly (6th title)
Most titles Blackrock (33 titles)
SponsorsDairygold Co-Op
TV partner(s)TG4, RTÉ
Official websiteCork 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. Imokilly are the reigning champions, having beaten Sarsfields by 1-23 to 0-17 in the 2024 final.