The 2026 Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship is the seventh staging of the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and the 138th staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking hurling teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 9 December 2025. The championship is scheduled to run from 9 June to October 2026.
Sarsfields were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kanturk in the quarter-finals. Douglas's relegation brought an end to 17 years of top tier hurling for the club.
The final is scheduled to be played on 18 October 2026 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between St Finbarr's and Glen Rovers, in what will be their 12th meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in 38 years.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship Bride Rovers
From Championship
Relegated to the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship Erin's Own
Group 1 Group 1 table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Kanturk32019472224 Glen Rovers3201797364 Blackrock3201858504 Fr O'Neill's30037199-280
Group 1 results
Group 2 Group 2 table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Charleville3201605734 Sarsfields32018369144 Newtownshandrum31117275-33 Douglas (R)30125872-161
Group 2 results
Group 3 Group 3 table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Midleton33006756116 St Finbarr's3111686713 Bride Rovers31026365-22 Newcestown30125565-101
Group 3 results
Division/colleges section Division/colleges section round 1
Division/colleges section round 2
Division/colleges section semi-finals
Division/colleges section final
Relegation stage Relegation final
Knockout stage Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Brian O'SullivanKanturk2-5359511.802Patrick HorganGlen Rovers1-464959.803Shane KingstonDouglas1-3841410.254Ben CunninghamSt Finbarr's2-323857.605Declan DaltonFr O'Neill's1-303348.256Jamie CoughlanNewtownshandrum1-2831310.337Alan ConnollyBlackrock2-232939.66Conor LehaneMidleton0-292947.259Jack LeahyImokilly3-1726213.00Daniel HoganSarsfields0-262638.66
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Brian O'SullivanKanturk1-1518Glen Rovers2Matthew BradleyMuskerry0-1717Seandún3Patrick HorganGlen Rovers1-1215CharlevilleJamie CoughlanNewtownshandrum1-1215DouglasBrian O'SullivanKanturk1-1215Blackrock6Jack LeahyImokilly2-0713UCCJack LeahyImokilly1-1013SeandúnShane KingstonDouglas1-1013SarsfieldsAlan ConnollyBlackrock1-1013Glen Rovers10Robbie CotterBlackrock3-0211Fr O'Neill'sDeclan DaltonFr O'Neill's0-1111BlackrockDarragh FitzgibbonCharleville0-1111SarsfieldsShane KingstonDouglas0-1111NewtownshandrumDaniel HoganSarsfields0-1111DouglasJamie CoughlanNewtownshandrum0-1111CharlevillePatrick HorganGlen Rovers0-1111Midleton
References
External links Cork GAA website