1979 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

The 1979 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 91st staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 8 April 1979 and ended on 7 October 1979.

Blackrock entered the championship as the defending champions.

The final was played on 7 October 1979 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Blackrock and St. Finbarr's, in what was their first meeting in the final in five years. Blackrock won the match by 2–14 to 2–06 to claim their 28th championship title overall, their second title in succession and their fifth of the decade.

Midleton's John Fenton was the championship's top scorer with 5-45.

To Championship
Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
 * Midleton

Table

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!width=20|Pos !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=30|SF !width=30|SA !width=20|Diff !width=20|Pts
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 1||align=left|St. Finbarr's ||3||2||1||0||7-41||6-20||+24||5
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 2||align=left|Blackrock ||3||2||0||1||8-36||2-36||+18||4
 * - style="background:#FFFFE0"
 * 3||align=left|Glen Rovers ||3||1||1||1||8-29||4-29||+12||3
 * 4||align=left|Sarsfields ||3||0||0||3||4-21||15-42||-54||0
 * -|align=left|
 * colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The two top-placed teams qualified for the semi-final stage of the championship proper. Yellow background The third-placed team qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
 * }
 * }

Table

 * {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!width=20|Pos !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=30|SF !width=30|SA !width=20|Diff !width=20|Pts
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 1||align=left|Midleton ||5||4||1||0||13-65||13-49||+16||9
 * - style="background:#ccffcc"
 * 2||align=left|Youghal ||5||3||0||2||16-54||6-59||+25||6
 * 3||align=left|University College Cork ||5||3||0||2||9-63||8-50||+16||6
 * 4||align=left|Na Piarsaigh ||5||2||1||2||14-50||12-45||+11||5
 * 5||align=left|Nemo Rangers ||5||1||0||4||12-32||13-67||-38||2
 * 6||align=left|Bandon ||5||1||0||4||6-54||18-42||-24||2
 * -|align=left|
 * colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The two top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
 * }
 * 6||align=left|Bandon ||5||1||0||4||6-54||18-42||-24||2
 * -|align=left|
 * colspan="10" style="border:0px"| Green background The two top-placed teams qualified for the quarter-final stage of the championship proper.
 * }

Division 3
First round

Semi-finals

Final

Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

 * Top scorers overall


 * Top scorers in a single game

Miscellaneous

 * Midleton return to the senior championship for the first time since 1964.