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.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship Midleton
Results Division 1
Table
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |- 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.
Results
Division 2
Table
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=20| !width=150 style="text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=30| !width=20| !width=20| |- 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.
Results
Play-off
Division 3
First round
Semi-finals
Final
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Top scorers overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1John FentonMidleton5-456078.572Seánie O'LearyYoughal11-144776.713Kevin HennessyMidleton7-123374.714John O'SullivanNa Piarsaigh4-203256.40Brian WaldronUCC0-323265.336Pádraig CrowleyBandon1-232646.507Mick ButlerYoughal7-022363.83Dan CalnanNemo Rangers4-112345.759Mick CoyneYoughal0-222273.1410Pat MoylanBlackrock0-202054.00
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Kevin HennessyMidleton3-0514Youghal2John FentonMidleton2-0713UCC3Dan CalnanNemo Rangers2-0612MidletonJohn O'SullivanNa Piarsaigh2-0612YoughalPádraig CrowleyBandon0-1212Youghal6Seánie O'LearyYoughal3-0211UCCSeánie O'LearyYoughal2-0511Nemo RangersJohn FentonMidleton1-0811Na Piarsaigh9Kevin HennessyMidleton3-0110Nemo RangersSeánie O'LearyYoughal3-0110MidletonGer HanleyCarrigdhoun2-0410SeandúnJohn FentonMidleton1-0710YoughalJohn O'SullivanNa Piarsaigh1-0710Bandon
Miscellaneous
Midleton return to the senior championship for the first time since 1964.
References