Teams 25 Promoted Ballinhassig | Sponsor Evening Echo | |
Dates 26 May
– 7 October 2012 Champions Sarsfield's (5th title)
Joe Barry (captain)
Pat Ryan (manager) Runners-up Bishopstown
Thomas Murray (captain)
Peter O'Driscoll (manager) | ||
The 2012 Evening Echo Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the county senior championship since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the 2012 fixtures took place on 6 October 2011. The championship began on 26 May 2012 and ended on 7 October 2012.
Carrigtwohill were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the quarter-finals. Sarsfield's won the title following a 1-15 to 1-13 victory over Bishopstown in the final.
Teams
All but one of the twenty-five teams from the 2011 championship participated in the top tier of Cork hurling in 2012.
Courcey Rovers, who defeated Youghal by two points in the final of the county premier intermediate championship in 2011, gained automatic promotion to the senior championship.
Similarly, Ballinhassig were defeated by Bishopstown by a single point in the 2011 relegation play-off, and were relegated to the premier intermediate grade for 2012.