The 2015 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2015 fixtures took place on 14 December 2014 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The championship began on 11 April 2015 and ended on 11 October 2015.
The championship was won by Glen Rovers who secured the title following a 2–17 to 1–13 defeat of Sarsfields in the final. This was their 26th championship title, their first in 26 years.
DJ Foran (3-0), T Devine (0-4), P Curran (0-3, two frees), R O’Shea (one free) and D Geary (0-2 each), T Burke, A Spillane, B O’Sullivan, P Prendergast and J O’Sullivan (0-1 each).
C. McCarthy (0-10, 9 frees); R. O’Driscoll, G. O’Loughlin, C. Duggan (0-3 each); D. Kearney, E. O’Sullivan (0-2 each); R. Ryan, C. O’Sullivan, E. Martin, T. Óg Murphy (0-1 each).
E. Murphy (1-10, 0-10 frees); J. Sheehan (1-2); K. Murphy (0-3); A. Bowen and C. O’Callaghan (0-2 each); S. Kelly, M. Collins and S. Murphy (0-1 each).
K. Buckley (0-7, 5 frees, 2 65’s); E. Moynihan (0-4); I. McDonnell (1-1); E. Ó hAinfin (1-0); P. Rourke (0-2); C. Buckley, D. Lee, S. O’Sullivan and P. Guest (0-1 each).
C. McCarthy (0-14, 9 frees, 1 ’65); E. O’Sullivan and D. Kearney (0-3 each); G. O’Loughlin and K. Murphy (0-2 each); C. O’Sullivan, R. O’Driscoll, W. Kearney and L. Hackett (0-1 each).
D Cashman (0-6, four frees), S O’Keeffe (1-1), M O’Halloran (0-3), G O’Regan and C Cormack (0-2 each), A O’Callaghan, E O’Farrell, R Laide and K O’Keeffe (pen) (0-1 each).
J Coughlan (1-0 pen) and JP King (1-2 each), D Stack (1-1), R Clifford (two frees) and T O’Mahony (0-4 each), C Twomey (free), M Bowles, M Thompson, C Naughton and J Lane (0-1 each).
D Dalton (1-0 pen, four frees) and P O’Sullivan (two frees) (1-4 each), S Harnedy (0-7), B Dunne (0-5), W Leahy (0-3), D Cahill and J Looney (0-2 each), T Geaney (0-1).
C McCarthy (2-7, 3 frees, 2 ‘65s’, 1 s/line); T Óg Murphy and R Murphy (1-1 each); R O’Driscoll and L Healy (0-2 each); G O’Loughlin and C Duggan (0-1 each).
C McCarthy (1-6, four frees, one ‘65), G O’Loughlin (0-3), E Martin (0-2), R Murphy (0-1), R O’Driscoll (0-1).
Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)
Championship statistics
Scoring
First goal of the championship: D. J. O'Sullivan for Duhallow against Carbery (Divisions/Colleges first round, 10 April 2015)
Miscellaneous
Duhallow claim only their fourth opening round win since 1982 and their first since 2006.
The final is played at Páirc Uí Rinn for the first time.
Sarsfield's are the first side since ]St Finbarr's between 1979-82 to qualify for four finals in a row.
Glen Rovers win the championship for the first time since 1989. The victory gives them their 26th title and puts them into second position on the all-time roll of honour.[4]
Ballyhea return to the senior championship for the first time since 2003