The 1966 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 78th staging of the

Cork Senior Hurling Championship The Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Cork County B ...

since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the first round fixtures took place at the County Convention on 30 January 1966. The championship began on 3 April 1966 and ended on 9 October 1966. St. Finbarr's were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by

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at the semi-final stage. On 9 October 1966, Avondhu won the championship following a 2-11 to 4-04 defeat of University College Cork in the final. This was their second championship title overall and their first in 14 championship seasons. University College Cork's

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was the championship's top scorer with 1-23.

Team changes

From Championship

Regraded to the

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Results

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorer overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Miscellaneous

* Avondhu win the title for the first time since 1952

References

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Cork Senior Hurling Championship