The 1998 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 110th 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 opening fixtures took place on 14 December 1997. The championship ended on 1 November 1998.

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entered the championship as the defending champions. On 1 November 1998, Imokilly won the championship following a 1–10 to 1–05 defeat of

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in the final. This was their second championship title overall and their second in succession. I Brian Cunningham of St. Finbarr's was the championship's top scorer with 3-23.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

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Results

First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

Miscellaneous

* It was the third year in-a-row that the championship title went to a divisional side. *

qualify for the final for first time sine

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return to the SHC for the first time since 1984.

References

{{Cork Senior Hurling Championship

Cork Senior Hurling Championship