# 2006 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

The 2006 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2006 Round 1 fixtures took place on 11 December 2005. The championship began on 26 April 2006 and ended on 22 October 2006.
Newtownshandrum were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cloyne at the semi-final stage.
On 22 October 2006, Erin's Own won the championship following a 2–19 to 3–14 defeat of Cloyne in the final. This was their second championship title overall ad their first title since 1992.
Cloyne's Paudie O'Sullivan was the championship's top scorer with 4-25.

## Teams
### Changes
#### To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Ballinhassig

#### From Championship

Declined to field a team
* Seandún

### Personnel and general information

| Team | Colours | Manager(s) | Captain | Last win |
| Avondhu | Yellow and black | Joe O'Brien | Will Twomey | 1996 |
| Ballinhassig | Blue and white | Peter Brennan Diarmuid Coleman | Martin Coleman | |
| Blackrock | Green and yellow | Dave Keane | Alan Browne | 2002 |
| Bride Rovers | Green, white and gold | Jack Russell | Brendan Walsh | |
| Carrigdhoun | Red and white | | | |
| Castlelyons | Green and gold | John Molloy | Finnan Waters | |
| Carbery | Purple and yellow | | | 1994 |
| Cork Institute of Technology | Red and white | John Meyler Keith Ricken | | |
| Cloyne | Red and black | Seán Motherway | Diarmuid O'Sullivan | |
| Delanys | Green, white and gold | Martin Knox | Mark O'Driscoll | |
| Douglas | Green, while and black | John Horgan | | |
| Duhallow | Orange and black | Ger Ahern | | |
| Erin's Own | Blue and red | Martin Bowen | Timmy Kelleher | 1992 |
| Glen Rovers | Green, yellow and black | Tomás Mulcahy | Paddy Cunningham | 1989 |
| Imokilly | Red and white | Ronan Dwane | Ger O'Leary | 1998 |
| Killeagh | Green and white | Teddy McCarthy | Bugsy Barry | |
| Midleton | Black and white | Seán O'Brien | Alan Cahill | 1991 |
| Muskerry | Green and white | Mark Kenny | | |
| Na Piarsaigh | Yellow and black | Christy Connery | Dave Gardiner | 1995 |
| Newtownshandrum | Green and yellow | Simon Morrissey | Phil Noonan | 2005 |
| Sarsfields | Blue, white and black | John Barry | | 1957 |
| St. Catherine's | Purple and yellow | Gerry Fitzgerald | Junior Sheehan | |
| St. Finbarr's | Blue and gold | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | Kevin Murray | 1993 |
| University College Cork | Black and red | Paddy Crowley | Dara McSweeney | 1970 |

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Paudie O'Sullivan | Cloyne | 4-25 | 37 | 5 | 7.20 |
| 2 | Maurice O'Sullivan | CIT | 1-32 | 35 | 4 | 8.75 |
| 3 | Eoghan Murphy | Erin's Own | 1-31 | 34 | 5 | 6.80 |
| 3 | Mickey O'Connell | Midleton | 0-34 | 34 | 4 | 8.50 |
| 4 | Diarmuid O'Sullivan | Cloyne | 3-19 | 28 | 5 | 5.60 |
| 5 | Ben O'Connor | Newtownshandrum | 1-21 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 6 | Conor Cusack | Cloyne | 6-05 | 23 | 5 | 4.60 |
| 7 | Joe Deane | Killeagh | 1-19 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 8 | Jerome O'Driscoll | Bride Rovers | 0-22 | 22 | 4 | 5.50 |
| 9 | Adrian Coughlan | Blackrock | 0-21 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Diarmuid O'Sullivan | Cloyne | 3-07 | 16 | Midleton |
| 2 | Neil Ronan | Avondhu | 2-08 | 14 | CIT |
| 3 | Eoghan Murphy | Erin's Own | 1-10 | 13 | Cloyne |
| 4 | Maurice O'Sullivan | CIT | 1-09 | 12 | Avondhu |
| 5 | Stephen P. O'Sullivan | Na Piarsaigh | 2-05 | 11 | Delanys |
| 5 | John Anderson | Glen Rovers | 1-08 | 11 | Delanys |
| 5 | Paudie O'Sullivan | Cloyne | 1-08 | 11 | Erin's Own |
| 5 | Mickey O'Connell | Midleton | 0-11 | 11 | Cloyne |
| 5 | Timmy McCarthy | Castlelyons | 0-11 | 11 | Delanys |
| 5 | Adrian Coughlan | Blackrock | 0-11 | 11 | Castlelyons |

### Miscellaneous

* Erin's Own won the championship for the first time since 1992.
* The semi-final between Cloyne and Newtownshandrum was abandoned after just 11 minutes because of a waterlogged Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch.
* Cloyne became the first team since Ballincollig in 1943 to lose three successive finals.
* Ballinhassig return to the senior championship for the first time since 1976