List of Cork senior hurling team captains

Last updated June 10, 2025

This article lists players who have captained the senior Cork county hurling team in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The captain was usually chosen from the club that won the Cork Senior Hurling Championship; however, as of 2008, the captain has been appointed by the manager.

List of captains

1888–1899

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1888	William Gleeson	Tower St.
1889	William Ryan	Inniscarra
1890	Dan Lane	Aghabullogue	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1891	Denis Scannell	Blackrock
1892	Bill O'Callaghan	Redmond's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1893	John Murphy	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1894	Stephen Hayes	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1895	Cork did not participate in the championship in protest at Dublin being awarded the 1894 All-Ireland football title
1896	Richard Mooney	Ballyhea
1897	Pat Coughlan	Blackrock
1898	Denis Cremin	Blackrock
1899	Jim Young	St. Finbarr's

1900–1909

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1900	Tom Irwin	Redmond's
1901	Jack Leonard	Redmond's
	Paddy Cantillon	Redmond's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1902	Jamesy Kelleher	Dungourney	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1903	Dan Coughlan	Blackrock
	Steva Riordan	Blackrock
	Dan Coughlan	Blackrock		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	Steva Riordan	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
1904	Dan Harrington	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1905	Denis O'Keeffe	Redmond's
	Dan Harrington	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	Steva Riordan	Blackrock
	Jamesy Kelleher	Dungourney
	Christy Young	St. Finbarr's
1906	Christy Young	St. Finbarr's
1907	Jamesy Kelleher	Dungourney		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1908	J. McCullagh	C.Y.M.S.
	Tom Coughlan	Blackrock
1909	Jamesy Kelleher	Dungourney

1910–1919

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1910	Tom Coughlan	Blackrock
1911	Tom Coughlan	Blackrock
1912	Andy Buckley	Blackrock
	Barry Murphy	Blackrock		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1913	Barry Murphy	Blackrock
1914	Barry Murphy	Blackrock
1915	Connie Sheehan	Redmond's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1916	Connie Sheehan	Redmond's
1917
1918
1919	T. O'Leary	Carrigtwohill
	Jimmy Kennedy	Carrigtwohill	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain

1920–1929

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1920	Dick O'Gorman	Midleton		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1921
1922	John Dorney	St. Finbarr's
	Dannix Ring	St. Finbarr's
1923	Dannix Ring	St. Finbarr's
1924	Dannix Ring	St. Finbarr's
1925
1926	Seán Óg Murphy	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1927	Seán Óg Murphy	Blackrock		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1928	Seán Óg Murphy	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1929	Dinny Barry-Murphy	Éire Óg	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain

1930–1939

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1930	Eudie Coughlan	Blackrock
1931	Eudie Coughlan	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1932	Edward O'Connell	Blackrock
1933
1934	John Kenneally	St. Finbarr's
1935	Paddy Collins	Glen Rovers
1936	Paddy Collins	Glen Rovers
1937	Paddy Collins	Glen Rovers
1938	Jack Lynch	Glen Rovers
1939	Jack Lynch	Glen Rovers		Munster Hurling Final winning captain

1940–1949

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1940	Jack Lynch	Glen Rovers
1941	Connie Buckley	Glen Rovers	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
1942	Jack Lynch	Glen Rovers	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1943	Mick Kennefick	St. Finbarr's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1944	Seán Condon	St. Finbarr's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1945	Seán Condon	St. Finbarr's
1946	Christy Ring	Glen Rovers	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1947	Seán Condon	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1948	Tom Mulcahy	St. Finbarr's
1949	Jim Young	Glen Rovers

1950–1959

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1950	Christy Ring	Glen Rovers
1951	John Lyons	Glen Rovers
1952	Paddy Barry	Sarsfield's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1953	Christy Ring	Glen Rovers	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1954	Christy Ring	Glen Rovers	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1955	Vincy Twomey	Glen Rovers
1956	Tony O'Shaughnessy	St. Fnbarr's
	Christy Ring	Glen Rovers		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	Tony O'Shaughnessy	St. Finbarr's
1957	Mick Cashman	Blackrock
1958	Paddy Barry	Sarsfield's
1959	Jimmy Brohan	Blackrock

1960–1969

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1960	Joe Twomey	Glen Rovers
1961	Christy Ring	Glen Rovers
1962	Mick Cashman	Blackrock
1963	Mick McCarthy	Glen Rovers
1964	John O'Halloran	Blackrock
1965	Denis O'Riordan	Glen Rovers
1966	Peter Doolan	St. Finbarr's
	Gerald McCarthy	St. Finbarr's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain	^[1]
1967	Jack Russell	Ballyhea			^[2]
1968	Jerry O'Sullivan	Glen Rovers
1969	Denis Murphy	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain

1970–1979

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1970	Paddy Barry	St. Vincent's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1971	Pat McDonnell	Inniscarra
1972	Frank Norberg	Blackrock		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1973	Denis Coughlan	Glen Rovers
1974	John Horgan	Blackrock
1975	Gerald McCarthy	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1976	Ray Cummins	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1977	Denis Coughlan	Glen Rovers
	Martin O'Doherty	Glen Rovers	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1978	Charlie McCarthy	St. Finbarr's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1979	John Horgan	Blackrock		Munster Hurling Final winning captain

1980–1989

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1980	Dermot McCurtain	Blackrock
1981	Dónal O'Grady	St. Finbarr's
1982	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1983	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1984	John Fenton	Midleton	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1985	Ger Cunningham	St. Finbarr's		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1986	Tom Cashman	Blackrock	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1987	Kevin Hennessy	Midleton
1988	Denis Mulcahy	Midleton
1989	Ger Cunningham	St. Finbarr's

1990–1999

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
1990	Kieran McGuckin	Glen Rovers		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	Tomás Mulcahy	Glen Rovers	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
1991	Tony O'Sullivan	Na Piarsaigh
1992	Ger FitzGerald	Midleton		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1993	Brian Corcoran	Erin's Own
1994	Ger Cunningham	St. Finbarr's
1995	Pat Kenneally	Newcestown
1996	Mark Mullins	Na Piarsaigh
1997	Fergal McCormack	Mallow
1998	Diarmuid O'Sullivan	Cloyne
1999	Mark Landers	Killeagh	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain

2000–2009

Year	Player	Club	National	Provincial
2000	Fergal Ryan	Blackrock		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2001	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum
2002	Wayne Sherlock	Blackrock
2003	Alan Browne	Blackrock		Munster Hurling Final winning captain	^[3]
2004	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain		^[4]
2005	Seán Óg Ó hAilpín	Na Piarsaigh	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain	^[5]
2006	Pat Mulcahy	Newtownshandrum		Munster Hurling Final winning captain	^[6]
2007	Kieran Murphy	Erin's Own			^[7]
	Joe Deane	Killeagh			^[8]
2008	John Gardiner	Na Piarsaigh			^[9]
2009	John Gardiner	Na Piarsaigh

2010–present

Year	Captain	Club	Vice-captain	Club	National	Provincial
2010	Kieran Murphy	Sarsfield's	Shane O'Neill	Bishopstown			^[10]
2011	Shane O'Neill	Bishopstown	Eoin Cadogan	Douglas			^[11]
2012	Patrick Horgan	Glen Rovers
2013	Brian Murphy	Bride Rovers
2014	Stephen White	Ballygarvan				Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2015	Anthony Nash	Kanturk
2016	Stephen McDonnell	Glen Rovers
2017	Stephen McDonnell	Glen Rovers				Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2018	Séamus Harnedy	St. Ita's				Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2019	Séamus Harnedy	St. Ita's
2020	Patrick Horgan	Glen Rovers
2021	Mark Coleman	Blarney	Seán O'Donoghue	Inniscarra			^[12]

References

↑ "Gerald McCarthy". Hogan Stand website. 4 September 1992. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
↑ "Legend JBM opens new chapter of Ballyhea history". The Corkman. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
↑ "Browne and out". Hogan Stand website]. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "Croker pitch is no problem for O'Connor". Hogan Stand website]. 3 September 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "O hAilpin nominated for Cork captaincy". Hogan Stand website]. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "Mulcahy is honoured". Hogan Stand website]. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
↑ "Kieran Murphy to captain Rebels in 2007". RTÉ Sport. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
↑ "New captain controversy erupts in Cork hurling". Irish Independent. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
↑ "Gardiner named new Cork captain". Irish Independent. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
↑ "Murphy named new Cork hurlers captain". Irish Independent. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
↑ "O'Neill the 'ideal choice' as new Cork hurling captain". Irish Examiner. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
↑ "Conor Lehane back on Cork panel as new captain named". Irish Examiner. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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[1] "Gerald McCarthy". Hogan Stand website. 4 September 1992. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[2] "Legend JBM opens new chapter of Ballyhea history". The Corkman. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2012.

[3] "Browne and out". Hogan Stand website]. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[4] "Croker pitch is no problem for O'Connor". Hogan Stand website]. 3 September 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[5] "O hAilpin nominated for Cork captaincy". Hogan Stand website]. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[6] "Mulcahy is honoured". Hogan Stand website]. 3 February 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[7] "Kieran Murphy to captain Rebels in 2007". RTÉ Sport. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[8] "New captain controversy erupts in Cork hurling". Irish Independent. 26 July 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[9] "Gardiner named new Cork captain". Irish Independent. 7 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[10] "Murphy named new Cork hurlers captain". Irish Independent. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[11] "O'Neill the 'ideal choice' as new Cork hurling captain". Irish Examiner. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[12] "Conor Lehane back on Cork panel as new captain named". Irish Examiner. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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