1982 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1982 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 94th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork Convention on 31 January 1982. The championship began on 1 May 1982 and ended on 10 October 1982.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 10 October 1982 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between St. Finbarr's and Blackrock, in what was their first meeting in the final in three years. St. Finbarr's won the match by 2–17 to 3–09 to claim their 22nd championship title overall and a third successive title.
Midleton's John Fenton was the championship's [|top scorer] with 2-24.
Team changes
Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipChampionship statistics
Top scorers
;Top scorer overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | John Fenton | Midleton | 2-24 | 30 | 5 | 6.00 |
| 2 | John Cremin | St. Finbarr's | 0-27 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 |
| 3 | Ray Cummins | Blackrock | 7-03 | 25 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Dan Relihan | Avondhu | 5-10 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Danny Buckley | Blackrock | 3-16 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 6 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | St. Finbarr's | 3-12 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 |
| 7 | Tony Coyne | Youghal | 2-11 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 8 | Willie Shanahan | Ballyhea | 1-13 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Pat Horgan | Glen Rovers | 1-13 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 10 | Pádraig Crowley | Carbery | 2-08 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
;Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Tony Coyne | Youghal | 2-07 | 13 | Na Piarsaigh |
| 2 | Danny Buckley | Blackrock | 3-03 | 12 | Avondhu |
| 3 | Dan Relihan | Avondhu | 2-05 | 11 | Seandún |
| 4 | Ray Cummins | Blackrock | 3-01 | 10 | Avondhu |
| 5 | Ray Cummins | Blackrock | 3-00 | 9 | St. Finbarr's |
| 5 | Willie Shanahan | Ballyhea | 1-06 | 9 | Glen Rovers |
| 7 | Pat McDonnell | Muskerry | 2-02 | 8 | Nemo Rangers |
| 7 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy | St. Finbarr's | 2-02 | 8 | Youghal |
| 7 | Tomás Mulcahy | Glen Rovers | 2-02 | 8 | Ballyhea |
| 7 | John Fenton | Midleton | 1-05 | 8 | Muskerry |
| 7 | Pádraig Crowley | Carbery | 1-05 | 8 | Avondhu |
| 7 | Mick Fitzgibbon | Avondhu | 1-05 | 8 | Carbery |
| 7 | Donal Coughlan | Newtownshandrum | 0-08 | 8 | Ballyhea |