1897 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

{{Short description|Annual hurling competition season}}

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{{infobox hurling championship

| name = 1897 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

| champions = File:Colours of Kerry.svg Blackrock

| count = 7

| champions captain = Pat Coughlan

| runners-up = File:Colours of Limerick.svg Aghada

| runners-up captain = R. Geary

| previous year = 1896

| previous tournament = 1896 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

| next year = 1898

| next tournament = 1898 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

}}

The 1897 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 11th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887.

Ballyhea were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Blackrock.

On 19 September 1897, Blackrock won the championship following a 5–8 to 0–0 defeat of Aghada in the final.{{cite web|url=http://www.hoganstand.com/Cork/Titles.aspx|title=County championship roll of honour|publisher=Hogan Stand|access-date=10 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164158/http://www.hoganstand.com/cork/Titles.aspx|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}} This was their seventh championship title overall and their first in two championship seasons.