The 1986 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 98th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 2 May 1986 and ended on 5 October 1986.
Blackrock entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 5 October 1986 at Páirc UàChaoimh in Cork, between Midleton and Blackrock, in what was their second successive meeting in the final. Midleton won the match by 1âÂÂ18 to 1âÂÂ10 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in three years.
Midleton's Ger Fitzgerald was the championship's top scorer with 5âÂÂ17.
Regraded to the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
Declined to field a team