Blackrock Hurling Club was officially founded in 1883, one year before the foundation of the
Gaelic Athletic Association itself. It is therefore the oldest hurling club in Cork. Until 1888 the club was known as Cork Nationals, at which time it changed its name to National Hurling Club of Blackrock, and – later in the same year – to Blackrock National Hurling Club. Blackrock once again claimed the All-Ireland SHC title for Cork in 1903, and were such a dominant force in Cork hurling that – until the 1930s – many Blackrock players made up the county team in that period. The team had a successful spell in the 1970s, winning
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship titles in 1972, 1974 and 1979, along with five Munster titles in the same decade. Blackrock's most recent Senior County Championship was in 2020 when they defeated Glen Rovers in the final. ==Honours==