1940 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Champions Buttevant (1st title)
Batt Thornhill (captain)

Runners-up Ballincollig
Willie Murphy (captain)

1940 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship

Champions	Buttevant (1st title) Batt Thornhill (captain)
Runners-up	Ballincollig Willie Murphy (captain)
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The 1940 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 31st staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909.^[1]

Ballincollig entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2][3][4]

The final was played on 19 August 1940 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Buttevant and Ballincollig, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in 11 years.^[5] Buttevant won the match by 2–04 to 1–04 to claim their first ever championship title.^[6]