1966 Cork Junior Football Championship

1966 Cork Junior Football Championship
Dates	9 October - 11 December 1966
Teams	8
Champions	Dohenys (2nd title); D. D. Lyons (captain)
Runners-up	Grange; Tom Bermingham (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	23 (2.56 per match)
Points scored	122 (13.56 per match)
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The 1966 Cork Junior Football Championship was the 68th staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 9 October to 11 December 1966.

The final, which went to a replay, was played on 11 December 1966 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Dohenys and Grange, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[1] Dohenys won the match by 3-08 to 1-06 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 31 years.^[2]^[3]

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Football Championship	Grange
Beara	Beara Junior A Football Championship	Adrigole
Carbery	South West Junior A Football Championship	Dohenys
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Football Championship	Crosshaven
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Football Championship	Knocknagree
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Football Championship	Glanmire
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship	Ballincollig
Seandún	City Junior A Football Championship	St. Vincent's

Results

Quarter-finals

9 October 1966 Quarter-final	Adrigole	1-11 - 2-03	Glanmire	Sam Maguire Park
	M O'Regan 1-2, B O'Neill 0-3, EJ O'Sullivan 0-2, P Carey 0-2, GJ O'Sullivan 0-1, F Power 0-1.		P Barry 1-2, M McCarthy 1-1.

16 October 1966 Quarter-final	Ballincollig	2-10 - 2-05	Crosshaven	Ballincollig Grounds
	B Fitton 2-0, M Buckley 0-3, J Fitton 0-2, G Regan 0-2, D Fitton 0-2, S Barry-Murphy 0-1.		T Sheehan 1-0, H Murphy 1-0, B Murphy 0-3, MJ Fitzgerald 0-1, M Lucey 0-1.

16 October 1966 Quarter-final	Dohenys	0-09 - 1-05	St. Vincent's	Charlie Hurley Park
	Eamon Young 0-5, P Smith 0-2, B O'Rourke 0-1, J Crowley 0-1.		C O'Shea 1-1, P Twomey 0-2, D O'Sullivan 0-1, B O'Halloran 0-1.

30 October 1966 Quarter-final

Grange

0-09 - 1-04

Knocknagree

Kanturk Grounds

Semi-finals

30 October 1966 Semi-final	Dohenys	1-06 - 0-09	Adrigole	Rossa Park
	M Byrne 1-1, J Carroll 0-3, A Collins 0-1, Eamon Young 0-1.		M O'Regan 0-3, B O'Neill 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-2, JJ O'Sullivan 0-1, PJ O'Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)

6 November 1966 Semi-final replay	Dohenys	3-08 - 2-05	Adrigole	Rossa Park
	D Collins 2-0, P Burns 1-0, J Crowley 0-3, Eamon Young 0-2, Edda Young 0-2, B O'Rourke 0-2.		S Power 2-0, M O'Regan 0-1, E O'Sullivan 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1, PJ O'Sullivan 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1.

6 November 1966 Semi-final	Grange	1-11 - 1-06	Ballincollig	Cork Athletic Grounds
	T Barry 1-1, P Gowen 0-3, N Kirby 0-3, D Bermingham 0-2, J Gowen 0-1, W Hanrahan 0-1.

Final

27 November 1966 Final	Dohenys	1-04 - 1-04	Grange	Cork Athletic Grounds
	H McCullough 1-0, J Crowley 0-2, Eamon Young 0-1, J Young 0-1.		D Bermingham 1-0, J Cummins 0-1, J Clifford 0-1, N Kirby 0-1, PJ Kirby 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)

11 December 1966 Final replay	Dohenys	3-08 - 1-06	Grange	Cork Athletic Grounds
	Eamon Young 0-5, J Carroll 1-0, J Young 1-0, A Collins 1-0, Edda Young 0-1, J Crowley 0-1, B O'Rourke 0-1.		W Clifford 1-0, J Gowen 0-2, E Kirby 0-2, W Hanrahan 0-1, D Bermingham 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)

References

^ "Junior AFC". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Brief history". Dohenys GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "When Dohenys ruled the West". The Southern Star. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[1] "Junior AFC". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[2] "Brief history". Dohenys GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

[3] "When Dohenys ruled the West". The Southern Star. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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