2021 Cork Junior A Football Championship

2021 Cork Junior A Football Championship
Dates	6 November – 27 November 2021
Teams	8
Sponsor	Bon Secours
Champions	Boherbue (1st title); Adrian Murphy (captain); Conor O'Riordan (manager)
Runners-up	Ballinahssig; Diarmuid O'Sullivan (captain); Cathal Daly (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	20 (2.86 per match)
Points scored	132 (18.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diarmuid O'Sullivan (2-25)
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The 2021 Cork Junior A Football Championship is scheduled to be the 123rd staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 6 November 2021.

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions	#
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Football Championship	Kilworth	^[1]
Beara	Beara Junior A Football Championship	Urhan	^[2]
Carbery	South West Junior A Football Championship	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh	^[3]
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Football Championship	Ballinhassig	^[4]
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Football Championship	Boherbue	^[5]
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Football Championship	Bride Rovers	^[6]
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship	Aghinagh	^[7]
Seandún	City Junior A Football Championship	Douglas	^[8]

Duhallow Junior A Football Championship

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Boherbue	2	2	0	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Lyre	2	1	1	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
4	Kiskeam	2	0	2	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	Cullen	2	2	0	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Castlemagner	2	1	1	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Knocknagree	2	0	2	0

Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals		Final

Cullen	1-20

Lyre	0-07
		Cullen	1-10

		Boherbue	2-09
Boherbue	2-13

Castlemagner	2-04

Results

Bracket

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

Douglas (Seandun)	1-12

Kilworth (Avondhu)	2-08
		Douglas (Seandun)	1-07

		Ballinhassig (Carrigdhoun)	1-08
Tadhg Mac Carthaigh (Carbery)	2-09

Ballinhassig (Carrigdhoun)	2-15
				Ballinhassig (Carrigdhoun)	2-08

				Boherbue (Duhallow)	3-08
Urhan (Beara)	0-10

Bride Rovers (Imokilly)	1-06
		Urhan (Beara)	0-11

		Boherbue (Duhallow)	1-09
Boherbue (Duhallow)	4-14

Aghinagh (Muskerry)	0-07

Quarter-finals

6 November 2021 Quarter-final	Douglas	1-12 - 2-08	Kilworth	Mourneabbey Grounds
	A Murray 1-0, E O’Sullivan 0-3 (2 ‘45’), A Cotter 0-3 (2f), M Dolan 0-2, D Curtin 0-1, J Farrell 0-1f, F Sheehan 0-1, A Cantwell 0-1.	Report	B Sheehan 1-4 (0-1f), L Coffey 1-0, E Carey 0-2, N McNamara 0-1, L Whelan 0-1.	Referee: P O' Sullivan

6 November 2021 Quarter-final	Urhan	0-10 - 1-06	Bride Rovers	Páirc Uinsinn
	C Lowney 0-6 (4f, 1 45); S Shea 0-2; C O’Sullivan, A O’Donoghue 0-1 each.	Report	S Ahern 1-0; C Barry 0-3f; C Hogan (1f, 1 45) 0-2; P O’Flynn 0-1.	Referee: A Whelton

7 November 2021 Quarter-final	Ballinhassig	2-15 - 2-09	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh	Charlie Hurley Park
	D O'Sullivan 0-11, C Tyers 2-1, C Grainger 0-2, I Grainger 0-1.		B O'Driscoll 1-3, C McCarthy 0-4, P Burke 1-0, E O'Neill 0-1, C O'Driscoll 0-1.	Referee: P Finnegan

9 November 2021 Quarter-final	Boherbue	4-14 - 0-07	Aghinagh	Pairc Ui Rinn
	J O’Connor 0-7 (2f), G O’Sullivan 1-2, L Moynihan 1-1, J Corkery 1-0, D Sheehan 1-0, D McCarthy 0-2f, Alan O’Connor 0-1, B Herlihy 0-1.	Report	L Twohig 0-6 (3f), D Ambrose 0-1.	Referee: B Walsh

Semi-finals

13 November 2021 Semi-final	Douglas	1-07 - 1-08	Ballinhassig	Ballyanley Grounds
	A Cotter 1-3, M Dolan 0-2, A Cantwell 0-1, B Powter 0-1.		D O'Sullivan 1-7, C Tyers 0-1.

16 November 2021 Semi-final	Urhan	0-11 - 1-09	Boherbue	Cloughduv Grounds
	C Lowney 0-3 (0-2 f, 0-1 45), P O’Shea 0-3 (0-1 f), J O’Shea 0-2, C Harrington 0-2, C O’Sullivan 0-1.	Report	J O’Connor 1-2 (0-1 f), D McCarthy 0-3 (0-2 f), L Moynihan, J Corkery, R O’Connor, A O’Connor 0-1each.	Referee: P O'Leary (Kilmurry)

Final

27 November 2021 Final	Ballinhassig	2-08 - 3-08	Boherbue	Pairc Ui Chaoimh
	Diarmuid O’Sullivan 1-7 (1-0 pen, 0-5 f), E Finn 1-0, D Delea 0-1.	Report	D McCarthy 1-5 (0-3 f), Alan O’Connor 1-2, J O’Connor 1-0 (1-0 penalty), and Andrew O’Connor 0-1.	Referee: P O'Leary (Cloughduv)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Diarmuid O'Sullivan	Ballinhassig	2-25	31	3	10.33
2	Jerry O'Connor	Boherbue	2-09	15	3	5.00
3	Denis McCarthy	Boherbue	1-10	13	3	4.33
4	Andrew Cotter	Douglas	1-06	9	2	4.50
4	Conor Lowney	Urhan	0-09	9	2	4.50

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Diarmuid O'Sullivan	Ballinhassig	0-11	11	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh
2	Diarmuid O'Sullivan	Ballinhassig	1-07	10	Douglas
2	Diarmuid O'Sullivan	Ballinhassig	1-07	10	Boherbue
4	Denis McCarthy	Boherbue	1-05	8	Ballinhassig
5	Cillian Tyers	Ballinhassig	2-01	7	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh
	Brian Sheehan	Kilworth	1-04	7	Douglas
	Jerry O'Connor	Boherbue	0-07	7	Aghinagh
8	Brian O'Driscoll	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh	1-03	6	Ballinhassig
	Andrew Cotter	Douglas	1-03	6	Ballinhassig
	Conor Lowney	Urhan	0-06	6	Bride Rovers
	Liam Twohig	Aghinagh	0-06	6	Boherbue

References

^ Ryan, Paddy (30 October 2021). "Kilworth lift first Avondhu JAFC title after extra time with Buttevant". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ Ryan, Paddy (30 June 2021). "Should Urhan play in the Carbery JAFC?". The Southern Star. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ McCarthy, Ger (4 November 2021). "West Cork junior football joy for Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh". Evening Echo. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ Crowdy, Howard (17 October 2021). "Ballinhassig capture second JAFC title in three years in tight win over Ballygarvan". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ Tarrant, John (29 October 2021). "Boherbue deny Cullen to land a record fifth Duhallow football title in a row". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ Ryan, Paddy (19 October 2021). "Bride Rovers footballers celebrate their third junior A championship win with victory over Cobh". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ O'Shea, John (2 November 2021). "Aghinagh land historic first Muskerry title with Liam Twohig on fire". Evening Echo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Douglas end nine-year wait for Seandún Junior title with hard-fought win over St Michael's". Echo Live. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

External links

Cork GAA website

[1] Ryan, Paddy (30 October 2021). "Kilworth lift first Avondhu JAFC title after extra time with Buttevant". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[2] Ryan, Paddy (30 June 2021). "Should Urhan play in the Carbery JAFC?". The Southern Star. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[3] McCarthy, Ger (4 November 2021). "West Cork junior football joy for Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh". Evening Echo. Retrieved 6 November 2021.

[4] Crowdy, Howard (17 October 2021). "Ballinhassig capture second JAFC title in three years in tight win over Ballygarvan". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[5] Tarrant, John (29 October 2021). "Boherbue deny Cullen to land a record fifth Duhallow football title in a row". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[6] Ryan, Paddy (19 October 2021). "Bride Rovers footballers celebrate their third junior A championship win with victory over Cobh". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[7] O'Shea, John (2 November 2021). "Aghinagh land historic first Muskerry title with Liam Twohig on fire". Evening Echo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.

[8] "Douglas end nine-year wait for Seandún Junior title with hard-fought win over St Michael's". Echo Live. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

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