| Dates | 16 October – 27 November 2005 | ||
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Sponsor | Evening Echo | ||
| Champions | Joe Lyons (captain) Diarmuid Cunningham (manager) | ||
| Runners-up | | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 8 | ||
| Goals scored | 9 (1.13 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 138 (17.25 per match) | ||
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The 2005 Cork Junior A Football Championship was the 107th staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 16 October to 27 November 2005.
The final was played on 27 November 2005 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Erin's Own and O'Donovan Rossa, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. [1] Erin's Own won the match by 1–12 to 1–11 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 11 years. [2] [3] [4]
| 16 October 2005Quarter-final | O'Donovan Rossa | 1–11 – 1–06 | Adrigole | Wolfe Tone Park |
| D O'Regan 0–6, C Crowley 1–1, F McCarthy 0–1, J O'Driscoll 0–1, B Casey 0–1, N McCarthy 0–1. | K O'Sullivan-Greene 1–0, BJ O'Sullivan 0–2, K O'Neill 0–2, D Carey 0–1, F Carey 0–1. |
| 22 October 2005Quarter-final | Kinsale | 0–08 – 0–08 | Ballyclough | Páirc Uí Rinn |
| C McCarthy 0–2, J Keohane 0–2, P Buckley 0–1, M Morris 0–1, M O'Leary 0–1, R O'Hanlin 0–1. | C O'Neill 0–3, S Smyth 0–2, T O'Connor 0–2, P O'Flynn 0–1. |
| 29 October 2005Quarter-final replay | Kinsale | 1–06 – 0–06 | Ballyclough | Páirc Uí Rinn |
| C Quigley 1–1, J Keohane 0–1, K O'Regan 0–1, K Cahill 0–1, J Murphy 0–1, B Gray 0–1. | C O'Neill 0–3, P Flynn 0–2, T O'Connor 0–1. |
| 6 November 2005Quarter-final | Erin's Own | 0–12 – 1–08 | Dromtarriffe | Shanballymore Grounds |
| F Murphy 0–7, M O'Connor 0–3, F Murphy 0–1, P Fitzgerald 0–1. | T Browne 1–1, G Murphy 0–3, P Dennehy 0–2, N O'Sullivan 0–1, D McCabe 0–1. |
| 16 November 2005Quarter-final | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | 0–16 – 0–03 | Na Piarsaigh | Páirc Uí Rinn |
| L Shorten 0–5, A Concannon 0–4, P Concannon 0–3, P Buckley 0–1, C Lynch 0–1, L O'Connor 0–1, M Twomey 0–1. | M Twohig 0–2, D McDonald 0–1. |
| 13 November 2005Semi-final | Erin's Own | 1–09 – 0–07 | Kinsale | Fr Con Buckley Park |
| K Murphy Snr 1–0, S Murphy 0–3, C O'Leary 0–2, M O'Connor 0–2, E Murphy 0–1, F Murphy 0–1. | C O'Brien 0–5, K O'Regan 0–2. |
| 20 November 2005Semi-final | O'Donovan Rossa | 1–07 – 1–06 | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | St Mary's Park |
| D O'Regan 0–4, F McCarthy 1–0, J O'Driscoll 0–1, N McCarthy 0–1, D O'Keeffe 0–1. | N Twomey 1–0, J O'Dricoll 0–1, P Buckley 0–1, S Twomey 0–1, P Concannon 0–1, A Concannon 0–1, L Shorten 0–1. |
| 27 November 2004Final | Erin's Own | 1–12 – 1–11 | O'Donovan Rossa | Páirc Uí Rinn |
| M Mulcahy 1–1, S Murphy 0–4, K Murphy Jnr 0–2, M O'Connor 0–2, K Murphy Snr 0–1, P Fenton 0–1, J Lyons 0–1. | D O'Keeffe 1–1, D O'Regan 0–3, C Crowley 0–2, N McCarthy 0–1, L Hazel 0–1, F McCarthy 0–1, N O'Driscoll 0–1, J O'Driscoll 0–1. | Referee: P O'Leary (Kilmurry) |