2009 Cork Junior A Football Championship

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2009 Cork Junior A Football Championship
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Sponsor Evening Echo
Champions Colours of Limerick.svg Glanworth (3rd title)
Terence Ryan (captain)
Stephen Linehan (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Cork.svg Ballygarvan
2008 (Previous)(Next) 2010

The 2009 Cork Junior A Football Championship was the 111th staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895.

The final was played on 8 November 2009 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Glanworth and Ballygarvan, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. [1] Glanworth won the match by 0–08 to 0–05 to claim their third championship title overall and a first title 38 years. [2] [3] [4]

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References

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