2019 Cork Junior A Football Championship

2019 Cork Junior A Football Championship

Dates	15 September – 10 November 2019
Teams	16
Sponsor	The Echo
Champions	Kilshannig (3rd title) Killian O'Hanlon (captain) Richie Ryan (manager)
Runners-up	St. James's Joe O'Sullivan (captain) Alan O'Shea (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	32 (2.13 per match)
Points scored	291 (19.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan O'Shea (0–17)
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The 2019 Cork Junior A Football Championship was the 121st staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship draw took place on 2 September 2019. The championship began on 15 September 2019 and ended on 10 November 2019.

On 10 November 2019, Kilshannig won the championship after a 0–22 to 0–11 defeat of St James' in the final at Páirc Uí Rinn. ^[1] This was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1996.

St James' Alan O'Shea was the championship's top scorer with 0–17.

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions	Runners-up
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Football Championship	Kilshannig	Kilworth
Beara	Beara Junior A Football Championship	Urhan	Garnish
Carbery	South West Junior A Football Championship	St James'	Ballinascarthy
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Football Championship	Ballinhassig	Ballymartle
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Football Championship	Boherbue	Lyre
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Football Championship	Erin's Own	Cobh
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship	Iveleary	Aghinagh
Seandún	City Junior A Football Championship	St Michael's	Passage

Results

Round 1

Ballinhassig v Garnish

15 September 2019Round 1	Ballinhassig	2–11 – 0–05	Garnish	Sam Maguire Park
	F O'Leary 0–6, C Tyers 1–1, S Coleman 1–0, P Coomey 0–1, S Mulligan 0–1, C Reynolds 0–1, T Madden 0–1.		BT O'Sullivan 0–2, F O'Sullivan 0–1, P O'Neill 0–1, R O'Driscoll 0–1.

Urhan v Ballymartle

15 September 2019Round 1	Urhan	1–06 – 1–10	Ballymartle	Sam Maguire Park
	C Lowney 1–0, J O'Neill 0–3, M McCarthy 0–2, C O'Shea 0–1.		K McCarthy 0–4, J McCarthy 1–0, R Cahalane 0–2, D Edmonds 0–1, D O'Leary 0–1, S Cummins 0–1, E Kelly 0–1.

Boherbue v Aghinagh

15 September 2019Round 1	Boherbue	1–11 – 1–09	Aghinagh	Duggan Park
	J Corkery 1–3, J O'Connor 0–3, J O'Sullivan 0–3, D o'Connor 0–1, CJ O'Sullivan 0–1.		L Twohig 0–6, M Corkery 1–0, A Twomey 0–2, D Corkery 0–1.

Iveleary v Lyre

15 September 2019Round 1	Iveleary	2–20 – 0–07	Lyre	Duggan Park
	C Óg Jones 1–7, C O'Leary 1–4, B Cronin 0–3, C Galvin 0–1, A O'Donovan 0–1, S O'Riordan 0–1, K Manning 0–1, D O'Sullivan 0–1, G McSweeney 0–1.		D Roche 0–4, T Murphy 0–1, C O'Donoghue 0–1, J Sexton 0–1.

Kilshannig v Passage

15 September 2019Round 1	Kilshannig	4–17 – 0–03	Passage	Bride Rovers Park
	J Kearney 1–3, E O'Hanlon 1–1, K O'Hanlon 0–4, K Twomey 0–4, J Murphy 1–0, J Twomey 1–0, D O'Sullivan 0–3, K Flynn 0–1, B O'Shea 0–1.		A Kidney 0–2, J Kind 0–1.

St James' v Cobh

28 September 2019Round 1	St James'	2–17 – 0–02	Cobh	Brinny Sportsfield
	F Hayes 1–6, J O'Driscoll 1–1, A O'Shea 0–3, P O'Sullivan 0–1, A Hayes 0–1, K O'Brien 0–1, M Evans 0–1, S O'Reilly 0–1, James O'Sullivan 0–1, MD McCarthy 0–1.		D Higgins 0–1, C Spriggs 0–1.

Erin's Own v Ballinascarthy

5 October 2019Round 1	Erin's Own	0–08 – 0–09	Ballinascarthy	Brinny Sportsfield
	C Linehan 0–4, E Murphy 0–2, M Carroll 0–1, J Carroll 0–1.		C Cullinane 0–3, B Murray 0–2, D Harte 0–2, J Ryan 0–1, D McCarthy 0–1.

St Michael's v Kilworth

23 October 2019Round 1	St Michael's	7–13 – 1–08	Kilworth	Mourne Abbey
	L Grainger 3–0, R Cotter 2–3, M O'Keeffe 1–4, E o'Donovan 1–3, A Nolan 0–3.		W Condon 1–1, N McNamara 0–2, L Whelan 0–2, S Keane 0–1, P Moakley 0–1, E Carey 0–1.

Quarter-finals

Ballinhassig v Kilshannig

29 September 2019Quarter-final	Ballinhassig	0–04 – 2–10	Kilshannig	CArraig na bhFear Sportsfield
	F O'Leary 0–3, S O'Neill 0–1.		D Twomey 1–1, J Kearney 1–1, K Twomey 0–3, K O'Hanlon 0–2, B O'Shea 0–2, C O'Shea 0–1.

St James' v Boherbue

5 October 2019Quarter-final	St James'	1–11 – 0–12	Boherbue	Jack Fitzgerald Memorial Park
	A O'Shea 0–5, F Hayes 1–1, MD McCarthy 0–1, M Evans 0–1, D O'Donovan 0–1, S O'Reilly 0–1, James O'Sullivan 0–1.		J O'Connor 0–5, J Corkery 0–3, D McCarthy 0–2, A Murphy 0–1, G O'Sullivan 0–1.

Ballinascarthy v Iveleary

12 October 2019Quarter-final	Ballinascarthy	0–06 – 3–08	Iveleary	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	D McCarthy 0–3, B Murray 0–1, D O'Brien 0–1, C Cullinane 0–1.		B O'Leary 2–1, B Cronin 1–1, C Óg Jones 0–2, C Vaughan 0–2, S O'Riordan 0–2.

Ballymartle v St Michael's

26 October 2019Quarter-final	Ballymartle	0–05 – 1–05	St Michael's	St Vincent's Park
	D O'Leary 0–4, C Healy 0–1.		E O'Donovan 1–2, A Nolan 0–2, R Cotter 0–1.

Semi-finals

Iveleary v Kilshannig

26 October 2019Semi-final	Iveleary	1–09 – 1–11	Kilshannig	Coachford Sportsfield
	D O’Sullivan 1–0, E O’Hanlon 0–3 f, K O’Hanlon 0–2, D Twomey 0–2, K Twomey 0–1 f, J Twomey, C McMahon, B Guerin 0–1 each.	Report	C Vaughan 1–5 (0–5 f), B Cronin 0–3 (0–2 f), C Óg Jones 0–1.

St James' v St Michael's

3 November 2019Semi-final	St James'	1–12 – 0–09	St Michael's	Ovens Sportsfield
	A O’Shea 0–5 (5f); A Hayes 1–1; MD McCarthy 0–3; James O’Sullivan, Joe O’Sullivan, F Hayes 0–1 each.	Report	L Grainger 0–4; R Cotter 0–2 (1f); E O’Donovan, M O’Keeffe, A Nolan 0–1 each.

Final

Kilshannig v St James'

10 November 2019Final	Kilshannig	0–22 – 0–11	St James'	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C McMahon 0–6, K O’Hanlon 0–4, K Twomey 0–4 (0–3 f), E O’Hanlon 0–3, E O’Sullivan, B Guerin, C O’Shea and J Twomey 0–1 each.	Report	A O’Shea 0–4, 0–2 f, F Hayes 0–2, K O’Brien, M Evans, M McCarthy (D), P O’Sullivan, S O’Reilly 0–1 each.	Referee: M Maher (St. Finbarr's)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Alan O'Shea	St James'	0–17	17	4	4.25
2	Frank Hayes	St James'	2–10	16	4	4.00
3	Liam Grainger	St Michael's	3–04	13	2	6.50
	Chris Óg Jones	Iveleary	1–10	13	3	4.33
5	Robbie Cotter	St Michael's	2–06	12	3	4.00
	Eoin O'Donovan	St Michael's	2–06	12	3	4.00
	Killian O'Hanlon	Kilshannig	0–12	12	4	4.00
	Kieran Twomey	Kilshannig	0–12	12	4	4.00
9	Jack Kearney	Kilshannig	2–04	10	4	2.50
	Cathal Vaughan	Iveleary	1–08	10	2	5.00
	Éanna O'Hanlon	Kilshannig	1–07	10	4	2.50

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Chris Óg Jones	Iveleary	1–07	10	Lyre
2	Liam Grainger	St Michael's	3–00	9	Kilworth
	Robbie Cotter	St Michael's	2–03	9	Kilworth
	Frank Hayes	St James'	1–06	9	Cobh
5	Cathal Vaughan	Iveleary	1–05	8	Kilshannig
6	Barry O'Leary	Iveleary	2–01	7	Ballinascarthy
	Conor O'Leary	Iveleary	1–04	7	Lyre
	Mark O'Keeffe	St Michael's	1–04	7	Kilworth
9	John Corkery	Boherbue	1–03	6	Aghinagh
	Jack Kearney	Kilshannig	1–03	6	Passage
	Eoin O'Donovan	St Michael's	1–03	6	Kilworth
	Fintan O'Leary	Ballinhassig	0–06	6	Garnish
	Liam Twohig	Aghinagh	0–06	6	Boherbue
	Conor McMahon	Kilshannig	0–06	6	St James'

References

1. Bohane, John (10 November 2019). "Kilshannig capture the county junior football crown in real style". The Echo. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

External links

• 2019 Cork JAFC results