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