2022 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

2022 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

Dates	21 July - 23 October 2022
Teams	16
Sponsor	Bon Secours Hospital
Champions	Kilshannig (2nd title) Killian O'Hanlon (captain) Richie Ryan (manager)
Runners-up	Aghabullogue Paul Ring (captain) Robert O'Keeffe (manager)
Relegated	Ballydesmond Millstreet St. Finbarr's St. Nicholas'
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	60 (1.94 per match)
Points scored	665 (21.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Thompson (7-27)
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The 2022 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship was the 87th staging of the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 February 2022. ^[1] The championship ran from 21 July to 23 October 2022.

The final was played on 23 October 2022 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Kilshannig and Aghabullogue, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kilshannig won the match by 1–16 to 0–10 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 34 years. ^[2]

Aghabullogue' David Thompson was the championship's top scorer with 7-27.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Junior A Football Championship

• Boherbue ^[3]

Relegated from the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship

• St. Nicholas' ^[4]

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship

• Iveleary ^[5]

Relegated to the South East Junior A Football Championship

• Kinsale ^[6]

Group A

Group A table

  Advanced to knockout stage  Relegated

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Adrigole	3	2	0	1	47	30	17	4
Kilshannig	3	2	0	1	47	33	14	4
Gabriel Rangers	3	2	0	1	49	39	10	4
Ballydesmond	3	0	0	3	30	71	-41	0

Group A results

Kilshannig v Ballydesmond

23 July 2022Round 1	Kilshannig	3-18 - 0-07	Ballydesmond	Banteer Sportsfield
	K Twomey 1-5 (0-2f, 0-1 45'), O O'Sullivan 2-0, T Cunningham 0-3 (0-2f), C O'Sullivan 0-2, J Kearney 0-2, Darragh O'Sullivan 0-2, D Guiney 0-1, E Healy 0-1, K O'Connell 0-1, Diarmuid O'Sullivan 0-1.	Report	Donnacha O'Connor 0-4 (0-3f), B O'Leary 0-1, K O'Connell 0-1, D Moynihan 0-1.

Gabriel Rangers v Adrigole

24 July 2022Round 1	Gabriel Rangers	2-08 - 0-12	Adrigole	St. Colum's Grounds
	J O’Brien 2-0 (2 pens); M Cronin 0-4 (1f); E Goggin 0-2; K O’Brien, K O’Driscoll 0-1 each.	Report	D Harrington 0-4 (1f); J Harrington 0-3; C O’Shea 0-2; N O’Sullivan, C O’Sullivan, S O’Shea (1f) 0-1 each.

Kilshannig v Adrigole

14 August 2022Round 2	Kilshannig	0-09 - 1-13	Adrigole	Kilmichael Grounds
	K Twomey 0-3 (0-2f), J Twomey 0-3, C O'Sullivan 0-2, Darragh O'Sullivan 0-1.	Report	D Harrington 0-5 (0-1f 0-1 pen), G Shea 1-1, Cian O'Shea 0-2 (0-1 ',mark'), S Shea 0-2 (0-1f), J Harrington 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1, Connie Shea 0-1.

Ballydesmond v Gabriel Rangers

14 August 2022Round 2	Ballydesmond	1-13 - 3-16	Gabriel Rangers	Ballingeary Grounds
	Donncha O’Connor 0-8 (6f), P Breen 1-0, M Collins 0-1; S Cronin 0-1, K O’Connell 0-1, D Hayes 0-1, N Fleming 0-1.	Report	J O’Regan 2-2 (1-0p, 0-2f), M Cronin 0-8 (3f), G O’Callaghan 1-2, K O’Driscoll 0-3, C O’Brien 0-1.

Kilshannig v Gabriel Rangers

3 September 2022Round 3	Kilshannig	0-11 - 0-10	Gabriel Rangers	Kilmichael Grounds
	K Twomey 0-5 f, E O’Hanlon 0-2, T Cunningham, C O’Shea, J Twomey, C McMahon 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Regan 0-4 (0-1 f), M Cronin 0-3 (0-1 f), G O’Callaghan 0-2, K O’Brien 0-1.

Ballydesmond v Adrigole

3 September 2022Round 3	Ballydesmond	0-07 - 2-13	Adrigole	Inchigeela Grounds
	Donnacha O'Connor 0-5, N Fleming 0-1, D Hayes 0-1.		D Harrington 1-8, G Shea 1-0, S Shea 0-3, C O'Sullivan 0-2.

Group B

Group B table

  Advanced to knockout stage  Relegated

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kildorrery	3	2	1	0	36	28	8	5
Glanworth	3	2	0	1	39	30	9	4
Glenville	3	1	1	1	31	36	-5	3
St. Nicholas'	3	1	0	2	37	49	-12	2

Group B results

St. Nicholas' v Glanworth

21 July 2022Round 1	St. Nicholas'	4-08 - 1-13	Glanworth	Páirc Gleann an Phréacháin
	D Milner 1-1, R Long 1-1 (0-1f), L Quilligan 1-0, D Brosnan 0-3 (0-1f), S O'Callaghan 0-2 (0-1f), R Downey 0-1.	Report	D O'Brien 1-6 (0-2f), D Pyne 0-3 (0-1 '45, 0-1f), S Finn 0-1, G O'Neill 0-1, S Condon 0-1, S O'Riordan 0-1.

Glenville v Kildorrery

22 July 2022Round 1	Glenville	0-12 - 0-12	Kildorrery	Mill Field
	S Desmond 0-4, J Cooke 0-4 (0-2f), K O'Neill 0-1, J Dennehy 0-1, B Lehane 0-1, S Curtin 0-1.	Report	J O'Gorman 0-4 (0-2f), J Keating 0-3, A Crowley 0-2 (0-1 '45'), D Kent 0-1, J McEniry 0-1, P O'Brien 0-1.

Glanworth v Glenville

12 August 2022Round 2	Glanworth	2-08 - 0-05	Glenville	Bride Rovers Park
	D Pyne 1-4 (0-1f, 0-1 '45'), P Blackburne 1-1, D O'Brien 0-2 (0-1f), J Walsh 0-1.	Report	C O'Keeffe 0-2f, J Cooke 0-2, S Desmond 0-1 (mark).

St. Nicholas' v Kildorrery

14 August 2022Round 2	St. Nicholas'	0-07 - 2-13	Kildorrery	Páirc Gleann an Phréacháin
	S O'Callaghan 0-3 (0-2f), S Horgan 0-1, E Downey 0-1, D Morris 0-1, L Coughlan 0-1.	Report	J O'Gorman 0-6, P O'Brien 1-2, L Keating 1-0, D McNamara 0-1, A Crowley 0-1 '45', K Hurley 0-1, W Fouhy 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.

St. Nicholas' v Glenville

3 September 2022Round 3	St. Nicholas'	0-10 - 1-11	Glenville	Páirc Uí Rinn
		Report

Glanworth v Kildorrery

3 September 2022Round 3	Glanworth	0-09 - 0-05	Kildorrery	Araglen Grounds
	D Pyne 0-4, J O'Sullivan 0-2, M Sheehan 0-2, D O'Brien 0-1.		J O'Gorman 0-3, A Crowley 0-1, W Fouhy 0-1.

Group C

Group C table

  Advance to knockout stage  Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Mitchelstown	3	2	1	0	62	31	31	5
Boherbue	3	2	1	0	48	37	11	5
Glanmire	3	0	1	2	31	46	-15	1
Millstreet	3	0	1	2	27	54	-27	1

Group C results

Boherbue v Glanmire

24 July 2022Round 1	Boherbue	1-10 - 0-10	Glanmire	O'Connell Park
	D O’Connor 0-5 (0-2f), J O’Sullivan 1-1; J O’Connor 0-3 (0-2f), Andrew O’Connor 0-1.	Report	C McCarthy 0-4, J Crowley 0-3, D Molden 0-2f.

Mitchelstown v Millstreet

24 July 2022Round 1	Mitchelstown	2-18 - 0-05	Millstreet	Dr. Croke Park
	C O'Mahony 2-5 (0-2f), S Cahill 0-3, P Magee 0-2, J Sheehan 0-2 (0-1f), S Beston 0-2, S Walsh 0-1, D Dineen 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1, A O'Brien 0-1f.	Report	M Vaughan 0-2f, D Buckley 0-1, T Walsh 0-1f, D O'Donovan 0-1.

Mitchelstown v Glanmire

13 August 2022Round 2	Mitchelstown	2-16 - 0-10	Glanmire	Páirc Lios gCúl
	C O'Mahony 2-7 (0-5f), S Beston 0-3, S Walsh 0-2, D Dineen 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1, J Sheehan 0-1.	Report	D Molden 0-4, J Crowley 0-4 (0-3f), C McCarthy 0-1.

Millstreet v Boherbue

13 August 2022Round 2	Millstreet	0-11 - 2-13	Boherbue	Cullen Grounds
	M Vaughan 0-5 (4f), T Sheehan 0-2, D Cashman 0-1, S Hickey 0-1, M Murphy 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.	Report	J O'Connor 1-5 (0-3f), D O'Connor 0-4, A Murphy 1-0, G O'Sullivan 0-3; Andrew O'Connor 0-1,

Millstreet v Glanmire

3 September 2022Round 3	Millstreet	1-08 - 1-08	Glanmire	Carrigadrohid Grounds
	M Vaughan 1-4, S Hickey 0-2, C O'Leary 0-1, K Crowley 0-1.		J Crowley 0-6, L Hackett 1-1, C McCarthy 0-1.

Mitchelstown v Boherbue

3 September 2022Round 3	Mitchelstown	2-10 - 0-16	Boherbue	Fr. Con Buckley Park
	S Beston 1-1, C Hyland 1-0, J Sheehan 0-3, S O'Mahony 0-3, A O'Brien 0-3.		J O'Connor 0-7, D O'Connor 0-4, Andrew O'Connor 0-2, Alan O'Connor 0-1, J Corkery 0-1, G O'Sullivan 0-1.

Group D

Group D table

  Advanced to knockout stage  Relegated

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Aghabullogue	3	3	0	0	56	34	22	6
Dromtarriffe	3	1	0	2	41	33	8	2
Ballinora	3	1	0	2	32	46	-14	2
St. Finbarr's	3	1	0	2	29	45	-16	2

Group D results

Aghabullogue v Dromtarriffe

22 July 2022Round 1	Aghabullogue	0-12 - 0-07	Dromtarriffe	Páirc Eoin Mhic Charthaigh
	M Bradley 0-4, D Thompson 0-4, Evan O'Sullivan 0-3 (0-1'45, 0-1f), S O'Connell 0-1.	Report	C O'Callaghan 0-2f; E Murphy 0-2 (0-1'45, 0-1f), A Buckley 0-1, D O'Keeffe 0-1, K O'Sullivan 0-1.

Ballinora v St. Finbarr's

24 July 2022Round 1

Ballinora

0-03 - 0-10

St. Finbarr's

Ballincollig Grounds

Aghabullogue v St. Finbarr's

13 August 2022Round 2

Aghabullogue

4-08 - 0-13

St. Finbarr's

Ballyanley Grounds

Dromtarriffe v Ballinora

14 August 2022Round 2	Dromtarriffe	1-09 - 2-09	Ballinora	Páirc Eoin Mhic Charthaigh
	C O'Callaghan 1-4, E Murphy 0-2 (0-1f), J Kelleher 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1, D O'Keeffe 0-1.	Report	D Corkery 2-1, N Lordan 0-4f, D Holmes 0-2.

Dromtarriffe v St. Finbarr's

3 September 2022Round 3	Dromtarriffe	1-19 - 0-06	St. Finbarr's	Páirc Eoin Mic Chárthaigh
	D O'Keeffe 1-3, C O'Callaghan 0-4, K O'Sullivan 0-3, E Murphy 0-3, M Healy 0-1, J Kelleher 0-1, B O'Keeffe 0-1.		I O'Callaghan 0-2, A Murphy 0-2, L Hennigan 0-1, F O'Shea 0-1.

Aghabullogue v Ballinora

3 September 2022Round 3

Aghabullogue

3-15 - 0-14

Ballinora

Ovens Grounds

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
	Glanworth (Avondhu)	1-08
	Kilshannig (Avondhu)	1-12
					Kilshannig (Avondhu)	2-15
					Mitchelstown (Avondhu)	0-09
	Mitchelstown (Avondhu)	1-09
	Dromtarriffe (Duhallow)	0-11
									Kilshannig (Avondhu)	1-16
									Aghabullogue (Muskerry)	0-10
	Adrigole (Beara)	1-14
	Boherbue (AET) (Duhallow)	1-15
					Boherbue (Duhallow)	1-07
					Aghabullogue (Muskerry)	4-10
	Aghabullogue (Muskerry)	3-09
	Kildorrery (Avondhu)	1-10

Quarter-finals

Glanworth v Kilshannig

17 September 2022Quarter-final	Glanworth	1-08 - 1-12	Kilshannig	Kildorrery Grounds
	D O'Brien 1-3 (0-1 f), D Pyne 0-5 (0-1 f, 0-1 45).	Report	K O'Hanlon 0-4 (0-2 f) D O'Sullivan 1-0, T Cunningham 0-3, B Guerin 0-2, K Twomey 0-2 f, J Twomey 0-1.	Referee: E Coleman (Youghal)

Mitchelstown v Dromtarriffe

17 September 2022Quarter-final	Mitchelstown	1-09 - 0-11	Dromtarriffe	Kanturk Grounds
	C O’Mahony 0-5 (0-4 f), S Beston 1-0, S Walsh 0-2, M Keane 0-1, D Reidy-Price 0-1.	Report	C O’Callaghan 0-5 (0-1 f), K O’Sullivan 0-1, B O’Keeffe 0-1, E Murphy 0-1 (0-1f), M Healy 0-1, T Howard 0-1, D O’Connor 0-1.	Referee: C Nolan (Bishopstown)

Adrigole v Boherbue

18 September 2022Quarter-final	Adrigole	1-14 - 1-15 (aet)	Boherbue	Ballingeary Grounds
	David Harrington 0-6 (0-3 f), G Shea 1-1, S Shea 0-2 f, S O’Sullivan, C O’Sullivan, C Carey, C O’Shea 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Connor 1-3 (0-1 f), D O’Connor 0-4 (0-1 f), G O’Sullivan 0-3, J Corkery 0-2, B Murphy, L Moynihan, D McCarthy 0-1 each.

Aghabullogue v Kildorrery

18 September 2022Quarter-final	Aghabullogue	3-09 - 1-10	Kildorrery	Mallow GAA Complex
	D Thompson 2-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3 f), B Dineen 1-0, E O’Sullivan, C O’Sullivan, J Corkery, N Barry Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Gorman 1-6 (0-5 f), J O’Sullivan, S Fitzgerald, W Fouhy, P O’Brien 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

Kilshannig v Mitchelstown

1 October 2022Semi-final	Kilshannig	2-15 - 0-09	Mitchelstown	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	K Twomey 0-6, 3f, C McMahon 1-2, K O’Hanlon 1-1, E O’Hanlon and D O’Sullivan 0-2 each, E O’Sullivan 0-1, T Cunningham 0-1f.	Report	C O’Mahony 0-3, 2f, 0-1’45, S Beston 0-2, J Sheehan 0-2, 1f, S O’Sullivan and J Mullins 0-1 each.	Referee: C Dineen (Douglas)

Aghabullogue v Boherbue

1 October 2022Semi-final	Aghabullogue	4-10 - 1-07	Boherbue	Millstreet Grounds
	D Thompson 2-3 (1-0p, 0-2f), C O’Sullivan (1-2), J Corkery (1-1), M Bradley 0-2 (0-1f), R Dennehy, P O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	D O’Connor 0-4 (0-3f), J O’Connor 0-3 (0-2f), G O’Sullivan (1-0).	Referee: R Whelan (Aghada)

Final

Kilshannig v Aghabullogue

23 October 2022Final	Kilshannig	1-16 - 0-10	Aghabullogue	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	T Cunningham 1-5 (0-1 f), K Twomey 0-4 (0-2 f, 0-2 45), K O’Hanlon, D O’Sullivan 0-2 each, C O’Sullivan, É O'Hanlon, K Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	D Thompson 0-6 (0-5 f), J Corkery 0-2, C O’Sullivan, P O’Sullivan 0-2 each.	Referee: C Walsh (Nemo Rangers)

Championship Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	David Thompson	Aghabullogue	7-27	48	6	8.00
2	Cathail O'Mahony	Mitchelstown	4-25	37	5	7.40
3	Kieran Twomey	Kilshannig	1-25	28	6	4.66
4	Jerry O'Connor	Boherbue	2-21	27	5	5.40
5	David Harrington	Adrigole	1-21	24	4	6.00
6	Jamie O'Gorman	Kildorrery	1-19	22	4	5.50
7	David O'Connor	Boherbue	0-21	21	5	4.20
8	Conor O'Callaghan	Dromtarriffe	1-17	20	4	5.00
9	David Pyne	Glanworth	1-16	19	4	4.75
10	James O'Regan	Gabriel Rangers	4-06	18	3	6.00
	Darragh O'Brien	Glanworth	2-12	18	4	4.50
	Donnacha O'Connor	Ballydesmond	0-18	18	3	6.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Cathail O'Mahony	Mitchelstown	2-07	13	Glanmire
2	Cathail O'Mahony	Mitchelstown	2-05	11	Millstreet
	David Thompson	Aghabullogue	2-05	11	Kildorrery
	David Thompson	Aghabullogue	1-08	11	Ballinora
5	David Thompson	Aghabullogue	2-03	9	Boherbue
	Darragh O'Brien	Glanworth	1-06	9	St. Nicholas'
	Jamie O'Gorman	Kildorrery	1-06	9	Aghabullogue
	David Harrington	Adrigole	1-06	9	Ballydesmond
9	James O'Regan	Gabriel Rangers	2-02	8	Ballydesmond
	Kieran Twomey	Kilshannig	1-05	8	Ballydesmond
	Tom Cunningham	Kilshannig	1-05	8	Aghabullogue
	Jerry O'Connor	Boherbue	1-05	8	Millstreet
	Mark Cronin	Gabriel Rangers	0-08	8	Ballydesmond
	Donnacha O'Connor	Ballydesmond	0-08	8	Gabriel Rangers

References

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2. "Kilshanning promoted to Premier Intermediate after dominant display against Aghabullogue". Echo Live. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
3. "Daly: Ballinhassig will bounce back from county final defeat". Irish Examiner. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
4. "Macroom retain status". The Corkman. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
5. "Brilliant Iveleary claim second county football title in just over four months". Echo Live. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
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External links

• Cork GAA website