2023 Carbery Junior A Football Championship

2023 Carbery Junior A Football Championship

Dates	29 July - 17 December 2023
Teams	16
Sponsor	Bandon Co-Op
Champions	Barryroe (1st title) David O'Sullivan (captain) Paudie Hurley (manager)
Runners-up	Kilmacabea Diarmuid O'Callaghan (captain) Shane Crowley (manager)
Relegated	Bandon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	77 (2.48 per match)
Points scored	617 (19.9 per match)
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The 2023 Carbery Junior A Football Championship was the 98th staging of the Carbery Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by the West Cork Board in 1926. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 December 2022. ^[1] The championship ran from 29 July to 17 December 2023.

The final was played on 27 October 2023 at Sam Maguire Park in Dunmanway, between Barryroe and Kilmacabea, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. ^[2] Barryroe won the match by 1–12 to 0–14 to claim their first ever championship title. ^{[3] [4]}

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Tadhg Mac Carthaigh	3	3	0	0	51	29	22	6
Castlehaven	3	2	0	1	48	36	12	4
Randal Óg	3	1	0	2	43	43	0	2
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	3	0	0	3	33	67	-34	0

Group 1 results

Tadhg Mac Carthaigh v Randal Óg

28 July 2023Round 1	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh	0-11 - 0-10	Randal Óg	Aughaville Grounds
	B O'Driscoll 0-3, L Burke 0-2, P Burke 0-2, O Daly 0-1, E O'Donovan 0-1, C O'Driscoll 0-1, S McCarthy 0-1.		P Collins 0-3, G White 0-2, C O'Neill 0-1, C Duggan 0-1, K Dullea 0-1, P White 0-1, D Collins 0-1.

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's v Castlehaven

30 July 2023Round 1	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	1-08 - 2-13	Castlehaven	Aughaville Grounds
			S Nolan 1-5, G Casey 1-1, C Nolan 0-3, C O'Driscoll 0-2, J Walsh 0-1, K O'Donovan 0-1.

Randal Óg v Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

19 August 2023Round 2	Randal Óg	3-11 - 1-10	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	Sam Maguire Park
	G White 2-0, D Collins 1-2, P Collins 0-4, C O'Neill 0-2, B O'Driscoll 0-1, S Daly 0-1, P White 0-1.		J O'Callaghan 0-7, C O'Sullivan 1-1, T Lordan 0-1, K O'Donovan 0-1.

Tadhg Mac Carthaigh v Castlehaven

20 August 2023Round 2

Tadhg Mac Carthaigh

0-12 - 1-07

Castlehaven

Páirc Tadhg na Samhna

Randal Óg v Castlehaven

8 September 2023Round 3	Randal Óg	1-10 - 1-16	Castlehaven	Aughaville Grounds
	P Collins 1-2, D Collins 0-2, B O'Driscoll 0-1, C Duggan 0-1, G White 0-1, K Dullea 0-1, Séadhna Crowley 0-1, Séamus Crowley 0-1.		K O'Donovan 1-4, C O'Driscoll 0-5, P O'Brien 0-3, J Walsh 0-2, S Nolan 0-2.

Tadhg Mac Carthaigh v Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

10 September 2023Round 3

Tadhg Mac Carthaigh

5-13 - 0-09

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

Rossmore Grounds

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballinascarthy	3	2	1	0	41	36	5	5
Carbery Rangers	3	1	1	1	30	42	-12	3
Newcestown	3	1	0	2	45	46	-1	2
Kilbrittain	3	1	0	2	41	33	8	2

Group 2 results

Ballinascarthy v Carbery Rangers

30 July 2023Round 1	Ballinascarthy	0-11 - 1-08	Carbery Rangers	Páirc Uinsinn
	Cillian Cullinane 0-6, D Twomey 0-2, D O'Brien 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1, B O'Donovan 0-1.		C Twomey 0-5, C O'Mahony 1-0, C Hayes 0-1, B Lenihan 0-1, E Browne 0-1.

Kilbrittain v Newcestown

30 July 2023Round 1	Kilbrittain	2-08 - 3-07	Newcestown	Timoleague Grounds
	S Sexton 1-1, T Sheehan 1-0, J O'Donovan 0-3, B Butler 0-1, S Dewey 0-1, F Ustianowski 0-1, A Holland 0-1.		E Kenneally 2-4, D McSweeney 1-0, M Kelly 0-2, C O'Donovan 0-1.

Carbery Rangers v Kilbrittain

19 August 2023Round 2	Carbery Rangers	0-05 - 3-09	Kilbrittain	Páirc Uí Mhurchú
	C O'Donovan 0-2, B Linehan 0-2, K Eady 0-1.		J O'Donovan 1-5, P Wall 1-0, S Shorten 1-0, C Hogan 0-2, C Ustianowski 0-2.

Ballinascarthy v Newcestown

20 August 2023Round 2

Ballinascarthy

2-12 - 2-10

Newcestown

Ballinacarriga Grounds

Carbery Rangers v Newcestown

9 September 2023Round 3	Carbery Rangers	1-11 - 1-10	Newcestown	Páirc Uinsinn
	J O'Regan 0-6, C Twomey 1-0, C O'Donovan 0-2, P Hurley 0-2, S O'Mahony 0-1.		J Meade 1-5, D Brady 0-2, C O'Donovan 0-1, P Collins 0-1, T Horgan 0-1.

Ballinascarthy v Kilbrittain

10 September 2023Round 3	Ballinascarthy	1-09 - 1-06	Kilbrittain	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	C O'Brien 1-1, Cillian Cullinane 0-3, E Ferguson 0-2, S Ryan 0-1, B O'Donovan 0-1, P Cullianane 0-1.		B Butler 1-1, C Ustianowski 0-2, J O'Donovan 0-2, C Hogan 0-1.

Group 3

Group 3 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmacabea	3	3	0	0	55	20	35	6
Argideen Rangers	3	1	1	1	38	26	12	3
Kilmeen	3	1	1	1	37	36	1	3
Bandon	3	0	0	3	17	65	-48	0

Group 3 results

Argideen Rangers v Kilmacabea

29 July 2023Round 1	Argideen Rangers	0-07 - 0-13	Kilmacabea	Rosscarbery Grounds
	L O'Leary 0-3, J Crowley 0-1, D Holland 0-1, C Lehane 0-1.		D Gore 0-5, I Jennings 0-3, O Tobin 0-2, D McCarthy 0-1, R Hourihane 0-1, E Shanahan 0-1.

Kilmeen v Bandon

30 July 2023Round 1	Kilmeen	1-14 - 1-08	Bandon	St Mary's Park
	B Carmody 1-1, J O'Donovan 0-4, O O'Sullivan 0-3, J Bailey 0-2, D Coakley 0-2, B Deasy 0-1, C Murphy 0-1.		C Long 0-5, D Collis 1-1, N McCarthy 0-1, R O'Driscoll 0-1.

Argideen Rangers v Bandon

20 August 2023Round 2	Argideen Rangers	2-16 - 0-04	Bandon	Castletown-Kinneigh Grounds
	B Fleming 1-5, D Holland 1-3, L O'Leary 0-4, P Butler 0-1, A Guinevan 0-1, F Butler 0-1.

Kilmacabea v Kilmeen

20 August 2023Round 2	Kilmacabea	2-10 - 0-11	Kilmeen	Rosscarbery Grounds
	D McCarthy 1-2, I Jennings 0-4, K McCarthy 1-0, D Gore 0-1, E Shanahan 0-1, R Hourihane 0-1, K Whelton 0-1.		O O'Sullivan 0-5, J O'Donovan 0-2, K Keohane 0-2, S Buttimer 0-1, D O'Regan 0-1.

Kilmacabea v Bandon

8 September 2023Round 3	Kilmacabea	4-14 - 0-02	Bandon	Páirc Uí Mhurchú
	D O'Sullivan 2-2, I Jennings 0-6, L McCarthy 1-1, O Tobin 1-1, C McCarthy 0-2, D McCarthy 0-1, E Shanahan 0-1.		B Donegan 0-1, A O'Reilly 0-1.

Argideen Rangers v Kilmeen

9 September 2023Round 3	Argideen Rangers	0-09 - 0-09	Kilmeen	Ahamilla Grounds
	D Holland 0-5, C Lehane 0-1, L O'Leary 0-1, S Walsh 0-1, B Fleming 0-1.		O O'Sullivan 0-4, D O'Sullivan 0-1, C Murphy 0-1, J O'Donovan 0-1, Ó Scannell 0-1, J Bailey 0-1.

Group 4

Group 4 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Barryroe	3	3	0	0	61	30	31	6
St Colum's	3	1	0	2	43	39	4	2
St Mary's	3	1	0	2	42	54	-12	2
Clonakilty	3	1	0	2	37	60	-23	2

Group 4 results

St Mary's v Barryroe

29 July 2023Round 1	St Mary's	1-06 - 3-13	Barryroe	Páirc Uinsinn
	O Corcoran 1-4, D O'Donovan 0-1, R Baggott 0-1.		R O'Donovan 2-6, O O'Donovan 1-4, D Ó Buachalla 0-2, T Ó Buachalla 0-1.

Clonakilty v St Colum's

30 July 2023Round 1	Clonakilty	2-09 - 0-12	St Colum's	Páirc Tadhg na Samhna
	J Cowhig 1-4, F Murphy 1-1, S Collins 0-2, T McCarthy 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.		C O'Connor 0-3, T Cronin 0-3, R O'Connor 0-2, D Andrews 0-2, M Hurley 0-1, J McSweeney 0-1.

St Mary's v St Colum's

20 August 2023Round 2	St Mary's	1-09 - 3-11	St Colum's	Aughaville Grounds
	O Corcoran 1-7, D O'Donovan 0-2.		D Andrews 2-3, T Cronin 1-1, R O'Connor 0-3, D McSweeney 0-2, M Hurley 0-1, C O'Connor 0-1.

Barryroe v Clonakilty

20 August 2023Round 2	Barryroe	3-18 - 1-07	Clonakilty	Páirc Uinsinn
	D Ó Buachalla 2-3, O O'Donovan 0-8, R O'Donovan 1-3, B O'Donovan 0-2, T Ó Buachalla 0-1, A McSweeney 0-1.

Clonakilty v St Mary's

8 September 2023Round 3	Clonakilty	1-09 - 3-12	St Mary's	Rossmore Grounds
	S Collins 1-5, A Cullinane 0-1, B White 0-1, J Campbell 0-1, J Cowhig 0-1.		O Corcoran 0-9, D O'Donovan 1-2, D Scannell 1-0, R Baggott 1-0, A O'Driscoll 0-1.

Barryroe v St Colum's

10 September 2023Round 3	Barryroe	0-12 - 1-08	St Colum's	Ballinacarriga Grounds
	R O'Donovan 0-6, O O'Donovan 0-3, B O'Donovan 0-1, S Holland 0-1, D Ó Buachalla 0-1.

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's v Bandon

17 December 2024Playoff	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	w/o - scr.	Bandon	Páirc Naomh Eoin
		Report

Quarter-finals

Barryroe v Castlehaven

23 September 2023Quarter-final	Barryroe	1-08 - 0-08 (aet)	Castlehaven	St James' Park
	O O'Donovan 1-3, R O'Donovan 0-4, B O'Donovan 0-1.		D Whelton 0-3, S Nolan 0-3, J Walsh 0-1, P O'Brien 0-1.

Ballinascarthy v Argideen Rangers

24 September 2023Quarter-final	Ballinascarthy	1-07 - 1-06	Argideen Rangers	Páirc Uí Mhurchú
	B O'Donovan 0-4, G O'Leary 1-0, E Ferguson 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1, D Twomey 0-1.		D Harrington 1-0, L O'Leary 0-2, C Lehane 0-1, JM O'Callaghan 0-1, B Fleming 0-1, D Holland 0-1.

Tadhg Mac Carthaigh v St Colum's

1 October 2023Quarter-final	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh	2-10 - 1-04	St Colum's	Sam Maguire Park
	P Burke 1-2, D Murray 0-4, O Daly 1-0, S McCarthy 0-2, C Hegarty 0-1, B O'Driscoll 0-1.		JB O'Connell 1-0, C O'Connor 0-2, R O'Connor 0-1, D Andrews 0-1.

Kilmacabea v Carbery Rangers

1 October 2023Quarter-final	Kilmacabea	1-15 - 1-12	Carbery Rangers	Rossmore Grounds
	D Gore 0-10, D O'Sullivan 1-0, D McCarthy 0-2, R Shanahan 0-1, D O'Donovan 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1.		J O'Regan 0-10, M Mennis 1-0, B Linehan 0-1, C O'Donovan 0-1.

Semi-finals

Tadhg Mac Carthaigh v Kilmacabea

22 October 2023Semi-final	Tadhg Mac Carthaigh	0-08 - 1-13	Kilmacabea	Rossa Park
	D Murray 0-5, T Keating 0-1, P Burke 0-1, E O'Donovan 0-1.		I Jennings 0-4, L McCarthy 1-0, E Shanahan 0-2, D Gore 0-2, C McCarthy 0-2, D McCarthy 0-1, R Shanahan 0-1, D O'Donovan 0-1.

Barryroe v Ballinascarthy

22 October 2023Semi-final	Barryroe	5-10 - 1-11 (aet)	Ballinascarthy	St Mary's Park
	O O'Donovan 1-2, R O'Donovan 0-5, B O'Donovan 1-1, S Holland 1-1, M Crowley 1-1, T Ó Buachalla 1-0.		Conall Cullinane 1-4, B O'Donovan 0-4, E Ferguson 0-2, Cillian Cullinane 0-1.

Final

Barryroe v Kilmacabea

27 October 2023Final	Barryroe	1-12 - 0-14 (aet)	Kilmacabea	Sam Maguire Park
	R O’Donovan 1-8 (0-3 frees), O O’Donovan, R Crowley, B Donovan, A McSweeney 0-1 each.	Report	D Gore 0-11 (0-5 frees, 0-1 mark), I Jennings 0-2, D O’Donovan 0-1.	Referee: S Scanlon (Newcestown)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ryan O'Donovan	Barryroe	4-32	44	6	7.33
2	Olan O'Donovan	Barryroe	3-21	30	6	5.00
3	Damien Gore	Kilmacabea	0-29	29	5	5.80

References

1. McCarthy, Kieran (11 December 2022). "Check out Carbery's 2023 junior football and hurling championship draws". The Southern Star. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. "Kilmacabea hitting form, but Barryroe bidding for piece of history". The Southern Star. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
3. McCarthy, Ger (27 October 2023). "Barryroe earn first-ever Carbery JAFC crown with extra-time victory over Kilmacabea". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
4. McCarthy, Ger (28 October 2023). "Barryroe capture their first Carbery JAFC title with an extra time win over Kilmacabea". Echo Live. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

External links

• Carbery GAA website