2023 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

2023 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

Dates	29 July - 28 October 2023
Teams	12
Sponsor	Bon Secours Hospital
Champions	St Finbarr's (1st title) Alan McCarthy (captain) Eddie Kelly (manager)
Runners-up	Kilmurry William Ronan (captain) Cormac Linehan (manager)
Relegated	St Michael's
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	51 (2.13 per match)
Points scored	460 (19.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diarmuid Kearney (3-13)
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The 2023 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship was the inaugural staging of the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship. ^[1] The draw for the group stage placings took place on 11 December 2022. ^[2] The championship ran from 29 July to 28 October 2023. ^[3]

The final was played on 28 October 2023 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between St Finbarr's and Kilmurry, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. St Finbarr's won the match by 3-06 to 1-11 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade. ^{[4] [5]}

Cobh's Diarmuid Kearney was the championship's top scorer with 3-13.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Junior A Football Championship

• Buttevant
• Cobh
• Cullen
• Kilmurry
• Kinsale
• St James'
• St. Michael's
• Urhan

Relegated from the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

• Ballydesmond
• Millstreet
• St. Finbarr's
• St. Nicholas'

Participating teams

Team	Location	Division	Colours
Ballydesmond	Ballydesmond	Duhallow	Blue and yellow
Buttevant	Buttevant	Avondhu	Black and yellow
Cobh	Cobh	Imokilly	Green and yellow
Cullen	Cullen	Duhallow	Blue and yellow
Kilmurry	Kilmurry	Muskerry	Green and yellow
Kinsale	Kinsale	Carrigdhoun	Blue and white
Millstreet	Millstreet	Duhallow	Green and yellow
St. Finbarr's	Togher	Seandun	Blue and yellow
St. James'	Ardfield	Carbery	Green and yellow
St. Michael's	Blackrock	Seandun	Green and yellow
St. Nicholas'	Blackpool	Seandun	Black and white
Urhan	Urhan	Beara	Red and white

Group A

Group A table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Urhan	3	2	1	0	34	28	6	5
Cullen	3	1	1	1	46	46	0	3
Ballydesmond	3	1	0	2	53	56	-3	2
St. Nicholas'	3	1	0	2	42	45	-3	2

Group A results

Urhan v Cullen

29 July 2023Round 1	Urhan	0-08 - 0-08	Cullen	Ballingeary Grounds
	C Harrington 0-3f, P O’Shea 0-2, Ciarán O’Sullivan 0-1, B Sullivan 0-1, A O’Sullivan 0-1.	Report	L Murphy 0-4 (0-2f), A Nolan 0-1, G Twomey 0-1, M Twomey 0-1, C Hickey 0-1.

St Nicholas' v Ballydesmond

29 July 2023Round 1	St Nicholas'	1-14 - 1-17	Ballydesmond	O'Connell Park
	D Morris 0-7, D Coughlan 1-2, L Forde 0-2, G Marshall 0-1, R Downey 0-1.	Report	D Moynihan 1-4, Donncha O’Connor 0-6 (0-5f), P Breen 0-3, N Fleming 0-3, M Collins 0-1.

Ballydesmond v Urhan

20 August 2023Round 2	Ballydesmond	1-07 - 1-11	Urhan	Kilmichael Grounds
	D O'Connor 1-1, D Moynihan 0-3, N Fleming 0-2, N O'Sullivan 0-1.		C Harrington 0-7, A Elphick 1-1, M McCarthy 0-1, M O'Shea 0-1, S O'Shea 0-1.

Cullen v St Nicholas'

20 August 2023Round 2	Cullen	1-10 - 2-09	St Nicholas'	Mallow GAA Complex
	L Murphy 1-2, J O'Connor 0-2, A Nolan 0-1, F Cronin 0-1, C Walsh 0-1, C Moynihan 0-1, B O'Connell 0-1, G Twomey 0-1.		D Coughlan 1-2, D Dunlea 1-0, N Goulding 0-2, S O'Callaghan 0-2, G Marshall 0-2, D Morris 0-1.

Ballydesmond v Cullen

8 September 2023Round 3	Ballydesmond	5-08 - 4-13	Cullen	Kiskeam Grounds
	N Fleming 2-1, D O'Connor 0-4, B Linehan 1-0, K O'Connell 1-0, W O'Connor 1-0, S Murphy 0-1, D Moynihan 0-1.		C Walsh 2-2, L Murphy 0-7, J O'Connor 1-2, M Twomey 1-0, A O'Regan 0-1, B O'Connell 0-1.

St Nicholas' v Urhan

8 September 2023Round 3	St Nicholas'	0-10 - 0-12	Urhan	Sam Maguire Park
	N Goulding (f), D Brosnan, D Morris, D Coughlan 0-2 each, D Barry, S O’Callaghan (f) 0-1 each.	Report	A Elphick 0-4, P O’Shea 0-3, J O’Shea 0-2, S O’Shea, C Harrington (f), S O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: L O'Shea (Carbery Rangers)

Group B

Group B table

  Knockout stage  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St. Finbarr's	3	2	0	1	44	36	8	4
Cobh	3	2	0	1	41	36	5	4
Buttevant	3	1	0	2	38	42	-4	2
St. Michael's	3	0	0	3	35	44	-9	0

Group B results

Buttevant v St Michael's

30 July 2023Round 1	Buttevant	0-13 - 1-08	St Michael's	O'Connell Park
	M Lenahan 0-6, D Hanlon 0-4 (1f), M O'Neill 0-2, K Lenahan 0-1.	Report	E Buckley 1-1, P Cronin 0-2, D O'Sullivan 0-1, D Cremin 0-1, F Leahy 0-1, B Cain 0-1, T Grainger 0-1.

St. Finbarr's v Cobh

30 July 2023Round 1	St. Finbarr's	1-09 - 1-08	Cobh	Caherlag Grounds
	R McInerney 0-5, E McGreevey 1-0.		N O'Connell 1-2, D Kearney 0-4.

Cobh v Buttevant

20 August 2023Round 2	Cobh	1-10 - 1-09	Buttevant	Mill Field
	N O'Connell 1-2, D Heelan 0-2, D Kearney 0-2, M O'Rourke 0-1, T Wilk 0-1, E Hastings 0-1, A Hastings 0-1.		M Lenahan 1-4, M O'Neill 0-2, S Madigan 0-2, D O'Hanlon 0-1.

St Michael's v St Finbarr's

20 August 2023Round 2	St Michael's	3-03 - 2-08	St Finbarr's	Páirc Uí Rinn
			A Lyne 1-0, D O'Brien 1-0.

Cobh v St Michael's

8 September 2023Round 3	Cobh	2-11 - 1-09	St Michael's	Caherlag Grounds
	D Kearney 2-6.

St Finbarr's v Buttevant

8 September 2023Round 3	St Finbarr's	3-09 - 1-10	Buttevant	O'Connell Park
	E McGreevey 1-1, A Lyne 1-0, S Fenton 1-0, M Shields 0-3f, A Murphy 0-2f, D O'Brien 0-1f, A Barry 0-1, C Madden 0-1.	Report	M O'Neill 0-5 (0-4f), D Hanlon 1-1, M Lenahan 0-3f, C O'Toole 0-1.	Referee: S Stokes (Tullylease)

Group C

Group C table

  Knockout stage  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmurry	3	3	0	0	54	26	28	6
Millstreet	3	2	0	1	44	48	-4	4
St. James'	3	1	0	2	30	48	-18	2
Kinsale	3	0	0	3	39	45	-6	0

Group C results

Kinsale v St. James'

29 July 2023Round 1	Kinsale	0-13 - 1-11	St. James'	Our Lady's Well Grounds
	J O'Brien 0-6, M Murphy 0-3, G Finn 0-2, C Sheehan 0-2.		F Hayes 1-3, I Evans 0-3, J O'Driscoll 0-2, P O'Sullivan 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: J Horgan (Gleann na Laoi)

Millstreet v Kilmurry

29 July 2023Round 1	Millstreet	0-10 - 1-19	Kilmurry	Páirc Abán
	J Buckley 0-6f, H Linehan 0-2, A O’Leary 0-1; D Cashman 0-1.	Report	J McGinn 0-6 (0-3f), L Aisling 0-4, D Cahalane 1-0, J O’Mullane 0-3, P Brehanu 0-2, S Warren 0-2 (0-1f), K Kelleher 0-1; B Hinchion 0-1.

Kilmurry v Kinsale

19 August 2023Round 2	Kilmurry	1-09 - 0-09	Kinsale	Ballincollig Grounds
	L Aisling 1-0, L Wall 0-3, S Warren 0-2, T Collins 0-2, J McGinn 0-1, J O'Mullane 0-1.

St. James' v Millstreet

20 August 2023Round 2	St. James'	1-06 - 0-15	Millstreet	Kilmurry Grounds
	F Hayes 1-2, A O'Shea 0-1, A Hayes 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1, C Hayes 0-1.		S Hickey 0-4, M Vaughan 0-2, H Linehan 0-2, A O'Leary 0-2, D Cashman 0-2, C O'Leary 0-1, A Murphy 0-1, N Flahive 0-1.

Millstreet v Kinsale

8 September 2023Round 3	Millstreet	1-16 - 2-11	Kinsale	Cloughduv Grounds
	J Linehan 0-5, A O’Leary 1-2, H Linehan 0-4 (0-1f), A Murphy, D Cashman, K Crowley, C O’Leary, M Vaughan 0-1 each.	Report	B Coughlan 1-8 (0-8f), J O’Brien 1-1, M Murphy, J Murphy 0-1 each.	Referee: M O'Leary (Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's)

Kilmurry v St James'

8 September 2023Round 3	Kilmurry	3-11 - 0-07	St James'	Páirc Uinsinn
	P Berhanu 1-2, J McGinn 1-0, W Ronan 1-0, L Wall 0-3, S Warren 0-3, J O'Mullane 0-2, K Kelleher 0-1.		J O'Sullivan 0-4, F Hayes 0-2, C Hayes 0-1.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
					Kilmurry	0-12
	Urhan	0-10			Urhan	1-07
	Millstreet	1-05							Kilmurry	1-11
									St Finbarr's	3-06
					St Finbarr's	0-10
	Cullen	0-06			Cobh	0-08
	Cobh	1-06

Relegation playoff

Kinsale v St Michael's

24 September 2023Playoff	Kinsale	1-11 - 0-09	St Michael's	Páirc Liam Mhic Cárthaigh
	J Murphy 1-3, B Coughlan 0-5 f, M Murphy 0-2, D Looney 0-1.	Report	C Cronin 0-6 f, B Cain 0-2 (0-1 f), S Ahern 0-1.	Referee: P O'Leary (Cloughduv)

Quarter-finals

Cullen v Cobh

23 September 2023Quarter-final	Cullen	0-06 - 1-06	Cobh	Páirc Eoin Mhic Cárthaigh
	D Kearney 1-1 (0-1 45), D Heelan 0-2 f, N O'Connell (f), C Spriggs A McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	L Murphy 0-3 (0-2 f), A Regan 0-2, C Walsh 0-1.	Referee: C Nolan (BIshopstown)

Urhan v Millstreet

23 September 2023Quarter-final	Urhan	0-10 - 1-05	Millstreet	St Colum's Grounds
	A Elphick 0-3, Conchubar Harrington, Vincent Lehane 0-2 f each, B Sullivan, C Lowney (m), P O’Shea 0-1each.	Report	H Linehan 1-2 (0-2 f), J Linehan, C O’Leary, E O’Mahony 0-1 each.	Referee: T Barry (Bantry Blues)

Semi-finals

Kilmurry v Cobh

6 October 2023Semi-final	Kilmurry	0-12 - 1-07	Cobh	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Warren 0-5 (0-2 f), J Ryan 0-4 (0-1 f), L Wall, J O’Mullane, P Brehanu 0-1 each.	Report	J Hamilton 1-0, N O’Connell, E Hastings 0-2 each, D Heelan (f), A Hastings, S Cummins 0-1 each.	Referee: C Walsh (Nemo Rangers)

St Finbarr's v Urhan

7 October 2023Semi-final	St Finbarr's	0-10 - 0-08	Urhan	Rossmore Grounds
	D O’Brien 0-3, A Murphy (0-1 f), M Shields 0-2 each, A McCarthy, E Comyns, C Madden 0-1 each.	Report	C Harrington 0-3, P O’Shea, V Lehane 0-2 each, A Elphick 0-1.	Referee: N Hayes (Carbery Rangers)

Final

Kilmurry v St Finbarr's

28 October 2023Final	Kilmurry	1-11 - 3-06	St Finbarr's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	L Wall 0-5, S Warren 1-2 (0-1 f), J Ryan 0-2 (0-1 f), P Berhanu, T Collins 0-1 each.	Report	C Doolan, C Madden, A Murphy 1-0 each, D O’Brien 0-2 (0-1 f), O Murphy, A McCarthy, M Shields, C Walsh 0-1 each.	Referee: J Murphy (Castletownroche)

References

1. Tarrant, John (3 February 2022). "Clubs votes for new County Premier Junior grade". The Corkman. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
2. "Guide to the 2023 Cork GAA club hurling and football draws". Echo Live. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
3. "Bon Secours Football Championship Round 1 games". Cork GAA website. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
4. "St Finbarr's stun Kilmurry with late goal to win the Premier JFC". Echo Live. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
5. Coleman, John (28 October 2023). "Late Madden goal seals Premier Junior crown for St Finbarr's". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

External links

• Cork GAA website