2024 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship

2024 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship

Dates	3 August - 3 November 2024
Teams	13 [1]
Sponsor	RCM Tarmacadam [2]
Champions	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's (6th title)
Runners-up	Ballinascarthy
Relegated	Bandon Bantry Blues
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	52 (2.26 per match)
Points scored	708 (30.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	James O'Driscoll (3-42)
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The 2024 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship was the 100th staging of the Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the West Cork Board in 1925. ^[3] The draw for the group stage placings took place on 20 February 2024. ^[4] The championship ran from 3 August to 3 November 2024.

Clonakilty were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St James' in the quarter-finals. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Bandon and Bantry Blues were relegated after losing in the playoffs. ^[8]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Carbery Junior B Hurling Championship

• Bantry Blues
• Oliver Plunketts

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballinascarthy	2	2	0	0	61	29	32	4
Newcestown	2	1	0	1	39	29	10	2
Bandon	2	0	0	2	25	67	-42	0

Group 1 results

Ballinascarthy v Newcestown

3 August 2024Round 1	Ballinascarthy	1-14 - 0-16	Newcestown	Charlie Hurley Park
	J Ryan 0-7, B O'Donovan 1-2, T Cullinane 0-2, C Cullinane 0-2, S Ryan 0-1.		E Kelly 0-11, O Walsh 0-2, C Clarke 0-1, A Shorten 0-1, C Hurley 0-1.

Ballinascarthy v Bandon

23 August 2024Round 2	Ballinascarthy	6-26 - 2-07	Bandon	Kilbrittain Grounds
	B O'Donovan 1-7, J Ryan 0-7, E O'Brien 2-0, T Cullinane 0-4, C Cullinane 1-0, D Nyhan 1-0, C Ryan 1-0, S Ryan 0-3, T Walsh 0-2, L Murray 0-2, P Cullinane 0-1.		J Lillis 1-2, P Barry 1-2, P Hartnett 0-1, R Fogarty 0-1, S Murphy 0-1.

Newcestown v Bandon

6 September 2024Round 3	Newcestown	2-17 - 0-12	Bandon	St Mary's Park
	E Kelly 0-10, O O'Sullivan 2-1, C Hurley 0-3, P Collins 0-2, C Goggin 0-1.		P Barry 0-8, S Murphy 0-2, E Geary 0-1, K Hannon 0-1.

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St James'	2	1	1	0	49	22	27	3
St Mary's	2	1	1	0	37	21	16	3
Bantry Blues	2	0	0	2	17	60	-43	0

Group 2 results

St James' v St Mary's

4 August 2024Round 1	St James'	0-13 - 1-10	St Mary's	Ballinacarriga Grounds
	J O'Driscoll 0-8, C Hayes 0-3, J O'Sullivan 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1.		D O'Donovan 1-3, J Collins 0-2, O Corcoran 0-1, M O'Driscoll 0-1, B McCarthy 0-1, A O'Driscoll 0-1, N Kelleher 0-1.

St Mary's v Bantry Blues

24 August 2024Round 2	St Mary's	1-21 - 0-08	Bantry Blues	Sam Maguire Park
	J Collins 0-7, M O'Driscoll 1-2, D O'Donovan 0-5, O Corcoran 0-2, A O'Driscoll 0-2, B McCarthy 0-1, P McNamara 0-1, N Kelleher 0-1.		S Keevers 0-3, D McCarthy 0-2, S Cronin 0-2, R O'Mahony 0-1.

St James' v Bantry Blues

8 September 2024Round 3	St James'	3-27 - 1-06	Bantry Blues	Sam Maguire Park
	J O'Driscoll 1-14, M Evans 2-5, Conor Hayes 0-3, Criostóir Hayes 0-3, A Whelton 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.

Group 3

Group 3 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	2	2	0	0	52	30	22	4
Clonakilty	2	1	0	1	35	45	-10	2
St Oliver Plunketts	2	0	0	2	35	47	-12	0

Group 3 results

Clonakilty v St Oliver Plunketts

3 August 2024Round 1	Clonakilty	0-23 - 1-14	St Oliver Plunketts	St Mary's Park
	B White 0-9, S White 0-5, M White 0-3, D Lowney 0-3, F Murphy 0-2, C Coakley 0-1.		D McCarthy 0-5, R O'Driscoll 1-1, C McCarthy 0-3, M Keohane 0-2, N O'Driscoll 0-2, C Lyons 0-1.

Clonakilty v Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

25 August 2024Round 2	Clonakilty	0-12 - 2-22	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	St Mary's Park
	B White 0-7, N Barrett 0-2, F Murphy 0-1, S White 0-1, M White 0-1.		C O'Donovan 1-6, G O'Donovan 0-6, J Lucey 0-4, K O'Donovan 1-0, C O'Sullivan 0-2, J Hurley 0-1, S Crowley 0-1, J Fleming 0-1, P Crowley 0-1.

St Oliver Plunketts v Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

7 September 2024Round 3	St Oliver Plunketts	2-12 - 2-18	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	MP Keohane 1-2, Conor McCarthy 1-1, D McCarthy 0-4, Cian McCarthy 0-3, M Collins 0-1, P Healy 0-1.		J Lucey 1-10, C O'Donovan 0-4, K O'Donovan 1-0, J Fleming 0-1, P Crowley 0-1, T Lordan 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1.

Group 4

Group 4 table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilbree	3	3	0	0	71	40	31	6
Randal Óg	3	1	0	2	61	58	3	2
Dohenys	3	1	0	2	51	56	-5	2
St Colum's	3	1	0	2	36	65	-29	2

Group 4 results

Dohenys v St Colum's

3 August 2024Round 1

Dohenys

1-14 - 2-12

St Colum's

Wolfe Tone Park

Randal Óg v Kilbree

3 August 2024Round 1

Randal Óg

1-17 - 1-23

Kilbree

St James' Park

Kilbree v St Colum's

24 August 2024Round 2	Kilbree	1-22 - 0-07	St Colum's	Castletown Grounds
	J Shanahan 0-12, E Shanahan 0-6, D McCarthy 1-2, B Deasy 0-2.		S Murnane 0-5, E O'Sullivan 0-2.

Randal Óg v Dohenys

25 August 2024Round 2

Randal Óg

2-12 - 0-21

Dohenys

Rossmore Grounds

Kilbree v Dohenys

7 September 2024Round 3	Kilbree	1-17 - 0-13	Dohenys	Ahamilla Grounds
	D Coakley 0-9, J O'Donovan 1-1, C Twohig 0-2, E Shanahan 0-2, MD Keohane 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1, O O'Sullivan 0-1.		B Murphy 0-9, F Herlihy 0-3, A O'Donovan 0-1.

Randal Óg v St Colum's

7 September 2024Round 3

Randal Óg

2-17 - 0-11

St Colum's

Ballydehob Grounds

Knockout stage

Relegation playoffs

St Colum's v Bantry Blues

21 September 2024Playoff

St Colum's

w/o - scr.

Bantry Blues

Sam Maguire Park

St Oliver Plunketts v Bandon

22 September 2024Playoff

St Oliver Plunketts

1-25 - 1-12

Bandon

Kilbrittain Grounds

Quarter-finals

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's v St Mary's

21 September 2024Quarter-final	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	1-14 - 1-11	St Mary's	Rossmore Grounds
	G O'Donovan 1-1, J Lucey 0-4, K O'Donovan 0-3, C O'Donovan 0-3, T Lordan 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1, M O'Driscoll 0-1.	Report	O Corcoran 1-2, D O'Donovan 0-3, J Collins 0-3, N Kelleher 0-1, Mark O'Driscoll 0-1, Michael O'Driscoll 0-1.

Ballinascarthy v Randal Óg

22 September 2024Quarter-final	Ballinascarthy	5-19 - 2-15	Randal Óg	Sam Maguire Park
	J Ryan 1-13, B O'Donovan 3-1, S Ryan 0-4, T Cullinane 1-0, L Murray 0-1.	Report	S Crowley 0-12, C Duggan 2-0, C O'Connell 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1, D Collins 0-1.

St James' v Clonakilty

22 September 2024Quarter-final	St James'	2-15 - 0-18	Clonakilty	Timoleague Grounds
	J O'Driscoll 2-10, P Whelton 0-2, I Evans 0-1, C Hennessy 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.	Report	B White 0-10, C O'Donovan 0-2, M White 0-2, F Murphy 0-2, J McLoughlin 0-1, M Murphy 0-1.

Kilbree v Newcestown

22 September 2024Quarter-final	Kilbree	0-17 - 1-18	Newcestown	Castletown Grounds
	J Shanahan 0-7, D Coakley 0-4, E Shanahan 0-4, C Twohig 0-1, C Murphy 0-1.	Report	E Kelly 0-11, C Hurley 1-2, A Shorten 0-2, C O'Sullivan 0-1, P Collins 0-1, C Goggin 0-1.

Semi-finals

Ballinascarthy v St James'

6 October 2024Semi-final	Ballinascarthy	1-20 - 0-11	St James'	St Mary's Park
	J Ryan 0-7, B O'Donovan 1-3, T Cullinane 0-4, Cillian Cullinane 0-4, Conall Cullinane 0-2.	Report	J O'Driscoll 0-10, C Hayes 0-1.

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's v Newcestown

6 October 2024Semi-final	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	2-12 - 0-11	Newcestown	Páirc Uinseann
	C O'Donovan 0-7, K O'Donovan 1-2, G O'Donovan 1-1, S Crowley 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1.	Report	E Kelly 0-11.

Final

Ballinascarthy v Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

20 October 2024Final	Ballinascarthy	0-13 - 0-13	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	St Mary's Park
	J Ryan 0-7, B O'Donovan 0-2, L Murray 0-1, T Cullinane 0-1, Cillian Cullinane 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.	Report	C O'Donovan 0-7, K O'Donovan 0-2, P Crowley 0-2, J Lucey 0-1, G O'Donovan 0-1.	Referee: A Long (Argideen Rangers)

Final replay

Ballinascarthy v Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

3 November 2024Final replay

Ballinascarthy

1-12 - 1-14

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

St Mary's Park

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	James O'Driscoll	St James'	3-42	51	4	12.75
2	Jeremy Ryan	Ballinascarthy	1-41	44	5	8.80
3	Eoin Kelly	Newcestown	0-43	43	4	10.74
4	Brian O'Donovan	Ballinascarthy	6-15	33	5	6.60
5	Caolan O'Donovan	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	1-27	30	5	6.00

References

1. "Bandon's appeal win leaves 13 teams in 2024 Carbery JAHC". The Southern Star. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
2. "MASTER PLAN: Road to glory in Carbery laid out". The Southern Star. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
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5. "Irresistible Clonakilty scale the Mountain". The Southern Star. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
6. "Clonakilty's JAHC title defence preparations far from ideal". The Southern Star. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
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External links

• Carbery GAA website