2024 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

2024 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

Dates	26 July - 26 October 2024
Teams	12
Sponsor	McCarthy Insurance Group
Champions	Glanmire (2nd title) Conor Neligan (captain) Mark Hopkins (manager)
Runners-up	Boherbue Gerry O'Sullivan (captain) Conor O'Riordan (manager)
Relegated	Na Piarsaigh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	44 (1.83 per match)
Points scored	524 (21.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David O'Connor (2-42)
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The 2024 Cork Intermediate A Football Championship was the 89th 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 14 December 2023. ^[1] The championship ran from 26 July to 26 October 2024.

The final was played on 26 October 2024 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Glanmire and Boherbue, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. ^[2] Glanmire won the match by 2–10 to 0–15 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 27 years. ^{[3] [4]}

Boherbue's David O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 2-42.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship

• Na Piarsaigh ^[5]

Promoted from the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

• St Finbarr's ^[6]

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship

• Aghabullogue ^[7]

Relegated to the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

• Glenville ^[8]

Group A

Group A table

  Quarter-finalists

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Adrigole	3	2	1	0	42	37	5	5
Gabriel Rangers	3	2	0	1	43	35	8	4
Dromtarriffe	3	1	0	2	45	50	-5	2
Kildorrery	3	0	1	2	37	45	-8	1

Group A results

Dromtarriffe v Adrigole

27 July 2024Round 1	Dromtarriffe	0-16 - 3-10	Adrigole	Páirc Abán
	E Murphy 0-8, C O'Callaghan 0-4, D O'Keeffe 0-2, B O'Keeffe 0-2.	Report	B O'Sullivan 3-2, J Harrington 0-4, N O'Sullivan 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1, D Collins 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.

Kildorrery v Gabriel Rangers

27 July 2024Round 1	Kildorrery	1-09 - 2-10	Gabriel Rangers	Ovens Grounds
	C Harrington 1-2, S Watson 0-3, J O'Sullivan 0-1, L Keating 0-1, J Keating 0-1, S Fitzgerald 0-1.	Report	K O'Brien 2-1, J O'Regan 0-3, S Kelleher 0-2, M Cronin 0-3, G O'Callaghan 0-1.

Adrigole v Kildorrery

18 August 2024Round 2	Adrigole	0-13 - 1-10	Kildorrery	Coachford Sportsfield
	B O'Sullivan 0-5, J Harrington 0-4, C O'Shea 0-3, S O'Shea 0-1.		S Watson 0-6, P Piggott 1-0, L Keating 0-2, T O'Sullivan 0-1, P O'Brien 0-1.

Gabriel Rangers v Dromtarriffe

18 August 2024Round 2	Gabriel Rangers	1-16 - 0-13	Dromtarriffe	Castle Grounds
	M Cronin 0-10, K O'Driscoll 1-0, G O'Callaghan 0-1, K O'Driscoll 0-1.	Report	E Murphy 0-3, B O'Keeffe 0-2, D O'Keeffe 0-1, C O'Callaghan 0-1, J Kelleher 0-1, B Murphy 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.

Dromtarriffe v Kildorrery

14 September 2024Round 3	Dromtarriffe	1-13 - 0-12	Kildorrery	Churchtown Grounds
		Report	L Keating 0-4.

Adrigole v Gabriel Rangers

14 September 2024Round 3	Adrigole	0-10 - 1-05	Gabriel Rangers	St Colum's Park
	Cian O’Shea 0-4 (0-3 f); B O’Sullivan, K Goggin 0-2 each; C O’Sullivan, N O’Sullivan (f) 0-1 each.	Report	G O’Callaghan 1-1; K O’Driscoll, P O’Driscoll, S Kelleher (f), K O’Sullivan 0-1 each.

Group B

Group B table

  Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Mitchelstown	3	2	0	1	48	39	9	4
Glanworth	3	2	0	1	36	34	2	4
Ballinora	3	2	0	1	40	40	0	4
St Vincent's	3	0	0	3	39	50	-11	0

Group B results

Mitchelstown v St Vincent's

26 July 2024Round 1	Mitchelstown	1-15 - 1-08	St Vincent's	Páirc Bhríde
	C O'Mahony 0-4, S Walsh 0-4, D Flynn 1-0, J Sheehan 0-3, R Donegan 0-2, D Dineen 0-1, K Cotter 0-1.	Report	K O'Connor 1-2, B Long 0-3, S Duggan 0-1, S Hanrahan 0-1, B Hornibrook 0-1.

Glanworth v Ballinora

27 July 2024Round 1	Glanworth	1-07 - 0-06	Ballinora	Mayfield Grounds
	D Pyne 1-4, D O'Brien 0-2, M Sheehan 0-1.	Report	S Kingston 0-2, R Quirke 0-2, L Lyons 0-1, N Lordan 0-1.

St Vincent's v Glanworth

17 August 2024Round 2	St Vincent's	0-11 - 1-10	Glanworth	Glenville Grounds
	B Murphy 0-5, K O'Connor 0-3, B Long 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1, R Fielding 0-1.	Report	D O'Brien 1-4, D Pyne 0-4, J O'Sullivan 0-1, P Blackburn 0-1.

Ballinora v Mitchelstown

17 August 2024Round 2	Ballinora	1-12 - 1-10	Mitchelstown	Páirc Bhríde
	R Quirke 0-5, S Kingston 1-1, M Quirke 0-2, I Quirke 0-2, T Burns 0-1, K Werner 0-1.	Report	D Dineen 1-0, J Sheehan 0-2, C O'Mahony 0-2, K Cotter 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1, S Beston 0-1, S Walsh 0-1, D Flynn 0-1, P Magee 0-1.

St Vincent's v Ballinora

14 September 2024Round 3	St Vincent's	3-08 - 2-13	Ballinora	Ovens Grounds
	B Murphy 3-3.	Report	R Quirke 0-5, I Quirke 1-1, J Keohane 1-0.

Mitchelstown v Glanworth

14 September 2024Round 3	Mitchelstown	0-17 - 1-10	Glanworth	Araglen Grounds
	C O’Mahony 0-6, J Sheehan 0-4, M Keane 0-2.	Report	M Sheehan 1-1, D Pyne 0-4.

Group C

Group C table

  Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Glanmire	3	2	1	0	53	36	17	5
Boherbue	3	2	0	1	46	27	19	4
St Finbarr's	3	1	1	1	54	33	21	3
Na Piarsaigh	3	0	0	3	24	81	-57	0

Group C results

Na Piarsaigh v Boherbue

26 July 2024Round 1	Na Piarsaigh	0-06 - 1-22	Boherbue	O'Connell Park
	C Horgan 0-4.	Report	D O’Connor 1-11, G O’Sullivan 0-6, L Moynihan 0-2, K Cremin 0-1, B Herlihy 0-1, D Moynihan 0-1.

St Finbarr's v Glanmire

28 July 2024Round 1	St Finbarr's	1-12 - 3-06	Glanmire	St Vincent's Grounds
	M Shields 0-7 (0-5 f, 0-1 mark).	Report

Glanmire v Na Piarsaigh

17 August 2024Round 2	Glanmire	3-19 - 2-06	Na Piarsaigh	Mayfield Grounds
	D Molden 1-6.	Report

Boherbue v St Finbarr's

18 August 2024Round 2	Boherbue	0-12 - 1-08	St Finbarr's	O'Connell Park
	D O'Connor 0-7, A O'Connor 0-2, G O'Sullivan 0-1, D Moynihan 0-1, J Corkery 0-1.		A Murphy 0-4, D O'Brien 1-0, C Madden 0-2, S Fenton 0-1, A Lyne 0-1.

Boherbue v Glanmire

14 September 2024Round 3	Boherbue	0-09 - 0-10	Glanmire	Mourneabbey Grounds
	J Corkery 0-4 (0-1 f), D O’Connor 0-3 (0-2 f), L Moynihan, G O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	D Lynch 0-3 (0-2 f), C O’Donovan, C Crowley, T O’Donoghue (f), D Kenneally, J Crowley (f), D McCarthy, B O’Connell (45) 0-1 each.

Na Piarsaigh v St Finbarr's

14 September 2024Round 3	Na Piarsaigh	0-06 - 4-16	St Finbarr's	Mayfield Grounds
	E Sheehan, SP Cooke, C Hogan, E Fitzgerald, S Downey, J Gardiner 0-1 each.	Report	M Shields 1-5 (0-3 f); A Murphy 1-3 (0-1 f, 0-1 45); D O’Brien 1-3; S Fenton 1-0; O Murphy 0-2; C Maher, P Kerins, J Murphy each.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
					Adrigole (Beara)	0-11
	Boherbue (Duhallow)	2-14			Boherbue (Duhallow)	1-09
	Glanworth (Avondhu)	0-14							Boherbue (Duhallow)	0-15
									Glanmire (Imokilly)	2-10
					Glanmire (Imokilly)	1-09
	Mitchelstown (Avondhu)	0-10			Gabriel Rangers (Carbery)	0-11
	Gabriel Rangers (Carbery)	0-13

Relegation playoff

St Vincent's v Na Piarsaigh

28 September 2024Playoff	St Vincent's	2-05 - 1-07	Na Piarsaigh	Mayfield Grounds
	B Murphy (2-4, 0-1 free); B Long (0-1).	Report	S Forde (1-1); K Moynihan, C Hogan, C Clancy, S Downey, M Sheehan, K Forde (0-1 each).

Quarter-finals

Boherbue v Glanworth

28 September 2024Quarter-final	Boherbue	2-14 - 0-14	Glanworth	Mallow GAA Complex
	D O’Connor (1-8, 0-3 frees); D Sheehan (1-0); J Corkery (0-3, 0-1 mark); G O’Sullivan (0-2); L Moynihan (0-1).	Report	D Pyne (0-4, 0-3 frees), D O’Brien (0-4, 0-1 free); S Condon, M Sheehan (0-2 each); G O’Neill, S Finn (0-1 each).

Mitchelstown v Gabriel Rangers

6 October 2024Quarter-final	Mitchelstown	0-10 - 0-13	Gabriel Rangers	Jack Fitzgerald Memorial Park
	C O’Mahony 0-4 (0-3f), P Magee 0-2 (0-1f), S Beston, M Keane, J Sheehan , D Price 0-1 each.	Report	M Cronin (0-6, 5f), J O’Regan (0-4, 1f, 1m), L Bowen, P O’Driscoll, K O’Driscoll (0-1 each).

Semi-finals

Adrigole v Boherbue

12 October 2024Semi-final	Adrigole	0-11 - 1-09	Boherbue	Páirc Uí Chuana
	C O’Shea (0-4, 0-3 frees), N O’Sullivan (0-1 free) and B O’Sullivan (0-2 each), S O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan and G O’Shea (0-1 each).	Report	D O’Connor (0-6, 0-3 frees), J Corkery (1-1), L Moynihan and A O’Connor (free) (0-1 each).

Glanmire v Gabriel Rangers

12 October 2024Semi-final	Glanmire	1-09 - 0-11	Gabriel Rangers	Clonakilty Grounds
	D Molden (0-5, 0-2 f), C Crowley (1-1), D Lynch, T O’Donoghue (f), D McCarthy (f) (0-1 each).	Report	M Cronin (0-4, 0-3 f, 0-1 m), J O’Regan (0-3, 0-2 f), S Kelleher (f), K Roycroft, G O’Callaghan, E Goggin (0-1 each).

Final

Boherbue v Glanmire

26 October 2024Final	Boherbue	0-15 - 2-10	Glanmire	SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D O’Connor 0-7 (0-2f), D Moynihan (0-1m), D Sheehan 0-2 each, J Corkery (0-1m), G O’Sullivan (0-1m), Alan O’Connor, Andrew O’Connor (0-1f) 0-1 each.	Report	D Molden 0-4f, S O’Driscoll, C Crowley 1-0 each, D Lynch (0-1f), C McCarthy 0-2 each, H Jones, D Hogan 0-1 each.	Referee: P O’Leary (Kilmurry)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	David O'Connor	Boherbue	2-42	48	6	8.00
2	Blake Murphy	St Vincent's	5-12	27	4	6.75
3	Mark Cronin	Gabriel Rangers	0-23	23	5	4.60

References

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3. O'Callaghan, Therese (26 October 2024). "Glanmire seal first football title since the Teddy McCarthy triumph". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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External links

• Cork GAA website