2025 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

2025 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

Dates	25 July - 25 October 2025
Teams	12
Sponsor	McCarthy Insurance Group
Champions	Buttevant (1st title) Mark Lenahan (captain) Joey O'Hanlon (manager)
Runners-up	St Nicholas' Danny Morris (captain) Robert Brosnan (manager)
Relegated	Ballydesmond
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	63 (2.74 per match)
Points scored	572 (24.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Donncha O'Connor (2-36)
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The 2025 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship was the third staging of the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2023. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 10 December 2024. ^{[1] [2]} The championship ran from 25 July to 25 October 2025. ^[3]

The final was played on 25 October 2025 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Buttevant and St Nicholas', in what was their first ever meeting in the final. ^[4] Buttevant won the match by 1-15 to 0-10 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade. ^[5]

Ballydesmond's Donncha O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 2-36.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

• Na Piarsaigh ^[6]

Promoted from the Cork Junior A Football Championship

• Inniscarra ^[7]

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

• Kilmurry ^[8]

Relegated to the City Junior A Football Championship

• St James' ^[9]

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Semi-finalist  Quarter-finalist  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Nicholas'	3	2	1	0	60	43	17	5
Canovee	3	2	0	1	60	44	16	4
Urhan	3	1	0	2	42	62	-20	2
Ballydesmond	3	0	1	2	47	60	-13	1

Group 1 results

Ballydesmond v St Nicholas'

27 July 2025Round 1	Ballydesmond	0-21 - 4-09	St Nicholas'	O'Connell Memorial Park
	D O'Connor 0-17, N Fleming 0-2, N O'Sullivan 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.	Report	J O'Sullivan 1-5, J Brosnan 1-1, E O'Leary 1-0, D Wall 1-0, D Morris 0-2, G Marshall 0-1.

Canovee v Urhan

27 July 2025Round 1	Canovee	2-21 - 1-11	Urhan	Sam Maguire Park
	J Kelleher 0-10, A Moynihan 0-5.	Report

Urhan v Ballydesmond

23 August 2025Round 2	Urhan	1-18 - 2-12	Ballydesmond	Páirc Uí Chuana
	C Harrington 0-9, M McCarthy 1-2, A Elphick 0-3, C O’Sullivan 0-3, J O'Neill 0-1.	Report	D O’Connor 1-7, N Fleming 1-3, N O'Sullivan 0-1, P Breen 0-1.

St Nicholas' v Canovee

24 August 2025Round 2	St Nicholas'	2-16 - 0-15	Canovee	Páirc Dhónaill Uí Cheallacháin
	J O'Sullivan 0-8, D Morris 1-2, J Corkery 1-2.	Report	A Moynihan 0-6, J Kelleher 0-3, J Moynihan 0-3, C Dodd 0-3.

Canovee v Ballydesmond

12 September 2025Round 3	Canovee	3-09 - 1-05	Ballydesmond	Castle Grounds
	M Healy 2-2, C O'Neill 1-0, J Kelleher 0-3.	Report	D O'Connor 1-4, N Fleming 0-1.

Urhan v St Nicholas'

12 September 2025Round 3	Urhan	0-07 - 2-11	St Nicholas'	Sam Maguire Park
	C Harrington 0-5.	Report	J O'Sullivan 0-7, D Coughlan 0-3.

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Quarter-finalist  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Cullen	3	2	0	1	63	43	20	4
Cobh	3	2	0	1	44	39	5	4
Na Piarsaigh	3	1	0	2	43	60	-17	2
Kinsale	3	1	0	2	41	49	-8	2

Group 2 results

Cobh v Cullen

25 July 2025Round 1	Cobh	0-13 - 2-18	Cullen	Mourneabbey Grounds
	C Walsh 0-3, C O'Leary 0-3.	Report	L Murphy 0-8, A Nolan 1-2.

Kinsale v Na Piarsaigh

26 July 2025Round 1	Kinsale	2-13 - 2-14	Na Piarsaigh	Ballinora Grounds
	B Coughlan 0-7, M Murphy 2-0, J Murphy 0-2.	Report	A Keating 1-4, K Buckley 0-5, M Sheehan 1-1, S Downey 0-2.

Cullen v Kinsale

23 August 2025Round 2	Cullen	1-12 - 0-19	Kinsale	Páirc Abán
	L Murphy 0-8, J O'Connor 1-0, C Walsh 0-1, J Hickey 0-1, C O'Leary 0-1.	Report	M Murphy 0-9, J O'Brien 0-3, N Ryan 0-2, D Looney 0-2, J Murphy 0-2, C O'Callaghan 0-1.

Na Piarsaigh v Cobh

24 August 2025Round 2	Na Piarsaigh	1-09 - 0-17	Cobh	Caherlag Grounds
	K Buckley 1-2.	Report	D Kearney 0-5, C McLoughlin 0-2, F Duggan 0-2.

Na Piarsaigh v Cullen

12 September 2025Round 3	Na Piarsaigh	3-02 - 2-18	Cullen	O'Connell Park
	SP Cooke 1-1, C Horgan, S O’Connell Ahern 1-0 each, A Keating 0-1 (f).	Report	L Murphy 1-11 (0-6f, 3 two pointers), C O’Leary 1-3, A Nolan 0-2, J O’Connor, M Twomey 0-1 each.

Kinsale v Cobh

12 September 2025Round 3	Kinsale	0-03 - 1-11	Cobh	Ovens Grounds
	M Murphy 0-2 f, G Kearney 0-1.	Report	D Kearney (0-2 f), J Ronan 0-3 each, D Burke 1-0, F Duggan 0-2 (1 2pt), T Wilk, D Heelan (f), M O’Rourke 0-1 each.

Group 3

Group 3 table

  Semi-finalist  Quarter-finalist  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Buttevant	3	3	0	0	83	45	38	6
Inniscarra	3	2	0	1	67	41	26	4
Glenville	3	0	1	2	39	69	-30	1
Millstreet	3	0	1	2	39	73	-34	1

Group 3 results

Buttevant v Glenville

26 July 2025Round 1	Buttevant	2-17 - 1-12	Glenville	Ballyhooly Grounds
	M Lenehan 0-7, C Hanlon 1-2, D Hanlon 0-5,	Report	C O'Keeffe 1-1, J Cooke 0-3, C O'Leary 0-2, C O'Mahony 0-2.

Inniscarra v Millstreet

26 July 2025Round 1	Inniscarra	2-12 - 0-12	Millstreet	Páirc Eoin Mhic Chárthaigh
	L O'Connor 0-7, S Dornan 1-1, S O'Donoghue 1-1, J O'Dwyer 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1, C Lynch 0-1.	Report	D Cashman 0-10, D O'Donovan 0-2.

Glenville v Inniscarra

23 August 2025Round 2	Glenville	0-08 - 4-18	Inniscarra	Carrignavar Grounds
		Report	S O’Donoghue 2-2, L O’Connor 0-8, M McLoughlin 1-0, F Horgan 1-0.

Millstreet v Buttevant

23 August 2025Round 2	Millstreet	2-05 - 4-27	Buttevant	Mallow GAA Complex
	D Buckley 1-0, D Cashman 1-0, S Hickey 0-3, P Dineen 0-1, H Lenihan 0-1	Report	C Hanlon 0-12, M Lenehan 1-6, M O’Neill 2-0, D Hanlon 0-6, A Horgan 1-0, K Sheehan 0-2, D Ryan 0-1.

Buttevant v Inniscarra

12 September 2025Round 3	Buttevant	3-12 - 3-10	Inniscarra	Mourneabbey Grounds
	D Hanlon 1-7, M Lenahan 2-2, C Hanlon 0-2, K Crowley 0-1.	Report	L O'Connor 1-4, S Dornan 1-3, S Sheehan 1-0, S Dineen 0-1, F Horgan 0-1, M McLoughlin 0-1.

Glenville v Millstreet

12 September 2025Round 3	Glenville	1-13 - 0-16	Millstreet	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C O'Leary 1-4, E Delahunt 0-2, C O'Mahony 0-2, C Fitzgerald 0-1, C Linehan 0-1.	Report	H Linehan 0-5, P Dineen 0-4, S Hickey 0-3, D Cashman 0-3, A O'Leary 0-1.

Relegation stage

Relegation playoff

Millstreet v Ballydesmond

27 September 2025Playoff	Millstreet	1-14 - 0-13	Ballydesmond	Patsy O'Sullivan Memorial Park, Boherbue
	H Linehan (1-2), D Cashman (0-4, 2fs), A O’Leary (f) and D O’Donovan (0-2 each), D Buckley, P Dineen, N Flahive and E O’Sullivan (0-1 each).	Report	Donnacha O’Connor (0-8), B Lenihan (0-3), T Fitzpatrick and P Breen (0-1 each).

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Inniscarra v Cobh

27 September 2025Quarter-final	Inniscarra	0-14 - 1-12	Cobh	Páirc Eoin Mhic Charthaigh
	S O'Donoghue 0-9.	Report	D Heelan 0-5, E Hastings 1-0, S Kearney 0-3, Adam Lynch 0-2.

Cullen v Canovee

27 September 2025Quarter-final	Cullen	2-08 - 3-16	Canovee	Canovee Grounds
	L Murphy 1-5.	Report	J Kelleher 0-8, A Moynihan 1-3.

Semi-finals

Buttevant v Canovee

11 October 2025Semi-final	Buttevant	2-16 - 0-12	Canovee	O'Connell Memorial Park
	D Hanlon 0-6, M Lenehan 0-6 (2 tp), C Hanlon 1-2, K Lenehan 1-0, M O’Neill, P Behan 0-1 each.	Report	J Kelleher 0-7 (0-5 f, 1 tpf), C Dodd 0-3 (1 tp), M Healy 0-2.

St Nicholas' v Cobh

11 October 2025Semi-final	St Nicholas'	0-14 - 0-12	Cobh	Páirc Séamus de Barra
	J O'Sullivan 0-3 f, D Brosnan 0-3 (1 2pt), J Corkery, Z Lynch (1 2pt) 0-2 each, E O'Leary, E Downey, D Coughlan, S Cummins 0-1 each.	Report	D Kearney 0-3 (1 2pt), D Heelan (0-1 45), J Ronan, M O'Rourke (1 2pt) 0-2 each, D Burke, T Wilk, S Cummins 0-1 each.

Final

Buttevant v St Nicholas'

25 October 2025Final	Buttevant	1-15 - 0-10	St Nicholas'	SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	C Hanlon 0-11 (3 2 pt, 0-3 f), M Lenahan 0-3 (1 2pt f), M O’Neill 1-0, D Hanlon 0-1.	Report	J O’Sullivan 0-4 (0-3 f), D Brosnan, D Morris 0-2 each, E Downey, D Dunlea 0-1 each.	Referee: B Crowley (Castlehaven)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Donncha O'Connor	Ballydesmond	2-36	42	4	10.50
2	Luke Murphy	Cullen	2-32	38	4	9.50
3	Conor Hanlon	Buttevant	2-29	35	5	7.00
4	Mark Lenehan	Buttevant	3-24	33	5	6.60
	Jack Kelleher	Canovee	0-33	33	5	6.60
6	Jack O'Sullivan	St Nicholas'	1-27	30	5	6.00
7	David Hanlon	Buttevant	1-25	28	5	5.60
8	Liam O'Connor	Inniscarra	1-21	24	4	6.00
9	Seán O'Donoghue	Inniscarra	3-12	21	4	5.25
10	Conchubhar Harrington	Urhan	0-20	20	3	6.66

References

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6. Barry, Stephen (28 September 2024). "St Vincent's fail to score in second half but hang on to relegate Na Piarsaigh". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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8. "Wonder Wall starts the party for Kilmurry to leave Canovee crushed". Irish Examiner. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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External links

• Cork GAA website