2025 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship

2025 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship

Dates	3 July - 26 October 2025
Teams	12 clubs 3 divisions 1 university
Sponsor	McCarthy Insurance Group
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	64 (2.46 per match)
Points scored	671 (25.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Steven Sherlock (5-27)
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The 2025 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship is the sixth staging of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and the 137th staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking Gaelic football teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 10 December 2024. ^{[1] [2]} The championship is scheduled to run from 3 July to 26 October 2025. ^[3]

Castlehaven entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Finbarr's in the quarter-finals. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Senior A Football Championship

• Carrigaline ^[7]

From Championship

Relegated to the Cork Senior A Football Championship

• Éire Óg ^[8]

Participating teams

Clubs

Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	Podsie O'Mahony	Luke Fahy
Carbery Rangers	Rosscarbery	Green, white and gold	Séamus Hayes	Paul Shanahan
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow	Michael Meaney
Castlehaven	Castlehaven	Blue and white	Seánie Cahalane	Mark Collins
Clonakilty	Clonakilty	Green and red	Martin O'Brien
Douglas	Douglas	Green, white and black
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow	Andrew Cashman	Matty Taylor
Nemo Rangers	Trabeg	Black and green	Robbie O'Dwyer	Alan O'Donovan
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow	Jim O'Sullivan	Luke Meade
St Finbarr's	Togher	Blue and yellow	Brian Roche
St Michael's	Blackrock	Green and yellow	Pat Doyle
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	Denis Kiely	Eoin Delaney Jacob O'Driscoll

Divisions and colleges

Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain
Carbery	West Cork	Purple and yellow	Colm Aherne
Duhallow	Duhallow	Orange and black	Ger O'Sullivan	Dan Buckley
Muskerry	Mid Cork	Green and white	Conor Hurley	Chris Óg Jones
University College Cork	College Road	Red and black

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Quarter-finalist  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Newcestown	3	3	0	0	53	42	11	6
Castlehaven	3	2	0	1	54	39	15	4
Mallow	3	1	0	2	54	53	1	2
Valley Rovers	3	0	0	3	49	76	-27	0

Group 1 results

Castlehaven v Mallow

26 July 2025Round 1	Castlehaven	1-13 - 0-12	Mallow	Ovens Grounds
	M Collins 0-6 (0-3 f, 1 2pt), J Cahalane 1-0, C Maguire 0-3 (1 2pt), S Browne, C Cahalane, M Hurley, M Maguire 0-1 each.	Report	J Dillon 0-4 (1 2pt, 0-1 f), M O’Rourke 0-3, E Kelleher 0-2, S McDonnell (f), M Taylor, J Glynn 0-1 each.

Newcestown v Valley Rovers

26 July 2025Round 1	Newcestown	1-19 - 0-16	Valley Rovers	Jack Fitzgerald Memorial Park
	D Buckley 0-12 (3 2ptf, 0-3 f, 1 2pt), S O’Sullivan 1-1, R O’Sullivan, T Twomey, S O’Donovan, E Collins, C Keane, J Meade 0-1 each.	Report	F Lynch 0-6 (1 2pt, 0-2 f), R O’Sullivan 0-3 (1 pt), C O’Leary, S McEntee 0-2 (1 pt) each, A Walsh Murphy, W Hurley, D Muckian 0-1 each.

Mallow v Newcestown

22 August 2025Round 2	Mallow	1-13 - 0-19	Newcestown	Castle Grounds
	S McDonnell 0-5 (1 2pt, 1 2ptf), K Sheehan 0-3 (0-1 f), J Loughrey 1-0, M O’Rourke 0-2, E Kelleher, E Stanton, S Merritt (45) 0-1 each.	Report	D Buckley 0-11 (2 2ptf, 0-3 f), L Meade 0-3 (1 2pt), S O’Sullivan 0-2, T Twomey, C Keane 0-1 each.

Valley Rovers v Castlehaven

23 August 2025Round 2	Valley Rovers	1-12 - 2-22	Castlehaven	Ahamilla Complex
	F Lynch 0-5 (1 2pt, 0-1 f), J O’Driscoll 1-0, A Walsh-Murphy 0-3, B Curtin 0-2 (1 2pt f), J Cottrell (f), C McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	B Hurley 0-9 (0-8 f), M Collins 0-4, J Cahalane, R Minihane 1-1 each, M Maguire 0-3, C Cahalane 0-2, J O’Driscoll, Damien Cahalane 0-1 each.

Castlehaven v Newcestown

14 September 2025Round 3	Castlehaven	0-10 - 0-12	Newcestown	Rossmore Grounds
	M Hurley 0-4 (0-1 f), J Cahalane 0-2, C Cahalane, R Maguire, R Minihane, B Hurley 0-1 each.	Report	D Buckley (0-2 f), T Twomey 0-5 each, D McAree, L Meade 0-1 each.

Mallow v Valley Rovers

14 September 2025Round 3	Mallow	2-20 - 1-15	Valley Rovers	Blarney Grounds
	K Sheehan 1-3 (1 2pt f), E Kelleher 0-4, J Loughrey 1-0, S McDonnell (1 2pt), M O’Rourke (1 2pt), J Dillon 0-3 each, T Kiely 0-2, M Taylor, S Copps 0-1 each.	Report	F Lynch 0-5 (0-2 f), J Walsh 1-1, B Curtin 0-4 (2 2pt f), D Murphy 0-2, S McEntee, C McCarthy, A Walsh Murphy 0-1.

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Quarter-finalist  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Finbarr's	3	3	0	0	58	36	22	6
Carrigaline	3	2	0	1	49	61	-12	4
Clonakilty	3	1	0	2	51	44	7	2
Carbery Rangers	3	0	0	3	33	50	-17	0

Group 2 results

Clonakilty v St Finbarr's

26 July 2025Round 1	Clonakilty	1-12 - 1-13	St Finbarr's	Charlie Hurley Park
	C Daly 1-1, D Gough 0-4 (0-1 f), D Ó Sé (1 2pt f), S White 0-2 each, R Mannix, S McEvoy, D Lowney 0-1 each.	Report	S Sherlock 0-6 (0-4 f, 0-1 45), C Dennehy 1-1, W Buckley 0-3, J Wigginton-Barrett 0-2, F Crowley 0-1.

Carbery Rangers v Carrigaline

27 July 2025Round 1	Carbery Rangers	1-13 - 2-11	Carrigaline	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	J O’Rourke 1-3 (0-1 f), P Hodnett 0-5 (2 2pt), T Cullinane 0-3 (0-1 f), James O’Riordan, B Hodnett 0-1 each.	Report	B Coakley 1-5 (1 2pt f), E Desmond 1-3 (0-2 f), B O’Driscoll, N Coakley (f), E Landers 0-1 each.

Carrigaline v Clonakilty

24 August 2025Round 2	Carrigaline	3-13 - 1-13	Clonakilty	Charlie Hurley Park
	N Coakley 1-2 (0-1 f), B O'Driscoll (1 2pt), E Desmond 0-3 each, R Delaney, C Barrett 1-0 each, B Coakley 0-2 (0-1 f), K O’Reilly, J McCarthy, C Kearney 0-1 each.	Report	C Daly 1-3 (0-2 f), D Gough (0-2 f), D Ó Sé 0-3 each, R Mannix 0-2, S White, B Ridgeway 0-1 each.

St Finbarr's v Carbery Rangers

24 August 2025Round 2	St Finbarr's	1-10 - 0-11	Carbery Rangers	Charlie Hurley Park
	S Sherlock 1-4 (0-2 f), E Twomey 0-4, C Myers-Murray, I Maguire 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Rourke 0-3 (0-1 f), T Cullinane (0-1 f), C Twomey, P O’Rourke 0-2 each, P Shanahan (45), J Kevane 0-1 each.

Clonakilty v Carbery Rangers

14 September 2025Round 3	Clonakilty	1-17 - 0-06	Carbery Rangers	Ballinacarriga Grounds
	D Gough (1f), C Daly (1 2pt, 1f) (0-5 each), M White (0-3, 1 2ptf, 1 45), L O’Donovan (1-0), D Lowney, B Ridgeway, S McEvoy, R Mannix (0-1 each).	Report	J O’Rourke (0-2, 1f), P Hodnett, B Hodnett, J O’Brien, T Cullinane (0-1 each).

St Finbarr's v Carrigaline

14 September 2025Round 3	St Finbarr's	2-23 - 0-10	Carrigaline	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Sherlock (1-14, 3tpf, 1tpsl, 2 frees, 1 45); J Wigginton-Barrett (1-0); W Buckley, E Twomey, R Barrett (0-2 each); I Maguire, E McGreevy (0-1 each).	Report	N Coakley (0-5, 4 frees, 1 mark); É Desmond (0-3, 2 frees); J McCarthy, K O’Reilly (0-1 each).

Group 3

Group 3 table

  Semi-finalist  Quarter-finalist

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Nemo Rangers	3	3	0	0	67	40	27	6
Ballincollig	3	1	1	1	44	44	0	3
Douglas	3	1	0	2	36	35	1	2
St Michael's	3	0	1	2	31	59	-28	1

Group 3 results

Ballincollig v Nemo Rangers

25 July 2025Round 1	Ballincollig	1-14 - 1-16	Nemo Rangers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C Dorgan 0-5 (0-2 f, 1 2pt f), S O’Neill 1-1, S Kiely, B O’Connell, D O’Mahony 0-2 each, L Fahy, P O’Neill 0-1 each.	Report	M Cronin 0-8 (0-7 f), B Hayes 1-3, M A Martin (45), B Murphy, K O’Donovan, R Dalton, C Horgan 0-1 each.

Douglas v St Michael's

26 July 2025Round 1	Douglas	1-12 - 0-04	St Michael's	Ted Hanley Memorial Park
	C Russell 0-8 (0-4 f), S Powter 1-0, S Coakley 0-3 (1 2pt f), J Cunningham 0-1.	Report	K Hegarty 0-2, D Meaney, A Hennessy 0-1 each.

Nemo Rangers v Douglas

22 August 2025Round 2	Nemo Rangers	1-15 - 1-07	Douglas	Páirc Uí Rinn
	M Cronin 0-6 (1 2pt, 1 2pt f, 0-1 f), C Horgan 1-2, R Dalton 0-3 (1 2pt), K O’Donovan 0-2, K Histon, B Hayes 0-1 each.	Report	S Kingston 0-5 (0-1 f), S Coakley 1-2 (0-1 f).

St Michael's v Ballincollig

24 August 2025Round 2	St Michael's	0-14 - 1-11	Ballincollig	Páirc Uí Rinn
	L O’Herlihy 0-5 (0-4 f), F Leahy, A Hennessy 0-3 each, E Buckley, E Hickey, L O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	C Dorgan 0-4 (0-3 f), D O’Mahony 1-0, S Kiely (0-1 45) 0-2, P O’Neill 0-2 (1 tpt), B O’Connell, S O’Neill, D Demond 0-1 each.

Ballincollig v Douglas

14 September 2025Round 3	Ballincollig	1-10 - 0-11	Douglas	Páirc Liam Mhic Cárthaigh
	C Dorgan 1-6 (1-0 pen, 1 2pt f, 0-3 f), JP Murphy, L Fahy, B O’Connell, S O’Neill 0-1 each.	Report	S Kingston 0-5 (2 2pt), L Dwan-Fogarty (1 2pt), C Russell (45) 0-2 each, S Coakley (f), B Powter 0-1 each.

Nemo Rangers v St Michael's

14 September 2025Round 3	Nemo Rangers	4-18 - 0-13	St Michael's	Ted Hanley Memorial Park
	M Cronin (1-7, 1-0 pen, 1 2pt, 1 2ptf, 0-2 frees), B Hayes (0-6, 3 2pt), C Horgan (1-2, 0-1 free), B Cripps and C Kiely (1-0 each), K Histon, A O’Donovan, K O’Donovan (0-1 each).	Report	L O’Herlihy (0-8, 1 2pt, 2 2ptf, 0-2 frees), E Hegarty (0-2, 2pt), R O’Shaughnessy, E Buckley and R Kavanagh (0-1 each).

Division/colleges section

Division/colleges seeded section semi-finals

University College Cork v Duhallow

3 July 2025Semi-final	University College Cork	4-12 - 4-18	Duhallow	Mallow GAA Complex
	C O’Mahony 0-5 (1 2pt f, 1 2pt, 0-1 45), E Daly 1-2, J Horgan 1-1, M Murphy, F O’Sullivan 1-0 each, F O’Brien 0-2, T Hannifin, S Aherne 0-1 each.	Report	L Murphy 1-7 (0-2 f), J Curtin 2-1, D O’Connor 1-2, S Hickey 0-3, S Meehan, C O’Callaghan, D Linehan, C Curtin, L Moynihan 0-1 each.	Referee: R Whelan (Gleann na Laoi)

Carbery v Muskerry

8 July 2025Semi-final	Carbery	1-18 - 7-11	Muskerry	Castletown Grounds
	O Corcoran 1-5 (1 2pt), D Gore 0-5 (0-3 f), R O’Donovan (0-1 f), K O’Driscoll, S Daly, K Casey 1 2pt) 0-2 each.	Report	C Óg Jones 3-3 (1-0 penalty, 1 2ptf), L O’Connor 1-3, I Jones 1-2, A Quinn 1-1, C O’Donovan 1-0, D Ó Laoire 0-1.	Referee: J Regan (Lough Rovers)

Division/colleges seeded section final

Duhallow v Muskerry

15 July 2025Final	Duhallow	4-09 - 0-13	Muskerry	Páirc Nóra Ní Iarlaithe
	L Murphy 1-6 (0-2 f), D Cashman 1-1, G O’Sullivan, J Curtin 1-0 each, D O’Connor 0-2.	Report	C Óg Jones 0-4 (0-3 f), L O’Connor 0-3 (0-2 f), D O’Leary 0-3 (tp), A O’Sullivan, C O’Donovan, I Jones 0-1 each.

Relegation stage

Relegation playoff

Carbery Rangers v Valley Rovers

27 September 2025Playoff	Carbery Rangers	1-09 - 1-09	Valley Rovers	St Mary's Park
	P Hodnett 1-4, T Cullinane 0-3, J O’Rourke 0-2.	Report	C McCarthy 0-5 (1 2pt), A Walsh-Murphy 0-3, J O’Driscoll 1-0, F Lynch 0-1.

Carbery Rangers v Valley Rovers

October 2025Playoff replay

Carbery Rangers

v

Valley Rovers

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

St Finbarr's v Castlehaven

28 September 2025Quarter-final	St Finbarr's	6-11 - 0-19	Castlehaven	Clonakilty GAA Complex
	S Sherlock 3-3 (2-0 pen, 1 2pt f, 0-1 45), I Maguire 1-1, W Buckley, C Dennehy 1-0 each, B Hayes, R Barrett 0-2 each, J Burns, E McGreevy, J Wigginton-Barrett 0-1 each.	Report	B Hurley 0-9 (1 2pt, 1 2pt f, 0-2 f), M Hurley 0-4, C Cahalane, J Cahalane 0-2 each, M Collins, A Whelton 0-1 each.

Newcestown v Carrigaline

28 September 2025Quarter-final	Newcestown	0-18 - 0-18 Penalties: 4-3	Carrigaline	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D Buckley (0-9, 0-4 2pt free, 0-4 frees), S O’Sullivan R O’Sullivan and L Meade (0-2 each), J Meade, N Kelly and D McAree (0-1 each)	Report	K O’Reilly (0-6, 0-1 free), N Coakley (0-5, 0-2 2pt) E Desmond (0-2 frees) and B Coakley (0-1 ’45) (0-3 each), B O’Driscoll (0-1).

Ballincollig v Duhallow

28 September 2025Quarter-final	Ballincollig	1-15 - 2-11	Duhallow	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D O’Mahony 1-2 (1-0 penalty), D O’Leary 0-3, P O’Neill, L O’Connell 0-2 each, L Fahy, S Kiely, B O’Connell, T O’Connell, D Dorgan, S O’Neill 0-1 each.	Report	L Murphy 1-3 (0-1 f), Donncha O’Connor 0-4 (1 2pt, 0-2 f), A Carroll 1-0, David O’Connor 0-2, J Curtin, C O’Callaghan 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

Nemo Rangers v Newcestown

12 October 2025Semi-final

Nemo Rangers

v

Newcestown

SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

St Finbarr's v Ballincollig

12 October 2025Semi-final

St Finbarr's

v

Ballincollig

SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Final

v

26 October 2025Final

v

SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	5-27	42	4	10.50
2	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-37	37	4	9.25
4	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	3-16	25	3	8.33
3	Mark Cronin	Nemo Rangers	1-21	24	3	8.00
4	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-19	19	3	6.66
6	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-15	18	4	4.50
7	Fiachra Lynch	Valley Rovers	0-17	17	4	4.25
8	Chris Óg Jones	Muskerry	3-07	16	2	8.00
	Niall Coakley	Carrigaline	1-13	16	4	4.00
10	Conor Daly	Clonakilty	2-09	15	3	5.00
11	Paul Hodnett	Carbery Rangers	1-10	13	4	3.25
	John O'Rourke	Carbery Rangers	1-10	13	4	3.25
	Bryan Hayes	Nemo Rangers	1-10	13	3	4.33
	Luke O'Herlihy	St Michael's	0-13	13	3	4.33

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	1-14	17	Carrigaline
2	Chris Óg Jones	Muskerry	3-03	12	Carbery
	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	3-03	12	Castlehaven
	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-12	12	Valley Rovers
5	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-11	11	Mallow
6	Mark Cronin	Nemo Rangers	1-07	10	St Michael's
	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	1-07	10	UCC
8	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-06	9	Douglas
	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	1-06	9	Muskerry
	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-09	9	Valley Rovers
	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-09	9	St Finbarr's
	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-09	9	Carrigaline

References

1. "Cork GAA: Guide to the 2025 Premier SFC and SAFC draws". Echo Live. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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6. "JPremier SFC: St Finbarr's hit six goals to knock holders Castlehaven out". Echo Live. 28 September 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
7. Coleman, John (27 October 2024). "Carrigaline book immediate return to top grade with win over Knocknagree". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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External links

• Cork GAA website