Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship

Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1933;92 years ago (1933)
Region	Duhallow (GAA)
Trophy	John Joe Brosnan Memorial Cup
No. of teams	8
Title holders	Dromtarriffe (5th title)
Most titles	Meelin (20 titles)
Sponsors	Kanturk Co-Op Mart
Official website	Duhallow GAA

The Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Kanturk Co-Op Mart Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Duhallow Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1933 for junior hurling teams in the Barony of Duhallow in County Cork, Ireland.

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months. The championship starts with 2 groups and the group winners and runners-up advance to the knockout stage. This gives each team at least 3 matches.

The Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior A Hurling Championship. The winners of the Duhallow championship join their counterparts from the other six divisions to contest the county championship.

Dromtarriffe are the title-holders, defeating Newmarket by 3–18 to 3–14 in the 2024 final.

Format

Group stage

The 8 teams are divided into two groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals: The two group winners and the two runners-up from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team enters the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship and by winning this, they will be promoted to the Cork Premier Junior Hurling Championship for the following season. There is no relegation to the Duhallow Junior B Hurling Championship.

Teams

The 8 teams that contested the 2024 Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship were: ^[1]

Club	Location	Colours	Position in 2024	In Championship since	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Banteer	Banteer	Red and white	Semi-finals	—	8	2017
Castlemagner	Castlemagner	Black and amber	Group stage	2013	5	2015
Dromtarriffe	Rathcoole	Red and white	Champions	2017	5	2024
Freemount	Freemount	Maroon and white	Group stage	2023	6	2005
Kanturk	Kanturk	Green and white	—	2015	9	2003
Kilbrin	Kilbrin	Blue and white	Semi-finals	—	11	2016
Millstreet	Millstreet	Green and yellow	Group stage	—	3	1963
Newmarket	Newmarket	Black and red	Runners-up	—	16	2023

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-Up	Championships won	Championships runner-up
1	Meelin	20	10	1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2009, 2010	1946, 1947, 1948, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1984, 1995, 2002
2	Newmarket	16	11	1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1964, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 2019, 2023	1943, 1945, 1951, 1952, 1956, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1985, 2018, 2024
3	Kilbrin	11	12	1978, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016	1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2020
4	Kanturk	9	7	1944, 1949, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 2002, 2003	1950, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1977, 1987
5	Banteer	8	14	1938, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1995, 2006, 2017	1937, 1953, 1962, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022
6	Freemount	6	8	1988, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005	1939, 1940, 1942, 1993, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2015
7	Tullylease	5	12	1945, 1958, 1959, 1961, 2008	1957, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 2007, 2013
	Castlemagner	5	4	1951, 1953, 1954, 1960, 2015	1941, 1949, 1963, 1964
	Dromtarriffe	5	1	2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024	2023
10	Lismire	4	1	1983, 1984, 1985, 1987	1990
11	Millstreet	3	9	1933, 1962, 1963	1934, 1935, 1944, 1955, 1960, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2021
12	Dromahane	0	2	—	1933, 1938
	Capp Rovers	0	1	—	1936

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up		Source [2] [3] [4]
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Dromtarriffe	3–18	Newmarket	3–14
2023	Newmarket	4–14	Dromtarriffe	2–13
2022	Dromtarriffe	1–26	Banteer	1–13	[5]
2021	Dromtarriffe	2–18	Millstreet	1–14	[6]
2020	Dromtarriffe	0–30	Kilbrin	2–13	[7]
2019	Newmarket	1-22	Kilbrin	2-11
2018	Dromtarriffe	2-17	Newmarket	0-16
2017	Banteer	1-17	Kilbrin	0-14
2016	Kilbrin	3-14	Banteer	0-15
2015	Castlemagner	1-13	Freemount	1-11
2014	Kilbrin	1-17	Banteer	0-11
2013	Kilbrin	0-21	Tullylease	1-14	[8]
2012	Kilbrin	2-17	Banteer	3-12	[9]
2011	Kilbrin	2-16	Freemount	0-18
2010	Meelin	2-12	Kilbrin	1-14
2009	Meelin	1-15	Banteer	2-09
2008	Tullylease	2-22	Banteer	3-10
2007	Kilbrin	1-17	Tullylease	1-10
2006	Banteer	4-07	Freemount	1-14
2005	Freemount	1-09	Millstreet	0-09
2004	Kilbrin	3-14	Millstreet	1-15
2003	Kanturk	1-07, 3-08	Freemount	1-07, 0-07
2002	Kanturk	2-14	Meelin	1-12
2001	Freemount	4-05	Kilbrin	0-08
2000	Freemount	1-07	Kilbrin	0-06
1999	Kilbrin	1-13	Banteer	3-03
1998	Freemount	0-11	Banteer	0-02
1997	Freemount	2-08	Kilbrin	1-09
1996	Meelin	2-12	Millstreet	2-07
1995	Banteer	1-12	Meelin	0-13
1994	Meelin	0-13	Kilbrin	0-10
1993	Meelin	1-16	Freemount	2-02
1992	Kilbrin	2-14	Banteer	2-11
1991	Meelin	0-17	Banteer	3-05
1990	Meelin	4-08	Lismire	1-10
1989	Kilbrin	1-13	Banteer	1-06
1988	Freemount	1-11, 1-11	Kilbrin	1-11, 1-07
1987	Lismire	5-12	Kanturk	4-11
1986	Meelin	3-21	Kilbrin	2-11
1985	Lismire	2-12	Newmarket	3-08
1984	Lismire	1-12	Meelin	1-10
1983	Lismire	2-11	Kilbrin	1-11
1982	Meelin	1-13	Kilbrin	1-06
1981	Meelin	1-14	Tullylease	1-13
1980	Meelin	4-12	Newmarket	2-10
1979	Newmarket	3-15	Tullylease	2-09
1978	Kilbrin	4-14	Tullylease	1-08
1977	Meelin	5-09	Kanturk	2-07
1976	Newmarket	1-08	Tullylease	0-07
1975	Newmarket	0-14	Tullylease	1-08
1974	Newmarket	2-06	Meelin	2-04
1973	Meelin	5-07	Newmarket	1-05
1972	Meelin	6-07	Newmarket	2-11
1971	Meelin	5-08	Tullylease	3-10
1970	Meelin	3-09	Tullylease	1-07
1969	Kanturk	4-02	Meelin	1-10
1968	Kanturk	3-18	Meelin	1-06
1967	Kanturk	3-11	Tullylease	3-08
1966	Kanturk	6-07	Meelin	4-09
1965	Kanturk	4-08	Tullylease	3-07
1964	Newmarket	2-07	Castlemagner	1-04
1963	Millstreet	W/o	Castlemagner	Scr.
1962	Millstreet	3-12	Banteer	1-06
1961	Tullylease	4-06	Kanturk	4-05
1960	Castlemagner	3-06	Millstreet	1-03
1959	Tullylease	2-05	Kanturk	2-03
1958	Tullylease	4-04	Kanturk	0-03
1957	Banteer	3-02, 9-07	Tullylease	3-02, 2-02
1956	Banteer	5-03	Newmarket	1-07
1955	Banteer	3-03, 5-03	Millstreet	1-09, 7-12	*
1954	Castlemagner	3-06	Kanturk	0-00
1953	Castlemagner	2-04	Banteer	2-00
1952	Banteer	3-03	Newmarket	2-05
1951	Castlemagner	2-05, 3-02	Newmarket	3-02, 1-00
1950	Newmarket	3-05	Kanturk	1-03
1949	Kanturk	2-06	Castlemagner	2-02
1948	Newmarket		Meelin
1947	Newmarket	5-06	Meelin	0-00
1946	Newmarket	6-05	Meelin	3-01
1945	Tullylease	W/o	Newmarket	Scr.
1944	Kanturk	3-06	Millstreet	2-04
1943	Meelin		Newmarket
1942	Newmarket	5-07	Freemount	5-06
1941	Meelin	2-05	Castlemagner	0-00
1940	Meelin	7-04	Freemount	5-01
1939	Meelin	W/o	Freemount	Scr.
1938	Banteer	4-01	Dromahane	2-01
1937	Banteer	1-00, 2-01, 4-00	Newmarket	0-00, 1-04, 2-00	*
1936	Newmarket	5-06	Capp Rovers	4-02
1935	Newmarket	6-02	Millstreet	4-02
1934	Newmarket	6-02	Millstreet	1-02
1933	Millstreet	3-02	Dromahane	1-01
Notes 1937 - First game abandoned due to fighting. 2nd replay had more fighting. Championship declared null & void 1955 - Kanturk win on objection

Records and statistics

Team results by championship

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• SF/GS – Semi-finals/Group Stage

For each year, the number of teams in the championship (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2020 (7)	2021 (7)	2022 (7)	2023 (8)	2024 (7)	Years
Banteer	GS	GS	2nd	GS		5
Castlemagner	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	5
Dromtarriffe	1st	1st	1st	2nd		5
Freemount	—	—	—	GS	GS	2
Kanturk	GS	GS	GS	GS	—	4
Kilbrin	2nd	SF	SF	SF		5
Millstreet	GS	2nd	GS	SF	GS	5
Newmarket	GS	SF	SF	1st		5

See also

• Duhallow Junior A Football Championship

References

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