2021 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2021 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	6–20 November 2021
Teams	7
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Ballygiblin (1st title); Fionn Herlihy (captain); Ronan Dwane (manager)
Runners-up	Dromtarriffe; Jack Murphy (captain); John Howard (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	11 (1.83 per match)
Points scored	172 (28.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Séamus Harnedy (1-18)
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The 2021 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 124th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 6 November 2021 and ended on 20 November 2021.

The final was played on 20 November 2021 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Ballygiblin and Dromtarriffe, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Ballygiblin won the match by 2-18 to 0-18 to claim their first championship title.^[1]

Séamus Harnedy was the championship's top scorer with 1-18.

Qualification[edit]

Division	Championship	Champions	#
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballygiblin	^[2]
Carbery	South West Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballinascarthy	^[3]
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballymartle	^[4]
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Dromtarriffe	^[5]
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	St Ita's	^[6]
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballinora	^[7]
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Passage	^[8]

Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Dromtarriffe	2	2	0	+12	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Millstreet	2	2	0	+20	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Banteer	2	0	2	-4	0
4	Kanturk	2	0	2	-28	0

Dromtarriffe 1-23 - 2-11 Kanturk

Banteer 0-15 - 0-16 Millstreet

Dromtarriffe 0-17 - 1-11 Banteer

Kanturk 0-11 - 2-24 Millstreet

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Newmarket	2	2	0	+9	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kilbrin	2	1	1	+13	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Castlemagner	2	0	2	-22	0

Newmarket 0-19 - 2-11 Kilbrin

Castlemagner 2-09 - 0-22 Newmarket

Kilbrin 2-24 - 0-15 Castlemagner

Knockout Stage

Semi-Finals		Final

Dromtarriffe	2-26

Kilbrin	1-17
		Dromtarriffe	2-18

		Millstreet	1-14
Newmarket	0-15

Millstreet	1-17

North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship[edit]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Dromina	3	2	1	0	+28	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kilshannaig	3	2	1	0	+8	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Liscarroll-Churchtown Gaels	3	1	0	2	-8	2
4	Shanballymore	3	0	0	3	-28	0

Dromina 4-19 - 1-09 Shanballymore

Kilshannig 4-14 - 2-13 LC Gaels

LC Gaels 2-15 - 0-13 Shanballymore

Dromina 1-18 - 3-12 Kilshannig

Kilshannig 1-14 - 0-16 Shanballymore

LC Gaels 1-11 - 2-17 Dromina

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Ballygiblin	3	2	1	0	+25	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Killavullen	3	2	0	1	+15	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Fermoy	3	1	1	1	+1	3
4	Araglen	3	0	0	3	-41	0

Fermoy 3-21 - 3-09 Araglen

Ballygiblin 2-14 - 1-13 Killavullen

Ballygiblin 0-16 - 2-10 Fermoy

Killavullen 1-19 - 1-11 Araglen

Killavullen 1-17 - 0-09 Fermoy

Araglen 0-09 - 3-21 Ballygiblin

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Ballyhooly	3	2	1	0	+47	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Clyda Rovers	3	2	1	0	+36	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Buttevant	3	1	0	2	-19	2
4	Ballyclough	3	0	0	3	-64	0

Buttevant 2-16 - 0-14 Ballyclough

Clyda Rovers 1-17 - 1-17 Ballyhooly

Clyda Rovers 0-23 - 1-11 Buttevant

Ballyhooly 4-31 - 1-11 Ballyclough

Ballyhooly 3-23 - 1-11 Buttevant

Ballyclough 0-10 - 4-25 Clyda Rovers

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Harbour Rovers	2	1	1	0	+16	3	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Charleville	2	1	1	0	+4	3	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Castletownroche	2	0	0	2	-20	0

Charleville 1-17 - 0-20 Harbour Rovers

Harbour Rovers 1-22 - 0-09 Castletownroche

Castletownroche 2-16 - 1-23 Charleville

Knockout Stage

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

Clyda Rovers	2-07

Harbour Rovers	0-12
		Clyda Rovers	2-16

		Dromina	1-13
Dromina	1-13

Killavullen	0-15
				Clyda Rovers	0-10

				Ballygiblin	2-12
Kilshannig	0-12

Ballygiblin	0-15 AET
		Ballygiblin	1-14

		Charleville	0-15
Ballyhooly	1-14

Charleville	2-12

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

Passage (Seandun)	1-15

Ballinascarthy (Carbery)	0-16
		Ballygiblin (Avondhu)	1-16

		Passage (Seandun)	2-11



				Ballygiblin (Avondhu)	2-18

				Dromtarriffe (Duhallow)	0-18
Ballymartle (Carrigdhoun)	1-06

St Ita's (Imokilly)	2-16
		St Ita's (Imokilly)	0-11

		Dromtarriffe (Duhallow)	1-18
Ballinora (Muskerry)	0-08

Dromtarriffe (Duhallow)	1-19

Quarter-finals[edit]

6 November 2021 Quarter-final	Passage	1-15 - 0-16	Ballinascarthy	Brinny Sportsfield
	C McCarthy 0-8 (0-4 f, 0-1 sl), T O’Neill 1-2, N McCarthy 0-2, S Harrington, G Carroll, C Coughlan 0-1 each.	Report	J Ryan 0-6 (0-4 f), C Cullinane 0-3, B O’Donovan, R O’Flynn 0-2 each, C Ryan, L Murray, C O’Neill 0-1 each.

6 November 2021 Quarter-final	Ballymartle	1-06 - 2-16	St Ita's	Éire Óg GAA Grounds
	D O'Leary 0-4, P Geary 1-0, F Desmond 0-1, G Murphy 0-1.		S Harnedy 1-9, F Foley 1-0, D O'Rourke 0-2, P O'Brien 0-1, E Coleman 0-1, C O'Brien 0-1, E Loughlin 0-1, G Coleman 0-1.

6 November 2021 Quarter-final	Ballinora	0-08 - 1-19	Dromtarriffe	Coachford Sportsfield
	L Lyons 0-4f, S Kingston (’65), K Murphy, C Quirke, A O’Shea 0-1 each.	Report	T Howard 1-4, S Howard 0-4 (0-2f), D O’Keeffe 0-3, B Murphy 0-3, K Cremin 0-2, J Murphy, J O’Sullivan, S Coyne 0-1 each.

Semi-finals[edit]

13 November 2021 Semi-final	Ballygiblin	1-16 - 2-11	Passage	Glenville GAA Grounds
	D Flynn 0-8 (0-7 f), A Donegan 1-0, J O'Sullivan, M Walsh 0-3 each, D Barry, S O'Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	C McCarthy 1-4 (1-3 f,.0-1 65), N McCarthy 1-1, A Kidney, S Harrington, R Carroll, C Coughlan, J Byrnes, R Harrington (f) 0-1 each.	Referee: B McSweeney (Erin's Own)

13 November 2021 Semi-final	St Ita's	0-11 - 1-18	Dromtarriffe	Mallow GAA Complex
	S Harnedy 0-9 (6f, 1 '65’), D O'Brien 0-2.	Report	S Howard 0-7 (5f, 1 ‘65’), T Howard 1-2, B Murphy 0-3, S Coyne 0-2, D O'Keeffe 0-2; J O'Sullivan 0-2,	Referee: A Hyland (Kilworth)

Final[edit]

20 November 2021 Final	Ballygiblin (Avondhu)	2-18 - 0-18	Dromtarriffe (Duhallow)	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D Flynn 0-10 (0-8 f, 0-1 sideline), M Keane, S O’Sullivan 1-0 each, M Walsh, D Barry 0-3 each, K Duggan, C O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	S Howard 0-9 (0-6 f), S Coyne 0-4, J O’Sullivan 0-2, T Howard, B Murphy, E Murphy 0-1 each.	Referee: N O'Neill (Midleton)

Championship statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Séamus Harnedy	St Ita's	1-18	21	2	10.50
2	Seán Howard	Dromtarriffe	0-20	20	3	6.66
3	Darragh Flynn	Ballygiblin	0-18	18	2	9.00
4	Cian McCarthy	Passage	1-12	15	2	7.50
5	Tomás Howard	Dromtarriffe	2-07	13	3	4.33

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Séamus Harnedy	St Ita's	1-09	12	Ballymartle
2	Darragh Flynn	Ballygiblin	0-10	10	Dromtarriffe
3	Séamus Harnedy	St Ita's	0-09	9	Dromtarriffe
3	Seán Howard	Dromtarriffe	0-09	9	Ballygiblin
5	Cian McCarthy	Passage	0-08	8	Ballinascarthy
5	Darragh Flynn	Ballygiblin	0-08	8	Passage
7	Tomás Howard	Dromtarriffe	1-04	7	Ballinora
7	Cian McCarthy	Passage	1-04	7	Ballygiblin
9	Jeremy Ryan	Ballinascarthy	0-06	6	Passage
	Tom O'Neill	Passage	1-02	5	Ballinascarthy
	Seán Howard	Dromtarriffe	1-02	5	Ballinora

References[edit]

^ Coughlan, John (20 November 2021). "Mark Keane and Darragh Flynn drive Ballygiblin hurlers to first county title". Echo Live. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Avondhu JAHC final: Sean O'Sullivan brace sets Ballygiblin on their way". Irish Examiner. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^ "Carbery JAHC final: Ballinascarthy have too much firepower for Mary's". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ "Ballymartle stage comeback to snatch victory over Valley Rovers in South East JAHC final". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
^ "Dromtarriffe bask in glory to better battling Millstreet in cracking Duhallow JAHC final". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ Cashman, John (31 October 2021). "Junior hurling glory at last for St Ita's and Seamus Harnedy". Echo Live. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
^ "Ballinora firepower enough to claim Muskerry junior title over Inniscarra". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ "Passage make history with first city division title as Cian McCarthy hits 2-5". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

External links[edit]

Cork GAA website

[1] Coughlan, John (20 November 2021). "Mark Keane and Darragh Flynn drive Ballygiblin hurlers to first county title". Echo Live. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] "Avondhu JAHC final: Sean O'Sullivan brace sets Ballygiblin on their way". Irish Examiner. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.

[3] "Carbery JAHC final: Ballinascarthy have too much firepower for Mary's". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[4] "Ballymartle stage comeback to snatch victory over Valley Rovers in South East JAHC final". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

[5] "Dromtarriffe bask in glory to better battling Millstreet in cracking Duhallow JAHC final". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[6] Cashman, John (31 October 2021). "Junior hurling glory at last for St Ita's and Seamus Harnedy". Echo Live. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[7] "Ballinora firepower enough to claim Muskerry junior title over Inniscarra". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[8] "Passage make history with first city division title as Cian McCarthy hits 2-5". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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