2023 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2023 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	4 November - 26 November 2023
Teams	7
Sponsor	Co-Op Superstores
Champions	Nemo Rangers (2nd title); Barry Cripps (captain); Seán Hayes (manager)
Runners-up	Harbour Rovers; Eric O'Donoghue (captain); Dennis Healy (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	16 (2.67 per match)
Points scored	182 (30.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shane Horgan (1-30)
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The 2023 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 126th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 4 November to 26 November 2023.

The final was played on 26 November 2023 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Nemo Rangers and Harbour Rovers, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Nemo Rangers won the match by 1-14 to 1-12 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.^[1]^[2]

Shane Horgan was the championship's top scorer with 1-30.

Qualification

Division	Championship	Champions	#
Avondhu	2023 North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Harbour Rovers	^[3]
Carbery	2023 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship	Clonakilty	^[4]
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Belgooly	^[5]
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Newmarket	^[6]
Imokilly	2023 East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Carrignavar	^[7]
Muskerry	2023 Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballinora	^[8]
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Nemo Rangers	^[9]

Divisional championships

Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Millstreet	3	2	1	0	+12	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kilbrin	3	2	0	1	+8	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Freemount	3	1	0	2	-13	2
4	Banteer	3	0	1	2	-7	1

Banteer 0-13 - 1-11 Freemount

Millstreet 1-17 - 2-12 Kilbrin

Kilbrin 0-16 - 0-12 Freemount

Millstreet 0-17 - 2-11 Banteer

Freemount 1-11 - 0-24 Millstreet

Banteer 1-12 - 1-18 Kilbrin

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Newmarket	3	2	1	0	+43	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Dromtarriffe	3	2	1	0	+15	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Castlemagner	3	1	0	2	-26	2
4	Kanturk	3	0	0	3	-32	0

Newmarket 3-16 - 1-22 Dromtarricfe

Castlemagner 2-16 - 0-16 Kanturk

Kanturk 0-12 - 4-26 Newmarket

Dromtarriffe 3-23 - 1-14 Castlemagner

Dromtarriffe w/o - scr. Kanturk

Castlemagner 1-13 - 2-27 Newmarket

Knockout stage

Semi-Finals		Final

Newmarket	1-30 aet

Kilbrin	1-22
		Dromtarriffe	2-13

		Newmarket	4-14
Millstreet	1-13

Dromtarriffe	3-18

North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

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Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Kilshannig	3	3	0	+27	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Killavullen	3	2	1	+8	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Dromina	3	1	2	-8	2
4	Charleville	3	0	3	-27	0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels	3	3	0	+32	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Clyda Rovers	3	2	1	+24	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Ballyhea	3	1	2	-21	2
4	Buttevant	3	0	3	-35	0

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Harbour Rovers	3	2	1	0	+39	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Ballyhooly	3	2	0	1	+13	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Shanballymore	3	1	1	1	-10	3
4	Araglen	3	0	0	3	-42	0

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

		Kilshannig	3-16
Clyda Rovers	2-17	Ballyhooly	4-09
Ballyhooly	3-15			Kilshannig	0-16
				Harbour Rovers	1-16
		Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels	0-14
Harbour Rovers	0-17	Harbour Rovers	2-17
Killavullen	0-11

Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Ballinora	3	3	0	+48	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kilmichael	3	2	1	-5	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Ballincollig	3	1	2	-24	2
4	Inniscarra	3	0	3	-19	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Dripsey	2	2	0	+28	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Blarney	2	1	1	-8	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Cloughduv	2	0	2	-20	0

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Grenagh	2	1	1	0	+16	3	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Éire Óg	2	1	0	1	-15	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Donoughmore	2	0	1	1	-1	1

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

		Ballinora	1-21
Grenagh	1-18	Grenagh	2-15
Blarney	1-08			Ballinora	0-15
				Dripsey	1-09
		Dripsey	2-19
Kilmichael	1-20	Kilmichael	1-16
Éire Óg	0-12

City Junior A Hurling Championship

Bracket

First Round Second Round		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Passage West	0-15
Nemo Rangers	1-19	Nemo Rangers	0-17
White's Cross	0-16	White's Cross	0-13
St Finbarr's	0-15			Nemo Rangers	1-15
Nemo Rangers	1-12			St Vincent's	0-12
St Vincent's	2-12	St Vincent's	1-18
Glen Rovers	0-19	Bishopstown	1-15
Bishopstown	1-19					Nemo Rangers	3-17
Blackrock	0-14					Whitechurch	1-10
Na Piarsaigh	3-13	Na Piarsaigh	0-13
Blackrock	5-11	Glen Rovers	0-20
Glen Rovers	4-17			Glen Rovers	2-14
Whitechurch	3-20			Whitechurch	1-20
Brian Dillons	2-15	Whitechurch	2-27
Passage West	1-20	Passage West	1-11
Brian Dillons	2-08

South West Junior A Hurling Championship

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Kilbree	3	3	0	+16	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Clonakilty	3	2	1	+19	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Dohenys	3	1	2	-14	2
4	St Colum's	3	0	3	-21	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Ballinascarthy	2	2	0	+6	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	St James	2	1	1	-1	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Bandon	2	0	2	-5	0

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	3	2	1	-2	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Newcestown	3	2	1	+9	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Randal Óg	3	1	1	-2	2
4	St Mary's	3	1	2	-5	2

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

		Kilbree	1-09
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	2-16	St James	1-19
St James	1-19p			St James	0-11
				Clonakilty	1-17
		Ballinascarthy	2-22
Clonakilty	1-16	Clonakilty	3-20 AET
Newcestown	0-14

South East Junior A Hurling Championship

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Ballymartle	2	2	0	+26	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kinsale	2	1	1	+3	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Carrigaline	2	0	2	-29	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Valley Rovers	2	2	0	+27	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Ballinhassig	2	1	1	+20	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Courcey Rovers	2	0	2	-47	0

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgooly	2	2	0	+30	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Shamrocks	2	1	1	-12	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Ballygarvan	2	0	2	-18	0

Knockout Stage

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

		Belgooly	0-24
Ballinhassig	4-13	Ballinhassig	2-13
Kinsale	1-19			Belgooly	5-17
				Valley Rovers	2-14
		Valley Rovers	0-21
Ballymartle	1-14	Ballymartle	2-12
Shamrocks	0-07

East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Cobh	2	2	0	+6	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Killeagh	2	1	1	+10	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Fr. O'Neill's	2	0	2	-16	0	Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Carrignavar	2	2	0	+5	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Carrigtwohill	2	1	1	+4	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Midleton	2	0	2	-9	0	Advance to relegation playoff

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Ita's	2	1	1	0	+4	3	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Bride Rovers	2	1	0	1	0	2	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Sarsfields	2	0	1	1	-4	1	Advance to relegation playoff

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

		Carrignavar	1-23
Killeagh	2-17	Killeagh	1-12
Bride Rovers	1-17			Carrignavar	0-18
				St Ita's	1-14
		Cobh	0-12
St Ita's	5-12	St Ita's	2-12
Carrigtwohill	2-09

Relegation playoff

Sarsfields 2-18 - 2-20 Midleton

Fr. O'Neill's and Sarsfields are relegated

County championship

Bracket

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

Harbour Rovers (Avondhu)	1-15

Newmarket (Duhallow)	0-14
		Harbour Rovers (Avondhu)	1-19

		Carrignavar (Imokilly)	1-15



				Harbour Rovers (Avondhu)	1-12

				Nemo Rangers (Seandun)	1-14
Nemo Rangers (Seandun)	3-21

Belgooly (Carrigdhoun)	4-12
		Nemo Rangers (Seandun)	2-12

		Ballinora (Muskerry)	1-14
Clonakilty (Carbery)	0-11

Ballinora (Muskerry)	1-23

Quarter-finals

4 November 2023 Quarter-final	Harbour Rovers	1-15 - 0-14	Newmarket	O'Connell Park
	S Condon 0-9 (0-6 f), D O'Brien 1-3, D Pyne 0-2, T McGrath 0-1.	Report	D Hannon 0-8 f, H O’Connor 0-2, K O’Sullivan, C O’Keeffe, B O’Connor, R Lynn 0-1 each.	Referee: W Wallis (Aghada)

4 November 2023 Quarter-final	Nemo Rangers	3-21 - 4-12	Belgooly	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Horgan 1-12 (1-7 f, 0-2 65); R Dalton, P Collins 1-1 each; A Petrov, B Cripps 0-2 each; G Barrett 0-1 65; C Horgan, E Dilloughrey 0-1 each.	Report	R Long 2-0; C O’Donovan 1-2; K Fitzgerald 1-1 (1-0 sl); B Dwyer 0-5 f; E O’Donovan 0-3f; S Kiely 0-1.	Referee: A O'Regan (Kilbrittain)

5 November 2023 Quarter-final	Clonakilty	0-11 - 1-23	Ballinora	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	E Ryan 0-4 f, M White 0-3, D Lowney 0-2, B White, C Kenneally 0-1 each.	Report	A O’Shea 1-2, S Kingston (0-3 f), J Byrne 0-5 each, N Lordan, T Burns 0-3 each, C Quirke 0-2, M Lordan, A O’Sullivan, J Twohig 0-1 each.	Referee: E Coleman (Youghal)

Carrignavar received a bye in this round.

Semi-finals

11 November 2023 Semi-final	Nemo Rangers	2-12 - 1-14	Ballinora	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Horgan 0-8 (0-7 f), R Dalton 1-2, J Horgan 1-0, C Kiely, A Petrovs 0-1 each.	Report	S Kingston 0-7 (0-5 f), D Corkery 1-1, A O’Shea, J Byrne 0-2 each, N Lordan, T Burns 0-1 each.	Referee: P Beausang (Midleton)

11 November 2023 Semi-final	Carrignavar	1-15 - 1-19	Harbour Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	J Forde 0-9 (0-7 f), B Connolly 1-0, T Geaney, P Sheehan 0-2 each, J Forde, O Crowley 0-1 each.	Report	S Condon 0-10 (0-5 f), D Pyne 1-0, D O’Brien 0-3, J O’Sullivan 0-2, T Condon, T McGrath, E Sheehan, P Hannon 0-1 each.	Referee: N Fahy (Brian Dillons)

Final

26 November 2023 Final	Nemo Rangers	1-14 - 1-12	Harbour Rovers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Horgan 0-10 (0-8 f), A O’Donovan 1-0, C Kiely 0-2, M Cronin, K O’Donovan 0-1 each.	Report	S Condon 0-9 (0-5 f, 0-1 ‘65’), D O’Brien 1-1 , T McGrath, J O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: B Sweeney (Erin's Own)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Shane Horgan	Nemo Rangers	1-30	33	3	11.00
2	Stephen Condon	Harbour Rovers	0-28	28	3	9.33
3	Darragh O'Brien	Harbour Rovers	2-07	13	3	4.33
4	Shane Kingston	Ballinora	0-12	12	2	6.00
5	Ronan Dalton	Nemo Rangers	2-03	9	3	3.00
5	James Forde	Carrignavar	0-09	9	1	9.00
7	Donal Hannon	Newmarket	0-08	8	1	8.00
8	Alan O'Shea	Ballinora	1-04	7	2	3.50
8	James Byrne	Ballinora	0-07	7	2	3.50
10	Ryan Long	Belgooly	2-00	6	1	6.00

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Shane Horgan	Nemo Rangers	1-12	15	Belgooly
2	Stephen Condon	Harbour Rovers	0-10	10	Carrignavar
2	Shane Horgan	Nemo Rangers	0-10	10	Harbour Rovers
4	Stephen Condon	Harbour Rovers	0-09	9	Newmarket
	Stephen Condon	Harbour Rovers	0-09	9	Nemo Rangers
	James Forde	Carrignavar	0-09	9	Harbour Rovers
7	Donal Hannon	Newmarket	0-08	8	Harbour Rovers
7	Shane Horgan	Nemo Rangers	0-08	8	Ballinora
9	Shane Kingston	Ballinora	0-07	7	Nemo Rangers
10	Ryan Long	Belgooly	2-00	6	Nemo Rangers
10	Darragh O'Brien	Harbour Rovers	1-03	6	Newmarket

References

^ O'Shea, John (26 November 2023). "Nemo break Harbour Rovers hearts in JAHC final with late goal to win the title". Echo Live. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ Horgan, Andrew (26 November 2023). "Late Alan O'Donovan goal clinches dramatic hurling final victory for 14-man Nemo". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ Ryan, Paddy (14 October 2023). "Harbour Rovers lift Avondhu Junior A Hurling title by seeing off Kilshannig". Echo Live. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
^ "Irresistible Clonakilty scale the Mountain". The Southern Star. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Joy for Belgooly hurlers after capturing first Junior A hurling title". Echo Live. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Newmarket hurlers outgun Dromtariffe in thrilling Duhallow Junior A final". Echo Live. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Carraig na bhFear win East Cork Junior A final for third time". Irish Examiner. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Ballinora retain Muskerry JAHC title after hard-fought win over Grenagh". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "Holders Nemo back in Seandún JAHC final with win over St Vincent's". Echo Live. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
^ "2023 championship".

External links

Cork GAA website

[1] O'Shea, John (26 November 2023). "Nemo break Harbour Rovers hearts in JAHC final with late goal to win the title". Echo Live. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[2] Horgan, Andrew (26 November 2023). "Late Alan O'Donovan goal clinches dramatic hurling final victory for 14-man Nemo". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[3] Ryan, Paddy (14 October 2023). "Harbour Rovers lift Avondhu Junior A Hurling title by seeing off Kilshannig". Echo Live. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

[4] "Irresistible Clonakilty scale the Mountain". The Southern Star. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[5] "Joy for Belgooly hurlers after capturing first Junior A hurling title". Echo Live. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[6] "Newmarket hurlers outgun Dromtariffe in thrilling Duhallow Junior A final". Echo Live. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[7] "Carraig na bhFear win East Cork Junior A final for third time". Irish Examiner. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[8] "Ballinora retain Muskerry JAHC title after hard-fought win over Grenagh". Irish Examiner. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[9] "Holders Nemo back in Seandún JAHC final with win over St Vincent's". Echo Live. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

[10] "2023 championship".

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