2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship

2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship
Dates	25 July 2020 - 1 August 2021
Teams	12
Sponsor	Bon Secours Hospital
Champions	Knocknagree (1st title); Kealan Buckley (captain); John Fintan Daly (manager)
Runners-up	Kanturk; John McLoughlin (captain); Tim Healy (manager)
Relegated	Gabriel Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	64 (2.67 per match)
Points scored	549 (22.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fintan O'Connor (0-28)
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The 2020 Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship was the 15th staging of the Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2006. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 19 November 2019.^[1] The championship was scheduled to begin in April 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Ireland.^[2] The championship eventually began on 25 July 2020 and, after being suspended once again on 5 October 2020, eventually ended on 1 August 2021.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The final was played on 1 August 2021 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Knocknagree and Kanturk, in what was their first meeting in a final. Knocknagree won the match by 0-12 to 0-09 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade.^[6]

Knocknagree's Fintan O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0-28.

Format change

On 26 March 2019, three championship proposals were circulated to Cork club delegates. A core element running through all three proposals, put together by the Cork GAA games workgroup, was that there be a group stage of 12 teams and straight relegation and promotion.^[7] On 2 April 2019, a majority of 136 club delegates voted for Option A which will see one round of games played in April and two more in August – all with county players available.^[8]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Intermediate Football Championship

Gabriel Rangers
Knocknagree

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Senior A Football Championship

Results

Group 1

Table

Advance to play-offs Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Newmarket	3	3	0	0	7-36	3-27	21	6
Aghada	3	2	0	1	1-39	4-24	6	4
Castletownbere	3	1	0	2	6-26	5-36	-7	2
Na Piarsaigh	3	0	0	3	5-24	7-38	-20	0

Results

25 July 2020 Round 1	Newmarket	2-14 - 1-06	Na Piarsaigh	Banteer Sportsfield
	C O’Keeffe 1-6(0-3f), D Hannon 0-5(0-3f), R O’Keeffe (1-1), B O’Connor, M Cottrell 0-1 each.	Report	A Keating (1-1), K Buckley 0-2f, A Hogan, S Forde, G Joyce(f) 0-1 each.

25 July 2020 Round 1	Castletownbere	0-07 - 0-13	Aghada	Kilmurry Sportsfield
	G Murphy 0-4 (0-2 frees), D Hegarty 0-3 (all frees).	Report	D Creedon 0-3 (0-1 free), C Fleming (0-1 ’45) and K O’Hanlon 0-2 each, T Hartnett, C Terry, A Berry, P O’Neill, A Stafford and J O Hanlon (free) 0-1 each.

16 August 2020 Round 2	Newmarket	2-10 - 0-11	Aghada	Grenagh
	D Hannon (1-3, 2 frees); C O’Keeffe (0-4, 3 frees); B O’Connor (1-1); M Cottrell, R O’Keeffe (0-1 each).	Report	D Creedon (0-3 frees), C Terry (0-3), K O’Hanlon (0-2), T Harnett, M Russell, C Fleming 0-1 each.	Referee: Canice Walsh

16 August 2020 Round 2	Na Piarsaigh	2-11 - 4-09	Castletownbere	Inchigeela
	K Forde (2-0), K Buckley (0-5, 1 free, 1 ‘45’), A Hogan (0-3 frees), A Keating (0-2), S Forde (0-1).	Report	G Murphy (1-5, 0-1 free), J Walsh, James Harrington (1-1 each), A O’Sullivan (1-0 pen), D Dunne and R Murphy (free) (0-1 each).	Referee: Colm O Mochain

5 September 2020 Round 3	Na Piarsaigh	2-07 - 1-15	Aghada	Páirc Shéamuis de Barra
	A Keating 1-2, S Forde 1-0, C O'Mahony 0-3, K Forde 0-2.		K O'Hanlon 1-1, D Creedon 0-4, P O'Neill 0-3, C Fleming 0-2, S Bennett 0-2, R Savage 0-1, A Stafford 0-1, D Phelan 0-1.

5 September 2020 Round 3	Newmarket	3-12 - 2-10	Castletownbere	Clondrohid
	R O’Keeffe (1-4, 0-1 free), C O’Keeffe (0-4), D Culloty (1-1), D O’Keeffe (1-0), B O’Connor (0-2), M Cottrell (0-1).	Report	G Murphy (1-6, 0-4 frees), J Harrington (1-0), D Hanley, T Murphy, D Fenton and A O’Sullivan (0-1 each).

Group 2

Table

Advance to play-offs Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Cill an Martra	3	3	0	0	11-36	1-28	38	6
Knocknagree	3	1	1	1	1-40	8-32	-13	3
St. Vincent's	3	1	0	2	3-29	7-39	-22	2
Naomh Abán	3	0	1	2	3-32	2-38	-3	1

Results

26 July 2020 Round 1	Naomh Abán	1-06 - 0-11	Cill an Martra	Castle Grounds
	D Ó Ceallaigh (1-2, 1 mark); M Ó Duinnín (0-2 frees); C Ó Deasúna agus M Ó Laoghaire (0-1 each).	Report	M Ó Deasúna (0-7, 6 frees); D Ó Conaill, D Ó hUrdail, S Ó Foirréidh agus S Ó Duinnín (0-1 each).

26 July 2020 Round 1	St. Vincent's	1-07 - 1-13	Knocknagree	Páirc Eoin Mhic Chárthaigh
	B Murphy (0-3, 2 frees); A O’Callaghan (1-0); A Harte (0-2); D Duggan, J P Murphy (0-1 each).	Report	G Looney (1-0); F O’Connor (0-3 1 free); J F Daly (0-3); D O’Connor (0-3); E McSweeney (0-2); J Dennehy, David O’Connor (0-1 each).	Referee: D Whelan (Aghada)

15 August 2020 Round 2	Cill an Martra	4-14 - 0-09	St. Vincent's	Coachford Sportsfield
	S Ó Duinnín 1-3, M Ó Deasúna 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-3 frees), D Ó hUrdail 0-4 (0-1 free), D Ó Duinnín 1-1, T Ó Corcora 1-0, C Ó Duinnín 0-2, D Ó Conaill 0-1.	Report	B Murphy 0-6 (0-3 frees), A Harte, D O’Regan and K Lynch 0-1 each.

15 August 2020 Round 2	Naomh Abán	0-14 - 0-14	Knocknagree	Banteer Sportsfield
	M Ó Duinnín (0-4, 1 free, 1 sideline), D Ó Ceallaigh (frees), D Ó hAileamhain (1 free, 1 ’45) (0-3 each), A Ó Luasa (0-2), M Ó Laoghaire agus É Ó Críodáin (0-1 each).	Report	F O’Connor (0-7, 5 frees), E McSweeney (0-2), P Doyle (’45), M Mahoney, D O’Connor, G Looney and M Dilworth (0-1 each).

5 September 2020 Round 3	Cill an Martra	7-11 - 0-13	Knocknagree	Mourne Abbey
	C Ó Duinnín (2-2); D Ó Duinnín (1-4); D Ó hUrdail (2-1); S Ó Duinnín (1-3); G Ó Goillidhe (1-0); C Ó Meachair (0-1).	Report	F O’Connor (0-5, 0-5 frees); JF Daly (0-3); D O’Connor (0-1 mark), P Doyle (0-1 ‘45), M Doyle, P O’Connor, E McSweeney (0-1 each).

5 September 2020 Round 3	Naomh Abán	2-12 - 2-13	St. Vincent's	Cloughduv
	M Ó Duinnín (0-6, 3 frees), M Ó Liatháin and A Ó Luasa (1-1 each), D Ó Ceallaigh (0-3, 1 free), C Ó Deasúna (0-1).	Report	B Murphy (1-6, 4 frees), M O’Leary (1-1), G McCarthy (0-2), S Duggan, A Harte, D Duggan and JP Murphy (0-1 each).

Group 3

Table

Advance to play-offs Advance to relegation play-offs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Nemo Rangers	3	2	0	1	12-30	5-41	10	4
Kanturk	3	2	0	1	5-42	5-34	8	4
Macroom	3	2	0	1	6-38	8-29	3	4
Garbriel Rangers	3	0	0	3	3-37	8-43	-21	0

Results

25 July 2020 Round 1	Macroom	1-10 - 1-11	Kanturk	Cullen Sportsfield
	D Twomey (1-2, 0-2 frees), F Goold (0-3, 0-1 free), S Kiely and E O’Gorman (0-2 each), J Murphy (0-1).	Report	I Walsh (0-4, 0-2 frees), L O’Neill (1-0), L O’Keeffe (0-2), L McLoughlin, J Browne, M Healy, C Clernon and A Walsh (0-1 each).

26 July 2020 Round 1	Nemo Rangers	3-14 - 1-11	Gabriel Rangers	Kilmichael Sportsfield
	L Horgan 2-0, C Kiely 0-5, R Dalton 0-4, C Dalton 1-0, J Coogan 0-2, A Greaney 0-2, E Dilloughrey 0-1.		M Cronin 0-4, C o'Brien 1-0, K O'Driscoll 0-3, J O'Brien 0-2, G O'Callaghan 0-2.

14 August 2020 Round 2	Macroom	1-15 - 2-10	Gabriel Rangers	Sam Maguire Park
	D Twomey (0-6, 2 frees), T Dineen (1-1), C O’Sullivan (0-3, 2 frees), D Horgan (0-2), E O’Gorman, D Creedon, F Goold (0-1 each).	Report	G O’Callaghan (0-7, 3 frees, 1 45), L Hegarty, K O’Sullivan (1-0 each), C Moynihan (0-2), J O’Regan (0-1).	Referee: A Whelton (Cloankilty)

16 August 2020 Round 2	Kanturk	0-17 - 4-08	Nemo Rangers	O'Connell Park
	I Walsh (0-5, 0-3 frees), M Healy (0-1 free), K Holland and A Walsh (0-3 each), L O’Keeffe (0-2), L McLoughlin (0-1).	Report	R Dalton (1-2, 0-1 free), A Greaney (1-1), C Dalton and E Dilloughrey (1-0 each), J Coogan (0-4), C Kiely (0-1).	Referee: P O'Driscoll

5 September 2020 Round 3	Kanturk	4-14 - 0-16	Gabriel Rangers	Ballingeary
	K Holland (2-7, 0-3 frees, 0-1 ‘45), L O’Keeffe and Alan Walsh (1-0 each), I Walsh (0-2, 0-1 free), L O’Neill, C Kernan, M Healy (free), C O’Sullivan and P Walsh (0-1 each).	Report	M Cronin (0-7, 0-4 frees), G O’Callaghan (0-5, 0-2 frees), J Fitzpatrick, K O’Brien, K O’Sullivan and K O’Driscoll (0-1 each).

5 September 2020 Round 3	Macroom	4-13 - 5-08	Nemo Rangers	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	D Twomey (1-4, 2 frees), S Kiely (0-5), E O’Leary (1-0), F Goold (1-0), A Quinn (1-0), E O’Gorman (0-2, 0-1 mark), D Horgan, C O’Sullivan (0-1) each.	Report	R Dalton (1-4, 4 frees), C Kiely (1-1), L Horgan (1-0), J Coogan (1-0), K Fulignati (1-0), E Dilloughrey (0-2), A Greaney (1 free).

Knock-out stage

Relegation playoff

19 September 2020 Playoff	Gabriel Rangers	0-07 - 0-13	Na Piarsaigh	Ballinacarriga Sportsfield
	M Cronin (0-4, 3f), G O'Callaghan (free), J O'Regan (free), K O'Driscoll (0-1 each).	Report	A Hogan (0-5, 3f, 0-1m), P Guest (0-4), C O'Mahony (0-2), D Maguire, A Higgins (0-1 each).

Quarter-finals

19 September 2020 Quarter-final	Kanturk	0-17 - 0-08	Aghada	Ovens
	K Holland (0-5 frees), P Walsh (0-1 free) and C Clernon (0-3 each), I Walsh (0-1 free) and J McLoughlin (0-2 each), L McLoughlin and G Keneghan (0-1 each).	Report	P O’Neill, K O’Hanlon, D Creedon (0-1 free) and J Looney (0-2 each).

19 September 2020 Quarter-final	Nemo Rangers	0-12 - 1-10	Knocknagree	Páirc Eoin Mhic Charthaigh
	A Greaney 0-5 f, C Kiely 0-3 (0-2 f), J O’Donovan 0-2, E Dilloughrey, A O’Donovan 0-1 each.	Report	F O’Connor 0-4 (0-2 f), M Dilworth 1-1, E McSweeney 0-2, G Looney, D O’Connor, JF Daly (f) 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

26 September 2020 Semi-final	Newmarket	0-14 - 0-15	Knocknagree	O'Connor-McLoughlin Memorial Park
	C O'Keeffe 0-6 (4f), D Hannon (2f), R O'Keeffe (1f) 0-2 each, A Browne, D O'Keeffe (1f), T O'Keeffe, A Browne 0-1 each.	Report	E McSweeney 0-5 (0-1sl), F O'Connor 0-3 (2f), M Dilworth 0-2, P Doyle (1f), J Fintan Daly, G Looney, D O'Connor, G O'Connor 0-1 each.

3 October 2020 Semi-final	Cill Na Martra	0-11 - 0-12	Kanturk	Mallow GAA Complex
	S Ó Duinnín and M Ó Deasúna (0-1 45, 0-2 frees, 0-3 each), D Ó Duinnín and C Ó Duinnín (0-2 each), D Ó hUrdail (0-1 free).	Report	C Clernon (0-4, 0-1 free), I Walsh (0-1 free) and R Walsh (0-3 each), P Walsh and L O’Neill (0-1 each).

Final

1 August 2021 Final	Knocknagree	0-12 - 0-09	Kanturk	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	F O’Connor (0-6, 0-4 frees), E McSweeney (0-3), M Dilworth (free), G Looney, D Cooper (0-1 each).	Report	I Walsh (0-5, 0-4 frees), P Walsh, L O’Keeffe, K Holland (45), D O’Connell (mark) (0-1 each).	Referee: D Murnane (Macroom)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Fintan O'Connor	Knocknagree	0-28	28	6	4.66
2	Conor O'Keeffe	Newmarket	1-20	23	4	5.75
3	Kyrle Holland	Kanturk	2-16	22	6	3.66
4	Gary Murphy	Castletownbere	2-15	21	3	7.00
4	Ian Walsh	Kanturk	0-21	21	6	3.50
6	Dylan Twomey	Macroom	2-12	18	3	6.00
6	Blake Murphy	St. Vincent's	1-15	18	3	6.00
8	Ronan Dalton	Nemo Rangers	2-10	16	3	5.33
	Shane Ó Duinnín	Cill na Martra	2-10	16	4	4.00
	Mícheál Ó Deasúna	Cill na Martra	1-13	16	4	4.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Kyrle Holland	Kanturk	2-07	13	Gabriel Rangers
2	Conor O'Keeffe	Newmarket	1-06	9	Na Piarsaigh
	Gary Murphy	Castletownbere	1-06	9	Newmarket
	Blake Murphy	St. Vincent's	1-06	9	Naomh Abán
5	Ciarán Ó Duinnín	Cill na Martra	2-02	8	Knocknagree
5	Gary Murphy	Castletownbere	1-05	8	Na Piarsaigh
7	Damien Ó hÚrdail	Cill na Martra	2-01	7	Knocknagree
	Dylan Twomey	Macroom	1-04	7	Nemo Rangers
	Ronan Dalton	Nemo Rangers	1-04	7	Macroom
	Ryan O'Keeffe	Newmarket	1-04	7	Castletownbere
	Dan Dineen	Cill na Martra	1-04	7	Knocknagree
	Mícheál Ó Deasúna	Cill na Martra	0-07	7	Naomh Abán
	Fintan O'Connor	Knocknagree	0-07	7	Naomh Abán
	Ger O'Callaghan	Gabriel Rangers	0-07	7	Macroom

Miscellaneous

Knocknagree win the title for the first time.
Aghada marked the passing of former player Kieran O'Connor by retiring their No.4 shirt for their first-round match against Castletownbere. O'Connor was also listed on the Aghada team sheet.^[9]

References

^ "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
^ "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ "GAA suspends all club games with immediate effect until further notice". The 42. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ "County Executive Update 21/10/2020". Cork GAA website. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (4 May 2021). "Castlehaven v Nemo Rangers Cork Premier SFC final clash earmarked for August". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
^ O'Callaghan, Therese (1 August 2021). "Knocknagree's meteoric rise takes them into senior ranks with victory over Kanturk". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ BArry, Stephen (25 July 2020). "Aghada pay tribute to Kieran O'Connor by retiring No.4 jersey". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

External links

Cork GAA website

[1] "2020 Championship Draws". Cork GAA website. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[2] "Cork GAA Statement 18/03/2020". Cork GAA website. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[3] "GAA suspends all club games with immediate effect until further notice". The 42. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[4] "County Executive Update 21/10/2020". Cork GAA website. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[5] Cormican, Eoghan (4 May 2021). "Castlehaven v Nemo Rangers Cork Premier SFC final clash earmarked for August". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

[6] O'Callaghan, Therese (1 August 2021). "Knocknagree's meteoric rise takes them into senior ranks with victory over Kanturk". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

[7] Cormican, Eoghan (26 March 2019). "Here's a breakdown of the proposals to restructure the Cork county championships". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[8] "Cork clubs vote down radical restructuring proposals". RTÉ Sport. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[9] BArry, Stephen (25 July 2020). "Aghada pay tribute to Kieran O'Connor by retiring No.4 jersey". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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