2024 North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2024 North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	3 August - 20 October 2024
Teams	12
Sponsor	Hibernian Hotel
Champions	Killavullen (1st title); Liam Cronin (captain)
Runners-up	Harbour Rovers; Seán Finn (captain)
Relegated	Ballyhea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	66 (2.87 per match)
Points scored	784 (34.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stephen Condon (7-56)
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The 2024 North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 100th staging of the North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the North Cork Board in 1925. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 13 February 2024. The championship ran from 3 August to 26 October 2024.^[1]

Harbour Rovers were the defending champions.^[2]^[3]

The final was played on 26 October 2024 at the Kildorrery Grounds, between Harbour Rovers and Killavullen, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[4] Both sides previously met in the group stage.^[5] Killavullen won the match by 2-19 to 2-18 to claim their first ever championship title.^[6]^[7]

Stephen Condon was the championship's top scorer with 7-56.

Group 1

Group 1 table

Semi-finalists Quarter-finalists

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Lis/Churchtown Gaels	3	3	0	0	79	42	37	6
Ballyhooly	3	2	0	1	65	53	12	4
Shanballymore	3	1	0	2	44	67	-23	2
Fermoy	3	0	0	3	49	75	-26	0

Group 1 results

3 August 2024 Round 1	Ballyhooly	1-21 - 0-14	Shanballymore	Castletownroche Grounds
	B Lombard 0-7, D Whelan 1-2, E Twomey 0-3, D Collins 0-2, K Kiely 0-2, D O'Reilly 0-2, D Roche 0-2, D Linehan 0-1.	Report	E O'Regan 0-4, D O'Callaghan 0-3, J Twomey 0-3, S Looney 0-2, D Palmer 0-1, N Barry 0-1.

4 August 2024 Round 1	Liscarroll/Churchtown Gaels	4-21 - 1-10	Fermoy	Mallow GAA Complex
	M Hedigan 2-3, J Hudner 1-2, C O'Brien 0-5, O O'Callaghan 1-1, S Delee 0-4, K Daly 0-3, M Thompson 0-1, S Killeen 0-1, B O'Connor 0-1.		Craig Roche 0-6, C Barry 1-0, D O'Brien 0-1, J Murray 0-1, G O'Callaghan 0-1, P Shanahan 0-1.

25 August 2024 Round 2	Shanballymore	0-09 - 1-21	Liscarroll/Churchtown Gaels	Fr Con Buckley Park
	J Twomey 0-4, J Sheedy 0-3, D O'Callaghan 0-1, B O'Grady 0-1.		C O'Brien 0-14, J Hudner 1-0, M Hedigan 0-2, K Daly 0-1, S Delee 0-1, J Quinn 0-1, V Daly 0-1, D Relihan 0-1.

26 August 2024 Round 2	Fermoy	1-14 - 0-21	Ballyhooly	Glanwoth Grounds
		Report	B Lombard 0-8, D Linehan 0-5, D Whelan 0-4, G Roche 0-2, K Kiely 0-1, D Collins 0-1.

8 September 2024 Round 3

Fermoy

2-13 - 4-09

Shanballymore

Ballygiblin Grounds

8 September 2024 Round 3	Liscarroll/Churchtown Gaels	0-22 - 0-20	Ballyhooly	Dr Croke Park
	C O'Brien 0-14, M Heddigan 0-3, K Daly 0-1, O O'Callaghan 0-1, J Hudner 0-1, J Quinn 0-1, S Heddigan 0-1.	Report	B Lombard 0-11, S Roche 0-2, D Whelan 0-2, D Roche 0-1, D O'Reilly 0-1, D Collins 0-1, K Kiely 0-1, B Johnson 0-1.

Group 2

Group 2 table

Semi-finalists Quarter-finalists Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Dromina	3	3	0	0	82	50	32	6
Clyda Rovers	3	2	0	1	67	40	27	4
Kilshannig	3	1	0	2	59	57	2	2
Ballyhea	3	0	0	3	26	87	-61	0

Group 2 results

3 August 2024 Round 1	Ballyhea	0-10 - 2-15	Kilshannig	Churchtown Grounds
	M Mortell 0-8, J Barrett 0-1, G O'Shea 0-1.		Diarmuid O'Sullivan 2-3, P Walsh 0-6, S Lyons 0-1, Darragh O'Sullivan 0-1, C Murphy 0-1, M Twomey 0-1, E O'Hanlon 0-1, J O'Hanlon 0-1.

4 August 2024 Round 1	Dromina	1-16 - 1-14	Clyda Rovers	Gaels Memorial Grounds
	D Jones 1-7, C Dunne 0-2, J Murphy 0-2, L Barrett 0-1, Jordan Morrissey 0-1, K Hayes 0-1, Jack Morrissey 0-1, P Hassett 0-1.	Report	S O'Sullivan 0-10, C Flanagan 1-0, K Graham 0-2, D Buckley 0-1, C Buckley 0-1.

16 August 2024 Round 2	Ballyhea	0-08 - 2-24	Dromina	Páirc Mhic Ghiobúin
	D Crowley 0-4, M Mortell 0-3, C Crowley 0-1.		C Dunne 0-9, J Murphy 1-5, B Buckley 1-3, D Jones 0-3, J Morrissey 0-2, P Hassett 0-1, D O'Connell 0-1.

24 August 2024 Round 3	Clyda Rovers	2-30 - 0-08	Ballyhea	Dr Croke Park
	C Flanagan 0-4, S O'Sullivan 1-11, C Buckley 1-3, K Graham 0-4, T Barrett 0-3, D Walsh 0-2, D Buckley 0-1, A Kelly 0-1.	Report

24 August 2024 Round 3	Kilshannig	2-19 - 4-21	Dromina	Dr Mannix Sportsfield
	P Walsh 1-8, J Murphy 1-0, Darragh O'Sullivan 0-3, E O'Sullivan 0-2, S Lyons 0-2, C Murphy 0-1, Diarmuid O'Sullivan 0-1, D Clogan 0-1, B Curtin 0-1.		K Cagney 2-1, C Dunne 1-7, B Buckley 0-7, J Murphy 1-1, L Bennett 0-2, G Hayes 0-1, D O'Connell 0-1, P Hassett 0-1.

6 September 2024 Round 2	KIlshannig	0-13 - 0-14	Clyda Rovers	Mill Field
	Diarmuid O'Sullivan 0-3, K Twomey 0-3, S Lyons 0-2, C Murphy 0-1, D Clogan 0-1, P Walsh 0-1, Darragh O'Sullivan 0-1, B Curtin 0-1.		S O'Sullivan 0-6, N Burke 0-2, D Walsh 0-2, K Fitzgerald 0-1, C Flanagan 0-1, C Buckley 0-1, C Kenny 0-1.

Group 3

Group 3 table

Quarter-finalists Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Harbour Rovers	3	2	1	0	79	54	25	5
Killavullen	3	2	0	1	78	63	15	4
Charleville	3	1	1	1	77	69	8	3
Araglen	3	0	0	3	48	96	-48	0

Group 3 results

3 August 2024 Round 1	Killavullen	3-22 - 1-13	Araglen	Kildorrery Grounds
	P O'Sullivan 1-4, J Magner 0-7, M O'Connor 1-3, E Cotter 1-1, C O'Mahony 0-2, L Cronin 0-1, L Fox 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, P O'Grady 0-1, P Looney 0-1.	Report	C Twomey 0-9, F Hickey 1-0, J Kearney 0-3, A Hegarty 0-1.

4 August 2024 Round 1	Harbour Rovers	2-15 - 0-21	Charleville	Páirc Uí Shíocháin
	S Condon 1-14, Darragh O'Brien 1-0, D Pyne 0-1.	Report	D O'Riordan 0-10, S Bresnan 0-3, S Liddy 0-2, M Kavanagh 0-2, K O'Gorman 0-1, Z Biggane 0-1, K Cagney 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1.

25 August 2024 Round 2	Araglen	0-13 - 5-19	Harbour Rovers	Ballygiblin Grounds
	C Twomey 0-9, F Hickey 0-3, S Hegarty 0-1.		D O'Brien 2-3, S Condon 1-5, E Sheehan 1-1, T McGrath 1-1, P Hannon 0-3, D Pyne 0-2, J Fogarty 0-1, J Fitzgibbon 0-1, H McGrath 0-1, M Wade 0-1.

27 August 2024 Round 2	Charleville	1-22 - 5-12	Killavullen	Fr Con Buckley Park
	D O'Riordan 1-12, Z Biggane 0-3, K Cagney 0-2, J O'Brien 0-2, B Forde 0-1, G Gleeson 0-1, S Gleeson 0-1.		M O'Connor 2-1, J Magner 1-4, L Cronin 1-1, C Looney 1-0, E Cotter 0-2, J O'Connor 0-2, L Fox 0-1, B Cotter 0-1.

7 September 2024 Round 3	Araglen	0-21 - 2-25	Charleville	Shanballymore Grounds
			K O'Gorman 0-12, K Cagney 0-6, M Kavanagh 1-0, J Jones 1-0, S Bresnan 0-3, S Liddy 0-1, M O'Flynn 0-1, Z Biggane 0-1, B Forde 0-1.

7 September 2024 Round 3	Killavullen	1-17 - 2-18	Harbour Rovers	Castletownroche Grounds
	J Magner 0-7, C Looney 1-0, P O'Grady 0-2, J O'Connor 0-2, M O'Connor 0-2, P O'Sullivan 0-1, E Cotter 0-1, L Fox 0-1, P Looney 0-1.	Report	S Condon 1-12, Darragh O'Brien 1-2, J O'Sullivan 0-2, Diarmuid O'Brien 0-2.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

		Dromina	4-18
Harbour Rovers	1-20	Harbour Rovers	2-26 (aet)
Ballyhooly	1-18			Harbour Rovers
				Killavullen
		Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels	2-18
Clyda Rovers	1-14	Killavullen	2-21
Killavullen	0-18

Relegation playoff

12 October 2024 Quarter-final

Araglen

3-18 - 0-08

Ballyhea

Shanballymore Grounds

Quarter-finals

21 September 2024 Quarter-final	Clyda Rovers	1-14 - 0-18	Killavullen	O'Connell Park
	S O'Sullivan 0-6, C Buckley 0-4, K Graham 1-0, K Coffey 0-1, D Walsh 0-1.	Report	J Magner 0-10, J O'Connor 0-4, P O'Sullivan 0-2, M Cagney 0-1, C O'Mahony 0-1.

22 September 2024 Quarter-final	Harbour Rovers	1-20 - 1-18	Ballyhooly	Castletownroche Grounds
	S Condon 0-9, Darragh O'Brien 1-2, P Hannon 0-3, D Pyne 0-3, P Condon 0-1, S Finn 0-1, T McGrath 0-1.	Report	B Lombard 0-10, G Roche 1-0, S Roche 0-3, D O'Reilly 0-2, S Linehan 0-1, D Collins 0-1, D Linehan 0-1.

Semi-finals

6 October 2024 Semi-final	Dromina	4-18 - 2-26 (aet)	Harbour Rovers	Fr Con Buckley Park
	C Dunne 0-9, D Jones 2-0, K Cagney 1-2, R Morrissey 1-0, P Hassett 0-2, L Barrett 0-2, K Aherne 0-1, G Hayes 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.		S Condon 2-7, P Hannon 0-12, M Wade 0-2, D Pyne 0-1, P Condon 0-1, Darragh O'Brien 0-1, M Blackburn 0-1, Diarmuid O'Brien 0-1.

6 October 2024 Semi-final	Liscarroll/Churchtown Gaels	2-18 - 2-21	Killavullen	O'Connell Park
	C O'Brien 0-9, J Quinn 1-0, E Barrett 1-0, O O'Callaghan 0-2, K Daly 0-2, S Delee 0-2, M Heddigan 0-1, V Daly 0-1, S Killeen 0-1.		C O'Mahony 1-4, J Magner 0-6, L Fox 1-1, E Buckley 0-2, C Looney 0-2, L Cronin 0-1, M Cagney 0-1, E Cotter 0-1, P Looney 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1.

Final

26 October 2024 Final	Harbour Rovers	2-18 - 2-19	Killavullen	Kildorrery Grounds
	S Condon 2-9 (1-0 pen, 0-2 sl, 0-1f) P Hannon 0-5 (0-4 f), T McGrath, Darragh O'Brien, P Condon, Diarmuid O'Brien 0-1 each.	Report	J Magner 0-8 (0-6 f), P Looney 1-3, C O'Mahony 1-0, L Cronin 0-2 (0-1 f), E Cotter, P O'Sullivan 0-2 each, M Cagney, L Fox 0-1 each.	Referee: D Twomey (Shanballymore)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Stephen Condon	Harbour Rovers	7-56	77	6	12.83
2	Jamie Magner	Killavullen	1-42	45	6	7.50
3	Colin O'Brien	L/C Gaels	0-42	42	4	10.50
4	Seán O'Sullivan	Clyda Rovers	1-33	36	4	9.00
4	Brian Lombard	Ballyhooly	1-33	36	4	9.00

Miscellaneous

Killavullen qualified for the final for the first time since 1929.^[8]

References

^ "Avondhu GAA Launch Junior A Championships". Avondhu GAA. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
^ Ryan, Paddy (14 October 2023). "Harbour Rovers lift Avondhu Junior A Hurling title by seeing off Kilshannig". Echo Live. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ Ryan, Pat (18 October 2023). "Harbour Rovers see off Kilshanning to claim Avondhu Junior Hurling crown". The Corkman. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ Ryan, Pat (25 September 2024). "Avondhu GAA: Killavullen closing in first ever JAHC final appearance". The Corkman. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
^ "Defeat by Harbour Rovers to halt momentum". Killavullen GAA website. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
^ "Nirvana for the Blues, after an epic final". Kiillavullen GAA website. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
^ "Killavullen make history with first Junior A hurling title after epic final with Harbour Rovers". Kiillavullen GAA website. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ "Back in a Junior A Hurling final, after a 95 year hiatus". Killavullen GAA website. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

External link

Avondhu GAA website

[1] "Avondhu GAA Launch Junior A Championships". Avondhu GAA. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.

[2] Ryan, Paddy (14 October 2023). "Harbour Rovers lift Avondhu Junior A Hurling title by seeing off Kilshannig". Echo Live. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[3] Ryan, Pat (18 October 2023). "Harbour Rovers see off Kilshanning to claim Avondhu Junior Hurling crown". The Corkman. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[4] Ryan, Pat (25 September 2024). "Avondhu GAA: Killavullen closing in first ever JAHC final appearance". The Corkman. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[5] "Defeat by Harbour Rovers to halt momentum". Killavullen GAA website. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[6] "Nirvana for the Blues, after an epic final". Kiillavullen GAA website. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.

[7] "Killavullen make history with first Junior A hurling title after epic final with Harbour Rovers". Kiillavullen GAA website. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[8] "Back in a Junior A Hurling final, after a 95 year hiatus". Killavullen GAA website. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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