East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

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East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Colours of Cork.svg
CodeHurling
Founded1926; 96 years ago (1926)
RegionColours of Cork.svg Imokilly (GAA)
TrophyJamesy Kelleher Cup
No. of teams9
Title holdersColours of Limerick.svg St Ita's (1st title)
Most titlesColours of Cork.svg Castlemartyr (11 titles)
SponsorsMichael O'Connor Motor Factors
Official websiteEast Cork GAA

The East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael O'Connor Motor Factors East Cork Junior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Imokilly Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior hurling teams in East Cork.

The series of games begin in June, with the championship culminating with the final in September. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

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

11 clubs currently participate in the East Cork Championship. The title has been won at least once by 20 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Castlemartyr who have won 11 titles.

St Ita's are the title-holders after defeating Erin's Own by 1-14 to 1-05 in the 2021 final.

The championship[]

Overview[]

The East Cork Junior Championship is a double elimination tournament. Each team is allowed two defeats before being eliminated from the championship.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match ends as a draw there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Participating teams[]

Team Location Colours
Carrignavar Carrignavar Red and green
Cobh Cobh Yellow and green
Erin's Own Glounthaune Blue and red
Fr. O'Neill's Ballymacoda Red and green
Killeagh Killeagh Green and white
Lisgoold Lisgoold Blue and yellow
Sarsfields Glanmire Blue, white and black
St. Ita's Gortroe White and green
Watergrasshill Watergrasshill Red and white

Roll of honour[]

# Team Wins Winning Years
1 Castlemartyr 11 1935, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1963, 1964, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
2 Midleton 9 1929, 1934, 1936, 1943, 1945, 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990
Cloyne 9 1938, 1939, 1944, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1976, 1986, 1987
Carrigtwohill 9 1941, 1947, 1948, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1994
5 Aghada 6 1931, 1933, 1940, 1980, 1991, 1992
6 Bride Rovers 5 1930, 1932, 1968, 1969, 1998
Killeagh 5 1967, 1970, 1971, 1988, 1995
Erin's Own 5 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2007
Fr. O'Neill's 5 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005
10 Sarsfields 4 1937, 1953, 2004, 2016
St. Catehrine's 4 1957, 1981, 1983, 2017
Dungourney 4 1972, 2006, 2011, 2015
13 Cobh 3 1926, 1959, 1985
Ballinacurra 3 1927, 1928, 1942
Castlelyons 3 1955, 1993, 1997
Watergrasshill 3 1974, 2000, 2003
17 Carrignavar 2 2008, 2012
Russell Rovers 2 2018, 2019
19 1 1949
Youghal 1 1952
Lisgoold 1 2020
St Ita's 1 2021

List of finals[]

Year Winners Score Runners-up Score
2019 Russell Rovers 1-16 Carrignavar GAA 0-16 [1]
2020 Lisgoold 0-17 Carrignavar GAA 0-11 [2]
2021 St Ita's 1-14 Erin's Own 1-05 [3]

Records[]

Gaps[]

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 - J A Hurling Championship - Jamesy Kelleher Cup". East Cork GAA website. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  2. ^ Horgan, John (31 October 2021). "Lisgoold hurlers set sights on county glory after East Cork breakthrough". Echo Live. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ Cashman, John (31 October 2021). "Junior hurling glory at last for St Ita's and Seamus Harnedy". Echo Live. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

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