The 1998 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 101st staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board. The championship ran from 27 September to 15 November 1998.
The final was played on 15 November 1998 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Bride Rovers and Freemount, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Bride Rovers won the match by 2-10 to 0-13 to claim their first ever championship title.
Ballinascarthy's Colman Murphy was the championship's top scorer with 0-23.
Qualification
DivisionChampionshipChampionsAvondhuNorth Cork Junior A Hurling ChampionshipDrominaCarberySouth West Junior A Hurling ChampionshipBallinascartyCarrigdhounSouth East Junior A Hurling ChampionshipBallinhassigDuhallowDuhallow Junior A Hurling ChampionshipFreemountImokillyEast Cork Junior A Hurling ChampionshipBride RoversMuskerryMid Cork Junior A Hurling ChampionshipAghabullogueSeandúnCity Junior A Hurling ChampionshipNemo Rangers
Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Colman MurphyBallinascarthy0-232337.662John O'FlynnFreemount0-131334.333Martin FinnDromina1-081125.504Colin McCarthyNemo Rangers0-101025.005Jerome O'DriscollBride Rovers1-06924.50
Miscellaneous
Bride Rovers coach, Seánie Barry, was not present at the final due to his missionary work as a Roman Catholic priest in Malawi. He heard the result two hours after the match had ended.
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