The 2021 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 124th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895. The championship began on 6 November 2021 and ended on 20 November 2021.

The final was played on 20 November 2021 at Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork, between Ballygiblin and Dromtarriffe, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Ballygiblin won the match by 2–18 to 0–18 to claim their first championship title.

Séamus Harnedy was the championship's top scorer with 1–18.

Qualification

DivisionChampionshipChampions#AvondhuNorth Cork Junior A Hurling ChampionshipBallygiblinCarberySouth West Junior A Hurling ChampionshipBallinascarthyCarrigdhounSouth East Junior A Hurling ChampionshipBallymartleDuhallowDuhallow Junior A Hurling ChampionshipDromtarriffeImokillyEast Cork Junior A Hurling ChampionshipSt Ita'sMuskerryMid Cork Junior A Hurling ChampionshipBallinoraSeandúnCity Junior A Hurling ChampionshipPassage

Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship Group A TeamDiffQualification1 Dromtarriffe2200 +124Advance to Knockout Stage2 Millstreet2200 +2043 Banteer2002 -404 Kanturk2002 -280 Dromtarriffe 1-23 - 2-11 Kanturk

Banteer 0-15 - 0-16 Millstreet

Dromtarriffe 0-17 - 1-11 Banteer

Kanturk 0-11 - 2-24 Millstreet

Group B TeamDiffQualification1 Newmarket2200 +94Advance to Knockout Stage2 Kilbrin2101 +1323 Castlemagner2002 -220 Newmarket 0-19 - 2-11 Kilbrin

Castlemagner 2-09 - 0-22 Newmarket

Kilbrin 2-24 - 0-15 Castlemagner

Knockout Stage

North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship Group A TeamQualification1 Dromina3210 +285Advance to Knockout Stage2 Kilshannaig3210 +853 Liscarroll-Churchtown Gaels3102 -824 Shanballymore3003 -280 Dromina 4-19 - 1-09 Shanballymore

Kilshannig 4-14 - 2-13 LC Gaels

LC Gaels 2-15 - 0-13 Shanballymore

Dromina 1-18 - 3-12 Kilshannig

Kilshannig 1-14 - 0-16 Shanballymore

LC Gaels 1-11 - 2-17 Dromina

Group B TeamQualification1 Ballygiblin3210 +255Advance to Knockout Stage 2 Killavullen3201 +1543 Fermoy3111 +134 Araglen3003 -410 Fermoy 3-21 - 3-09 Araglen

Ballygiblin 2-14 - 1-13 Killavullen

Ballygiblin 0-16 - 2-10 Fermoy

Killavullen 1-19 - 1-11 Araglen

Killavullen 1-17 - 0-09 Fermoy

Araglen 0-09 - 3-21 Ballygiblin

Group C TeamQualification1 Ballyhooly3210 +475Advance to Knockout Stage 2 Clyda Rovers3210 +3653 Buttevant3102 -1924 Ballyclough3003 -640 Buttevant 2-16 - 0-14 Ballyclough

Clyda Rovers 1-17 - 1-17 Ballyhooly

Clyda Rovers 0-23 - 1-11 Buttevant

Ballyhooly 4-31 - 1-11 Ballyclough

Ballyhooly 3-23 - 1-11 Buttevant

Ballyclough 0-10 - 4-25 Clyda Rovers

Group D TeamQualification1 Harbour Rovers2110 +163Advance to Knockout Stage 2 Charleville2110 +433 Castletownroche2002 -200 Charleville 1-17 - 0-20 Harbour Rovers

Harbour Rovers 1-22 - 0-09 Castletownroche

Castletownroche 2-16 - 1-23 Charleville

Knockout Stage

Results

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics Top scorers

Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Séamus HarnedySt Ita's1-1821210.502Seán HowardDromtarriffe0-202036.663Darragh FlynnBallygiblin0-181829.004Cian McCarthyPassage1-121527.505Tomás HowardDromtarriffe2-071334.336Brandon MurphyDromtarriffe0-07732.33Stephen CoyneDromtarriffe0-07732.338Niall McCarthyPassage1-03623.00Jeremy RyanBallinascarthy0-06616.00Michael WalshBallygiblin0-06623.00

References

External links

Cork GAA website