2024 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship

Annual Gaelic football competition season

Dates

13 June - October 2024

Teams

12 clubs
4 divisions
1 university

Sponsor

McCarthy Insurance Group

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

33 (2.06 per match)

Points scored

360 (22.5 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Steven Sherlock (2-11)

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The 2024 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship is the fifth staging of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and the 136th staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking Gaelic football teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 14 December 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3] The championship is scheduled to run from 13 June to October 2024.

Castlehaven are the defending champions.^[4]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Senior A Football Championship

Newcestown^[5]

From Championship

Relegated to the Cork Senior A Football Championship

Carrigaline^[6]

Participating teams

Clubs

Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	Podsie O'Mahony	Luke Fahy
Carbery Rangers	Rosscarbery	Green, white and gold	Séamus Hayes
Castlehaven	Castlehaven	Blue and white	Seánie Cahalane	Mark Collins
Clonakilty	Clonakilty	Green and red	Martin O'Brien
Douglas	Douglas	Green, white and black	Brian Collins	Darragh Kelly
Éire Óg	Ovens	Red and yellow	Paudie Kissane	Daire McCarthy
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow	Andrew Cashman	Mattie Taylor
Nemo Rangers	Trabeg	Black and green	Robbie O'Dwyer	Alan O'Donovan
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow	Jim O'Sullivan	Luke Meade
St Finbarr's	Togher	Blue and yellow	Brian Roche	Ian Maguire
St Michael's	Blackrock	Green and yellow		Andrew Murphy
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	Denis Kiely	Darragh Murphy

Divisions and colleges

Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain(s)
Avondhu	North Cork	Black and yellow
Carbery	West Cork	Purple and yellow	Colm Aherne
Duhallow	Duhallow	Orange and black	Éamonn Moynihan	Kevin Cremin Donncha O'Connor
Muskerry	Mid Cork	Green and white	Joint team	Eoghan Lehane
University College Cork	College Road	Red and black

Group A

Group A table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Nemo Rangers	2	2	0	0	27	18	9	4
Ballincollig	2	1	0	1	15	19	-4	2
Newcestown	2	1	0	1	20	19	1	2
Éire Óg	2	0	0	2	22	28	-6	0

Group A fixtures and results

Nemo Rangers v Ballincollig

26 July 2024 Round 1	Nemo Rangers	0-11 - 0-06	Ballincollig	Ballinora Grounds
	M Cronin 0-3 (0-2 f), P Kerrigan (f), R Corkery 0-2 each, K O’Donovan, C McCartan, K Fulignati, S Cronin 0-1 each.	Report	C Dorgan (45), S O’Neill 0-2 each, L Fahy, D O’Mahony 0-1 each.

Newcestown v Éire Óg

26 July 2024 Round 1	Newcestown	0-12 - 0-10	Éire Óg	Cloughduv Grounds
	D Buckley 0-4 (0-2 f), L Meade 0-3, R O’Sullivan 0-2, N Kelly, J Meade, S O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	D Goulding (0-2 f), E O’Shea 0-3 each, C McGoldrick 0-2, R O’Flynn, C Kelly (f) 0-1 each.

Éire Óg v Nemo Rangers

16 August 2024 Round 2	Éire Óg	2-06 - 0-16	Nemo Rangers	Ballincollig Grounds
	E O'Shea 1-1, C McGoldrick 1-0, D Healy (f), D Kelly, C Kelly (f), J Murphy, J Sheehan 0-1 each.	Report	C Horgan, R Corkery 0-4 each, P Kerrigan 0-3 (0-1 f), M Cronin 0-2, O Whyte, R Dalton, K O'Donovan 0-1 each.

Ballincollig v Newcestown

17 August 2024 Round 2	Ballincollig	0-09 - 0-08	Newcestown	Ovens Grounds
	C Dorgan 0-6 (0-4f), L Fahy, S Kiely, D O’Mahony 0-1 each.	Report	D Buckley 0-5 (0-4f), N Kelly, S O’Sullivan, J Kelleher 0-1 each.

Nemo Rangers v Newcestown

15 September 2024 Round 3

Nemo Rangers

Newcestown

Cloughduv Grounds

Ballincollig v Éire Óg

15 September 2024 Round 3

Ballincollig

Éire Óg

Jack Fitzgerald Memorial Park

Group B

Group B table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Castlehaven	2	2	0	0	45	20	25	4
St Michael's	2	1	0	1	16	32	-16	2
Carbery Rangers	2	0	1	1	20	23	-3	1
Clonakilty	2	0	1	1	27	33	-6	1

Group B fixtures and results

Castlehaven v Clonakilty

27 July 2024 Round 1	Castlehaven	1-18 - 1-12	Clonakilty	Rosscarbery Grounds
	J Cahalane 1-3, B Hurley 0-5 (0-3 f), M Hurley 0-4, T O’Mahoney, A Whelton, J O’Driscoll, S Browne, M Collins (f), C Maguire 0-1 each.	Report	R Mannix 1-2, C Daly 0-4 (0-3 f), B White (f), D Gough (f), D Lowney, B Ridgeway, N Barrett, S Murphy 0-1 each.

Carbery Rangers v St Michael's

27 July 2024 Round 1	Carbery Rangers	0-08 - 1-08	St Michael's	Brinny Grounds
	M Hodnett (0-3, all frees), J O’Riordan, B Hodnett, P O’Rourke, J O’Rourke (free) and K Scannell (0-1 each).	Report	L O’Herlihy (0-4, 0-2 frees), K Hegarty (0-2), F Leahy (1-0), R Kavanagh and R O’Shaughnessy (0-1 each).

St Michael's v Castlehaven

16 August 2024 Round 2	St Michael's	0-05 - 2-18	Castlehaven	Clonakilty Grounds
	L O’Herlihy 0-2, A O’Callaghan, E Buckley, D Meaney 0-1 each.	Report	B Hurley 0-5 (0-3 f), J Cahalane 1-2, M Maguire 1-0, S Browne, R Minihane, C Maguire 0-2 each, J Walsh, J O’Neill, A Whelton, C Nolan, C O’Driscoll 0-1 each.

Clonakilty v Carbery Rangers

18 August 2024 Round 2	Clonakilty	1-09 - 0-12	Carbery Rangers	Sam Maguire Park
	D Gough 1-3 (0-1f), S White, C Daly 0-2 each, C Kenneally, F Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Rourke 0-5 (0-3f), D Hayes, B Hodnett 0-2 each, Jerry O’Riordan, P O’Rourke, P Shanahan (0-1f) 0-1 each.

Castlehaven v Carbery Rangers

15 September 2024 Round 3

Castlehaven

Carbery Rangers

Leap Grounds

Clonakilty v St Michael's

15 September 2024 Round 3

Clonakilty

St Michael's

Charlie Hurley Park

Group C

Group C table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Mallow	2	1	1	0	33	31	2	3
Valley Rovers	2	1	1	0	23	22	1	3
St Finbarr's	2	1	0	1	29	28	1	2
Douglas	2	0	0	2	17	21	-4	0

Group C fixtures and results

St Finbarr's v Douglas

26 July 2024 Round 1	St Finbarr's	1-10 - 0-10	Douglas	Carrigaline Grounds
	S Sherlock 1-4 (0-4f), J Wigginton Barrett, I Maguire, W Buckley, C Scully, C Myers Murray, E Denney 0-1 each.	Report	A Cotter (f), P Lucey (0-1f) 0-2 each, A O’Hare (f), S Aherne, B Lynch, C Kingston, S Powter, R Hanley 0-1 each.

Valley Rovers v Mallow

26 July 2024 Round 1	Valley Rovers	1-12 - 1-12	Mallow	Glenville Grounds
	F Lynch 0-4 (0-3 f), A Kenneally 1-0, D Murphy 0-2, C McCarthy, A Walsh Murphy (f), E O’Sullivan (f), J Kiely, E Delaney, D Muckian 0-1 each.	Report	S Hayes 1-2 (0-2 m), M Tobin 0-4, S McDonnell 0-3 (0-1f), D Moynihan, S O’Callaghan, J Dillon 0-1 each.

Douglas v Valley Rovers

16 August 2024 Round 2	Douglas	0-07 - 0-08	Valley Rovers	Carrigaline Grounds
	C Joyce 0-4 f, B Hartnett 0-2, C Kingston 0-1.	Report	C McCarthy 0-3, E O’Sullivan (f), F Lynch (f), A Walsh Murphy, G Farrell, D Murphy 0-1 each.

Mallow v St Finbarr's

17 August 2024 Round 2	Mallow	2-12 - 2-10	St Finbarr's	Grenagh Grounds
	S McDonnell 1-6 (0-5 f), J Dillon 1-0, M Taylor, K Sheehan 0-2 each, M Tobin (f), P Hennessy 0-1 each.	Report	S Sherlock 1-7 (0-4 f, 0-1 m), C Scully 1-0, W Buckley, E McGreevy, C Myers-Murray 0-1 each.

Mallow v Douglas

15 September 2024 Round 3

Mallow

Douglas

Grenagh Grounds

St Finbarr's v Valley Rovers

15 September 2024 Round 3

St Finbarr's

Valley Rovers

Coachford Sportsfield

Division/colleges section

Division/colleges unseeded section final

Muskerry v Avondhu

13 June 2024 Final	Muskerry	3-16 - 3-13	Avondhu	Glenville Grounds
	E Myers 2-5 (1-0 pen, 0-3 f), L Wall 1-1, L O’Connor 0-3 (0-1 f), L Twohig, D Kelly, A Quinn 0-2 each, J O’Donoghue 0-1.	Report	M Lenahan 1-7 (0-4 f), E Birchill 1-1, D Hanlon (f), S Walsh 0-2 each, G Roche 1-0, K Kiely 0-1.	Referee: E Coleman (Youghal)

Division/colleges seeded section semi-finals

Carbery, Duhallow and University College Cork received byes to this stage.

Carbery v Muskerry

9 August 2024 Semi-final	Carbery	1-14 - 1-15	Muskerry	Ovens Grounds
	D Gore (0-1f), D Mac Eoin (0-2f) 0-5 each, O Corcoran 0-3, S Daly 1-0, Keith O’Driscoll 0-1.	Report	C Óg Jones 0-5, L Twohig 0-4 (0-2f), L O’Connor 0-3 (0-1f), E O’Leary 1-0, I Jones, L Wall, J Creedon (f) 0-1 each.

Duhallow v University College Cork

9 August 2024 Semi-final	Duhallow	4-13 - 1-12	University College Cork	Mallow GAA Complex
	David O’Connor 2-2, L Murphy 1-3, G O’Sullivan, Seamus Hickey 0-3 each, J Curtin 1-0, Shane Hickey, J Linehan 0-1 each.	Report	R Quirke 1-4 (0-1 45), C O’Mahony 0-3 (0-2 f), D Phelan 0-2 (0-1 f), S Ahern (f), T Cunningham, D McMahon 0-1 each.

Division/colleges seeded section final

Muskerry v Duhallow

30 August 2024 Final	Muskerry	3-13 - 2-15	Duhallow	Castle Grounds
	C Óg Jones (1-4), L Twohig (1-2, 0-2 frees), I Jones (1-1), L O’Connor (0-3, 0-2 frees), A O’Sullivan, J O’Mullane and J Kelleher (0-1 each).	Report	L Murphy (1-4), K Cremin (1-0), D Cashman (0-3), Donncha O’Connor (frees) and G O’Sullivan (0-2 each), Séamus Hickey, C Curtin, C Walsh and J Curtin (0-1).

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Playoff

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Semi-final

Final

October 2024 Final

Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	2-11	17	2	8.50
2	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	2-07	13	2	6.50
3	Seán McDonnell	Mallow	1-09	12	2	6.00
3	Chris Óg Jones	Muskerry	1-09	12	2	6.00
5	Ed Myers	Muskerry	2-05	11	1	11.00
	Jack Cahalane	Castlehaven	2-05	11	2	5.50
	Liam Twohig	Duhallow	1-08	11	3	3.66
8	Mark Lenahan	Avondhu	1-07	10	1	10.00
9	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-10	10	2	5.00
10	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-09	9	2	4.50
	Liam O'Connor	Muskerry	0-09	9	3	3.00

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Ed Myers	Muskerry	2-05	11	Avondhu
2	Mark Lenahan	Avondhu	1-07	10	Muskerry
2	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	1-07	10	Mallow
4	Seán McDonnell	Mallow	1-06	9	St Finbarr's
5	David O'Connor	Duhallow	2-02	8	UCC
6	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	1-04	7	Douglas
	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	1-04	7	Muskerry
	Chris Óg Jones	Muskerry	1-04	7	Duhallow
	Robert Quirke	UCC	1-04	7	Duhallow
10	Jack Cahalane	Castlehaven	1-03	6	Clonakilty
	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	1-03	6	UCC
	Darragh Gough	Clonakilty	1-03	6	Carnery Rangers
	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	0-06	6	Newcestown

References

^ "Cork GAA club draws: Groups made for the PSHC and SAHC". Echo Live. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (14 December 2023). "Castlehaven drawn with Clonakilty and Carbery Rangers for second successive year". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ "Check out the 2024 county hurling championship draws". The Southern Star. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (29 October 2023). "Hurley brothers on song as Castlehaven claim first Cork county title in 10 years". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (11 November 2023). "Newcestown's fairytale gets a fitting finish as Buckley devours Dohenys to seal double". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ Lester, Bob (8 October 2023). "Carrigaline down following Cork Premier SFC relegation playoff replay defeat to Mallow". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 8 October 2023.

External links

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