1966 Cork Junior Football Championship

1966 Cork Junior Football Championship
Dates9 October - 11 December 1966
Teams8
Champions Dohenys (2nd title)
D. D. Lyons (captain)
Runners-up Grange
Tom Bermingham (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored23 (2.56 per match)
Points scored122 (13.56 per match)
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The 1966 Cork Junior Football Championship was the 68th staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 9 October to 11 December 1966.

The final, which went to a replay, was played on 11 December 1966 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Dohenys and Grange, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Dohenys won the match by 3-08 to 1-06 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 31 years.

Qualification

Division Championship Champions
Avondhu North Cork Junior A Football Championship Grange
Beara Beara Junior A Football Championship Adrigole
Carbery South West Junior A Football Championship Dohenys
Carrigdhoun South East Junior A Football Championship Crosshaven
Duhallow Duhallow Junior A Football Championship Knocknagree
Imokilly East Cork Junior A Football Championship Glanmire
Muskerry Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship Ballincollig
Seandún City Junior A Football Championship St. Vincent's

Results

Quarter-finals

9 October 1966 Quarter-final Adrigole 1-11 - 2-03 Glanmire Sam Maguire Park
M O'Regan 1-2, B O'Neill 0-3, EJ O'Sullivan 0-2, P Carey 0-2, GJ O'Sullivan 0-1, F Power 0-1. P Barry 1-2, M McCarthy 1-1.
16 October 1966 Quarter-final Ballincollig 2-10 - 2-05 Crosshaven Ballincollig Grounds
B Fitton 2-0, M Buckley 0-3, J Fitton 0-2, G Regan 0-2, D Fitton 0-2, S Barry-Murphy 0-1. T Sheehan 1-0, H Murphy 1-0, B Murphy 0-3, MJ Fitzgerald 0-1, M Lucey 0-1.
16 October 1966 Quarter-final Dohenys 0-09 - 1-05 St. Vincent's Charlie Hurley Park
Eamon Young 0-5, P Smith 0-2, B O'Rourke 0-1, J Crowley 0-1. C O'Shea 1-1, P Twomey 0-2, D O'Sullivan 0-1, B O'Halloran 0-1.
30 October 1966 Quarter-final Grange 0-09 - 1-04 Knocknagree Kanturk Grounds

Semi-finals

30 October 1966 Semi-final Dohenys 1-06 - 0-09 Adrigole Rossa Park
M Byrne 1-1, J Carroll 0-3, A Collins 0-1, Eamon Young 0-1. M O'Regan 0-3, B O'Neill 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-2, JJ O'Sullivan 0-1, PJ O'Sullivan 0-1. Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)
6 November 1966 Semi-final replay Dohenys 3-08 - 2-05 Adrigole Rossa Park
D Collins 2-0, P Burns 1-0, J Crowley 0-3, Eamon Young 0-2, Edda Young 0-2, B O'Rourke 0-2. S Power 2-0, M O'Regan 0-1, E O'Sullivan 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1, PJ O'Sullivan 0-1, B O'Neill 0-1.
6 November 1966 Semi-final Grange 1-11 - 1-06 Ballincollig Cork Athletic Grounds
T Barry 1-1, P Gowen 0-3, N Kirby 0-3, D Bermingham 0-2, J Gowen 0-1, W Hanrahan 0-1.

Final

27 November 1966 Final Dohenys 1-04 - 1-04 Grange Cork Athletic Grounds
H McCullough 1-0, J Crowley 0-2, Eamon Young 0-1, J Young 0-1. D Bermingham 1-0, J Cummins 0-1, J Clifford 0-1, N Kirby 0-1, PJ Kirby 0-1. Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)
11 December 1966 Final replay Dohenys 3-08 - 1-06 Grange Cork Athletic Grounds
Eamon Young 0-5, J Carroll 1-0, J Young 1-0, A Collins 1-0, Edda Young 0-1, J Crowley 0-1, B O'Rourke 0-1. W Clifford 1-0, J Gowen 0-2, E Kirby 0-2, W Hanrahan 0-1, D Bermingham 0-1. Referee: P Cronin (St. Finbarr's)

References

  1. ^ "Junior AFC". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Brief history". Dohenys GAA website. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. ^ "When Dohenys ruled the West". The Southern Star. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2021.