2025 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship

2025 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship
Dates25 July - 25 October 2025
Teams12
SponsorMcCarthy Insurance Group
ChampionsBorder Buttevant (1st title)
Mark Lenahan (captain)
Joey O'Hanlon (manager)
Runners-upBorder St Nicholas'
Danny Morris (captain)
Robert Brosnan (manager)
RelegatedBorder Ballydesmond
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored63 (2.74 per match)
Points scored572 (24.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Border Donncha O'Connor (2-36)
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The 2025 Cork Premier Junior Football Championship was the third staging of the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2023. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 10 December 2024.[1][2] The championship ran from 25 July to 25 October 2025.[3]

The final was played on 25 October 2025 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Buttevant and St Nicholas', in what was their first ever meeting in the final.[4] Buttevant won the match by 1-15 to 0-10 to claim their first ever championship title in the grade.[5]

Ballydesmond's Donncha O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 2-36.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

Promoted from the Cork Junior A Football Championship

From Championship

Promoted to the Cork Intermediate A Football Championship

Relegated to the City Junior A Football Championship

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Semi-finalist   Quarter-finalist   Relegation playoff

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Border St Nicholas' 3 2 1 0 60 43 17 5
Border Canovee 3 2 0 1 60 44 16 4
Border Urhan 3 1 0 2 42 62 -20 2
Border Ballydesmond 3 0 1 2 47 60 -13 1

Group 1 results

27 July 2025 Round 1 Ballydesmond 0-21 - 4-09 St Nicholas' O'Connell Memorial Park
D O'Connor 0-17, N Fleming 0-2, N O'Sullivan 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1. Report J O'Sullivan 1-5, J Brosnan 1-1, E O'Leary 1-0, D Wall 1-0, D Morris 0-2, G Marshall 0-1.
27 July 2025 Round 1 Canovee 2-21 - 1-11 Urhan Sam Maguire Park
J Kelleher 0-10, A Moynihan 0-5. Report
23 August 2025 Round 2 Urhan 1-18 - 2-12 Ballydesmond Páirc Uí Chuana
C Harrington 0-9, M McCarthy 1-2, A Elphick 0-3, C O’Sullivan 0-3, J O'Neill 0-1. Report D O’Connor 1-7, N Fleming 1-3, N O'Sullivan 0-1, P Breen 0-1.
24 August 2025 Round 2 St Nicholas' 2-16 - 0-15 Canovee Páirc Dhónaill Uí Cheallacháin
J O'Sullivan 0-8, D Morris 1-2, J Corkery 1-2. Report A Moynihan 0-6, J Kelleher 0-3, J Moynihan 0-3, C Dodd 0-3.
12 September 2025 Round 3 Canovee 3-09 - 1-05 Ballydesmond Castle Grounds
M Healy 2-2, C O'Neill 1-0, J Kelleher 0-3. Report D O'Connor 1-4, N Fleming 0-1.
12 September 2025 Round 3 Urhan 0-07 - 2-11 St Nicholas' Sam Maguire Park
C Harrington 0-5. Report J O'Sullivan 0-7, D Coughlan 0-3.

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Quarter-finalist   Relegation playoff

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Border Cullen 3 2 0 1 63 43 20 4
Border Cobh 3 2 0 1 44 39 5 4
Border Na Piarsaigh 3 1 0 2 43 60 -17 2
Border Kinsale 3 1 0 2 41 49 -8 2

Group 2 results

25 July 2025 Round 1 Cobh 0-13 - 2-18 Cullen Mourneabbey Grounds
C Walsh 0-3, C O'Leary 0-3. Report L Murphy 0-8, A Nolan 1-2.
26 July 2025 Round 1 Kinsale 2-13 - 2-14 Na Piarsaigh Ballinora Grounds
B Coughlan 0-7, M Murphy 2-0, J Murphy 0-2. Report A Keating 1-4, K Buckley 0-5, M Sheehan 1-1, S Downey 0-2.
23 August 2025 Round 2 Cullen 1-12 - 0-19 Kinsale Páirc Abán
L Murphy 0-8, J O'Connor 1-0, C Walsh 0-1, J Hickey 0-1, C O'Leary 0-1. Report M Murphy 0-9, J O'Brien 0-3, N Ryan 0-2, D Looney 0-2, J Murphy 0-2, C O'Callaghan 0-1.
24 August 2025 Round 2 Na Piarsaigh 1-09 - 0-17 Cobh Caherlag Grounds
K Buckley 1-2. Report D Kearney 0-5, C McLoughlin 0-2, F Duggan 0-2.
12 September 2025 Round 3 Na Piarsaigh 3-02 - 2-18 Cullen O'Connell Park
SP Cooke 1-1, C Horgan, S O’Connell Ahern 1-0 each, A Keating 0-1 (f). Report L Murphy 1-11 (0-6f, 3 two pointers), C O’Leary 1-3, A Nolan 0-2, J O’Connor, M Twomey 0-1 each.
12 September 2025 Round 3 Kinsale 0-03 - 1-11 Cobh Ovens Grounds
M Murphy 0-2 f, G Kearney 0-1. Report D Kearney (0-2 f), J Ronan 0-3 each, D Burke 1-0, F Duggan 0-2 (1 2pt), T Wilk, D Heelan (f), M O’Rourke 0-1 each.

Group 3

Group 3 table

  Semi-finalist   Quarter-finalist   Relegation playoff

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Border Buttevant 3 3 0 0 83 45 38 6
Border Inniscarra 3 2 0 1 67 41 26 4
Border Glenville 3 0 1 2 39 69 -30 1
Border Millstreet 3 0 1 2 39 73 -34 1

Group 3 results

26 July 2025 Round 1 Buttevant 2-17 - 1-12 Glenville Ballyhooly Grounds
M Lenehan 0-7, C Hanlon 1-2, D Hanlon 0-5, Report C O'Keeffe 1-1, J Cooke 0-3, C O'Leary 0-2, C O'Mahony 0-2.
26 July 2025 Round 1 Inniscarra 2-12 - 0-12 Millstreet Páirc Eoin Mhic Chárthaigh
L O'Connor 0-7, S Dornan 1-1, S O'Donoghue 1-1, J O'Dwyer 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1, C Lynch 0-1. Report D Cashman 0-10, D O'Donovan 0-2.
23 August 2025 Round 2 Glenville 0-08 - 4-18 Inniscarra Carrignavar Grounds
Report S O’Donoghue 2-2, L O’Connor 0-8, M McLoughlin 1-0, F Horgan 1-0.
23 August 2025 Round 2 Millstreet 2-05 - 4-27 Buttevant Mallow GAA Complex
D Buckley 1-0, D Cashman 1-0, S Hickey 0-3, P Dineen 0-1, H Lenihan 0-1 Report C Hanlon 0-12, M Lenehan 1-6, M O’Neill 2-0, D Hanlon 0-6, A Horgan 1-0, K Sheehan 0-2, D Ryan 0-1.
12 September 2025 Round 3 Buttevant 3-12 - 3-10 Inniscarra Mourneabbey Grounds
D Hanlon 1-7, M Lenahan 2-2, C Hanlon 0-2, K Crowley 0-1. Report L O'Connor 1-4, S Dornan 1-3, S Sheehan 1-0, S Dineen 0-1, F Horgan 0-1, M McLoughlin 0-1.
12 September 2025 Round 3 Glenville 1-13 - 0-16 Millstreet Páirc Uí Rinn
C O'Leary 1-4, E Delahunt 0-2, C O'Mahony 0-2, C Fitzgerald 0-1, C Linehan 0-1. Report H Linehan 0-5, P Dineen 0-4, S Hickey 0-3, D Cashman 0-3, A O'Leary 0-1.

Relegation stage

Relegation playoff

27 September 2025 Playoff Millstreet 1-14 - 0-13 Ballydesmond Patsy O'Sullivan Memorial Park, Boherbue
H Linehan (1-2), D Cashman (0-4, 2fs), A O’Leary (f) and D O’Donovan (0-2 each), D Buckley, P Dineen, N Flahive and E O’Sullivan (0-1 each). Report Donnacha O’Connor (0-8), B Lenihan (0-3), T Fitzpatrick and P Breen (0-1 each).

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

27 September 2025 Quarter-final Inniscarra 0-14 - 1-12 Cobh Páirc Eoin Mhic Charthaigh
S O'Donoghue 0-9. Report D Heelan 0-5, E Hastings 1-0, S Kearney 0-3, Adam Lynch 0-2.
27 September 2025 Quarter-final Cullen 2-08 - 3-16 Canovee Canovee Grounds
L Murphy 1-5. Report J Kelleher 0-8, A Moynihan 1-3.

Semi-finals

11 October 2025 Semi-final Buttevant 2-16 - 0-12 Canovee O'Connell Memorial Park
D Hanlon 0-6, M Lenehan 0-6 (2 tp), C Hanlon 1-2, K Lenehan 1-0, M O’Neill, P Behan 0-1 each. Report J Kelleher 0-7 (0-5 f, 1 tpf), C Dodd 0-3 (1 tp), M Healy 0-2.
11 October 2025 Semi-final St Nicholas' 0-14 - 0-12 Cobh Páirc Séamus de Barra
J O'Sullivan 0-3 f, D Brosnan 0-3 (1 2pt), J Corkery, Z Lynch (1 2pt) 0-2 each, E O'Leary, E Downey, D Coughlan, S Cummins 0-1 each. Report D Kearney 0-3 (1 2pt), D Heelan (0-1 45), J Ronan, M O'Rourke (1 2pt) 0-2 each, D Burke, T Wilk, S Cummins 0-1 each.

Final

25 October 2025 Final Buttevant 1-15 - 0-10 St Nicholas' SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
C Hanlon 0-11 (3 2 pt, 0-3 f), M Lenahan 0-3 (1 2pt f), M O’Neill 1-0, D Hanlon 0-1. Report J O’Sullivan 0-4 (0-3 f), D Brosnan, D Morris 0-2 each, E Downey, D Dunlea 0-1 each. Referee: B Crowley (Castlehaven)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Donncha O'Connor Ballydesmond 2-36 42 4 10.50
2 Luke Murphy Cullen 2-32 38 4 9.50
3 Conor Hanlon Buttevant 2-29 35 5 7.00
4 Mark Lenehan Buttevant 3-24 33 5 6.60
Jack Kelleher Canovee 0-33 33 5 6.60
6 Jack O'Sullivan St Nicholas' 1-27 30 5 6.00
7 David Hanlon Buttevant 1-25 28 5 5.60
8 Liam O'Connor Inniscarra 1-21 24 4 6.00
9 Seán O'Donoghue Inniscarra 3-12 21 4 5.25
10 Conchubhar Harrington Urhan 0-20 20 3 6.66

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