# 2021 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

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

| Division | Championship | Champions |
| Avondhu | North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship | Ballygiblin |
| Carbery | South West Junior A Hurling Championship | Ballinascarthy |
| Carrigdhoun | South East Junior A Hurling Championship | Ballymartle |
| Duhallow | Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship | Dromtarriffe |
| Imokilly | East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship | St Ita's |
| Muskerry | Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship | Ballinora |
| Seandún | City Junior A Hurling Championship | Passage |

### Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship

Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dromtarriffe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +12 | 4 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Millstreet | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +20 | 4 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Banteer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | |
| 4 | Kanturk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -28 | 0 | |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Newmarket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 4 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Kilbrin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +13 | 2 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Castlemagner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -22 | 0 | |
Newmarket 0-19 - 2-11 Kilbrin
Castlemagner 2-09 - 0-22 Newmarket
Kilbrin 2-24 - 0-15 Castlemagner
Knockout Stage
| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Dromtarriffe | Dromtarriffe | 2-26 | | | |
| Kilbrin | Kilbrin | 1-17 | | | |
| Kilbrin | Kilbrin | 1-17 | Dromtarriffe | Dromtarriffe | 2-18 |
| | | | Millstreet | Millstreet | 1-14 |
| Newmarket | Newmarket | 0-15 | Millstreet | Millstreet | 1-14 |
| Millstreet | Millstreet | 1-17 | | | |

### North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dromina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +28 | 5 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Kilshannaig | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +8 | 5 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Liscarroll-Churchtown Gaels | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Shanballymore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -28 | 0 | |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ballygiblin | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +25 | 5 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Killavullen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +15 | 4 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Fermoy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Araglen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -41 | 0 | |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ballyhooly | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +47 | 5 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Clyda Rovers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +36 | 5 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Buttevant | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -19 | 2 | |
| 4 | Ballyclough | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -64 | 0 | |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Harbour Rovers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +16 | 3 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Charleville | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 3 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Castletownroche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -20 | 0 | |
Charleville 1-17 - 0-20 Harbour Rovers
Harbour Rovers 1-22 - 0-09 Castletownroche
Castletownroche 2-16 - 1-23 Charleville
Knockout Stage
| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Clyda Rovers | Clyda Rovers | 2-07 | | | | | | |
| Harbour Rovers | Harbour Rovers | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| Harbour Rovers | Harbour Rovers | 0-12 | Clyda Rovers | Clyda Rovers | 2-16 | | | |
| | | | Dromina | Dromina | 1-13 | | | |
| Dromina | Dromina | 1-13 | Dromina | Dromina | 1-13 | | | |
| Killavullen | Killavullen | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| Killavullen | Killavullen | 0-15 | | | | Clyda Rovers | Clyda Rovers | 0-10 |
| | | | | | | Ballygiblin | Ballygiblin | 2-12 |
| Kilshannig | Kilshannig | 0-12 | | | | | | | Ballygiblin | Ballygiblin | 2-12 |
| Ballygiblin | Ballygiblin | 0-15 AET | | | | | | |
| Ballygiblin | Ballygiblin | 0-15 AET | Ballygiblin | Ballygiblin | 1-14 | | | |
| | | | Charleville | Charleville | 0-15 | | | |
| Ballyhooly | Ballyhooly | 1-14 | Charleville | Charleville | 0-15 | | | |
| Charleville | Charleville | 2-12 | | | | | | |

## Results
### Bracket

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| Passage (Seandun) | 1-15 | | | | |
| Ballinascarthy (Carbery) | 0-16 | | | | |
| Ballinascarthy (Carbery) | 0-16 | Ballygiblin (Avondhu) | 1-16 | | |
| | | Passage (Seandun) | 2-11 | | |
| | | | | Ballygiblin (Avondhu) | 2-18 |
| | | | | Dromtarriffe (Duhallow) | 0-18 |
| Ballymartle (Carrigdhoun) | 1-06 | | | | | Dromtarriffe (Duhallow) | 0-18 |
| St Ita's (Imokilly) | 2-16 | | | | |
| St Ita's (Imokilly) | 2-16 | St Ita's (Imokilly) | 0-11 | | |
| | | Dromtarriffe (Duhallow) | 1-18 | | |
| Ballinora (Muskerry) | 0-08 | Dromtarriffe (Duhallow) | 1-18 | | |
| Dromtarriffe (Duhallow) | 1-19 | | | | |

### Final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Séamus Harnedy | St Ita's | 1-18 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
| 2 | Seán Howard | Dromtarriffe | 0-20 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 3 | Darragh Flynn | Ballygiblin | 0-18 | 18 | 2 | 9.00 |
| 4 | Cian McCarthy | Passage | 1-12 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 5 | Tomás Howard | Dromtarriffe | 2-07 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Séamus Harnedy | St Ita's | 1-09 | 12 | Ballymartle |
| 2 | Darragh Flynn | Ballygiblin | 0-10 | 10 | Dromtarriffe |
| 3 | Séamus Harnedy | St Ita's | 0-09 | 9 | Dromtarriffe |
| 3 | Seán Howard | Dromtarriffe | 0-09 | 9 | Ballygiblin |
| 5 | Cian McCarthy | Passage | 0-08 | 8 | Ballinascarthy |
| 5 | Darragh Flynn | Ballygiblin | 0-08 | 8 | Passage |
| 7 | Tomás Howard | Dromtarriffe | 1-04 | 7 | Ballinora |
| 7 | Cian McCarthy | Passage | 1-04 | 7 | Ballygiblin |
| 9 | Jeremy Ryan | Ballinascarthy | 0-06 | 6 | Passage |
| 9 | Tom O'Neill | Passage | 1-02 | 5 | Ballinascarthy |
| 9 | Seán Howard | Dromtarriffe | 1-02 | 5 | Ballinora |