1966 Cork Junior Football Championship

1966 Cork Junior Football Championship
Dates	9 October – 11 December 1966
Teams	8
Champions	Dohenys (2nd title); D. D. Lyons (captain)
Runners-up	Grange; Tom Bermingham (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	23 (2.56 per match)
Points scored	122 (13.56 per match)
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Dates9 October – 11 December 1966

Teams8

Champions

Dohenys (2nd title)
D. D. Lyons (captain)

Runners-up

Grange
Tom Bermingham (captain)

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.^[1] Dohenys won the match by 3–08 to 1–06 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 31 years.^[2]^[3]

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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

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 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)

1966 Cork Junior Football Championship

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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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.

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)