2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	20 September – 19 October 2008
Teams	7
Sponsor	Evening Echo
Champions	Dripsey (1st title); Diarmuid O'Riordan (captain); John Feeney (manager)
Runners-up	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's; Johnny Nyhan (captain); Christy O'Leary (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	12 (2 per match)
Points scored	146 (24.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Diarmuid O'Riordan (1–26)
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The 2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship was the 111th staging of the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1895.^[1] The championship ran from 20 September to 19 October 2008.

Dates20 September – 19 October 2008

Teams7

SponsorEvening Echo

Champions

Dripsey (1st title)
Diarmuid O'Riordan (captain)
John Feeney (manager)

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The final was played on 19 October 2008 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Dripsey and Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Dripsey won the match by 0–13 to 1–07 to claim their first ever championship title.^[2]^[3]

Dripsey's Diarmuid O'Riordan was the championship's top scorer with 1–26.

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Division	Championship	Champions
Avondhu	North Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Charleville	^[4]
Carbery	South West Junior A Hurling Championship	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	^[5]
Carrigdhoun	South East Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballymartle	^[6]
Duhallow	Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship	Tullylease	^[7]
Imokilly	East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Carrignavar	^[8]
Muskerry	Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Dripsey	^[9]
Seandún	City Junior A Hurling Championship	Glen Rovers	^[10]

20 September 2008 First round	Tullylease	0-17 - 1-12	Charleville	Kanturk
	S Whelan 0-13, B Sheehy 0-2, S Stokes 0-1, S Hehir 0-1.		M Gammell 1-2, P Gammell 0-3, J Quinlan 0-3, B Dennehy 0-1, B Barrett 0-1, A O'Connor 0-1, D O'Flynn 0-1.

21 September 2008 First round	Carrignavar	1-20 - 1-06	Ballymartle	Páirc Uí Rinn
	A Hegarty 0-7, M Geaney 1-0, C Burns 0-3, P Murphy 0-3, M Hickey 0-2, A Sheehan 0-2, T Geaney 0-1, R Spillane 0-1, B Hegarty 0-1.		B Dwyer 1-2, J Coleman 0-2, K Hallissey 0-1, S Fehilly 0-1.

5 October 2008 First round	Dripsey	1-14 - 1-12	Glen Rovers	Ballincollig
	D O'Riordan 1-8, M O'Sullivan 0-2, J Carey 0-2, D Foley 0-1, D O'Sullivan 0-1.		R Brosnan 1-0, S McGrath 0-3, S O'Neill 0-3, D O'Callaghan 0-2, K McCarthy 0-2, J Goggin 0-1, A Dunlea 0-1.

5 October 2008 Semi-final	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	3-12 - 2-12	Tullylease	Páirc Uí Rinn
	JP O'Callaghan 2-6, S Crowley 1-0, M Fehilly 0-3, T Lordan 0-2, P Crowley 0-1.		S Hehir 2-2, S Whelan 0-6, E Sheehy 0-2, P Newman 0-1, S Stokes 0-1.

2008 Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

Qualification

Results

First round

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

References

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Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

12 October 2008 Semi-final	Dripsey	1-12 - 0-09	Carrignavar	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D O'Riordan 0-7, M O'Sullivan 1-2, D O'Sullivan 0-2, J O'Riordan 0-1.		C Burns 0-5, P Murphy 0-1, M Hickey 0-1, B Murphy 0-1, B Hegarty 0-1.

19 October 2008 Final	Dripsey	0-13 - 1-07	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D O'Riordan 0-11, C Hayes 0-1, D Foley 0-1.		JP O'Callaghan 0-5, T Lordan 1-0, M Fehily 0-1, M Barrett 0-1.

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Diarmuid O'Riordan	Dripsey	1-26	29	3	9.66
2	Séamus Whelan	Tullylease	0-19	19	2	9.50
3	John Paul O'Callaghan	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	2-11	17	2	8.50
4	Shane Hehir	Tullylease	2-03	9	2	4.50
5	Con Burns	Carrignavar	0-08	8	2	4.00