2025 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship

2025 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship
Dates	3 July - 26 October 2025
Teams	12 clubs; 3 divisions; 1 university
Sponsor	McCarthy Insurance Group
Champions	St Finbarr's (11th title); Steven Sherlock (captain); Brian Roche (manager)
Runners-up	Nemo Rangers; Alan O'Donovan (captain); Robbie O'Dwyer (manager)
Relegated	Carbery Rangers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	73 (2.43 per match)
Points scored	780 (26 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Steven Sherlock (6-41)
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Dates3 July - 26 October 2025

Teams12 clubs
3 divisions
1 university

SponsorMcCarthy Insurance Group

Champions

St Finbarr's (11th title)
Steven Sherlock (captain)
Brian Roche (manager)

The 2025 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship was the sixth staging of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and the 137th staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking Gaelic football teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 10 December 2024.^[1]^[2] The championship ran from 3 July to 26 October 2025.^[3]

Castlehaven entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Finbarr's in the quarter-finals.^[4]^[5]^[6] One-time champions Carbery Rangers' relegation brought an end to 19 years of top tier football for the club.^[7]

The final was played on 26 October 2025 at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between St Finbarr's and Nemo Rangers, in what was their fifth meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in three years. St Finbarr's won the match by 1-14 to 1-13 to claim their 11th championship title overall and a first title in four years.^[8]^[9]

Steven Sherlock was the championship's top scorer with 6-41.

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Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	Podsie O'Mahony	Luke Fahy
Carbery Rangers	Rosscarbery	Green, white and gold	Séamus Hayes	Paul Shanahan
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow	Michael Meaney
Castlehaven	Castlehaven	Blue and white	Seánie Cahalane	Mark Collins
Clonakilty	Clonakilty	Green and red	Martin O'Brien
Douglas	Douglas	Green, white and black
Mallow	Mallow	Red and yellow	Andrew Cashman	Matty Taylor
Nemo Rangers	Trabeg	Black and green	Robbie O'Dwyer	Alan O'Donovan
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow	Jim O'Sullivan	Luke Meade
St Finbarr's	Togher	Blue and yellow	Brian Roche
St Michael's	Blackrock	Green and yellow	Pat Doyle
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	Denis Kiely	Eoin Delaney Jacob O'Driscoll

Team	Location	Colours	Manager	Captain
Carbery	West Cork	Purple and yellow	Colm Aherne
Duhallow	Duhallow	Orange and black	Ger O'Sullivan	Dan Buckley
Muskerry	Mid Cork	Green and white	Conor Hurley	Chris Óg Jones
University College Cork	College Road	Red and black

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Newcestown	3	3	0	0	53	42	11	6
Castlehaven	3	2	0	1	54	39	15	4
Mallow	3	1	0	2	54	53	1	2
Valley Rovers	3	0	0	3	49	76	-27	0

26 July 2025 Round 1	Castlehaven	1-13 - 0-12	Mallow	Ovens Grounds
	M Collins 0-6 (0-3 f, 1 2pt), J Cahalane 1-0, C Maguire 0-3 (1 2pt), S Browne, C Cahalane, M Hurley, M Maguire 0-1 each.	Report	J Dillon 0-4 (1 2pt, 0-1 f), M O’Rourke 0-3, E Kelleher 0-2, S McDonnell (f), M Taylor, J Glynn 0-1 each.

26 July 2025 Round 1	Newcestown	1-19 - 0-16	Valley Rovers	Jack Fitzgerald Memorial Park
	D Buckley 0-12 (3 2ptf, 0-3 f, 1 2pt), S O’Sullivan 1-1, R O’Sullivan, T Twomey, S O’Donovan, E Collins, C Keane, J Meade 0-1 each.	Report	F Lynch 0-6 (1 2pt, 0-2 f), R O’Sullivan 0-3 (1 pt), C O’Leary, S McEntee 0-2 (1 pt) each, A Walsh Murphy, W Hurley, D Muckian 0-1 each.

2025 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship

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Participating teams

Clubs

Divisions and colleges

Group 1

Group 1 table

Group 1 results

Group 2

Group 2 table

Group 2 results

Group 3

Group 3 table

Group 3 results

Division/colleges section

Division/colleges seeded section semi-finals

Division/colleges seeded section final

Relegation stage

Relegation playoff

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

References

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22 August 2025 Round 2	Mallow	1-13 - 0-19	Newcestown	Castle Grounds
	S McDonnell 0-5 (1 2pt, 1 2ptf), K Sheehan 0-3 (0-1 f), J Loughrey 1-0, M O’Rourke 0-2, E Kelleher, E Stanton, S Merritt (45) 0-1 each.	Report	D Buckley 0-11 (2 2ptf, 0-3 f), L Meade 0-3 (1 2pt), S O’Sullivan 0-2, T Twomey, C Keane, N Kelly 0-1 each.

23 August 2025 Round 2	Valley Rovers	1-12 - 2-22	Castlehaven	Ahamilla Complex
	F Lynch 0-5 (1 2pt, 0-1 f), J O’Driscoll 1-0, A Walsh-Murphy 0-3, B Curtin 0-2 (1 2pt f), J Cottrell (f), C McCarthy 0-1 each.	Report	B Hurley 0-9 (0-8 f), M Collins 0-4, J Cahalane, R Minihane 1-1 each, M Maguire 0-3, C Cahalane 0-2, J O’Driscoll, Damien Cahalane 0-1 each.

14 September 2025 Round 3	Castlehaven	0-10 - 0-12	Newcestown	Rossmore Grounds
	M Hurley 0-4 (0-1 f), J Cahalane 0-2, C Cahalane, R Maguire, R Minihane, B Hurley 0-1 each.	Report	D Buckley (0-2 f), T Twomey 0-5 each, D McAree, L Meade 0-1 each.

14 September 2025 Round 3	Mallow	2-20 - 1-15	Valley Rovers	Blarney Grounds
	K Sheehan 1-3 (1 2pt f), E Kelleher 0-4, J Loughrey 1-0, S McDonnell (1 2pt), M O’Rourke (1 2pt), J Dillon 0-3 each, T Kiely 0-2, M Taylor, S Copps 0-1 each.	Report	F Lynch 0-5 (0-2 f), J Walsh 1-1, B Curtin 0-4 (2 2pt f), D Murphy 0-2, S McEntee, C McCarthy, A Walsh Murphy 0-1.

26 July 2025 Round 1	Clonakilty	1-12 - 1-13	St Finbarr's	Charlie Hurley Park
	C Daly 1-1, D Gough 0-4 (0-1 f), D Ó Sé (1 2pt f), S White 0-2 each, R Mannix, S McEvoy, D Lowney 0-1 each.	Report	S Sherlock 0-6 (0-4 f, 0-1 45), C Dennehy 1-1, W Buckley 0-3, J Wigginton-Barrett 0-2, F Crowley 0-1.

27 July 2025 Round 1	Carbery Rangers	1-13 - 2-11	Carrigaline	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	J O’Rourke 1-3 (0-1 f), P Hodnett 0-5 (2 2pt), T Cullinane 0-3 (0-1 f), James O’Riordan, B Hodnett 0-1 each.	Report	B Coakley 1-5 (1 2pt f), E Desmond 1-3 (0-2 f), B O’Driscoll, N Coakley (f), E Landers 0-1 each.

24 August 2025 Round 2	Carrigaline	3-13 - 1-13	Clonakilty	Charlie Hurley Park
	N Coakley 1-2 (0-1 f), B O'Driscoll (1 2pt), E Desmond 0-3 each, R Delaney, C Barrett 1-0 each, B Coakley 0-2 (0-1 f), K O’Reilly, J McCarthy, C Kearney 0-1 each.	Report	C Daly 1-3 (0-2 f), D Gough (0-2 f), D Ó Sé 0-3 each, R Mannix 0-2, S White, B Ridgeway 0-1 each.

24 August 2025 Round 2	St Finbarr's	1-10 - 0-11	Carbery Rangers	Charlie Hurley Park
	S Sherlock 1-4 (0-2 f), E Twomey 0-4, C Myers-Murray, I Maguire 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Rourke 0-3 (0-1 f), T Cullinane (0-1 f), C Twomey, P O’Rourke 0-2 each, P Shanahan (45), J Kevane 0-1 each.

14 September 2025 Round 3	Clonakilty	1-17 - 0-06	Carbery Rangers	Ballinacarriga Grounds
	D Gough (1f), C Daly (1 2pt, 1f) (0-5 each), M White (0-3, 1 2ptf, 1 45), L O’Donovan (1-0), D Lowney, B Ridgeway, S McEvoy, R Mannix (0-1 each).	Report	J O’Rourke (0-2, 1f), P Hodnett, B Hodnett, J O’Brien, T Cullinane (0-1 each).

14 September 2025 Round 3	St Finbarr's	2-23 - 0-10	Carrigaline	Páirc Uí Rinn
	S Sherlock (1-14, 3tpf, 1tpsl, 2 frees, 1 45); J Wigginton-Barrett (1-0); W Buckley, E Twomey, R Barrett (0-2 each); I Maguire, E McGreevy (0-1 each).	Report	N Coakley (0-5, 4 frees, 1 mark); É Desmond (0-3, 2 frees); J McCarthy, K O’Reilly (0-1 each).

8 July 2025 Semi-final	Carbery	1-18 - 7-11	Muskerry	Castletown Grounds
	O Corcoran 1-5 (1 2pt), D Gore 0-5 (0-3 f), R O’Donovan (0-1 f), K O’Driscoll, S Daly, K Casey 1 2pt) 0-2 each.	Report	C Óg Jones 3-4 (1-0 penalty, 1 2ptf), L O’Connor 1-3, I Jones 1-2, A Quinn 1-1, C O’Donovan 1-0, D Ó Laoire 0-1.	Referee: J Regan (Lough Rovers)

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	6-41	59	6	9.83
2	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-46	46	5	9.20
3	Mark Cronin	Nemo Rangers	1-35	38	5	7.60
4	Fiachra Lynch	Valley Rovers	1-26	29	5	5.80
5	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	3-16	25	3	8.33
6	Bryan Hayes	Nemo Rangers	2-14	20	5	4.00
7	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-19	19	3	6.66
8	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-15	18	4	4.50
9	Chris Óg Jones	Muskerry	3-07	16	2	8.00
	John O'Rourke	Carbery Rangers	1-13	16	5	5.20
	Niall Coakley	Carrigaline	1-13	16	4	4.00

25 July 2025 Round 1	Ballincollig	1-14 - 1-16	Nemo Rangers	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C Dorgan 0-5 (0-2 f, 1 2pt f), S O’Neill 1-1, S Kiely, B O’Connell, D O’Mahony 0-2 each, L Fahy, P O’Neill 0-1 each.	Report	M Cronin 0-8 (0-7 f), B Hayes 1-3, M A Martin (45), B Murphy, K O’Donovan, R Dalton, C Horgan 0-1 each.

26 July 2025 Round 1	Douglas	1-12 - 0-04	St Michael's	Ted Hanley Memorial Park
	C Russell 0-8 (0-4 f), S Powter 1-0, S Coakley 0-3 (1 2pt f), J Cunningham 0-1.	Report	K Hegarty 0-2, D Meaney, A Hennessy 0-1 each.

22 August 2025 Round 2	Nemo Rangers	1-15 - 1-07	Douglas	Páirc Uí Rinn
	M Cronin 0-6 (1 2pt, 1 2pt f, 0-1 f), C Horgan 1-2, R Dalton 0-3 (1 2pt), K O’Donovan 0-2, K Histon, B Hayes 0-1 each.	Report	S Kingston 0-5 (0-1 f), S Coakley 1-2 (0-1 f).

24 August 2025 Round 2	St Michael's	0-14 - 1-11	Ballincollig	Páirc Uí Rinn
	L O’Herlihy 0-5 (0-4 f), F Leahy, A Hennessy 0-3 each, E Buckley, E Hickey, L O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	C Dorgan 0-4 (0-3 f), D O’Mahony 1-0, S Kiely (0-1 45) 0-2, P O’Neill 0-2 (1 tpt), B O’Connell, S O’Neill, D Demond 0-1 each.

14 September 2025 Round 3	Nemo Rangers	4-18 - 0-13	St Michael's	Ted Hanley Memorial Park
	M Cronin (1-7, 1-0 pen, 1 2pt, 1 2ptf, 0-2 frees), B Hayes (0-6, 3 2pt), C Horgan (1-2, 0-1 free), B Cripps and C Kiely (1-0 each), K Histon, A O’Donovan, K O’Donovan (0-1 each).	Report	L O’Herlihy (0-8, 1 2pt, 2 2ptf, 0-2 frees), E Hegarty (0-2, 2pt), R O’Shaughnessy, E Buckley and R Kavanagh (0-1 each).

3 July 2025 Semi-final	University College Cork	4-12 - 4-18	Duhallow	Mallow GAA Complex
	C O’Mahony 0-5 (1 2pt f, 1 2pt, 0-1 45), E Daly 1-2, J Horgan 1-1, M Murphy, F O’Sullivan 1-0 each, F O’Brien 0-2, T Hannifin, S Aherne 0-1 each.	Report	L Murphy 1-7 (0-2 f), J Curtin 2-1, D O’Connor 1-2, S Hickey 0-3, S Meehan, C O’Callaghan, D Linehan, C Curtin, L Moynihan 0-1 each.	Referee: R Whelan (Gleann na Laoi)

15 July 2025 Final	Duhallow	4-09 - 0-13	Muskerry	Páirc Nóra Ní Iarlaithe
	L Murphy 1-6 (0-2 f), D Cashman 1-1, G O’Sullivan, J Curtin 1-0 each, D O’Connor 0-2.	Report	C Óg Jones 0-4 (0-3 f), L O’Connor 0-3 (0-2 f), D O’Leary 0-3 (tp), A O’Sullivan, C O’Donovan, I Jones 0-1 each.

27 September 2025 Playoff	Carbery Rangers	1-09 - 1-09	Valley Rovers	St Mary's Park
	P Hodnett 1-4, T Cullinane 0-3, J O’Rourke 0-2.	Report	C McCarthy 0-5 (1 2pt), A Walsh-Murphy 0-3, J O’Driscoll 1-0, F Lynch 0-1.

11 October 2025 Playoff replay	Carbery Rangers	1-10 - 1-16	Valley Rovers	St Mary's Park
	C Santry 0-4 (1 2pt), T Cullinane 1-1, J O’Rourke 0-3f, P Hodnett 0-2.	Report	F Lynch 1-9 (3 2ptf, 0-2 f), E Guinane, C McCarthy 0-2 each, J Walsh, A Walsh-Murphy, S McEntee 0-1 each.

28 September 2025 Quarter-final	St Finbarr's	6-11 - 0-19	Castlehaven	Clonakilty GAA Complex
	S Sherlock 3-3 (2-0 pen, 1 2pt f, 0-1 45), I Maguire 1-1, W Buckley, C Dennehy 1-0 each, B Hayes, R Barrett 0-2 each, J Burns, E McGreevy, J Wigginton-Barrett 0-1 each.	Report	B Hurley 0-9 (1 2pt, 1 2pt f, 0-2 f), M Hurley 0-4, C Cahalane, J Cahalane 0-2 each, M Collins, A Whelton 0-1 each.

28 September 2025 Quarter-final	Newcestown	0-18 - 0-18 Penalties: 4-3	Carrigaline	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D Buckley (0-9, 0-4 2pt free, 0-4 frees), S O’Sullivan R O’Sullivan and L Meade (0-2 each), J Meade, N Kelly and D McAree (0-1 each)	Report	K O’Reilly (0-6, 0-1 free), N Coakley (0-5, 0-2 2pt) E Desmond (0-2 frees) and B Coakley (0-1 ’45) (0-3 each), B O’Driscoll (0-1).

28 September 2025 Quarter-final	Ballincollig	1-15 - 2-11	Duhallow	Páirc Uí Rinn
	D O’Mahony 1-2 (1-0 penalty), D O’Leary 0-3, P O’Neill, L O’Connell 0-2 each, L Fahy, S Kiely, B O’Connell, T O’Connell, D Dorgan, S O’Neill 0-1 each.	Report	L Murphy 1-3 (0-1 f), Donncha O’Connor 0-4 (1 2pt, 0-2 f), A Carroll 1-0, David O’Connor 0-2, J Curtin, C O’Callaghan 0-1 each.

12 October 2025 Semi-final	Nemo Rangers	2-14 - 0-19	Newcestown	SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M Cronin 0-9 (0-4 f, 1 2pt), K Fulignati 1-1, K Histon 1-0, C Horgan 0-2, B Cripps, L Horgan 0-1 each.	Report	D Buckley 0-9 (2 2pt, 0-3 f, 1 2ptf), C Dinneen (1 2pt), L Meade 0-3 each, S O’Donovan, T Twomey, J Meade, C Keane 0-1 each.

12 October 2025 Semi-final	St Finbarr's	2-13 - 1-10	Ballincollig	SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	S Sherlock 1-9 (2 2pt, 0-4 f), B Hayes 1-1 (0-1 m), W Buckley, L Hannigan, C Dennehy 0-1 each.	Report	D O’Leary 1-0, B O’Connell, S Kiely, L Fahy 0-2 each, D Dorgan (f), T O’Connell, S O’Neill, P O’Neill 0-1 each.

26 October 2025 Final	Nemo Rangers	1-13 - 1-14	St Finbarr's	SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M Cronin 0-5 (0-2 f), K O’Donovan 1-1, B Hayes 0-3 (1 2pt), C Horgan 0-2 (1 2pt), M Hill, S Cronin 0-1 each.	Report	S Sherlock 0-5 (1 2pt f, 0-1 f), B Hayes 1-2 (1 2pt), E Twomey, W Buckley 0-2 each, C Dennehy, C Myers-Murray, R Barrett 0-1 each.	Referee: C Lane (Banteer)

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	1-14	17	Carrigaline
2	Chris Óg Jones	Muskerry	3-03	12	Carbery
	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	3-03	12	Castlehaven
	Steven Sherlock	St Finbarr's	1-09	12	Ballincollig
	Fiachra Lynch	Valley Rovers	1-09	12	Carbery Rangers
	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-12	12	Valley Rovers
7	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-11	11	Mallow
8	Mark Cronin	Nemo Rangers	1-07	10	St Michael's
8	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	1-07	10	UCC
10	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	1-06	9	Douglas
	Luke Murphy	Duhallow	1-06	9	Muskerry
	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-09	9	Valley Rovers
	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	0-09	9	St Finbarr's
	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-09	9	Carrigaline
	Mark Cronin	Nemo Rangers	0-09	9	Newcestown
	David Buckley	Newcestown	0-09	9	Nemo Rangers