Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship

The Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the MKJ Oils Junior A Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Muskerry Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior hurling teams in the Muskerry region in County Cork, Ireland.

Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1925; 98 years ago (1925)
Region	Muskerry (GAA)
No. of teams	10
Title holders	Ballinora (9th title)
Most titles	Cloughduv (25 titles)
Sponsors	MJK Oils
Official website	Muskerry GAA

The series of games begin in May, with the championship culminating with the final in September. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The Mid Cork Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Hurling Championship. The winners and runners-up of the Mid Cork championship join their counterparts from the other six divisions to contest the county championship.

Nine clubs currently participate in the Mid Cork Championship. The title has been won at least once by ten different teams. The all-time record-holders are Cloughduv, who have won a total of 22 titles.

Ballinora are the title-holders after defeating Dripsey by 0-15 to 1-09 in the 2023 final.

Teams

2023 Teams

Team	Location	Colours	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	5	1990
Ballinora	Ballinora	Green and red	9	2023
Blarney	Blarney	Red and white	13	1993
Cloughduv	Cloughduv	Green and gold	25	2019
Donoughmore	Donoughmore	Black and white	0	-
Dripsey	Dripsey	Red and blue	1	2008
Éire Óg	Ovens	Red and white	7	1977
Grenagh	Grenagh	Blue and gold	11	2013
Inniscarra	Inniscarra	Blue and white	9	2020
Kilmichael	Kilmichael	Blue and gold	0	-

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Mid Cork Junior A Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Cork Junior A Hurling Championship.

Roll of honour

#	Team	Wins	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
1	Cloughduv	25	10	1933, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019	1929, 1944, 1949, 1953, 1961, 1963, 1965, 2004, 2012, 2016
2	Aghabullogue	16	7	1937, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1998	1938, 1940, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 2000
3	Blarney	13	17	1931, 1934, 1936, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1969, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1993	1939, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2005, 2015
4	Grenagh	12	8	1958, 1966, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013	1945, 1946, 1954, 1964, 1967, 2010, 2011, 2022
5	Inniscarra	9	14	1935, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1965, 1968, 1975, 2020	1937, 1956, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2021
	Ballinora	9	10	1928, 1929, 1982, 1996, 1997, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023	1927, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2018, 2020
7	Éire Óg	7	8	1930, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1971, 1972, 1977	1928, 1932, 1941, 1950, 1958, 1973, 1974, 2019
8	Ballincollig	5	7	1927, 1932, 1963, 1987, 1990	1942, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1986, 1994, 2003
9	Bride Valley	2	0	1925, 1926	-
10	Dripsey	1	2	2008	2007, 2023
11	Donoughmore	0	7	-	1933, 1935, 1943, 1952, 2001, 2008, 2013
	Shournagh Valley	0	2	-	1934, 1936
	Kilmichael	0	2	-	2014, 2017
	Gleann na Laoi	0	1	-	1993
Unknown		0	4	-	1925, 1926, 1930, 1931

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2023	Ballinora	0-15	Dripsey	1-09
2022	Ballinora	0-16	Grenagh	0-11
2021	Ballinora	0-17	Inniscarra	1-10	^[1]
2020	Inniscarra	1-18	Ballinora	1-15	^[2]
2019	Cloughduv	1-11	Éire Óg	0-11	^[3]
2018	Cloughduv	2-23	Ballinora	0-09
2017	Cloughduv		Kilmichael
2016	Ballinora		Cloughduv
2015	Cloughduv		Blarney
2014	Cloughduv		Kilmichael
2013	Grenagh		Donoughmore
2012	Grenagh		Cloughduv
2011	Cloughduv		Grenagh
2010	Cloughduv		Grenagh

Records and statistics

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by the number of Mid Cork Junior A Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1920s: 2 each for Bride Valley (1925–26) and Ballinora (1928–29)
• 1930s: 3 each for Blarney (1931-34-36) and Cloughduv (1933-38-39)
• 1940s: 4 for Inniscarra (1941-42-45-47)
• 1950s: 6 for Cloughduv (1950-51-53-56-57-59)
• 1960s: 3 for Éire Óg (1960-61-62)
• 1970s: 3 each for Éire Óg (1971-72-77) and Aghabullogue (1973-74-76)
• 1980s: 6 for Aghabullogue (1981-83-84-86-88-89)
• 1990s: 2 each for Aghabullogue (1991–98), Blarney (1992–93), Grenagh (1995–99) and Ballinora (1996–97)
• 2000s: 6 for Grenagh (2000-01-03-04-05-07)
• 2010s: 7 for Cloughduv (2010-11-14-15-17-18-19)

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 53 years: Ballinora (1929-1982)
• 45 years: Inniscarra (1975-2020)
• 31 years: Ballincollig (1932-1963)
• 30 years: Éire Óg (1930-1960)
• 29 years: Grenagh (1966-1995)
• 24 years: Ballincollig (1963-1987)
• 24 years: Cloughduv (1970-1994)
• 23 years: Blarney (1946-1969)
• 19 years: Ballinora (1997-2016)
• 18 years: Aghabullogue (1955-1973)

2023 Championship

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Ballinora	3	3	0	0	+48	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kilmichael	3	2	0	1	-5	4
3	Ballincollig	3	1	0	2	-24	2
4	Inniscarra	3	0	0	3	-19	0

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Dripsey	2	2	0	0	+28	4	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Blarney	2	1	0	1	-8	2
3	Cloughduv	2	0	0	2	-20	0

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Grenagh	2	1	1	0	+16	3	Advance to Knockout Stage
3	Éire Óg	2	1	0	1	-15	2
2	Donoughmore	2	0	1	1	-1	1

Knockout stage

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
					Ballinora
	Grenagh	1-18			Grenagh
	Blarney	1-08							Ballinora	0-15
									Dripsey	1-09
					Dripsey
	Kilmichael	1-20			Kilmichael
	Éire Óg	0-12

See also

• Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship

External links

• Muskerry GAA website

References

1. "Ballinora firepower enough to claim Muskerry junior title over Inniscarra". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
2. "Inniscarra edge a thrilling Muskerry JAHC final with victory over Ballinora". Echo Live. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
3. "Cloughduv's hurling stock continues to soar after successful defence of Mid Cork JAHC title". The Southern Star. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2019.