2023 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship

2023 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship
Dates	5 August - 15 October 2023
Teams	11
Sponsor	RCM Tarmacadam
Champions	Clonakilty (18th title); Mark White (captain); Seán Byerley (manager)
Runners-up	St James'; James O'Sullivan (captain); Johnny Deasy (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	50 (2.5 per match)
Points scored	579 (28.95 per match)
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The 2023 Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship was the 99th staging of the Carbery Junior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the West Cork Board in 1925. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 8 December 2022.^[1] The championship ran from 5 August to 22 October 2023.^[2]

Ballinascarthy entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Clonakilty in the semi-finals.^[3]^[4]

The final was played on 15 October 2023 at Páirc Naomh Eoin in Newcestown, between Clonakilty and St James', in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[5] Clonakilty won the match by 1–17 to 0–11 to claim their 18th championship title overall and a first title in three years.^[6]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Carbery Junior B Hurling Championship

Randal Óg^[7]

From Championship

Relegated to the Carbery Junior B Hurling Championship

Group 1

Group 1 table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilbree	3	3	0	0	64	48	16	6
Clonakilty	3	2	0	1	62	43	19	4
Dohenys	3	1	0	2	41	55	-14	2
St Colum's	3	0	0	3	38	59	-21	0

Group 1 results

5 August 2023 Round 1	St Colum's	2-14 - 2-15	Kilbree	Castletown-Kinneigh Grounds
	S Murnane 2-10, E O'Sullivan 0-2, D McSweeney 0-1, T Cronin 0-1.		D McCarthy 0-10, E Shannon 1-0, D Coakley 1-0, J O'Donovan 0-3, M O'Donovan 0-1, C Murphy 0-1.

6 August 2023 Round 1	Clonakilty	2-16 - 1-12	Dohenys	Ballinacarriga Grounds
	S White 2-3, E Ryan 0-8, C kenneally 0-2, D Lowney 0-1, A Cullinane 0-1, M White 0-1.		J McCarthy 0-5, D Dullea 1-1, R Jennings 0-2, F Herlihy 0-2, M Buckley 0-1, A O'Donovan 0-1.

13 August 2023 Round 2

Dohenys

2-09 - 0-12

St Colum's

Wolfe Tone Park

13 August 2023 Round 2	Clonakilty	1-14 - 4-10	Kilbree	St Mary's Park
	E Ryan 0-9, S White 1-1, C Kenneally 0-2, L O'Donovan 0-1, D Lowney 0-1.		J O'Donovan 3-2, D McCarthy 0-5, M O'Donovan 1-1, D Coakley 0-1, D Coffey 0-1.

2 September 2023 Round 3	Dohenys	1-08 - 1-18	Kilbree	Páirc Uinsinn
	A O'Donovan 1-0, F Herlihy 0-3, J McCarthy 0-3, J Farrell 0-1, D Dullea 0-1.		D McCarthy 0-9, J O'Donovan 1-2, MD Keohane 0-2, D Coffey 0-1, B Deasy 0-1, M O'Donovan 0-1, S O'Donovan 0-1, O O'Sullivan 0-1.

2 September 2023 Round 3

Clonakilty

1-20 - 0-06

St Colum's

Páirc Naomh Eoin

Group 2

Group 2 table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballinascarthy	2	2	0	0	41	35	6	4
St James'	3	1	0	1	39	40	-1	2
Bandon	2	0	0	2	36	41	-5	0

Group 2 results

6 August 2023 Round 1	Ballinascarthy	2-15 - 0-18	St James'	Sam Maguire Park
	B O'Donovan 1-2, S Ryan 1-1, Connall Cullinane 0-3, Cillian Cullinane 0-2, L Murray 0-2, J Ryan 0-2, S Conlon 0-1, R O'Flynn 0-1, J O'Brien 0-1.		J O'Driscoll 0-13, I Evans 0-3, K O'Donovan 0-2.

13 August 2023 Round 2	Ballinascarthy	0-20 - 2-11	Bandon	Páirc Uinsinn
	B O'Donovan 0-11, Cillian Cullinane 0-2, S Conlon 0-2, J Ryan 0-2, S Ryan 0-1, R O'Flynn 0-1, D Nyhan 0-1.		P Barry 1-3, H Lillis 1-0, R Fogarty 0-3, J Lillis 0-3, J Hickey 0-1, B O'Mahony 0-1.

3 September 2023 Round 3	Bandon	1-16 - 1-18	St James'	Páirc Uí Mhurchú
	J Hickey 0-6, J Lillis 1-0, S Collins 0-3, R Desmond 0-2, R Fogarty 0-2, H Lillis 0-1, H O'Mahony 0-1, D Lucey 0-1.		J O'Driscoll 0-12, K O'Donovan 1-1, J O'Sullivan 0-3, I Evans 0-1, C Hayes 0-1.

Group 3

Group 3 table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	3	2	0	1	57	59	-2	4
Newcestown	3	2	0	1	52	43	9	4
Randal Óg	3	1	0	2	50	52	-2	2
St Mary's	3	1	0	2	50	55	-5	2

Group 3 results

6 August 2023 Round 1	Newcestown	1-18 - 0-10	St Mary's	Rossmore Grounds
	D Twomey 1-7, C Hurley 0-3, S O'Sullivan 0-3, E Kelly 0-3, D McSweeney 0-1, G Murphy 0-1.		D O'Donovan 0-9, I O'Donovan 0-1.

6 August 2023 Round 1	Randal Óg	2-13 - 1-18	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	Charlie Hurley Park
	S Daly 0-5, D Collins 1-1, C Duggan 1-1, P Collins 0-3, E O'Donovan 0-2, S Kingston 0-1.		J Lucey 0-11, G O'Donovan 1-2, C O'Sullivan 0-2, R Lucey 0-1, K O'Donovan 0-1, T Lordan 0-1.

12 August 2023 Round 2	Randal Óg	1-14 - 1-12	St Mary's	Castletown-Kinneigh Grounds
	S Daly 0-9, D Collins 1-0, E O'Donovan 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-1, C Duggan 0-1, S Crowley 0-1.		D O'Donovan 0-10, P McNamara 1-0, J Collins 0-1, A O'Driscoll 0-1.

13 August 2023 Round 2	Newcestown	0-15 - 2-13	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	St Mary's Park
	D Twomey 0-8, S O'Sullivan 0-4, G Murphy 0-1, D McSweeney 0-1, O Walsh 0-1.		P Crowley 1-3, C O'Sullivan 1-1, J Lucey 0-4, J O'Callaghan 0-3, G O'Donovan 0-1, T Lordan 0-1.

2 September 2023 Round 3

St Mary's

4-13 - 2-11

Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's

St James' Park

3 September 2023 Round 3	Newcestown	0-16 - 1-11	Randal Óg	Ahamilla Complex
	E Kelly 0-4, M Kennelly 0-4, D Twomey 0-3, S O'Sullivan 0-2, C O'Neill 0-1, T Horgan 0-1, C Clarke 0-1.		P Collins 0-5, S Crowley 1-0, D Collins 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1, L O'Donovan 0-1, C O'Connell 0-1, E O'Donovan 0-1, A Brickley 0-1.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

17 September 2023 Quarter-final	Newcestown	0-14 - 1-16	Clonakilty	Rossmore Grounds
	E Kelly 0-7, D Twomey 0-3, S O'Sullivan 0-2, M Kenneally 0-1, C Goggin 0-1.	Report	E Ryan 0-8, M White 1-2, B White 0-2, C O'Donovan 0-2, D Lowney 0-1, A Cullinane 0-1.

17 September 2023 Quarter-final	Diarmuid Ó Mathúna's	2-16 - 1-19 Penalties: 3-4	St James'	Ballinacarriga Grounds
	J Lucey 1-10, J O'Callaghan 1-0, W Horgan 0-3, T Lordan 0-1, C O'Sullivan 0-1, G O'Donovan 0-1.	Report	J O'Driscoll 0-14, K O'Donovan 1-0, K O'Brien 0-3, P O'Sullivan 0-1, M Evans 0-1.

Semi-finals

8 October 2023 Semi-final	Kilbree	1-09 - 1-19	St James'	Páirc Uinsinn
	D Coakley 0-4, MD Keohane 1-0, K Keohane 0-1, O O'Sullivan 0-1, D Coffey 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.	Report	J O'Driscoll 0-10, A Hayes 1-6, K O'Brien 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1, M Evans 0-1.

8 October 2023 Semi-final	Ballinascarthy	2-22 - 3-20 (aet)	Clonakilty	St Mary's Park
	J Ryan 0-9, B O'Donovan 1-4, Conall Cullinane 1-2, R O'Flynn 0-4, E Ferguson 0-1, C O'Neill 0-1, C Nyhan 0-1.	Report	M White 2-2, E Ryan 0-6, S White 1-2, C Kenneally 0-3, B White 0-3, N Barrett 0-1, K Cormican 0-1, F Murphy 0-1, F McCarthy 0-1.

Final

15 October 2023 Final	Clonakilty	1-17 - 0-11	St James'	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	M White 1-5, E Ryan 0-6, S White 0-3, B White 0-1, C Kenneally 0-1, J O'Mahony 0-1.	Report	J O'Driscoll 0-8, A Hayes 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: J Forbes (Dohenys)

References

^ McCarthy, Kieran (11 December 2022). "Check out Carbery's 2023 junior football and hurling championship draws". The Southern Star. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ "MASTER PLAN: Road to glory in Carbery laid out". The Southern Star. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ Bohane, John (23 October 2022). "Ballinascarthy retain Carbery Junior A hurling title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ "Clonakilty dethrone three-in-a-row chasing Bal hurlers after an epic Carbery JAHC semi-final". The Southern Star. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ Lyons, Tom (13 October 2023). "CARBERY NEWS: Clonakilty and St James will battle for Flyer Nyhan Cup in novel JAHC final pairing". The Southern Star. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ "Irresistible Clonakilty scale the Mountain". The Southern Star. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ Lyons, Tom (25 October 2022). "Ageless Collins helps sweep Randals to junior B success". Echo Live. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

External links

Carbery GAA website

[1] McCarthy, Kieran (11 December 2022). "Check out Carbery's 2023 junior football and hurling championship draws". The Southern Star. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

[2] "MASTER PLAN: Road to glory in Carbery laid out". The Southern Star. 19 April 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

[3] Bohane, John (23 October 2022). "Ballinascarthy retain Carbery Junior A hurling title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[4] "Clonakilty dethrone three-in-a-row chasing Bal hurlers after an epic Carbery JAHC semi-final". The Southern Star. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[5] Lyons, Tom (13 October 2023). "CARBERY NEWS: Clonakilty and St James will battle for Flyer Nyhan Cup in novel JAHC final pairing". The Southern Star. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[6] "Irresistible Clonakilty scale the Mountain". The Southern Star. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[7] Lyons, Tom (25 October 2022). "Ageless Collins helps sweep Randals to junior B success". Echo Live. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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