2021 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship

Dates

14 July - 28 November 2021

Teams

12 clubs
5 divisions/colleges

Sponsor

Bon Secours Hospital

Champions

St. Finbarr's (10th title)
Ian Maguire (captain)
Paul O'Keeffe (manager)

Runners-up

Clonakilty
Eoghan Deasy (captain)
Haulie O'Neill (manager)

Relegated

Ilen Rovers

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

54 (1.93 per match)

Points scored

663 (23.68 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Steven Sherlock (3-41)

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The 2021 Cork Premier Senior Football Championship was the second staging of the Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and the 133rd staging overall of a championship for the top-ranking Gaelic football teams in Cork. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 29 April 2021.^[1] The championship began on 20 July 2021 and ended on 28 November 2021.

Nemo Rangers entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the group stage after suffering two defeats.^[2]^[3] Ilen Rovers were relegated after being beaten by Carrigaline in a playoff.^[4]

The final was played on 28 November 2021 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Clonakilty and St. Finbarr's, in what was their second ever final meeting and their first in 11 years. St. Finbarr's won the match by 0-14 to 0-13 to claim their tenth championship title overall and a first title since 2018.^[5]

Steven Sherlock was the championship's top scorer with 3-41.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Senior A Football Championship

Éire Óg

From Championship

Relegated to the Cork Senior A Football Championship

Bishopstown^[6]

Participating teams

Clubs

The seedings were based on final group stage positions from the 2020 championship.^[7]

Top seeds Second seeds Third seeds Fourth seeds

Team	Location	Colours	Seeding
Castlehaven	Castlehaven	Blue and white	1
Nemo Rangers	Trabeg	Black and green	2
St. Finbarr's	Togher	Blue and yellow	3
Newcestown	Newcestown	Red and yellow	4
Ballincollig	Ballincollig	Green and white	5
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	6
Carbery Rangers	Rosscarbery	Green, white and gold	7
Douglas	Douglas	Black, green and white	8
Clonakilty	Clonakilty	Green and red	9
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and gold	10
Ilen Rovers	Church Cross	Green and white	11
Éire Óg	Ovens	Red and yellow	12

Divisions and colleges

Team	Location	Colours
Carbery	Barony of Carbery	Purple and yellow
Duhallow	Barony of Duhallow	Orange and black
Imokilly	East Cork	Red and white
Muskerry	Muskerry	White and green
University College Cork	College Road	Red and black

Results

Group A

Table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Douglas	3	3	0	0	2-38	1-29	12	6
Valley Rovers	3	2	0	1	7-30	0-32	19	4
Nemo Rangers	3	1	0	2	6-39	3-28	20	2
Carrigaline	3	0	0	3	1-26	12-44	-51	0

Results

Nemo Rangers v Valley Rovers

4 September 2021 Round 1	Nemo Rangers	0-11 - 1-09	Valley Rovers	Páirc Liam Mhic Cárthaigh
	L Connolly 0-4, J Horgan, C Horgan 0-2 each, P Kerrigan, R Dalton, B Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	B Crowley 1-5 (0-4 f, 0-1 45), J Cottrell (f), C O'Leary, K Canty, C McCarthy 0-1 each.	Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers)

Douglas v Carrigaline

4 September 2021 Round 1	Douglas	1-15 - 0-09	Carrigaline	Páirc Uí Rinn
	A O’Hare (1 45, 3 frees)(0-5); C Russell (1 free)(0-3), D McCarthy (1-1); B Lynch, D Ward, D Harte, B Hartnett, E Nash, S Powter (0-1 each).	Report	D Drake (3 frees)(0-4); D Griffin (0-2); A Coholan, K Kavanagh (free), S Dwane (0-1 each).	Referee: J Bermingham (Bride Rovers)

Nemo Rangers v Carrigaline

25 September 2021 Round 2	Nemo Rangers	6-17 - 1-09	Carrigaline	Páirc Uí Rinn
	B O'Driscoll 2-5, L Connolly 2-1 (0-1 f), C Horgan 1-3, P Kerrigan 1-2, R Dalton, C Dalton 0-3 each.	Report	D Drake 1-3 (1-0 pen, 0-1 f), B Pope 0-4 (0-2 f), C Murphy, D Greene 0-1 each.	Referee: P O'Leary (Cloughduv)

Douglas v Valley Rovers

25 September 2021 Round 2	Douglas	0-13 - 1-09	Valley Rovers	Carrigaline GAA Grounds
	C Russell 0-6 (0-2 f), S Powter 0-2, B Hartnett, C Collins, A O’Hare, N Hartnett, B Lynch 0-1 each.	Report	B Crowley 0-3 f, C McCarthy 1-0, J Cottrell (0-1 f, 0-1 m), E Delaney 0-2 each, J Kiely, W Hurley 0-1 each.	Referee: D Murnane (Macroom)

Nemo Rangers v Douglas

17 October 2021 Round 3	Nemo Rangers	0-11 - 1-10	Douglas	Páirc Uí Rinn
	L Connolly (0-5 frees) 0-5, B O’Driscoll (0-2 frees) 0-3 C Horgan 0-2, P Kerrigan.	Report	C Russell (0-4 frees) 0-5, D Harte 1-0, B Hartnett 0-3, S Powter, A Sheehy 0-1 each.	Referee: J Ryan (Macroom)

Valley Rovers v Carrigaline

17 October 2021 Round 3	Valley Rovers	5-12 - 0-08	Carrigaline	Ballinhassig GAA Grounds
	E O’Reilly 3-2, E Delaney 1-1, J Kiely 1-0, B Crowley 0-3 (0-1 f), R O’Sullivan, F Lynch 0-2 each, C O’Leary, J Cottrell 0-1 each.	Report	E Desmond, K O’Reilly 0-2 each, J McCarthy 0-2 f, L Boyle, D Drake 0-1 each.	Referee: A O’Connor (Ballygarvan)

Group B

Table

Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Castlehaven	3	3	0	0	5-40	3-37	9	6
Éire Óg	3	2	0	1	4-42	3-39	6	4
Newcestown	3	1	0	2	1-30	3-31	-7	2
Carbery Rangers	3	0	0	3	1-28	2-33	-8	0

Results

Carbery Rangers v Éire Óg

4 September 2021 Round 1	Carbery Rangers	1-09 - 1-15	Éire Óg	Charlie Hurley Park
	S Hayes 0-5 (0-2 f), J Hodnett 1-0, P O’Rourke, J O’Regan, J O’Rourke, Jerry O’Riordan 0-1 each.	Report	D Goulding 0-6 (0-3 f), D Foley 1-0, C O’Callaghan 0-2, R O’Toole, K Hallissey, John Cooper, Joe Cooper, B Hurley (f), J Murphy, J Kelleher 0-1 each.	Referee: J Regan

Castlehaven v Newcestown

4 September 2021 Round 1	Castlehaven	2-12 - 1-10	Newcestown	Ahamilla GAA Complex
	C Maguire 1-1 (0-1 mark), M Hurley 0-4, B Hurley 0-3f, C Cahalane 1-0, M Collins, J Walsh, J Cahalane, D Whelton 0-1 each.	Report	S O’Sullivan 1-2, D Buckley 0-4 (0-3f), R O’Sullivan 0-3f, C Dinneen 0-1f.	Referee: C Dineen (Douglas)

Éire Óg v Castlehaven

25 September 2021 Round 2	Éire Óg	2-16 - 2-19	Castlehaven	St Mary's Park
	D Goulding (0-5, 0-3 f, 0-1 45), D Foley (1-1), D Dineen (1-0), C O’Callaghan (0-3), R O’Flynn (0-2), D O’Herlihy, R O’Toole, J Murphy, K Hallissey, B Hurley (0-1 each).	Report	B Hurley (1-6, 0-1 f), M Hurley (1-2, 0-1 f), C O’Driscoll (0-4), C Maguire (0-3), J Cahalane (0-2), D Whelton and M Collins (0-1 each).	Referee: J Bermingham (Bride Rovers)

Newcestown v Carbery Rangers

26 September 2021 Round 2	Newcestown	0-09 - 0-08	Carbery Rangers	Ahamilla GAA Complex
	R O’Sullivan 0-3 f, T Twomey, C Dinneen (0-1 f) 0-2 each, D Buckley, R O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Rourke 0-3, J Hayes 0-2 f, M Hodnett (m), P Shanahan (45), P O’Rourke 0-1 each.	Referee: A Long (Argideen Rangers)

Castlehaven v Carbery Rangers

17 October 2021 Round 3	Castlehaven	1-09 - 0-11	Carbery Rangers	Kilmacabea GAA Grounds
	B Hurley 1-6 (0-2 f), J Walsh, C Maguire, M Collins 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Rourke 0-3, J O’Rourke 0-2, J Fitzpatrick, D Hayes, B Shanahan, K Scannell, A Jennings, J O’Riordan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Regan (Lough Rovers)

Newcestown v Éire Óg

17 October 2021 Round 3	Newcestown	0-11 - 1-11	Éire Óg	Jack Fitzgerald Memorial Park
	R O’Sullivan 0-4 (0-2f, 0-1m), T Twomey 0-3, D Buckley (0-1f), G O’Donovan, S O’Sullivan, D Curran 0-1 each.	Report	D Goulding 0-5 (0-4f), Joe Cooper 0-3, D Foley 1-0, C O’Callaghan 0-2, R O’Toole 0-1.	Referee: J Bermingham (Bride Rovers)

Group C

Table

Advance to knockout stage Advance to relegation play-off

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St. Finbarr's	3	3	0	0	3-44	3-33	11	6
Clonakilty	3	2	0	1	5-25	1-35	2	4
Ballincollig	3	1	0	2	3-46	3-35	11	2
Ilen Rovers	3	0	0	3	1-32	5-44	-24	0

Results

St. Finbarr's v Ballincollig

4 September 2021 Round 1	St. Finbarr's	2-15 - 1-17	Ballincollig	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C Myers-Murray 2-3, S Sherlock 0-7 (0-2 f, 0-2 45), D O'Brien 0-2, C Dennehy, C Lyons, C Barrett 0-1 each.	Report	C Dorgan 0-8 (0-3 f, 0-2 45), M Oldham 1-0, C Kiely, Darren Murphy 0-3 each, P O'Neill 0-2, P Kelly 0-1.	Referee: A Long (Argideen Rangers_

Clonakilty v Ilen Rovers

5 September 2021 Round 1	Clonakilty	3-10 - 0-11	Ilen Rovers	Rosscarbery GAA Grounds
	D O’Shea (0-3 frees, 1-0 pen)(2-5); R Mannix (1-1); S White (free), E Deasy, J Grimes, C Daly (0-1 each).	Report	D Mac Eoin (frees), P O’Driscoll (1 free)(0-3 each); S O’Donovan (0-2); D Hegarty, M Sheehy, S Minihane (0-1 each).	Referee: D Murnane (Macroom)

Ballincollig v Clonakilty

25 September 2021 Round 2	Ballincollig	0-12 - 1-10	Clonakilty	Páirc Naomh Eoin
	D Murphy 0-4, L Fahey, D Dorgan (f) 0-2 each, JP Murphy, S Kiely, M Oldham, C Dorgan 0-1 each.	Report	D Ó Sé 0-6 (0-4 f), S White 1-0, S McEvoy, B Ridgeway, J O’Mahony, L O’Donovan 0-1 each.	Referee: P O'Driscoll (Bride Rovers)

Ilen Rovers v St. Finbarr's

25 September 2021 Round 2	Ilen Rovers	1-11 - 0-17	St. Finbarr's	Henry Ford Park
	S Leonard 1-2, S O'Donovan 0-3 (0-1 f), Peter O'Driscoll (0-1 f), D MacEoin (0-1 f), A Holland 0-2 each.	Report	S Sherlock 0-5 (0-2 f), C McCrickard 0-4, C Myers Murray 0-3, C Barrett, B Hayes 0-2 each, D Quinn 0-1.	Referee: J Ryan (Macroom)

Ballincollig v Ilen Rovers

17 October 2021 Round 3	Ballincollig	2-17 - 0-10	Ilen Rovers	Randal Óg GAA Grounds
	C Dorgan 0-8 (0-5 f, 0-1 mark), D Murphy 0-4, M Oldham, JP Murphy 1-0 each, S Kiely 0-2, L Fahy, E Cooke, C Kiely 0-1 each.	Report	S O’Donovan, Peter O’Driscoll (0-2 f) 0-3 each, S Leonard, D MacEoin (0-1 f, 0-1 45) 0-2 each.	Referee: B Sweeney (Erin's Own)

St. Finbarr's v Clonakilty

17 October 2021 Round 3	St. Finbarr's	1-12 - 1-05	Clonakilty	Coachford Sportsfield
	S Sherlock 1-2 (0-2 f), E Dennehy, B Hayes, D O’Brien 0-2 each, I Maguire, A Lyne, C McRickard (mark) 0-1 each.	Report	S McEvoy 1-1, D Ó Sé 0-2 f, J O’Mahony, R Mannix 0-1 each.	Referee: D Daly (Brian Dillons)

Divisional/colleges sections

Round 1

Muskerry v Imokilly

13 July 2021 Round 1

Muskerry

w/o - scr.

Imokilly

Round 2

Carbery v Muskerry

20 July 2021 Round 2	Carbery	0-06 - 0-16	Muskerry	Castletown Sportsfield
	R O’Donovan 0-2 ( 0-1 45, 0-1f), O Scannell, G O’Callaghan, S Ryan and K O’Brien 0-1 each.	Report	M Healy 0-5 (0-1 f), L Casey and D Horgan 0-3 each, D Holmes 0-2, E O’Sullivan, J Kelleher and D Dineen 0-1 each.	Referee: J Regan (Lough Rovers)

Semi-final

University College Cork v Muskerry

29 September 2021 Semi-final	University College Cork	2-13 - 2-11	Muskerry	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C Geaney 1-4 (0-2 f), D O’Connor 1-0, S Quilter 0-3, I Jennings 0-2, C Hayes 0-2, S O’Sullivan, D Geaney 0-1 each.	Reprot	C Óg Jones 2-2, M Healy 0-4 f, D Dineen 0-2, F Goold, M Healy, J Kelleher 0-1 each.	Referee: R Whelan (Aghada)

Final

Duhallow v University College Cork

3 October 2021 Final	Duhallow	0-10 - 0-08	University College Cork	Páirc Uí Rinn
	C O’Callaghan 0-5, 3f, K Crowley 0-2, M Ellis, S Hickey 0-1 each.	Reprot	C Hayes 0-3, C Geaney 0-2, M O’Gara, D Geaney and D Clear 0-1 each.	Referee: A Long (Argideen Rangers)

Relegation stage

Playoff

Carrigaline v Ilen Rovers

13 November 2021 Playoff	Carrigaline	1-10 - 0-10	Ilen Rovers	Carbery Rangers GAA Grounds
	E Desmond 0-6 (0-2 f), C Barrett 1-0, C Dungan 0-2 45, B Pope and D Greene 0-1 each.	Report	D MacEoin 0-4 (0-2 f, 0-1 m), S O’Donovan 0-3 (0-1 f), S Leonard 0-2, Peter O’Driscoll 0-1.	Referee: D Daly (Brian Dillons)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

St. Finbarr's v Éire Óg

29 October 2021 Quarter-final	St. Finbarr's	1-16 - 0-12	Éire Óg	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	S Sherlock 0-10 (0-3 f, 0-2 45), E Dennehy 1-0, C McCrickard, I Maguire 0-2 each, C Barrett, C Lyons 0-1 each.,	Report	D Goulding 0-6 (0-4 f, 0-2 45), J Murphy 0-2, D Foley, J Cooper, K Hallissey, R O'Flynn 0-1 each.	Referee: C Lane (Banteer)

Castlehaven v Valley Rovers

31 October 2021 Quarter-final	Castlehaven	1-14 - 0-10	Valley Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	M Collins 1-2, B Hurley 0-5 (0-2 f), C O'Driscoll 0-4 (0-1 m), M Hurley, J Cahalane, R Minihane 0-1 each.	Report	B Crowley 0-5 (0-4 f), F Lynch, R O'Sullivan, D Murphy, J Walsh, A Walsh-Murphy 0-1 each.	Referee: D Murnane (Macroom)

Duhallow v Clonakilty

31 October 2021 Quarter-final	Duhallow	1-09 - 0-13	Clonakilty	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D O’Connor 0-5 (0-1 f, 0-1 m), J O’Connor 1-1 (0-1 m), C O’Callaghan, Shane Hickey, K Crowley 0-1 each.	Report	D O’Shea 0-6 (0-5 f), J Grimes 0-2, S White, R Mannix (m), C Daly, S McEvoy, G Barry 0-1 each.	Referee: A O'Connor (Ballygarvan)

Semi-finals

Douglas v Clonakilty

14 November 2021 Semi-final	Douglas	1-11 - 0-15	Clonakilty	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	A O’Hare 1-5 (1-0 pen, 0-1 f), D Hanrahan 0-3, A Sheehy, B Lynch, N Hartnett, C Russell (f) 0-1 each.	Report	D Ó Sé 0-6 (0-5 f), S McEvoy 0-4, R Mannix 0-2, E Deasy, B Ridgeway, S White 0-1 each.	Referee: D Murnane (Macroom)

St. Finbarr's v Castlehaven

14 November 2021 Semi-final	St. Finbarr's	3-16 - 3-16 Penalties: 5-4	Castlehaven	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	S Sherlock 2-10 (0-4f), C McCrickard 1-2, C Myers-Murray, C Walsh, B Hayes, D O’Brien 0-1 each.	Report	B Hurley 2-9 (0-3f, 0-2 ’45, 0-1 mark), M Hurley 1-1, C O’Driscoll, S Nolan 0-2 each, M Collins, C Maguire 0-1 each.	Referee: J Ryan (Macroom)

Final

Clonakilty v St. Finbarr's

28 November 2021 Final	Clonakilty	0-13 - 0-14	St. Finbarr's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	D O’Shea 0-6 (0-5f), S McEvoy, R Mannix 0-2 each, M Shanley, G Barry, J O’Mahony 0-1 each.	Report	S Sherlock 0-7 (0-4f), I Maguire, D O’Brien 0-2 each, B Hayes, C McCrickard, C Myers-Murray 0-1 each.	Referee: D Murnane (Macroom)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Steven Sherlock	St. Finbarr's	3-41	50	6	8.33
2	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	4-29	41	5	8.20
3	Dara Ó Sé	Clonakilty	2-31	37	6	6.16
4	Daniel Goulding	Éire Óg	0-22	22	4	5.50
5	Billy Crowley	Valley Rovers	1-16	19	4	4.75
6	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	0-17	17	3	5.66
7	Luke Connolly	Nemo Rangers	2-10	16	3	5.33
8	Cillian Myers-Murray	St. Finbarr's	2-08	14	5	2.80
	Michael Hurley	Castlehaven	2-08	14	5	2.80
	Alan O'Hare	Douglas	1-11	14	4	3.50
	Conor Russell	Douglas	0-14	14	4	3.50

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Steven Sherlock	St. Finbarr's	2-10	16	Castlehaven
2	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	2-09	15	St. Finbarr's
3	Eoin O'Reilly	Valley Rovers	3-02	11	Carrigaline
	Barry O'Driscoll	Nemo Rangers	2-05	11	Carirgaline
	Dara Ó Sé	Clonakilty	2-05	11	Ilen Rovers
6	Steven Sherlock	St. Finbarr's	0-10	10	Éire Óg
7	Cillian Myers-Murray	St. Finbarr's	2-03	9	Ballincollig
	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	1-06	9	Éire Óg
	Brian Hurley	Castlehaven	1-06	9	Carbery Rangers
10	Chris Óg Jones	Muskerry	2-02	8	UCC
	Billy Crowley	Valley Rovers	1-05	8	Nemo Rangers
	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	0-08	8	St. Finbarr's
	Cian Dorgan	Ballincollig	0-08	8	Ilen Rovers

Miscellaneous

Clonakilty qualify for the final for the first time since 2009.

References

^ Cormican, Eoghan (29 April 2021). "West Cork group of death pick of county championship draws". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
^ O'Toole, Fintan (29 August 2021). "Connolly hits two goals as Nemo Rangers win 2020 Cork senior football final against Castlehaven". The 42. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^ O'Shea, John (17 October 2021). "Cork PSFC: Douglas cause shock of the day in the SFC with their win over Nemo and knocking out the champions". Echo Live. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
^ "Carrigaline relegate Ilen Rovers with late Callum Barrett goal". Echo Live. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Sherlock delivers for St Finbarr's in epic climax to deny gallant Clonakilty". Echo Live. 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ McCarthy, Ger (20 September 2020). "Ilen Rovers preserve Premier status as Bishopstown relegated". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (27 April 2021). "Cork GAA reveal seedings for county championship draws". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

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