Cork Senior Hurling Championship 2005

The Cork Senior Hurling Championship 2005 was the 119th since its establishment in 1887. The first matches of the season were played on 7 May 2005, and the championship ended on 16 October, 2005. Na Piarsaigh went into the 2005 championship as defending champions, having won their third county title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the county final, held at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork. The match was contested by Newtownshandrum and Cloyne. Newtownshandrum won the game by 0-15 to 0-9. It was their third county title ever.^[1]

The championship

Participating teams

Teams	Most recent success
	All-Ireland	Munster	County
Avondhu			1996
Bride Rovers
Blackrock	1979	1979	2002
Carbery			1994
Carrigdhoun
Castlelyons
CIT
Cloyne
Delaney's
Douglas
Duhallow
Erin's Own			1992
Glen Rovers	1977	1976	1989
Imokilly			1998
Killeagh
Midleton	1988	1987	1991
Muskerry
Na Piarsaigh			2004
Newtownshandrum	2004	2003	2003
Sarsfield's			1957
Seandún
St. Catherine's
St. Finbarr's	1978	1980	1993
UCC			1970

Fixtures

Quarter-Finals

20 August Quarter-Final	UCC	1-12 – 1-10	Na Piarsaigh	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: J. Sexton (Ballyhea)
	N. Moloney 0-7 (0-5 frees, 0-1 65); R. Flannery 1-0; P. O’Brien 0-2; R. O’Doherty, T. Kenny, E. Hanley 0-1 each.	(report)	J. Gardiner 0-4 (0-1 free); T. Ó hAilpín 1-1; S.G. O’Sullivan 0-3 (0-1 free); R. McGregor, C. O’Sullivan 0-1 each.

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20 August Quarter-Final	St. Finbarr's	2-14 – 1-13	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: K. Healy (Ballymartle)
	R. Curran 1-3 (1-0 pen; 0-2 from frees; 0-1 from 65); R. O’Mahony 1-0; K. Murray 0-5 (0-3 frees); R. McCarthy 0-2; C. McCarthy 0-2; G. McCarthy and M. Ryan 0-1 each.	(report)	D. Gosnell 1-1; A. Browne 0-4 (0-2 from frees); A. Coughlan 0-3 (0-2 from frees; 0-1 from 65); B. Hennebry 0-2; G. Cleary, D. Cashman and B. O’Keeffe 0-1 each.

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21 August Quarter-Final	Cloyne	6-9 – 0-8	Sarsfield's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: D. Kirwan (Éire Óg)
	C. O’Sullivan 2-2, C. Cusack 2-1, V. Cusack, P. Cahill 1-0 each, P. O’Sullivan 0-2 (both frees), Donal O’Sullivan, J. Nyhan, J. Cotter, Diarmuid O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	(report)	P. Ryan 0-2 (0-1 free), K. Murphy, T. Óg Murphy, N. O’Sullivan, P. O’Flynn, M. Cussen, J. Murphy (free) 0-1 each.

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	Newtownshandrum	w/o – scr.	Erin's Own

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Semi-Finals

2 October Semi-Final	Newtownshandrum	0-15 – 0-9	St. Finbarr's	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: D. Kirwan (Éire Óg)
	J. P. King 1-1; J. Bowles 1-0; C. Naughton 0-6; B. O’Connor 0-5 (0-3 from frees); A. T. O’Brien, Jerry O’Connor, John O’Connor, D. Mulcahy, J. O’Mahony and P. Noonan 0-1 each.	(report)	K. Murray 1-3 (0-3 from frees): D. O’Regan 1-0; R. Curran 0-3 (0-2 from frees; 0-1 from 65): G. McCarthy, R. O’Mahony and C. McCarthy 0-1 each.

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2 October Semi-Final	Cloyne	0-15 – 0-9	UCC	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: J. Sexton (Ballyhea)
	D. O'Sullivan 1-3; I. Quinlan, V. Cusack, P. O'Sullivan, 0-2 each; P. Cahill, C. O'Sullivan, M. Cahill 0-1 each.	(report)	J. Fitzpatrick 0-7; S. O'Neill, K. Hartnett, T. Kenny, E. Hanley, T. Walsh, E. Collins 0-1 each.

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Final

16 October Final	Newtownshandrum	0-15 – 0-9	Cloyne	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: D. Kirwan (Éire Og)
	B. O'Connor 0-6, C. Naughton, J.P. King, AT O'Brien 0-2 each, J. O'Connor, D. Mulcahy, P. Noonan 0-1 each.	(report)	P. O'Sullivan 0-5 (frees); V. Cusack 0-2; I. Quinlan, C. O'Sullivan 0-1 each.

Newtownshandrum

Cloyne

Top scorers

Season

The top five scorers for the championship were:^[2]

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Paudie O'Sullivan	Cloyne	3-19	28	5	5.60
2	Michael Fitzgerald	Imokilly	3-15	24	3	8.00
3	Jonathan O'Callaghan	Avondhu	2-16	22	2	11.00
	J. P. O'Callaghan	Carbery	2-16	22	3	7.33
5	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	0-21	21	5	4.20

References

1. ^ "No stopping Newtown's charge". Irish Examiner. 2005-10-17. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2005/10/17/story130141894.asp. Retrieved 2010-10-10. 
2. ^ "Senior hurling championship scorers". Cork GAA results]. http://www.corkgaaresults.com/senior-hurling-scorers.html. Retrieved 2010-10-10. 

External links

• Cork Senior Club Hurling - 2005
• Official GAA Website

See also