Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship


The Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Duhallow Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1933 for junior hurling teams in the Barony of Duhallow in County Cork, Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months. The championship starts with 2 groups and the group winners and runners-up advance to the knockout stage. This gives each team at least 3 matches.
The Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior A Hurling Championship. The winners of the Duhallow championship join their counterparts from the other six divisions to contest the county championship.
Newmarket are the title-holders, defeating Dromtarriffe by 3–28 to 1–23 in the 2025 final.

Format

Group stage

The 8 teams are divided into two groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals: The two group winners and the two runners-up from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team enters the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship and by winning this, they will be promoted to the Cork Premier Junior Hurling Championship for the following season. There is no relegation to the Duhallow Junior B Hurling Championship.

Teams

2026 teams

The 9 teams due to compete in the 2026 Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship are:
ClubLocationColoursPosition in 2025In Championship sinceChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title
BanteerBanteerRed and whiteSemi-finals—82017
CastlemagnerCastlemagnerBlack and amberGroup stage201352015
DromtarriffeRathcooleRed and whiteRunners-up201752024
FreemountFreemountMaroon and whiteGroup stage202362005
KanturkKanturkGreen and white—201592003
KilbrinKilbrinBlue and whiteSemi-finals—112016
MeelinMeelinGreen and goldRelegated from Cork PJHC2026202010
MillstreetMillstreetGreen and yellowGroup stage—31963
NewmarketNewmarketBlack and redChampions—172025

Records and statistics

Team results by championship

Legend
  • – Champions
  • – Runners-up
  • – Semi-finals/Group Stage
For each year, the number of teams in the championship are shown.
Team2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Years
BanteerGSGS2ndGS5
CastlemagnerGSGSGSGSGS5
Dromtarriffe1st1st1st2nd5
Freemount———GSGS2
KanturkGSGSGSGS—4
Kilbrin2ndSFSFSF5
MillstreetGS2ndGSSFGS5
NewmarketGSSFSF1st5