2023 Cork Senior A Football Championship

2023 Cork Senior A Football Championship
Dates28 July - 11 November 2023
Teams12
SponsorBon Secours Hospital
ChampionsBorder Newcestown (1st title)
Luke Meade (captain)
Tim Buckley (manager)
Runners-up Dohenys
Eoin Lavers (captain)
Declan O'Dwyer (manager)
Relegated Ilen Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored42 (1.75 per match)
Points scored540 (22.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Border David Buckley (0-37)
2022 (Previous) (Next) 2024

The 2023 Cork Senior A Football Championship was the fourth staging of the Cork Senior A Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2020. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 11 December 2022.[1] The championship ran from 28 July to 11 November 2023.

The final was played on 11 November 2023 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Newcestown and Dohenys, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Newcestown won the match by 0-13 to 0-08 to claim their first ever championship title.[2][3] They were the first team to complete the double, having earlier claimed the Cork SAHC title.[4]

Newcestown's David Buckley was the championship's top scorer with 0-37.

  1. ^ "Guide to the 2023 Cork GAA club hurling and football draws". Echo Live. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Double delight for Newcestown after landing the SAFC title following victory over Dohenys". Echo Live. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  3. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (11 November 2023). "Newcestown's fairytale gets a fitting finish as Buckley devours Dohenys to seal double". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  4. ^ Cormican, Eoghan (28 October 2023). "Newcestown hold off Blarney in replay to clinch Senior A title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2023.