2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship

2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	3 May 2008 - 28 September 2008
Teams	25
Sponsor	Evening Echo
Champions	Sarsfields (3rd title); Kieran Murphy (captain); Bertie Óg Murphy (manager)
Runners-up	Bride Rovers; Brian Murphy (captain); Barry Hazlewood (manager)
Relegated	St. Catherine's
Tournament statistics
Matches played	41
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Horgan (1-43)
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The 2008 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the 2017 fixtures took place at the County Convention in December 2007. The championship began on 3 May 2008 and ended on 28 September 2008.

Erin's Own were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Bride Rovers in the semi-final.

On 16 August 2008, St. Catherine's were relegated from the championship following a 1-10 to 1-12 defeat by Carrigtwohill.^[1]

On 28 September 2008, Sarsfields won the championship following a 2-14 to 2-13 defeat of Bride Rovers in the final.^[2] This was their third championship title overall and their first in 51 championship seasons.

Glen Rovers's Patrick Horgan was the championship's top scorer with 1-43.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Carrigtwohill

From Championship

Relegated from the Cork Senior Hurling Championship

Douglas

Results

Divisional/colleges section

11 May 2008 Round 1	Cork Institute of Technology	0-16 – 2-10	Seandún	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	D Crowley 0-7 (0-3 frees); S Corcoran, L Desmond (0-1 65) 0-2 each; S White, D Lynch, B Aherne, T Murphy, D Mannix 0-1 each.	Report	JP Murphy 1-5; J Horgan 0-3 (frees); S Kelly 1-0; I Looney, K Brosnan 0-1 each.	Referee: C McAlister (Aghada)

11 May 2008 Round 1	Imokilly	0-26 – 2-12	Duhallow	Doneraile
	P O’Regan 0-9 (0-7f, 0-1 ‘65), E Enright 0-6, B Lawton 0-3, R Spillane, J Flavin 0-2 each, T O’Keeffe, P O’Brien, P Sloane, G O’Leary 0-1 each.	Report	L McLoughlin 0-7 (0-6f), D Duane 1-1, D O’Sullivan 1-0, M Sheehy, D Murphy, J McLoughlin, N O’Callaghan 0-1 each.

11 May 2008 Round 1	University College Cork	3-22 – 1-9	Carbery

18 May 2008 Round 1 replay	Cork Institute of Technology	1-24 – 4-04	Seandún	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	L Desmond 0-7 (3f); D Crowley 1-3; B Corry, A Mannix (3 from f) 0-4 each; S Corcoran 0-3; T Murphy 0-2; G O’Mahony 0-1.	Report	D Niblock 2-0; A Cadogan 1-1 (21, 65); K Brosnan 1-0; JP Murphy, J Masters, G McLoughlin 0-1 each.

10 June 2008 Round 1	Avondhu	1-25 – 2-18 (aet)	Muskerry

24 May 2008 Round 2	Cork Institute of Technology	0-25 – 1-11	Carrigdhoun	Páirc Liam Mhic Cárthaigh, Ballygarvan
		Report

Round 1

3 May 2008 Round 1	Killeagh	1-11 – 1-11	Castlelyons

3 May 2008 Round 1	Sarsfield's	2-09 – 2-08	Ballinhassig	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Ryan 0-5 frees; G McCarthy and K Murphy 1-0 each; J Murphy 0-2; C McCarthy and T Óg Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	F O’Leary 2-3; M Coleman 0-3 frees; D O’Sullivan and P Coomey 0-1 each.	Referee: C Lyons (Nemo Rangers)

4 May 2008 Round 1	Newtownshandrum	0-17 – 1-10	Bishopstown	Mallow GAA Complex, Mallow
	B O’Connor 0-8 (0-4 frees); J O’Connor 0-4; J O’Connor 0-2; R Clifford, JP King, PJ Copps 0-1 each.	Report	P Cronin 0-5 (0-4 frees); M Power 1-0; S O’Neill (free), J Murphy, K Coughlin, I Jones, K O’Driscoll, 0-1 each.

9 May 2008 Round 1 replay	Killeagh	1-15 – 0-12	Castlelyons

10 May 2008 Round 1	Na Piarsaigh	1-21 – 1-12	Carrigtwohill	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	C Lynch 1-4 (0-4 frees); P Gould 0-5; SJ O’Sullivan, R McGregor, S Glasgow, J Gardiner (0-1 65), D Mannix 0-2 each; M Prendergast, R Healy 0-1 each.	Report	N McCarthy 0-4 (0-3 frees); R White 0-3; F Flannery 0-2; M McCarthy, B Lordan, J Barrett 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

10 May 2008 Round 1	Glen Rovers	1-13 – 1-13	Cloyne	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Horgan 0-11 (0-8 frees); K O’Callaghan 1-0; D Cronin, D Busteed 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Sullivan 0-4 (0-3 frees); J Nyhan 1-0; M Naughton, D Cusack (0-2 65s, 0-1 free) 0-3 each; D Ring 0-2 (0-1 free); Diarmuid O’Sullivan 0-1.

11 May 2008 Round 1	Midleton	0-15 – 1-10	St. Catherine’s	Páirc Liosgcúl, Lisgoold
	M O’Connell 0-10 (0-8 frees), P Haughney 0-2, S Hennessy, L Walsh and A Ryan 0-1 each.	Report	S Cotter 0-6 (0-4 frees), P O’Connell 1-0, M Fitzgerald 0-2 (frees), D Farrell and S Kearney 0-1 each.

11 May 2008 Round 1	Erin's Own	1-16 – 0-07	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	E Murphy 1-7 (0-5 frees, 0-1 65); M O’Carroll, A Bowen, C Coakley 0-2 each; P Kelly, S Kelly, D O’Flynn 0-1 each.	Report	D Cashman (frees), D Gosnell 0-2 each; P Tierney, J Young, D Coughlan 0-1 each.

17 May 2008 Round 1 replay	Glen Rovers	1-17 – 2-10	Cloyne	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Horgan 0-13 (0-10 frees); K O’Callaghan 1-0; D Busteed, S Kennefick, S McDonald, G Callinan 0-1 each.	Report	P O’Sullivan 1-7 (0-5 frees); C Cusack 1-0; D. Ring, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Donal O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: J Sexton (Ballyhea)

18 May 2008 Round 1	St. Finbarr’s	0-11 – 0-09	Bride Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	K Murray (frees), C McCarthy (0-1 free), M Ryan 0-2 each; J Neville, R O’Mahony, R Curran (free), S Nott, J Crowley 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Driscoll 0-6 (0-5 frees, 0-1 65); C O’Keeffe 0-2; R Cahill 0-1.	Referee: J Sexton (Ballyhea)

Round 2

23 May 2008 Round 2	Cloyne	0-17 – 0-14	Carrigtwohill

23 May 2008 Round 2	Castleyons	3-10 – 0-15	St. Catherine’s	Páirc Mac Gearailt
		Report

24 May 2008 Round 2	Blackrock	3-09 – 1-10	Bishopstown	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
		Report

25 May 2008 Round 2	Bride Rovers	3-07 – 1-13	Ballinhassig	Riverstown Park, Glanmire
		Report		Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

14 June 2008 Round 2 replay	Bride Rovers	0-10 – 0-09	Ballinhassig

Round 3

14 June 2008 Round 3	St. Finbarr’s	0-14 – 0-14	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	A Browne (1f) and D Cashman 0-3 each, B O’Keeffe, C O’Leary, A Coughlan (1f, 1 65) 0-2 each, W Sherlock and D Gosnell 0-1 each.	Report	R O’Mahony and G McCarthy 0-3 each, K Murray (2f) and J Crowley 0-2 each, C McCarthy, A Fitzpatrick, G O’Connor and M Ryan 0-1 each.

14 June 2008 Round 3	Glen Rovers	1-13 – 0-11	Na Piarsaigh	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Horgan 0-6 (0-4 frees), E Cronin 1-0, K O’Callaghan and D Goggin 0-2 each, D Busteed, J Anderson, D Dorris 0-1 each.	Report	C Lynch 0-5 (0-4 frees), SJ O’Sullivan 0-2, P Gould, S Óg Ó hAilpín, C O’Sullivan, R Groegor 0-1 each.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

17 June 2008 Round 3	Avondhu	2-12 – 0-17 (aet)	CIT	Rathcormac
	N Ronan 0-6 (0-3 frees, 0-1 65); D Moher 0-3; M O’Sullivan, A O’Brien 1-0 each; Donal Relihan, Dave Relihan, B Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	L Desmond 0-7 (0-3 frees, 0-2 65s); B Corry, J Moylan 0-3 each; D Coughlan, S Corcoran, G O’Riordan, L Mannix 0-1 each.	Referee: C McAlister (Aghada)

20 June 2008 Round 3	Sarsfield's	1-16 – 2-09	Cloyne	Clonmult Memorial Park, Midleton
	P Ryan 0-6 (0-4f), P Barry 1-1, J Murphy 0-3, T Og Murphy 0-2, K Murphy, C McCarthy, D Kearney, D Roche 0-1 each.	Report	C O'Sullivan, C Cusack 1-0 each, P O'Sullivan 0-4 (0-1f), D 6g Cusack 0-2 (0-1f, 0-1 65), C Reiily, D O'Sullivan, M Naughton 0-1 each.

20 June 2008 Round 3	Erin's Own	2-15 – 1-16	Killeagh	Clonmult Memorial Park, Midleton
	E Murphy 0-7 (0-4 frees); A Bowen, P McGrath (og) 1-0 each; M O’Connor 0-3; S Kelly 0-2; M Murphy. S Bowen (free), B Clifford 0-1 each.	Report	J Deane 0-10 (0-4 free); J Budds 1-1; A Walsh, B Collins, L Collins, D Kelleher, B Barry 0-1 each.	Referee: C Lyons (Nemo Rangers)

21 June 2008 Round 3	Newtownshandrum	1-16 – 2-12	Castlelyons	Mallow GAA Complex, Mallow
		Report

Round 3	Bride Rovers	1-11 – 1-10	Midleton
22 June 2008

22 June 2008 Round 3 replay	Blackrock	1-14 – 2-04	St. Finbarr’s

22 June 2008 Round 3	University College Cork	0-13 – 0-13	Imokilly

30 June 2008 Round 3 replay	University College Cork	2-24 – 1-20 (aet)	Imokilly	Riverstown Park, Glanmire

Relegation play-offs

13 June 2008 Semi-final	Bishopstown	0-15 – 0-08	St. Catherine’s

28 June 2008 Semi-final	Ballinhassig	1-15 – 1-11	Carrigtwohill	Páirc Uí Rinn, Cork
	P Coomey 1-2; D O’Callaghan 0-5 (0-3 frees); F O’Leary 0-3; M Coleman 0-2 (0-1 free); M Aherne, B O’Sullivan (free), D Dineen 0-1 each.	Report	N McCarthy 0-7 (0-6 frees); S Farrell 1-0; J Barrett 0-2; S Dineen, S Flannery 0-1 each.	Referee: D. Copps (Ballyhea)

16 August 2008 Final	Carrigtwohill	1-12 – 1-10	St. Catherine’s	Clonmult Memorial Park, Midleton
	R White 0-6 (0-5f); S O’Farrell 1-0; N McCarthy, M Fitzgerald (0-1 65, 0-1 free) 0-2 each; J Barrett, S Flannery 0-1 each.	Report	S Cotter 0-4 (0-2f); J Sheehan 1-0; R O’Connell, K Morrison 0-2 each; S Kearney, M Fitzgerald (free) 0-1 each.	Referee: J Sexton (Ballyhea)

Quarter-finals

17 August 2008 Quarter-final	Glen Rovers	3-11 – 0-15	Blackrock	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Horgan 1-6 (0-3 frees, 0-2 65s); E Cronin 2-0; D Cunningham, G Callinan, D Goggin, C O’Callaghan, D Busteed 0-1 each.	Report	A Browne 0-8 (0-2 frees); A Coughlan 0-3 (0-2 frees); C O’Leary 0-2; B O’Keeffe, J Young 0-1 each.	Referee: C McAlister (Aghada)

23 August 2008 Quarter-final	Bride Rovers	0-15 - 1-07	Avondhu	Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
	P Murphy 0-1, M Kearney 0-1, S Ryan 0-2, J O’Driscoll 0-4 (0-2 f, 0-1 pen), B Johnson 0-6 (0-3 65, 0-1f), C O’Keeffe 0-1.	Report	J O’Callaghan 0-4 (0-2f), A O’Brien (Kildorrery (0-1), P O’Brien (1-1), P Dineen (0-1).

24 August 2008 Quarter-final	Erin's Own	2-12 – 0-14	University College Cork	Clonmult Memorial Park, Midleton
	E Murphy 1-7 (0-6f), D O’Flynn 1-1, S Bowen 0-2 (0-2f), M Murphy, K Murphy 0-1 each.	Report	J Halbert 0-6 (0-4f, 0-1 ‘65), M Cahill 0-3, B O’Sullivan 0-2, A Nash (0-1f), D O’Sullivan, K Hartnett 0-1 each.	Referee: A Cummins (Ballymartle)

6 September 2008 Quarter-final	Sarsfield's	1-16 – 1-12	Newtownshandrum	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Ryan 0-7 (0-4f, 0-2 '65's), T Óg Murphy 1-2, R O' Driscoll and K Murphy 0-3, P Barry 0-1.	Report	R Clifford 1-2, B 0' Connor 0-5 (0-2 frees), C Naughton 0-3, J.P King 0-2.	Referee: D Kirwan (Éire Óg)

Semi-finals

6 September 2008 Semi-final	Bride Rovers	1-11 - 1-09	Erin's Own	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	J O’Driscoll 0-7 (0-6f), M Collins 1-2, B Johnson and M Kearney 0-1 each.	Report	M O’Connor 1-2, S Kelly and E Murphy (0-1f) 0-2 each, D O’Flynn, K Murphy, M O’Carroll 0-1 each.	Referee: C Lyons (Nemo Rangers)

14 September 2008 Semi-final	Sarsfield's	1-20 - 1-18	Glen Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Ryan 0-5 (0-3f, 0-2 '65), C McCarthy 1-1, T Og Murphy 1-0, P Barry 0-3, M Cussen, R O'Driscoll 0-2 each, K Murphy 0-1.	Report	P Horgan 0-7 (0-4f, 0-2 '65), E Cronin 0-4, D Cunningham, D Busteed, K O'Callaghan, G Callinan, D Goggin, J Anderson 0-1 each.	Referee: D Copps (Ballyhea)

Final

28 September 2008 Final	Sarsfield's	2-14 – 2-13	Bride Rovers	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	P Ryan 0-6, M Cussen 1-2, R O’Driscoll 1-0, K Murphy 0-2, C McCarthy 0-1, D Kearney 0-1, D Roche 0-1, T Óg Murphy 0-1.	Report	S Ryan 1-3, J O’Driscoll 0-6, K Collins 1-0, B Johnson 0-2, M Collins 0-1, R Cahill 0-1.	Attendance: 12,136 Referee: J Sexton (Ballyhea)

Championship statistics

Scoring

Widest winning margin: 19 points
- UCC 3-22 : 1-9 Carbery (Divisional draw)
Most goals in a match: 5
Most points in a match: 44
- UCC 2-24 : 1-20 Imokilly (Round Three replay)
Most goals by one team in a match: 4
- Seandún 4-4 : 1-24 CIT (Divisional draw)
Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
- Seandún 4-4 : 1-24 CIT (Divisional draw)
Most points scored by a losing team: 23
- Imokilly 1-20 : 2-24 UCC (Round Three replay)

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total
1	Pat Horgan	Glen Rovers	1-43	46
2	Jerome O'Driscoll	Bride Rovers	2-35	41
3	Timmy McCarthy	Castlelyons	3-29	38
4	Eoin Murphy	Erin's Own	2-23	29
4	Pat Ryan	Sarsfield's	0-29	29
6	John Halbert	UCC	1-23	26
7	Paddy O'Regan	Imokilly	0-24	24
8	Joe Deane	Killeagh	0-23	23
9	Paudie O'Sullivan	Cloyne	1-19	22
9	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	0-22	22

External links

2008 Cork SHC results

References

↑ "Fitzgerald heroics help Carrig stay up". Irish Examiner. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
↑ "Cussen helps Sars end 51-year wait". Irish Independent. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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[1] "Fitzgerald heroics help Carrig stay up". Irish Examiner. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[2] "Cussen helps Sars end 51-year wait". Irish Independent. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2017.