| 2021 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship | |
| Dates: | 11 September - 21 November 2021 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Sponsor: | Co-Op Superstores |
| Champions: | Kanturk |
| Count: | 1 |
| Champions Captain: | Darren Browne |
| Champions Manager: | Tom Walsh |
| Runners-Up: | Fr. O'Neill's |
| Runners-Up Captain: | Tomás Millerick |
| Runners-Up Manager: | Robbie Dalton |
| Relegated: | Bandon |
| Matches: | 23 |
| Goals: | 54 |
| Points: | 779 |
| Top Scorer: | Mark Coleman (1-38) |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2020 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Next Tournament: | 2022 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship |
The 2021 Cork Senior A Hurling Championship was the second staging of the Cork Senior A Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 2020.[1] The draw for the group stage placings took place on 29 April 2021.[2] The championship began on 11 September 2021 and ended on 21 November 2021.
The final was played on 21 November 2021 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Kanturk and Fr. O'Neill's, in what was their first meeting in a final. Kanturk won the match by 3–17 to 2–13 to claim their first championship title.[3]
Blarney's Mark Coleman was the championship's top scorer with 1-38.
Relegated from the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship
Promoted from the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Promoted to the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship
Relegated to the Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
The seedings were based on final group stage positions from the 2020 championship.[8]
| Team | Location | Colours | Seeding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyhea | Ballyhea | Black and white | 1 | |
| Fr. O'Neill's | Ballymacoda | Green and red | 2 | |
| Kanturk | Kanturk | Green and yellow | 3 | |
| Newcestown | Newcestown | Red and yellow | 4 | |
| Bride Rovers | Rathcormac | Green, white and yellow | 5 | |
| Bandon | Bandon | Yellow and white | 6 | |
| Fermoy | Fermoy | Black and yellow | 7 | |
| Cloyne | Cloyne | Red and black | 8 | |
| Ballymartle | Riverstick | Green and yellow | 9 | |
| Mallow | Mallow | Red and yellow | 10 | |
| Killeagh | Killeagh | Green and white | 11 | |
| Blarney | Blarney | Red and white | 12 |
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Kanturk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3-57 | 0-43 | 23 | 5 | |||||
| Blarney | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-58 | 2-38 | 17 | 5 | |||||
| Fermoy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-47 | 1-62 | -12 | 2 | |||||
| Bandon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-41 | 3-60 | -28 | 0 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Bride Rovers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2-50 | 3-32 | 15 | 4 | |||||
| Mallow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-44 | 6-43 | -5 | 4 | |||||
| Ballymartle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7-45 | 2-50 | 10 | 3 | |||||
| Ballyhea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1-47 | 3-61 | -20 | 1 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Fr. O'Neill's | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5-62 | 6-42 | 17 | 5 | |||||
| Newcestown | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6-55 | 5-40 | 18 | 4 | |||||
| Killeagh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-48 | 3-53 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Cloyne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-33 | 6-63 | -36 | 0 | |||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Coleman | Blarney | 1-38 | 41 | 4 | 10.25 | |
| 2 | Declan Dalton | Fr. O'Neill's | 3-30 | 39 | 3 | 13.00 | |
| 3 | Aidan O'Mahony | Bandon | 0-34 | 34 | 4 | 8.50 | |
| Brian O'Sullivan | Kanturk | 0-34 | 34 | 5 | 6.80 | ||
| 5 | Richard O'Sullivan | Newcestown | 0-33 | 33 | 5 | 6.60 | |
| 6 | Eoghan Keniry | Killeagh | 1-28 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 | |
| 7 | Darren McCarthy | Ballymartle | 3-20 | 29 | 3 | 9.66 | |
| Brian O'Shea | Cloyne | 2-23 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 | ||
| 9 | Kevin O'Sullivan | Fr. O'Neill's | 0-27 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 | |
| 10 | William Finnegan | Bride Rovers | 0-24 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Declan Dalton | Fr. O'Neill's | 1-14 | 17 | Killeagh |
| 2 | Pa O'Callaghan | Ballyhea | 0-15 | 15 | Ballymartle |
| 3 | Eoghan Keniry | Killeagh | 1-11 | 14 | Fr. O'Neill's |
| Mark Coleman | Blarney | 1-11 | 14 | Bride Rovers | |
| 5 | Declan Dalton | Fr. O'Neill's | 2-07 | 13 | Cloyne |
| Kevin O'Sullivan | Fr. O'Neill's | 0-13 | 13 | Bride Rovers | |
| 7 | Darren McCarthy | Ballymartle | 1-09 | 12 | Ballyhea |
| Gary Sweeney | Mallow | 0-12 | 12 | Ballymartle | |
| 9 | Darren McCarthy | Ballymartle | 2-05 | 11 | Mallow |
| Aidan O'Mahony | Bandon | 0-11 | 11 | Fermoy | |
| Conor Barry | Bride Rovers | 0-11 | 11 | Ballyhea | |
| William Finnegan | Bride Rovers | 0-11 | 11 | Blarney |