As it happened: Kilmacabea show necessary class in second-half to topple Donoughmore

Earlier, Kilshannig were too strong for Ballinora in the Cork Junior A HC decider.

Damien Gore, vice captain, Kilmacabea kicks a point in the first half. Pic: Larry Cummins

Cork Junior A FC final: Kilmacabea 1-14 Donoughmore 1-7

Full-time: Game over. Kilmacabea are Cork Junior A FC champions for 2025!

64 mins: David McDonnell adds a consolation point for Donoughmore. 

63 mins: Kilmacs' Eamon Shanahan adds another. His fifth of the day. They're now eight ahead. 

Cillian Whelton is in for Keith Whelton. 

62 mins: Two Kilmacs wides - from Eamon Shanahan and Damien Gore, but they won't mind as Liam McCarthy knocks over a point shortly after. 

Seven in it. 

60 mins: Superb Eamon Shanahan two-pointer. Brilliant kick. That should do it for the west Cork men. 

58 mins: Ferocious Kilmacs defence eat up a promising Donoughmore attack. Their four-point lead remains intact. 

54 mins: Kilmacs marksman Damien Gore swings over off his left to put four between the sides. Donoughmore ball was stolen in midfield and Ray Shanahan - influential since his introduction turned provider on this occasion.

Donoughmore subs as Jack Murphy and Jamie Twomey come in for Mark Lucey and Declan Keating. 

52 mins: Chance now for Donoughmore sharpshooter O'Sullivan to close the gap, but his effort is batted away by Kilmacs 'keeper McCarthy. 

They haven't scored in over 15 minutes.

49 mins: As two Kilmacabea efforts go astray, from Gore and Jennings, Jack McCarthy and Tom Murphy enter off the Donoughmore bench. 

47 mins: GOAL KILMACABEA! Liam McCarthy turns his man before unleashing an effort on Kevin O'Riordan's goal. 

The 'keeper could only knock the ball into the path of the onrushing Ray Shanahan, who finishes to the net soccer-style. Big swing in favour of Kilmacs in the five minutes. They're now three points to the good.

Donoughmore sub - Liam O'Sullivan replaces Kevin O'Connell.

43 mins: Big score from Kilmacs corner-forwared Eamon Shanahan, and it's quickly followed by another, this time from Keith Whelton. Jennings and O'Donovan heavily involved. All sqaure. 

40 mins: Kilmacs sub - Ray Shanahan is in for Joe Collins. 

37 mins: Another two-point effort from Kilmacs - this time from Daniel O'Donovan takes a small touch off the fist of an inside forward, beofre cannoning off Donoughmore 'keeper Kevin O'Riordan's head. He didn't know too much about that. 

35 mins: Who else could it be but O'Sullivan for the mid-Cork men. He adds another to push their lead to two. 

Gore's two-point effort goes wide at the other end. 

32 mins: Gavin O'Sullivan once again for Donoughmore. Kilmacs finding it so difficult to wrap him up. He pushes his tally out to 1-3 for the day. Donoughmore by one. 

31 mins: Second-half underway. Kilmacs' Jennings wastes no time in supplying the goods, He lands a two-pointer within seconds of the ball being thrown-in. 

4.15pm: Kilmacabea have made one change - Liam McCarthy - originally named to start - is in in place of midfielder Odhran Kerrisk.

Half-time: Donoughmore lead by two. Leap outfit Kilmacabea boss Donie O'Donovan will be looking for more from Gore and captain Ian Jennings after the interval. 

Rory Honohan, Donoughmore rises with Joe Collins, Kilmacabea. Pic: Larry Cummins

32 mins: Three-up breach from Donoughmore hands Kilmacs danger man Damien Gore the easiest of chances to open his account. 

30 mins: Kilmacabea moving the ball well but their move comes to nothing. Owen Tobin will feel he should've done better after being picked out in space by Eamon Shanahan. Two minutes added on. 

25 mins: Lovely score from David McDonnell for Donoughmore. A goal in it. 

24 mins: Patient play from Kilmacs rewarded with an Eamon Shanahan point, their first for some 17 minutes. 

21 mins: Fourty-five awarded to Donoughmore. McCarthy dealt with Kevin O'Connell's searching ball in, but affords O'Sullivan a chance to add to his tally. 

And he does just that, 1-2 for the centre-forward. 

19 mins: O'Sullivan again. This time from a free. That puts Donoughmore into a two-point lead. 

17 mins: GOAL DONOUGHMORE! Gavin O'Sullivan gathered the ball, took on his man, before breaking free to fire - right-footed - past the diving McCarthy. Superb finish. 

16 mins: With both defences on top and a lot of the game now being played between the 45s, and with conditions likely to only get worse, scores will be extremely valuable. 

12 mins: No score in last four minutes but a two-point free awaits Donoughmore's mid-Cork final replay hero Gavin O'Sullivan. 

His effort is just off target and comes back off the post.

8 mins: The Donoughmore defence commit a foul just outside the two-point arc and Kilmacs 'keeper McCarthy strolls up and pops it over off the ground. Three points to one.

4 mins: Eamonn Shanahan - injured after being turned over in the lead up to Barrett's opener - was forced to leave the field but has returned. 

While he was away, the Kilmacs got themselves on the board. Lovely interplay from former Cork senior Damien Gore and Daniel O'Donovan led to the latter's first. 

3 mins: Donoughmore corner-forward Scott Barrett gets his side on the scoreboard early on. He gathered the long delivery before evading the challenge of full-back Darren Whooley and firing over off the outside of the left. 

From the resulting kick-out, Barrett nearly catches out Colin McCarthy in the Kilmacabea goal, but the 'keeper gets back on his goal-line just in time.

Donoughmore before the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Junior A Football Championship final at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Pic: Larry Cummins

3.30pm: Referee Alan O'Connor throws the ball in as the rain comes down at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Game on.

3.18pm: One change on the Kilmacabea team - and an expected one at that - Daniel O'Donovan starts, with Liam McCarthy dropping to the bench. Donoughmore will start as named. 

3pm: Here are the starting 15s, as named on the programme. We'll bring you any changes closer to 3.30pm.

Kilmacabea: C McCarthy; L Tobin, D Whooley, D Tobin; O Tobin, M Collins, D O’Callaghan; O Kerrisk, I Jennings; D McCarthy, D Gore, K Whelton; E Shanahan, J Collins, L McCarthy. 

Donoughmore: K O’Riordan; R Honohan, D Forde, S Broderick; D Morrissey, J Crowley, K O’Connell; S O’Hanlon, M Lucey; A Dinan, G O’Sullivan, D Holland; D Keating, D McDonnell, S Barrett.

Kilmacabea before the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Junior A Football Championship final at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Pic: Larry Cummins

2.55pm: Next up at Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh is the clash of Kilmacabea and Donoughmore in the JAFC final. 

Cork Junior A HC final: Ballinora 0-11 Kilshannig 1-19

Full-time: Kevin Smith points from range to put 11 between them. Despite best Ballinora efforts, that's how it'll finish as referee Cathal McAllister blows his full-time whistle. Kilshannig are Cork JAHC champions for 2025.

59 mins: Michael Twomey and Kevin Smith are in for Kilshannig. Damien Murphy and Killian O'Hanlon make way. We'll have at least three minutes of added time.

57 mins: Mayer goes for goal from a free but th

Paddy Walsh fires over a point for Kilshannig. Ballinora vs Kilshannig in the Co-Op Superstores Cork County Junior A hurling championship final at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Pic: Larry Cummins

ere's no getting past an army of blue and yellow defenders on Savid Kearney's goal-line.

55 mins: Another two scores - back-to-back - for Éanna O'Hanlon. He's driven his Kilshannig side on all day alongside wing-back Twomey. Now a 10-point lead.

54 mins: A number of scores here in the last few minutes. Jack Twomey and sub Colin Ruby swap scores with Ballinora sub Conor Quirke before Kieran Twomey - brilliant throughout - widens the gap to eight.

51 mins: Subs are being made for both sides as Ben Mayer pops over another free for Ballinora.

48 mins: The Ballinora sideline react by introducing Mike Lordan. He comes in for midfielder Liam Lyons.

It's not long before Kilshannig extend their lead, though. 

After Ryan Crowley's shot was superbly kept out by Crowley in the 'Nora goal, Diarmuid O'Sullivan was punching the air having stitched over another.

44 mins: Éanna O'Hanlon knocks over a free before landing the opening goal of the contest. He found ample space inside the Ballinora defence before finishing past Ballinora 'keeper Barry Crowley. 

The bounce made it difficult for Crowley but he'll be disappointed not to have got something on it. 

Kilshannig in control. Six points the gap.

42 mins: Kilshannig snuff out a long-ball of their own before Jack Twomey lands a gorgeous score. 

At the other end, a storming run from Shane Kingston earns Ben Mayer a tap-over free. Eleven points to nine in favour of Kilshannig.

40 mins: Kieran Twomey's long-range free lands into the Ballinora danger area and falls to Diarmuid O'Sullivan, but his effort is brilliantly cancelled out by the work of both James Byrne and Mark O'Brien. 

38 mins: Kilshannig's lead cut to two. Jack Hegarty with a fine score. He's a dangerous operator in and around the Kilshannig goal. 

36 mins: More hard graft earns Ballinora sharpshooter Mayer another go at the posts, but his shot doesn't have the required accuracy. He'll be disappointed with that one. 

Jack Twomey with possession for Kilshannig as defender Neil Lordan stays close. Pic: Larry Cummins

34 mins: Big score for Ballinora. They battled hard for that one. Darragh Holmes the scorer.

31 mins: Second-half underway. James Keohane - temporarily on the prior to the interval is on. Alan O'Shea the man to make way for Ballinora.

Half-time: It's Kilshannig who lead by four. Ballinora won't be best pleased with their wide count of seven, but Kilshannig will want to improve on that front too. They were wayward on six occasions.

29 mins: Corkery is back on the field for Ballinora. We'll have one minute of added time. 

27 mins: Temporary sub for Ballinora after a Darragh Corkery knock. James Keohane is in. 

Kieran Twomey lands another big one from his berth at right wing-back. 

24 mins: Superb Diarmuid O'Sullivan score from underneath the north stand. Kilshannig up three. 

23 mins: Kilshannig bodies being flung in front of Ballinora efforts at goal, but the Muskerry men do find a score, off the stick of Jack Hegarty. 

Paddy Walsh finds the reply at the other end.

19 mins: Big score from Kieran Twomey. Superb effort from the half-back. We're not made to wait long for the reply, however, and it's Mayer - his fourth, and first from play.

17 mins: Paddy Walsh pops over his first free. Kilshannig's lead stretched to two.

15 mins: Mayer adds another from a placed ball. One between them.

14 mins: Ballinora's Jack Hegarty - looking to cut through the Kilshannig defence - is brought down with a heavy challenge. 

Mayer taps over. two between them - Five points to three. 

12 mins: After a superb Mark O'Brien block denied Éanna O'Hanlon, Kilshannig corner-forward Killian O'Hanlon arrows over excellently from a narrow angle. 

9 mins: First free arrives in the ninth minute - Ben Mayer, chief scorer against Cobh in the semi, makes no mistake. 

6 mins: Kieran Twomey converts the 65 before Cork football panellist Éanna O'Hanlon arrows over his first. Three between them.

4 mins: Darragh Holmes, not originally named to start get Ballinora up and running, before Paddy Walsh put Kilshannig back in front. 

Walsh then - after good play from Diarmuid O'Sullivan - has a goal-bound effort saved. 

1 min: Kilshannig joint-captain Jack Twomey wastes no time in getting his side on the board. Ballinora's Tommy Burns exploits space in the Kilshannig defence but can't find the target. 

1.30pm: Game on. 

1.10pm: Here are the starting 15s: 

Ballinora: B Crowley; T Forde, N Lordan, J Byrne; M O’Brien, S Kingston, C O’Flynn; L Lyons, T Burns; D Corkery, D Dineen, J Hegarty; B Mayer, D Holmes, A O’Shea.

Kilshannig: D Kearney, D Guiney, C O’Shea, C Murphy;K Twomey, B Curtin, E Burke; Darragh O’Sullivan, D Murphy; P Walsh, J Twomey, Diarmuid O'Sullivan; K O’Hanlon, É O'Hanlon, R Crowley,

1pm: Welcome back to another Irish Examiner Sport liveblog - we'll talk you through all the action from the two Cork Junior A county finals, live from Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. 

Later on we'll have the meeting of Kilmacabea and Donoughmore in the football decider (throw-in, 3.30pm), but first up is the clash of Ballinora and Kilshannig in the hurling final. 

Ballinora, having already secured football honours in the last few weeks after overcoming Ilen Rovers after a replay and extra time in the IAFC final, will be looking to double up on Sunday afternoon. 

Ben Mayer led the way with 11 points for his side in their semi-final win over Cobh. 

Their final opponents, Kilshannig, also came through a tough last-four clash with Éanna O’Hanlon's early goal proving crucial as the Avondhu champions held out strong against a threatening Newmarket second-half comeback.