{"id":532260,"date":"2026-07-04T05:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/532260\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T05:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:27:11","slug":"brian-hurley-fires-late-late-winner-as-castlehaven-beat-knocknagree-in-classic-division-1-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/532260\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Hurley fires late, late winner as Castlehaven beat Knocknagree in classic Division 1 league final"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Castlehaven 3-18 (3-2-14)\u00a0Knocknagree 1-23 (1-5-13)\u00a0\n <\/p>\n

A Brian Hurley stoppage-time goal secured Castlehaven the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Football League Division 1 crown following a cracking contest against Knocknagree.<\/p>\n

With both teams impressive throughout the league campaign, this was an eagerly anticipated decider which took place in Macroom on Friday evening. Without question, it lived up to the pre-match billing.<\/p>\n

A few days on from the Cork defeat against Mayo at Croke Park, both Knocknagree and Castlehaven had their inter-county contingent on duty. That quality was on show in the opening stages, as Brian Hurley landed over a lovely free to open the scoring account for his side. Knocknagree opened their scoring through a fisted point by Killian Cronin.<\/p>\n

The sides traded blow for blow as the opening half progressed. Mark Collins curled over a lovely score for the Haven, with Jamie O\u2019Driscoll also pointing just shy of the quarter of an hour mark.<\/p>\n

Knocknagree were keeping right in touch, with a score by Denis R O\u2019Connor seeing the sides level at 0-4 each after 15 miinutes. Then Castlehaven landed the opening goal of the game, with Jamie Walsh finishing clinically from close range after a lovely assist by Collins.<\/p>\n

The Haven’s tails were now up, with Jack Cahalane and Hurley pointing to extend their advantage to four points. But in typical Knocknagree fashion, they found the right response.<\/p>\n

\"Knocknagree'sKnocknagree’s Tony O\u2019Connor solos past Castlehaven\u2019s Andrew Whelton. Picture: Noel Sweeney<\/p>\n

A lovely move involving David Twomey and David O\u2019Connor was finished by Niall O\u2019Connor neatly to the net. The sides were level at 1-9 apiece at the break, in what was turning into a compelling league decider.<\/p>\n

Knocknagree had a purple patch at the start of the second half. Included in this scoring spree were Anthony O\u2019Connor and Michael McSweeney converting with lovely two-point scores from distance.<\/p>\n

Castlehaven then made a strong response, with Hurley and Jamie O\u2019Driscoll pointing.<\/p>\n

\"Castlehaven\u2019sCastlehaven\u2019s Jack O\u2019Neill drives up the pitch. Picture: Noel Sweeney<\/p>\n

But another Knocknagree two-pointer from Anthony O\u2019Connor saw his side lead 1-16 to 1-12 after 40 minutes.<\/p>\n

Although Michael Maguire responded with a point, Knocknagree gathered momentum, with John Fintan Daly\u2019s side leading 1-20 to 1-13 midway through the second half as Eoghan McSweeney pointed.<\/p>\n

At 50 minutes on the clock, Knocknagree led by five points at 1-21 to 1-16 and it seemed like victory as going to be theirs.<\/p>\n

Castlehaven were not going to let this one go easily though. A low finish to the corner of the net by Conor Nolan reduced the deficit for Castlehaven down to two points.<\/p>\n

Points from Cahalane and that man Hurley saw Castlehaven back on level terms.<\/p>\n

Knocknagree went two points in front by second-half stoppage time , thanks to Gearoid Looney and Gary O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

But with the last kick of the game, Castlehaven won in the most dramatic of fashion. Collins played a lovely ball into the path of Hurley, who found the back of the net with a cracking finish to the corner.<\/p>\n

\n Scorers for Castlehaven: B Hurley 1-9 (2 2pt f, 0-1 f), C Nolan, J Walsh 1-0 each, J Cahalane, M Maguire, J O\u2019Driscoll 0-2 each, J O\u2019Neill, S Browne, M Collins 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n Knocknagree: A O\u2019Connor (2 2pt), D R O\u2019Connor (1 2pt) 0-5 each, M McSweeney 0-4 (1 2pt), E McSweeney 0-3 (1 2pt), N O\u2019Connor 1-0, K Cronin 0-2, T O\u2019Connor, D Twomey, G O\u2019Connor, G Looney 0-1 each.<\/p>\n

\n CASTLEHAVEN: D Cahalane; C O\u2019Callaghan, J Bohane, S Walsh; J O\u2019Driscoll, M Collins, J O\u2019Neill; A Whelton, J Walsh; S Browne, B Hurley, C Cahalane; J Cahalane, M Hurley, M Maguire.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: R Maguire for Walsh (40), C Nolan for Browne (50), D Whelton for M Hurley (54), W O\u2019Donovan for O\u2019Driscoll (58).<\/p>\n

\n KNOCKNAGREE: P Doyle; D Mahoney, K Buckley, G O\u2019Connor; G Looney, D O\u2019Mahony, T O\u2019Connor; David O\u2019Connor, M McSweeney; D Twomey, E McSweeney, K Cronin; Denis R O\u2019Connor, N O\u2019Connor, A O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

\n Subs: M Dilworth for N O\u2019Connor (47), F O\u2019Connor for Twomey (50).<\/p>\n

\n Referee: Alan O\u2019Connor (Ballygarvan).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Castlehaven 3-18 (3-2-14)\u00a0Knocknagree 1-23 (1-5-13)\u00a0 A Brian Hurley stoppage-time goal secured Castlehaven the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4365,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-532260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gaelic-football","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}