{"id":585422,"date":"2026-08-06T23:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/585422\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:16:11","slug":"2026-minor-star-football-team-of-the-year-and-minor-star-football-player-of-the-year-cork-gaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/585422\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Minor Star Football Team of the Year and Minor Star Football Player of the Year \u2013 Cork GAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">The 2026 Electric Ireland GAA Minor Football Championship will be remembered as a season of outstanding success, culminating in an All-Ireland title and major individual recognition for the young Rebels.<\/p>\n<p data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786058170_350_image.jpeg\" alt=\"Electric Ireland GAA Minor Star Football Team of the Year\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">Electric Ireland, proud sponsor of the Electric Ireland GAA Minor Championships, has announced the 2026 Electric Ireland Minor Star Football Team of the Year and the Electric Ireland Minor Star Football Player of the Year following another thrilling championship campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">Cork were one of the standout teams of the season. The Rebels produced an impressive performance in the All-Ireland semi-final, overcoming a talented Derry side despite conceding two early goals and showing the character that would define their campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">That resilience was on full display again in the final against defending champions Tyrone at St Conleth\u2019s Park in Newbridge. Trailing 1-13 to 0-7 with 39 minutes played, Cork mounted a remarkable comeback, scoring an unanswered 1-5. A crucial goal from Carrigaline\u2019s Eoghan Ahern sparked the revival as the Rebels surged to their first All-Ireland minor football title in seven years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">Reflecting Cork\u2019s championship triumph, seven Rebels have been selected on the 2026 Electric Ireland Minor Star Football Team of the Year:<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">Aaron O\u2019Sullivan (Glanmire)<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">\u00c9anna Lynch (Ballincollig)<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">Eoghan Ahern (Carrigaline)<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">Joe Miskella (Ballincollig)<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">The county\u2019s dominance is further underlined by the announcement that Joe Miskella has been named the 2026 Electric Ireland Minor Star Football Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/images.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"501\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">The Ballincollig forward was a driving force behind Cork\u2019s All-Ireland success, combining leadership, work-rate and scoring power throughout the campaign. He delivered a captain\u2019s performance in the final, kicking two vital two-pointers and helping to inspire one of the great minor championship comebacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"zlAe0W_TextBase zlAe0W_Text\" data-w-component=\"text\" data-w-wrap=\"normal\">For Cork football, the awards are recognition of an exceptional group of players and management who have brought the All-Ireland title back to the county and provided exciting hope for the future of the Rebels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Electric Ireland GAA Minor Football Championship will be remembered as a season of outstanding success, culminating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":585423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-585422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585422","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=585422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}