{"id":634245,"date":"2026-09-24T06:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634245\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T06:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T06:36:10","slug":"fergal-mccormack-and-kieran-morrison-appointed-cork-under-20-and-minor-managers-for-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634245\/","title":{"rendered":"Fergal McCormack and Kieran Morrison appointed Cork under-20 and minor managers for 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Cork hurlers Fergal McCormack and Kieran Morrison are set to take up the roles of under-20 and minor managers for 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both members of the 1999 All-Ireland SHC-winning side, Mallow’s McCormack will be put forward for a two-year term, while St Catherine’s clubman Morrison will have an initial one-year term with the option of a second.<\/p>\n

McCormack was the minor manager in 2025, guiding Cork to the Munster crown after beating Waterford.<\/p>\n

A county SHC winner with Avondhu in 1996, McCormack was a minor selector under Paudie Murray in 2022.<\/p>\n

McCormack replaces Noel Furlong in the role, who had former ‘keeper Donal \u00d3g Cusack as his coach. Despite Diarmuid O’Sullivan – currently involved with Sarsfields – also being linked with the gig, Mallow’s McCormack’s name is the one that has been put forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As previously reported, Seanie McGrath of Glen Rovers is set to join Morrison’s minor ticket,<\/a> having coached the 2010-born players alongside the Catherine’s man.<\/p>\n

Having had them at under-16 level this year, the pair will bring them through to minor next year.<\/p>\n

A Cork GAA statement read: “The Cork GAA Executive Committee is recommending Fergal McCormack (Mallow) for appointment as under-20 hurling manager on a two-year term, and Kieran Morrison (St. Catherine\u2019s) as minor hurling manager on a one-year term, with the option of a second year.<\/p>\n

“Both recommendations will be brought before the next Cork County Committee meeting on October 6th for ratification.<\/p>\n

“Details of the respective selectors will be announced in due course.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Cork hurlers Fergal McCormack and Kieran Morrison are set to take up the roles of under-20 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2110,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-634245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-sport","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634245","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=634245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}