The 1965 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 77th staging of the

Cork Senior Football Championship The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the McCarthy Insurance Group Cork Premier Senior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by t ...

since its establishment by the Cork County Board in

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. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 31 January 1965. The championship began on 11 April 1965 and ended on 14 November 1965.

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...

entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St. Nicholas' in the semi-final. On 14 November 1965, St. Nicholas' won the championship following a 2-04 to 0-06 defeat of St. Finbarr's in the final. This was their fourth championship title and their first title since

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. University College Cork's Dan Harnedy was the championship's top scorer with 0-17.

Results

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References