The 1976 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 88th 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
1887
Events January
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 24 January 1976.
Nemo Rangers
Nemo Rangers Hurling and Football Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Ballinlough, Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Seandún Board and fields teams in Gaelic football, hurling and camogie.
History
Nemo Rangers Hurling & ...
entered the championship as the
defending champions, however, they were beaten by
St. Finbarr's in the
semi-finals
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.
The
final
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was played on 14 November 1976 at the newly-opened
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Páirc Uí Chaoimh ( ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Cork, Ireland. Often referred to simply as "The Park", it is the home of Cork GAA and is located in Ballintemple, near the site of the original Cork Athletic Grounds. In February 2024, follo ...
in
Cork
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Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Stopper (plug), or "cork", a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
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Places Ireland
* ...
, between St. Finbarr's and
St. Michael's, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. St. Finbarr's won the match by 1-10 tp 1-07 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in
17 years.
Billy Field was the championship's
top scorer with 1-30.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the
Cork Intermediate Football Championship
The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as McCarthy Insurance Group Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the ...
*
Bantry Blues
Results
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Overall
;In a single game
Miscellaneous
*
St. Finbarr's win their first title since
1959
Events
January
* January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...
.
*
St. Michael's qualify for their first final.
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
* St. Finbarr's won first title in
17 years.
* This was the first final to be played at the newly built
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Páirc Uí Chaoimh ( ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Cork, Ireland. Often referred to simply as "The Park", it is the home of Cork GAA and is located in Ballintemple, near the site of the original Cork Athletic Grounds. In February 2024, follo ...
.
References
{{Cork Senior Football Championship
Cork Senior Football Championship