1963 Cork Junior Football Championship

The 1963 Cork Junior Football Championship was the 65th staging of the Cork Junior A Football Championship since its establishment by Cork County Board in 1895. The championship ran from 22 September to 2 December 1963.

The final was played on 1 December 1963 at the Castle Grounds in Macroom, between Millstreet and St Nicholas', in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Millstreet won the match by 3–07 to 2–08 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 22 years.

Qualification

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• The quarter-final between Glanmire and Castletownbere was abandoned after a pitch invasion and declared void.
• Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh were the Muskerry representatives for the quarter-final draw with Crosshaven, however, their place was later taken by Kilmichael who beat them in the divisional final.
• The final, originally scheduled for 24 November 1963, was postponed by a week following the assassination of John F. Kennedy two days earlier.

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