Twohig lifts Desmond Cup as Callanan and Twohig claim county underage titles

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  Novice-E at Clashmore Padriagh O'Leary bt Seamus O'Tuama

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  Novice-E at Clashmore Paddy Maloney bt B.Toner

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  Novice C County SF at The Bog Road John Hickey (Mid) bt Danny Quirke (East) with ref Declan O'Leary

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  Fionán Twohig U14 Munster Winner at Inch with Family & Supporters

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  Novice A County SF Alan Brickley (West) bt Freddie Scannell (Gael) with ref Brian O'Donovan

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  Nov-D County SF at Conna Robert Coleman (NE) bt Tony Delaney (City)

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  Fionán Twohig in Action in the Boy's Munster U14 Final at Inch

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  David Murphy (Ból Chumann Youth Officer) with the U14 Munster Finalists Eoghan Kelly & Fionán Twohig

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  Boy's U12 Munster Finalists Charlie Callanan Winner & Timmy McDonagh R-up at Grenagh

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  Eoghan Kelly U14 Munster R-up with Family & Supporters at Inch

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  Eoghan Kelly in Action in the Boy's Munster Final at Inch

The Boy’s Under 12 and Under 14 finals wrapped up the County series for 2026. At Grenagh in the boy’s U-12 final Charlie Callanan from the City region had a last shot victory over Timmy McDonagh from North East. Three shots each to the middle of the palms where McDonagh had twelve meters of odds. Callanan’s fourth shot turned in at Magnier’s lane and this gave McDonagh a chance to raise further odds but his bowl also went in the same spot and missed the tip to give Callanan his first lead. Two more to Murphy’s Farm and Callanan extended his lead, but McDonagh was not letting up and produced a well-played seventh and eight shots that knocked Callanan’s odds back to forty meters. McDonagh opened the bend with a huge ninth shot, but Callanan followed and beat this again. McDonagh made the Sports Field gate and Callanan beat this tip by fifty meters with the line approaching, Callanan dropped his eleventh and it fell left, McDonagh got poor play here and his bowl went right Callanan put big odds on this for the last shot, but McDonagh produced a huge last, Callanan dropped his last in against the kerb and it crossed right and got another rub to beat the tip by ten meters.

On his way to All-Ireland Glory Fionán Twohig from the South West beat Eoghan Kelly by almost a bowl of odds. These two are no strangers to each other, Fionán beat Eoghan in a u-12 county at Inch in 2024 and Eoghan beat Fionán in a u-14 county at Bantry in 2025. After three each nothing separated them with Twohig fore bowl. Kelly got the better rap off the bridge to take his first lead by fifteen meters. Twohig was back in front again by three meters after a super bowl past Arnopp’s Motor yard. Kelly lost ground when his seventh shot went left, Twohig got a very well-played bowl but Kelly came back with a huge eight that Twohig missed badly when he was too tight right. Twohig’s next was right again and gave Kelly a chance to raise big odds but he also went right and now his odds was only twenty five meters. Twohig got a good tenth shot but Kelly an even better one. The luck of the gods was with Twohig’s next as it turned out of the right dyke to sight at the wind in the road. Twohig was back in front unexpectedly after Kelly was too tight left. Twohig finished with a huge bowl over the line and Kelly missed this. He know follows in the footsteps of his brother Cillan who won this grade in 2020 and went on to win the All-Ireland.

A Nov-C QF score was played at Baile Bhurine between Eoin Hurley West Cork and Dylan McDonnell from North East, playing for a stake of €2,200 a-side. McDonnell had big odds after three great opening shots. Hurley got a super fourth keeping himself in the score and under the bowl of odds. At the end of the wall McDonnell was throwing over forty meters but his bowl went right and only beat Hurley’s tip by thirty meters. A short sixth from Hurley in left and he found himself almost a bowl of odds down and now fighting the score. At the Island McDonnell had huge odds and it looked curtains for Hurley but he produced a phenomenal shot and McDonnell throwing his odds over sixty meters beat the tip by huge odds. On past the Council Yard McDonnell still had big odds. But a blunder with his next reduced his odds substantially, Hurley got a huge bowl back of the finish line, and McDonnell bowl veered off right no line and only five meters in it for the last shots. Hurley gave it everything and got a super bowl that McDonnell missed this to give Hurley his one and only lead of the score.

The Novice’s and Junior C’s are getting down to the business side of the championship with all championships semi-finals and finals are up for decision over the course of the next week. On Thursday at Jagoe’s Mills the first of the Nov-A semi-finals was held between Freddie Scannell from the Gaeltacht and Alan Brickley from West Cork, playing for a stake of €450 a-side. One lead for Scannell in this score that being his second shot back of O’Brien’s cross, Brickley got an extraordinary third shot through the cross and out straight road, Scannell beat this by fifteen meters in two shots. At Lawton’s in five and six shots Brickley was a bowl up. Scannell knocked the bowl briefly with a good eight and a poor seventh from Brickley but just as quickly Brickley restored the bowl again with his eight shot, after two more to the Racetrack it was a bare bowl of odds for Brickley. Scannell got a good eleventh that knocked the bowl of odds again at the Power Station entrance, but again Brickley recovered his bowl advantage with a super eleventh. Two more from both back of the finish line and Brickley won by a bowl of odds.

At The Bog Road also on Thursday evening last a Nov-C semi-final was played between Danny Quirke from East Cork, playing John Hickey from Mid Cork for a stake of €650 a-side. At the factory in two each, Hickey had twenty five meters of odds. Quirke missed sight at Danny’s lane and Hickey got a perfect shot out and around that raised a bowl of odds for him. Quirke got a super fifth that Hickey beat by twenty five meters in two shots. Hickey went out to the quarry with his next to raise the bowl of odds again. Quirke got a poor eight to the dump and Hickey extended his lead when he went peeping at majors. After two more out the straight Quirke held it to an even bowl of odds. Hickey got a massive bowl past the bog gate that raised almost a second bowl of odds for him, two more to the line where Hickey won by almost two bowls of odds.

In a Pool-C Vintage a score at the Clubhouse Jimmy Collins from Union Hall had a one bowl of odds victory over Ted Hegarty from Lyre, playing for a stake of €2,200 a-side. In a Pool C Vin-C SF score at The Marsh Road D.D Carroll beat Liam Hurley for a stake of €350 a-side. At Caheragh in a Pool C Vin-B SF Connie Connolly beat Ger Fitzpatrick for a stake of €1,100 a-side. Conna held three Pool a vintage scores, Pat Bowles, beat John Twohig, Domonic Twohig beat Mo O’Connor and Pat Callanan beat Benny Hoare. A Queen qualifiers score was held at Clondrohid and here Hannah Cronin beat Ciara Buckley by the last shot for €550 a-side. Bantry held their junior a regional championship score and Brian O’Driscoll beat Noel O’Regan.

MIXED FORTUNES FOR NORTH EAST AT CONNA

Conna had a double bill of County semi-finals on Sunday, up first the Junior-C Sf between Christy Stokes from the City playing Billy Connolly from North East, playing for a stake of €3,650 a-side. After two shots Connolly led by fifty meters, Stokes took his first lead after three but two more each our Coleman’s corner and Connolly was back in front by twenty five meters. This was a top class performance from both players , out the bridge in two more Stokes took the lead again by two meters, and stretched it out to sixty meters after two more but Connolly got a super bowl to the gas line that reduced the odds to twenty meters. Stokes finished the stronger to win by the last shot and now plays David Crowley from North Cork in the Final. In the return score Robert Coleman got the better of Tony Delaney in a novice d sf playing for a stake of €1,050 a-side. This was another close encounter but Coleman laid down a big last shot that Delaney missed when he was too tight on the left.

TWOHIG TAKES DESMOND CUP AT GRANGE

After a hiatus of ten years and with Covid thrown into the mix the Jerry Desmond Cup Final in memory of Jerry Desmond a former Chairman of Ból Chumann na hÉireann was played at Grange between Johnny O’Driscoll and Gavin Twohig, playing for a stake of €4,450 a-side. This was Twohig’s third appearance in this final having previously lost to Pa Butler in Lyre in 2005 and to David Murphy in Grange in 2010, but wait no more as he had a trap to line win over O’Driscoll in this Grange inward route. After three each to the stud-farm bend and where O’Driscoll got a huge third shot to make this juncture, Twohig had twenty meters of odds. A poor fourth for O’Driscoll, but he recovered well with two huge bowls past De Barra’s where Twohig held odds of twenty five meters. O’Driscoll’s seventh down the school hill to the green looked like taking the lead but Twohig again beat this tip. A disastrous eight from O’Driscoll that caught Hegarty’s wall but again he recovered well with a huge ninth to the dirty passage that Twohig beat by two meters. Two more past John Bill’s for both and O’Driscoll just could not get his nose in front. O’Driscoll got a huge bowl past Noelie’s bungalow and Twohig beat this by half a meter. O’Driscoll’s form dipped from here to the finish, Twohig raised a bowl at Seamie’s Wall and held it to the pub and finally got his hands on the Desmond Cup.