The 1996 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 108th staging of the

Cork Senior Football Championship The Cork Premier Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PSFC) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork Count ...

since its establishment by the Cork County Board in

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. The draw for the opening fixtures took place on 10 December 1995. The championship began on 27 April 1996 and ended on 20 October 1996.

Bantry Blues Bantry Blues is a Gaelic football club based in Bantry, County Cork, Republic of Ireland. The club is affiliated with Cork GAA and to the Carbery division. The club has always been primarily a Gaelic football club, but has fielded hurling ...

entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Beara at the quarter-final stage. On 20 October 1996,

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won the championship following a 1–09 to 0–10 defeat of

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in the final. This was their 8th championship title overall and their first title since

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from the

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club was the championship's top scorer with 0-21.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

Cork Intermediate Football Championship The Cork Intermediate A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Bon Secours Cork County Intermediate A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork IAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County ...

Dohenys Dohenys is a Gaelic Athletic Association club, fielding Gaelic football and Hurling teams in the town of Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland. It won its only Cork Senior Club Football Championship in 1897. Other titles won include 2 Cork Intermed ...

Team changes

To Championship

Results

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Miscellaneous

References