2016–17 Harty Cup

2016–17 Dr Harty Cup
Dates	12 October 2016 – 18 February 2017
Teams	19
Champions	Our Lady's Secondary School (2nd title); Paddy Cadell (captain); Tom Byrnes (manager)
Runners-up	St Colman's College; Niall O'Leary (captain); Flanann Cleary (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	90 (3 per match)
Points scored	825 (27.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Darragh Woods (3-38)
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The 2016–17 Dr Harty Cup was the 97th staging of the Harty Cup since its establishment in hurling by the Munster Council of Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918.^[1] The group stage placings were released in July 2016. The competition ran from 12 October 2016 to 18 February 2017.

Ardscoil Rís unsuccessfully defended its title in the quarter-final replay against Midleton CBS^[2]^[3]

The Harty Cup final was played on 18 February 2017 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Our Lady's Secondary School and St Colman's College, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 15 years.^[4] Our Lady's Secondary School won the match by 2–22 to 1–06 to claim their second Harty Cup title overall and last final title meeting after a hiattus since 1978.^[5]^[6]

Thurles CBS's Darragh Woods was the top scorer with 3-38.

Format change

There was a restructuring of the group stage, resulting in an increase in the number of groups. 19 teams entered the Harty Cup, with eight groups being created. Five groups contained two teams and three groups contained three teams. Two teams advanced from each of the groups to the knockout round of 16.^[7]

Group A

Group A table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	2	2	0	0	31	17	14	4
Christian Brothers College	2	1	0	1	39	28	13	2
Coláiste Íosaef	2	0	0	2	23	48	-25	0

Group A results

12 October 2016 Round 1	Christian Brothers College, Cork	4-17 - 1-13	Coláiste Íosaef	Mallow GAA Complex
	J Corkery (1-4, 2 frees); J Twomey, D McBarron (1-3 each); T O’Connell (0-5, 3 frees); M Walsh (1-1); B Keohane (0-1).	Report	P O’Riordan (0-8, 5 frees); C McCarthy (0-3, 1 free, 1 65); G Barry (1-1); P Treacy (0-1).

26 October 2016 Round 2	Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	1-16 - 1-04	Coláiste Íosaef	Bruff Grounds
		Report

16 November 2016 Round 3	Christian Brothers College, Cork	0-10 - 0-12	Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	Dr Mannix Sportsfield
		Report

Group B

Group B table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Thurles CBS	2	2	0	0	66	24	42	4
De La Salle College	2	0	1	1	27	42	15	1
Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	2	0	1	1	29	56	-27	1

Group B results

12 October 2016 Round 1	Thurles CBS	3-17 - 1-08	De La Salle College Waterford	Clonmel GAA Ground
	D Woods (1-5, 0-5 frees), A McKelvey (1-5), C Bowe (1-2); C Bourke (0-2), S Ryan (0-1); B O’Mara (0-1), O Quirke (0-1).	Report	T Doughlas (1-1, 1-0 penalty, 0-1 free), H Redmond (0-4 frees), C Wadding (0-2).

26 October 2016 Round 2	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	0-13 - 5-25	Thurles CBS	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	C Hanafin 0-8, E Galvin 0-2, E Sheehan 0-2, D Connery 0-1, C Moynihan 0-1.	Report	D Woods 2-13, C Burke 1-2, A McKelvey 1-1, B O'Mara 0-4, TJ Butler 1-0, E Barry 0-2 C Bowe 0-1, M Nally 0-1.

11 November 2016 Round 3	De La Salle College Waterford	1-13 - 2-10	Gaelcholáiste Mhuire AG	Fraher Field
	H Ruddle-Redmond 0-9, T Douglas 1-1, D Walsh 0-2, R Croke 0-1.		S Ó Riagáin 1-2, E Ó Néill 1-0, C Ó hAinifin 0-3, E Ó Síocháin 0-2, D Ó Conaire 0-1, E Ó Gealbháin 0-1.

Group C

Group C table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Blackwater CS	2	2	0	0	48	27	21	4
Castletroy College	2	1	0	1	33	39	-6	2
CBS High School Clonmel	2	0	0	2	27	42	-15	0

Group C results

24 October 2016 Round 1	Castletroy College	3-08 - 1-13	CBS High School Clonmel	Seán Treacy Park
	R Reale (2-1), M O’Dwyer (0-5, 0-3 frees); D Cullimore (1-0), J Hickey (0-1), C Nicholas (0-1).	Report	S Martin (1-2), M Stokes (0-5 frees); B Owens (0-4), D Bolger (0-1), N Hoctor (0-1).

16 November 2016 Round 2	CBS High School Clonmel	0-11 - 5-10	Blackwater Community School	Goatenbridge Grounds
		Report

23 November 2016 Round 3	Blackwater Community School	2-17 - 1-13	Castletroy College	Seán Treacy Park
		Report

Group D

Group D table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ardscoil Rís	1	1	0	0	23	8	15	2
Hamilton High School	1	0	0	1	8	23	-15	0

Group D result

16 November 2016 Round 1	Ardscoil Rís	2-17 - 1-05	Hamilton High School	Mallow GAA Complex
	B Ryan (2-2, 0-1 65m, 0-1 free), W Henn (0-1 free) and R Duff (0-4 each), C O’Reilly (0-3), D Carroll (0-2 frees), J Gleeson and J Daly (0-1 each).	Report	B Butler (1-1, 0-1 free), C Maguire (0-2), P Wall and R McCarthy (0-1 each).

Group E

Group E table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Colman's College	1	1	0	0	21	17	4	2
Midleton CBS	1	0	0	1	17	21	-4	0

Group E result

26 October 2016 Round 1	St Colman's College	2-15 - 1-14	Midleton CBS	Church Road
	J Sheehan (2-4, 0-4 frees); N O’Leary (0-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 ‘65); B Murphy (0-2); S O’Connor, B Roche, A Creed, D Lenihan (0-1 each).	Report	L O’Shea (1-3, 0-1 free); L Gosnell (0-6, 0-4 frees); C Terry (0-2); P O’Brien, S O’Meara, J Stack (0-1 each).

Group F

Group F table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Our Lady's SS	1	1	0	0	26	15	11	2
St Flannan's College	1	0	0	1	15	26	-11	0

Group F result

25 October 2016 Round 1	Our Lady's Secondary School	1-23 - 1-12	St Flannan's College	MacDonagh Park
	L Fairbrother (0-9, 0-6 frees), J Kelly (0-5), B McGrath (0-5, 0-1 65), A Ormond (1-0), P Cadell (0-2), J Gilmartin (0-2).	Report	T O’Rourke (0-6 frees), G Cahill (1-1); S Meaney (0-2), C Haugh (0-1), R Hayes (0-1 free), S Kennedy (0-1).

Group G

Group G table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Francis College	1	1	0	0	17	13	4	2
Charleville CBS	1	0	0	1	13	17	-4	0

Group G result

26 October 2016 Round 1	St Francis College	1-14 - 1-10	Charleville CBS	Mallow GAA Complex
	J O'Sullivan 1-8, B Turnbull 0-2, J Holland 0-1, C Russell 0-1, C Denn 0-1, B O'Connor 0-1.		C O'Brien 1-7, T Connolly 0-1, N Cronin 0-1, T Foley 0-1.

Group H

Group H table

Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Nenagh CBS	1	1	0	0	25	22	3	2
Abbey CBS	1	0	0	1	22	25	-3	0

Group H result

25 October 2016 Round 1	Nenagh CBS	1-22 - 2-16 (aet)	Abbey CBS	Lacken Park
		Report

Knockout stage

Round of 16

30 November 2016 Round of 16	Our Lady's Secondary School	6-27 - 0-03	Hamilton High School	Ballyagran Grounds
	R McCormack 3-1, B McGrath 0-6 (0-4f. 0-1 ’65) S Doyle 1-2, S Nolan 0-5 (0-2f) A Ormonde 1-2, G O’Connor 1-2, D Ryan 0-3, L Fairbrother 0-2, J Morrissey 0-2, J Kelly 0-1, D O’Shea 0-1	Report	B Butler 0-2 (0-1f) E Buckley 0-1

30 November 2016 Round of 16	Ardscoil Rís	4-16 - 1-07	Charleville CBS	FitzGerald Park
	D Woulfe (2-0), D Carroll (1-3), B Ryan (1-2, 0-1 65m, 0-1 free), R Duff (0-4), J McInerney and J Gleeson (0-2 each), C O’Reilly, W Henn and R McCarthy (0-1 each).	Report	C O’Brien (0-6 frees), J Doyle (1-1)

30 November 2016 Round of 16	Nenagh CBS	1-20 - 1-13	Castletroy College	Lacken Park
	J Morris (0-8, 0-4 frees, 0-3 ‘65s), C McCarthy (1-1), B McLoughney (0-4, 0-3 frees), R Maher (0-2), J Cahill (0-1), S Kirwan (0-1), B Seymour (0-1), M Daniels (0-1, 0-1 frees), C Morgan (0-1).	Report	M O’Dwyer (0-12, 0-12 frees), D Coughlan (1-0), C Nicholas (0-1).

30 November 2016 Round of 16	De La Salle College Waterford	1-18 - 0-16 (aet)	Blackwater Community School	Busky Park
	H Ruddle-Redmond 0-11, K Hennessy 1-0, D Walsh 0-3, T Douglas 0-3, R Croke 0-1.	Report	T Barron 0-11, F Reaney 0-2, G Fives 0-1, D Buckley 0-1, L O'Brien 0-1.

30 November 2016 Round of 16	Christian Brothers College, Cork	3-18 - 3-12	St Francis College	Church Road
	T O’Connell (1-8, 4 frees, 1 65), R Downey (1-3), D Hanlon (1-2), M Walsh, C McNamara (0-2 each), J Twomey (0-1).	Report	J O’Sullivan (1-5, 1-0 penalty, 4 frees, 1 65), B Turnbull (1-2), J Holland (1-1), D Ward (0-2), M McAuliffe, S Kennefick (0-1 each).

30 November 2016 Round of 16	Midleton CBS	1-15 - 1-12	Scoil na Tríonóide Naofa	Dr Mannix Sportsfield
	L Gosnell (0-9, 0-4 frees), G Millerick (1-1), J Stack (0-2), L O’Shea (0-2, 0-1 sideline cut), C Terry (0-1).	Report	W Barry (0-6 frees), B Murphy (1-0), R Renehan (0-2 frees), J Ryan (B) (0-1), M O’Brien (0-1), B Purcell (0-1), G Ryan (0-1).

7 December 2016 Round of 16	St Colman's College	4-22 - 2-19 (aet)	St Flannan's College	FitzGerald Park
	D Lenihan (1-10, 1-9 frees); B Roche (1-5); B Murphy (2-1); J Sheehan (0-2); A Creed, J Mehigan, E Carey, C Cronin (0-1 each).	Report	T O’Rourke (1-11, 0-9 frees); R Hayes (0-4, 0-4 frees); S Meaney (1-1); G Cahill (0-2), S Kennedy (0-1).

14 December 2016 Round of 16	Thurles CBS	0-14 - 0-09	Abbey CBS	Dundrum Grounds
	D Woods (0-10, 0-7 frees), B O’Mara (0-1), A McKelvey (0-1), TJ Butler (0-1), D Flood (0-1).	Report	R Doody (0-7, 0-7 frees), N Murphy-Crowe (0-1), A McGrath (0-1).

Quarter-finals

11 January 2017 Quarter-final	St Colman's College	3-12 - 1-12	Christian Brothers College, Cork	Church Road
	B Murphy 1-3, B Roche 1-2, D Lenihan 0-4 (frees), J Sheehan 0-3, C Ryan 1-0.	Report	T O’Connell 0-5 (frees), D O’Hanlon 0-4, E Moloney 1-0, J Twomey, D McBarron, J Corkery 0-1 each.

11 January 2017 Quarter-final	Ardscoil Rís	1-15 - 2-12 (aet)	Midleton CBS	Canon Hayes Park
	B Ryan (0-7, 0-5 frees); J Daly (1-0); P O’Brien (0-2 frees), J McInerney (0-2 each); D Carroll (0-1 sc), D Ryan, R Considine, W Henn (0-1 each).	Report	L Gosnell (1-9, 0-6 frees, 0-1 ’65); J Stack (1-0); B Twomey, G Millerick, B Twomey (0-1 each).

11 January 2017 Quarter-final	Nenagh CBS	0-20 - 2-13 (aet)	De La Salle College Waterford	Leahy Park
	J Morris 0-6 (5fs); M Daniels 0-5 (4fs); J Cahill, B McLoughney, B Seymour 0-2 each; K McCarthy, E Power, R Maher 0-1 each.	Report	T Douglas 2-4; H Ruddle Redmond (2fs), D Walsh 0-3 each; C Giles Doran, C Wadding, C Power 0-1 each.

11 January 2017 Quarter-final	Our Lady's Secondary School	3-14 - 1-10	Thurles CBS	The Ragg
	R McCormack 2-0, B McGrath 0-5 (3f), D O’Shea 1-1, J Kelly 0-3, L Fairbrother 0-2, S Nolan, A O’Meara & A Ormonde 0-1 each.	Report	D Woods 0-10 (6f, 1 65, 1 sl), O Quirke 1-0.

19 January 2017 Quarter-final replay	Ardscoil Rís	0-15 - 2-11	Midleton CBS	Canon Hayes Park
	B Ryan (0-7, 0-5 frees, 0-1 free); D Woulfe (0-3); W Henn, J Daly, P O’Brien, R Considine, J McInerney (0-1 each).	Report	L Gosnell (1-5, 0-4 frees); L O’Shea (1-4, 1-0 pen, 0-2 frees); C Terry (0-2).

Semi-finals

28 January 2017 Semi-final	St Colman's College	1-08 - 0-07	Midleton CBS	Mallow GAA Complex
	D Lenihan (0-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 ’65); B Roche (1-0); B Murphy (0-2); S O’Connor, D Lardner, R Galvin (0-1 each).	Report	L O’Shea (0-5, 0-2 frees); L Gosnell (0-2 frees).

28 January 2017 Semi-final	Our Lady's Secondary School	1-15 - 0-14	Nenagh CBS	St Michael's Park
	B McGrath (0-6, 5f), A Ormonde (1-2), S Nolan (0-3), J Kelly (0-2), N Quinlan (0-1), L Fairbrother (0-1).	Report	M Daniels (0-4, 3f), R Maher (0-2), J Morris (0-2, 1f), J Cahill (0-2), B Seymour (0-1), C Kelly (0-1), K McCarthy (0-1), B Hogan (0-1, 1f).

Final

18 February 2017 Final	Our Lady's Secondary School	2-22 - 1-06	St Colman's College	Gaelic Grounds
	B McGrath 1-7 (0-2f, 0-2 65s), J Kelly 0-5, S Nolan 0-4, A Ormonde 1-1, L Fairbrother 0-4 (3f), D O’Shea 0-1.	Report	N O’Leary 1-1, D Lenihan 0-3 (2f), E Roche & D Lardner 0-1 each.	Referee: R McGann (Clare)

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Darragh Woods	Thurles CBS	3-38	47	4	11.75
2	Liam Gosnell	Midleton CBS	2-31	37	5	7.40
3	Brian McGrath	Our Lady's SS	1-29	32	5	6.40
4	Brian Ryan	Ardscoil Rís	3-18	27	4	6.75
4	Harry Ruddle-Redmond	De La Salle College	0-27	27	4	6.75

References

^ "Rockwell College and the Harty Cup". Séamus J. King website. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "Ardscoil Rís claim fourth Harty Cup in seven years". Irish Examiner. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (20 January 2017). "Liam O'Shea holds his nerve for Midleton". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ "Our Ladys well beaten". Irish Independent. 30 March 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
^ "Templemore turn on the power". Irish Examiner. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "Templemore looks to bridge 22 year gap in Harty". Irish Independent. 12 February 2000. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Draw made for new look Harty Cup". Hogan Stand. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

[1] "Rockwell College and the Harty Cup". Séamus J. King website. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[2] "Ardscoil Rís claim fourth Harty Cup in seven years". Irish Examiner. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

[3] Cormican, Eoghan (20 January 2017). "Liam O'Shea holds his nerve for Midleton". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[4] "Our Ladys well beaten". Irish Independent. 30 March 2002. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[5] "Templemore turn on the power". Irish Examiner. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[6] "Templemore looks to bridge 22 year gap in Harty". Irish Independent. 12 February 2000. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[7] "Draw made for new look Harty Cup". Hogan Stand. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

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