James Bowles
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Séamus Ó Baoill | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Left corner-forward | ||
| Born |
1985 Newtownshandrum, County Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Recruitment manager | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
2001-present | Newtownshandrum | 95 (20-46) | |
| Club titles | |||
| Cork titles | 3 | ||
| Munster titles | 3 | ||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Cork Institute of Technology | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
2004-2005 | Cork | 0 (0-0) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 1 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
|
* club appearances and scores correct as of 17:13, 26 June 2025. | |||
James Bowles (born 1985) is an Irish hurler. At club level, he plays with Newtownshandrum and at inter-county level is a former member of the Cork senior hurling team.
Career
Bowles played various grades of hurling during his time as a student at CBS Charleville, including being part of the school's Harty Cup team.[1] He later studied at Cork Institute of Technology and was included on their Fitzgibbon Cup panel.[2]
At club level, Bowles first played for Newtownshandrum at juvenile and underage levels, before joining the club's senior team in 2001.[3] He won his first Cork SHC medal following a defeat of Blackrock in the 2003 final.[4] Bowles later claimed a Munster Club SHC medal, before lining out at corner-forward when Newtown beat Dunloy by 0-17 to 1-06 in the 2004 All-Ireland Club SHC final.[5][6] He won further Cork SHC and Munster Club SHC medals in 2005 and 2009.[7]
Bowles first appeared on the inter-county scene for Cork during a two-year tenure with the minor team.[8] He later spent three seasons with the under-21 team and won a Munster U21HC medal in his second season with the team.[9] Bowles was a late addition to the senior team for their defeat of Kilkenny in the 2004 All-Ireland final.[10]
Career statistics
Club
| Team | Season | Cork | Munster | All-Ireland | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Newtownshandrum | 2001 | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2002 | 5 | 1-03 | — | — | 5 | 1-03 | |||
| 2003 | 5 | 1-09 | 2 | 2-03 | 4 | 1-03 | 11 | 4-15 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 2-02 | — | — | 5 | 2-02 | |||
| 2005 | 4 | 2-01 | 2 | 0-02 | 2 | 0-00 | 8 | 2-03 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 2-03 | — | — | 4 | 2-03 | |||
| 2007 | 4 | 0-04 | — | — | 4 | 0-04 | |||
| 2008 | 3 | 1-00 | — | — | 3 | 1-00 | |||
| 2009 | 5 | 4-05 | 2 | 2-00 | 1 | 0-00 | 8 | 6-05 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 2-02 | — | — | 5 | 2-02 | |||
| 2011 | 3 | 0-01 | — | — | 3 | 0-01 | |||
| 2012 | 0 | 0-00 | — | — | 0 | 0-00 | |||
| 2013 | 2 | 0-01 | — | — | 2 | 0-01 | |||
| 2014 | 2 | 0-04 | — | — | 2 | 0-04 | |||
| 2015 | 3 | 0-02 | — | — | 3 | 0-02 | |||
| 2016 | 4 | 0-00 | — | — | 4 | 0-00 | |||
| 2017 | 3 | 0-01 | — | — | 3 | 0-01 | |||
| 2018 | 3 | 0-00 | — | — | 3 | 0-00 | |||
| 2019 | 4 | 0-00 | — | — | 4 | 0-00 | |||
| 2020 | 3 | 0-00 | — | — | 3 | 0-00 | |||
| 2021 | 3 | 0-00 | — | — | 3 | 0-00 | |||
| 2022 | 5 | 0-00 | — | — | 5 | 0-00 | |||
| 2023 | 3 | 0-00 | — | — | 3 | 0-00 | |||
| 2024 | 4 | 0-00 | — | — | 4 | 0-00 | |||
| Career total | 82 | 15-38 | 6 | 4-05 | 7 | 1-03 | 95 | 20-46 | |
Inter-county
| Team | Year | National League | Munster | All-Ireland | Totat | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | Apps | Score | ||
| Cork | 2004 | Division 1B | — | — | 0 | 0-00 | 0 | 0-00 | ||
| 2005 | 2 | 0-01 | — | — | 2 | 0-00 | ||||
| Career total | 2 | 0-01 | — | 0 | 0-00 | 2 | 0-01 | |||
Career honours
- Newtownshandrum
- All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2004
- Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship: 2003, 2005, 2009
- Cork Senior Hurling Championship: 2003, 2005, 2009
- Cork
References
- ^ "Surprise win for CBS as they beat Harty Cup hoepfuls". The Corkman. 21 November 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ O'Toole, Fintan (10 September 2011). "Mulcahy has inside knowledge on CIT". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ Fogarty, John (8 August 2020). "Newtownshandrum stalwart James Bowles: 'It's 11 years since we won a county... that's what I want'". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Classy Newtown record revenge". Irish Independent. 13 October 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Newtown a class apart". Irish Examiner. 1 December 2003. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "When Newtownshandrum made it to the promised land". Echo Live. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- ^ "Newtown hailed as 'the team of the decade'". The Corkman. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Cork minor hurling team: 1970-2010" (PDF). Cork GAA website. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Cork banking on Bowles at full-forward against Tipp U21s". Irish Examiner. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Bowles returns to Cork side". Irish Examiner. 5 September 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2025.