Cathal Naughton (born 3 July 1987) is an Irish retired hurler who played for Cork Senior Championship club newtownshandrum.
Two goals by Paul O'Neill and substitute David Murphy in a twenty-minute period of extra time, allied to an goalkeeping performance from Niall Maher, were the decisive factors in Enniscorthy CBS's 3–8 to 0–13 victory.
[5] In 2005 Naughton had just turned eighteen-years-old when he was a key member of the Newtownshandrum senior hurling team that faced Cloyne in the championship decider.
Seventeen-year-old Joe Canning hit 1–6 while also setting up Niall Hayes for a second goal, as Naughton's side faced a 2–8 to 1–6 defeat.
[8] After failing to retain their championship titles and defeat to Erin's Own in the county final in 2007, Newtownshandrum reached the decider again in 2009.
[11] The following year Naughton was still eligible for the Cork minor team as he captured a second consecutive Munster medal following a 2–18 to 1–15 defeat of Limerick.
On 9 April 2006 Naughton made his senior debut in an 0–18 to 0–16 National Hurling League defeat by Clare.
Naughton was introduced as a substitute once again, however, he failed to repeat the heroics of the semi-final as the Cats denied the Rebels the three-in-a-row on a score line of 1–16 to 1–13.
Three second-half goals through Conor Lehane, Anthony Nash and Pa Cronin, and a tenth point of the game from Patrick Horgan gave Cork a one-point lead as injury time came to an end.
Clare's Shane O'Donnell was a late addition to the team, and went on to score a hat-trick of goals in the first nineteen minutes of the game.
Patrick Horgan top scored for Cork, however, further goals from Conor McGrath and Darach Honan secured a 5–16 to 3–16 victory for Clare.