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All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Summary

The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams.

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sóisear Peile na hÉireann
CodeGaelic Football
Founded1912
RegionIreland (GAA)
No. of teams4
Title holders New York (1st title)
First winner Tipperary (1912)
Most titles Kerry (20 titles)

Prior to a change in competition structure in 2021, the competition was previously for all Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. In this previous format, the definition of what constituted a Junior player differed from county to county. In some, the junior team was the second team after the senior team. This meant that any players who had not played with the senior team could play with the junior team. In others, such as Cork and Kerry, players could only be chosen from clubs that played in junior or intermediate grades. These counties could not choose players from senior clubs, even if they were not on the senior county team. When a team won this championship, it had to pick a new team for the following year. No player could thus be on a winning team for two successive years. Ulster did not participate in the Junior Championship for a period, Cavan the 2014 champions represented Leinster in the absence of an Ulster competition.[1][2]

Kerry are the most successful county in the competition's history, having lifted the title on twenty occasions. Kerry are current winners winning five in a row All Irelands. The 2008 championship was won by Dublin for the first time since 1960.[3] Sligo defeated Kerry in 2010 to win their first title since 1935.[4]

The current holders are New York, defeating Kilkenny by 0-13 to 1-09 in the 2023 final.

History edit

Summary of champions edit

# County Titles Runners-up Total
1   Kerry 20 5 25
2   Cork 17 3 20
3   London 6 24 30
  Dublin 6 3 9
5   Mayo 5 7 12
  Meath 5 4 9
7   Galway 4 4 8
  Louth 4 2 6
9   Tipperary 3 0 3
10   Roscommon 2 3 5
  Wicklow 2 1 3
  Cavan 2 1 3
  Waterford 2 0 2
  Sligo 2 0 2
15   Westmeath 1 2 3
  Longford 1 1 2
  Laois 1 1 2
  Wexford 1 1 2
  Kilkenny 1 1 2
  New York 1 1 2
  Armagh 1 0 1
  Tyrone 1 0 1
  Monaghan 1 0 1
  Fermanagh 1 0 1
  Down 1 0 1
26   Warwickshire 0 9 9
  Lancashire 0 4 4
  Kildare 0 4 4
  Carlow 0 2 2
  Hertfordshire 0 2 2
  Yorkshire 0 2 2
  Leitrim 0 2 2
  Limerick 0 1 1
  Offaly 0 1 1

History edit

For the bulk of this competition's history up to 2021, the winners of the provincial Junior Football Championships met to decide who was the "Home" winner. This team then met the champion county in Great Britain to determine the All-Ireland Junior Football champion.

Format edit

Historic format (1912-2019) edit

The five provincial winners would contest the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Teams (5)

Province Provincial Championship Qualifying teams
Connacht GAA Connacht Junior Football Championship Champions
Leinster GAA Leinster Junior Football Championship Champions
Munster GAA Munster Junior Football Championship Champions
Ulster GAA Ulster Junior Club Football Championship Champions
Britain GAA All-Britain Junior Football Championship Champions

Current format (2022-) edit

At GAA Congress in 2021, a motion was passed to change the entire structure of the All Ireland Junior Football Championship competition to that of a mostly 'overseas competition' along with just one Irish county, Kilkenny. The Junior Football Championship competition therefore now involves just four teams: New York, Kilkenny, and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Championship, all meeting in the All Ireland Junior Championship semi-finals.[5]

Teams (4)

Province Provincial Championship Qualifying teams
Britain GAA All-Britain Junior Football Championship Champions and runners-up
Leinster GAA Leinster Junior Football Championship   Kilkenny
North America GAA N / A   New York

Teams edit

2024 Championship edit

Ten counties will compete in the 2024 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship:

County Location Stadium Province Position in 2023 Championship Provincial Championship In championship since Provincial Titles Last Provincial Title Championship Titles Last Championship Title
  Gloucestershire Gloucester St Peter's Rugby Football Club Britain Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship) All-Britain Junior Football Championship — 1 2008 0 —
  Hertfordshire Watford Glen Rovers Football Club Britain Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship) All-Britain Junior Football Championship — 0 — 0 —
  Kilkenny Kilkenny Nowlan Park Leinster Runners-up Leinster Junior Football Championship — 3 2018 1 2022
  Lancashire East Didsbury Old Bedians Britain Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship) All-Britain Junior Football Championship — 5 2016 0 —
  London South Ruislip McGovern Park Britain Semi-finals All-Britain Junior Football Championship — 3 2022 6 1995
  New York Bronx Gaelic Park North America Champions N / A — 0 — 1 2023
  Scotland Glasgow Tir Conaill Harps Britain Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship) All-Britain Junior Football Championship — 2 2019 0 —
  United States Chicago Gaelic Park North America N / A N / A 2024 0 — 0 —
  Warwickshire Solihull Páirc na hÉireann Britain Semi-finals All-Britain Junior Football Championship — 6 2023 0 —
  Yorkshire Leeds John Charles Centre for Sport Britain Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship) All-Britain Junior Football Championship — 0 — 0 —

Roll of Honour edit

Wins by County edit

Performances in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship by county
County Title(s) Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
  Kerry 20 5 1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 1997, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014
  Cork 17 3 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1972, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 1966, 1986, 1992
  London 6 24 1938, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1986 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1988, 1991, 1995
  Dublin 6 3 1914, 1916, 1939, 1948, 1960, 2008 1926, 1930, 1971
  Mayo 5 7 1933, 1950, 1957, 1995, 1997 1914, 1925, 1936, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2016
  Meath 5 4 1947, 1952, 1962, 1988, 2003 1996, 1999, 2005, 2017
  Galway 4 4 1931, 1958, 1965, 1985 1994, 2003, 2018, 2019
  Louth 4 2 1925, 1932, 1934, 1961 1912, 1928
  Tipperary 3 0 1912, 1923, 1998 -
  Roscommon 2 3 1940, 2000 2006, 2008, 2009
  Wicklow 2 1 1936, 2002 1969
  Cavan 2 1 1927, 2014 1941
  Waterford 2 0 1999, 2004 -
  Sligo 2 0 1935, 2010 -
  Westmeath 1 2 1929 1915, 1940
  Longford 1 1 1937 1924
  Laois 1 1 1973 1993
  Wexford 1 1 1992 2007
  Kilkenny 1 1 2022 2023
  New York 1 1 2023 2022
  Armagh 1 0 1926 -
  Tyrone 1 0 1968 -
  Monaghan 1 0 1956 -
  Fermanagh 1 0 1959 -
  Down 1 0 1946 -
  Warwickshire 0 9 - 1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990
  Lancashire 0 4 - 1949, 1953, 1958, 1963
  Kildare 0 4 - 1927, 1970, 2011, 2013
  Carlow 0 2 - 1913, 1923
  Hertfordshire 0 2 - 1965, 1972
  Yorkshire 0 2 - 1961, 1983
  Leitrim 0 2 - 1938, 2004
  Limerick 0 1 - 1916
  Offaly 0 1 - 1998

Wins by Province edit

Performances in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship by province
Province Title(s) Runners-up Total
  Munster 42 9 51
  Leinster 22 23 45
  Connacht 13 16 29
  Ulster 7 1 8
  Britain 6 41 47
  North America 1 1 2

List of Finals edit

List of finals (since restructure) edit

Year Date Winners Runners-up Venue Winning captain(s) Winning Margin Referee
County Score County Score
2023 16 July New York 0-13 Kilkenny 1-09 Croke Park Danny Corcoran 1 David Murnane (Cork)
2022 10 July Kilkenny 3-12 New York 1-09 Croke Park Mick Malone 9 B Tiernan (Dublin)

All finals edit

Year Winners Runners-up
County Score County Score
2023[6] New York 0-13 Kilkenny 1-09
2022 Kilkenny 3-12 New York 1-09
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Kerry 3–14 Galway 0–13
2018[7] Kerry 2–13 Galway 2–11
2017[8] Kerry 2–19 Meath 1–14
2016[9] Kerry 2–18 Mayo 2–11
2015[10] Kerry 2–18 Mayo 0–10
2014[11] Cavan 2–14 Kerry 0–14
2013[12] Cork 0–13 Kildare 1–07
2012[13] Kerry 0–19 Mayo 1–07
2011 Cork 1–12 Kildare 0–13
2010 Sligo 2–10 Kerry 1–07
2009 Cork 0–15 Roscommon 0–12
2008 Dublin 0–13 Roscommon 0–07
2007 Cork 1–14 Wexford 3–02
2006 Kerry 1–09 Roscommon 0–10
2005 Cork 0–10 Meath 1–04
2004 Waterford 1–10, 2–12 (R) Leitrim 1–10, 2–09 (R)
2003[14] Meath 0–16 Galway 2–07
2002 Wicklow 4–09 Kerry 2–12
2001 Cork 1–15 Mayo 3–07
2000 Roscommon 0–14 Kerry 0–11
1999 Waterford 2–12 Meath 2–11
1998 Tipperary 2–09 Offaly 0–06
1997 Mayo 2–08 Kerry 1–10
1996 Cork 4–11 Meath 0–10
1995 Mayo 3–09 London 0–10
1994 Kerry 0–15 Galway 0–04
1993 Cork 0–11 Laois 2–03
1992 Wexford 1–09 Cork 0–11
1991 Kerry 2–14 London 0–05
1990 Cork 3–16 Warwickshire 0–08
1989 Cork 0–18 Warwickshire 0–03
1988 Meath 1–10 London 0–03
1987 Cork 0–14 Warwickshire 0–03
1986 London 1–09 Cork 0–07
1985 Galway 4–17 Warwickshire 0–04
1984 Cork 3–10 Warwickshire 0–07
1983 Kerry 0–15 Yorkshire 0–02
1974–82 No Championship
1973 Laois 0–12 London 1–08
1972 Cork 5–16 Hertfordshire 0–03
1971 London 1–09 Dublin 0–09
1970 London 1–12 Kildare 0–11
1969 London 3–09 Wicklow 1–12
1968 Tyrone 3–08 London 0–07
1967 Kerry 0–09 London 0–04
1966 London 1–06 Cork 0–08
1965 Galway 1–08 Hertfordshire 0–04
1964 Cork 1–08 London 2–04
1963 Kerry 3–05 Lancashire 2–05
1962 Meath 1–13 London 3–05
1961 Louth 1–13 Yorkshire 1–10
1960 Dublin 2–05 London 0–05
1959 Fermanagh 1–11 London 2–04
1958 Galway 4–05 Lancashire 3–01
1957 Mayo 2–07 Warwickshire 2–05
1956 Monaghan 3–07 London 2–06
1955 Cork 3–09 Warwickshire 1–05
1954 Kerry 1–07 London 1–05
1953 Cork 1–11 Lancashire 1–04
1952 Meath 3–09 London 0–04
1951 Cork 5–11 Warwickshire 1–03
1950 Mayo 2-04 London 0-03
1949 Kerry 2–14 Lancashire 0–06
1948 Dublin 2–11 London 1–05
1947 Meath 2–11 London 2–06
1946 Down 2–10 Warwickshire 1–09
1945 No Championship
1944 No Championship
1943 No Championship
1942 No Championship
1941 Kerry 0–09 Cavan 0–04
1940 Roscommon 2–09 Westmeath 0–05
1939 Dublin 2–14 London 0–04
1938 London 5–07 Leitrim 2–09
1937 Longford 0–09 London 0–07
1936 Wicklow 3–03 Mayo 2–05
1935 Sligo 5–08 London 0–03
1934 Louth 1–03 London 0–03
1933 Mayo 3–07 London 2–04
1932 Louth 0–06 London 0–04
1931 Galway 3–03 London 1–05
1930 Kerry 2–02 Dublin 1–04
1929 Westmeath 0–09 London 1–02
1928 Kerry 2–08 Louth 2–03
1927 Cavan 0–07 Kildare 0–03
1926 Armagh 4–11 Dublin 0–04
1925 Louth 2–06 Mayo 2–05
1924 Kerry 1–06 Longford 0–04
1923 Tipperary 2–06 Carlow 1–01
1922 No Championship
1921 No Championship
1920 No Championship
1919 No Championship
1918 No Championship
1917 No Championship
1916 Dublin 1–02, 6–04 (R) Limerick 1–02, 0–03 (R)
1915 Kerry 0–06 Westmeath 1–02
1914 Dublin 5–04 Mayo 1–06
1913 Kerry 0–07 Carlow 1–02
1912 Tipperary 1–04 Louth 1–03

Team records and statistics edit

Team results (since the 2022 restructure) edit

Legend edit

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • SF – Semi-Finals
  • B – All-Britain Championship

For each year, the number of teams in each championship (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2022 (9) 2023 (9) 2024 (10) Years
  Gloucestershire B B 3
  Hertfordshire B B 3
  Kilkenny 1st 2nd 3
  Lancashire B B 3
  London SF SF 3
  New York 2nd 1st 3
  Scotland B B 3
  United States — — 1
  Warwickshire SF SF 3
  Yorkshire B B 3

Performances and statistics by province edit

Province Biggest Contributor Most Recent Win
County No. County Year
  Connacht   Mayo 5   Sligo 2010
  Leinster   Dublin 6   Kilkenny 2022
  Munster   Kerry 20   Kerry 2019
  Ulster   Cavan 2   Cavan 2014
  Britain   London 6   London 1986
North America   New York 1   New York 2023

By decade edit

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland JFC titles, is as follows:

  • 1910s: 2 for   Kerry (1913, 1915) and   Dublin (1914, 1916)
  • 1920s: 2 for   Kerry (1924, 1928)
  • 1930s: 2 for   Louth (1932, 1934)
  • 1940s: 2 for   Kerry (1941, 1949)
  • 1950s: 3 for   Cork (1951, 1953, 1955)
  • 1960s: 2 for   Kerry (1963, 1967) and   London (1966, 1969)
  • 1970s: 2 for   London (1970, 1971)
  • 1980s: 3 for   Cork (1984, 1987, 1989)
  • 1990s: 3 for   Cork (1990, 1993, 1996)
  • 2000s: 4 for   Cork (2001, 2005, 2007, 2009)
  • 2010s: 6 for   Kerry (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • 2020s: 1 for   Kilkenny (2022) and   New York (2023)

Other records edit

Finishing positions edit

  • Most championships
    • 20,   Kerry (1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Most second-place finishes
    • 24,   London (1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1988, 1991, 1995)
  • Most semi-final finishes (2022–)

Unbeaten sides edit

  • Every team that has won the championship has done so unbeaten.

Beaten sides edit

On one occasion a team was defeated twice but have remained in the knockout championship:

Final success rate edit

Eight counties have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions:

On the opposite end of the scale, nine counties has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

Consecutive participations edit

  • 0, 000 (0000–0000)

000 have the record number of consecutive participations in the championship, taking part in 000 seasons.

Biggest wins edit

  • The most one sided finals:
    • 00 points – 0000: 000 vs 000
  • The most one sided matches:

Scoring Events (2023–) edit

Successful defending edit

A number of defending champions have retained their title. These are:

  • 000 00 attempts out of 00 (0000)

Gaps edit

  • Longest gaps between successive championship titles:
    • 87 years:   Cavan (1927–2014)
    • 75 years:   Tipperary (1923–1998)
    • 75 years:   Sligo (1935–2010)
    • 66 years:   Wicklow (1936–2002)
    • 60 years:   Roscommon (1940–2000)
    • 48 years:   Dublin (1960–2008)
    • 38 years:   Mayo (1957–1995)
    • 28 years:   London (1938–1966)
    • 27 years:   Galway (1931–1958)
    • 27 years:   Louth (1934–1961)
  • Longest gaps between successive championship final appearances:
    • 0 years: N/A
  • Longest gap between successive championship appearances
    • 0 years: N/A

Provinces edit

  • On 0 occasions has the All-Ireland JFC final involved two teams from the same province.
  • The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster, with nine:
  • Province success rates
    • North America 100% (1 out of 1 counties)
    • Connacht 80% (4 out of 5 counties)
    • Leinster 75% (9 out of 12 counties)
    • Ulster 67% (6 out of 9 counties)
    • Munster 67% (4 out of 6 counties)
    • Britain 14% (1 out of 7 counties)

Longest undefeated run edit

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 000 games held by 000 (0000–0000).

Miscellaneous edit

  • Best finish by a debuting team
  • Best finish by a debuting team (after 1912)
    • TBD, 000 (0000)
  • Highest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
  • Lowest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
  • Most played match
    • Cork vs Kerry

Player records edit

Winning captains edit

Year Winning captain County
2024
2023   Danny Corcoran New York
2022   Mick Malone Kilkenny

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Cavan beat Scotland in Scotland to reach Junior All-Ireland final". Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Hayes on the double as Cavan clinch first All-Ireland junior title for 87 years". Archived from the original on 25 August 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ HILL 16
  4. ^ RTE report Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Congress: All-Ireland junior football championship restored – HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
  6. ^ "Late New York rally secures historic All-Ireland title". RTE. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Keane praises his crew after Kerry land 19th junior crown". Irish Independent. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Conor Cox shines as Kerry junior footballers capture three-in-a-row". Irish Examiner. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  9. ^ "All-Ireland JFC final: back-to-back titles for Kerry". Hogan Stand. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  10. ^ "All-Ireland JFC final: Kerry crowned champions". Hogan Stand. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  11. ^ "All-Ireland JFC final: Hayes brace does the job for Breffni". Hogan Stand. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2014.
  12. ^ "All-Ireland JFC final: Rebels squeeze home". Hogan Stand. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Coach happy crown won the Kerry way". Irish Examiner. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  14. ^ Wall, Sean (10 April 2021). "Impressive Royals unfazed by Rogers row". Drogheda Independent.

Sources edit

  • Roll of Honour from RTE website
  • Roll of Honour from gaainfo.com
  • 2011 Final Report

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