All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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

This article is about the Inter-County Junior Football Championship. For other uses, see All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (disambiguation).

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

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

Historic format (1912-2019)

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-)

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

2023 Championship

Nine counties will compete in the 2023 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship:

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

Roll of Honour

Wins by County
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
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
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

Legend
  • 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) Years
Gloucestershire B B 2
Hertfordshire B B 2
Kilkenny 1st 2nd 2
Lancashire B B 2
London SF SF 2
New York 2nd 1st 2
Scotland B B 2
Warwickshire SF SF 2
Yorkshire B B 2

Performances and statistics by province
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

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)

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

Beaten sides

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

Final success rate

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
  • 0, 000 (0000–0000)

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

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

Scoring Events (2023–)

Successful defending

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

  • 000 00 attempts out of 00 (0000)

Gaps
  • 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
  • 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

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

Miscellaneous
  • 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

Winning captains
Year Winning captain County
2022 Mick Malone Kilkenny
2023

See also

References
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