Armagh Junior Football Championship

The Armagh Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Armagh GAA clubs. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1925. The national media covers the competition.[2][3][4][5]

Armagh Junior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sóiseareach Peile Ard Mhacha
Founded1925
TrophySean Quinn Perpetual Cup[1]
Title holdersDerrynoose (3rd title)
Most titlesKeady (5 titles)
SponsorsCormac Leonard Commercials

Naomh Mochua Derrynoose are the title holders (2022) defeating Lissummon in the Final.

History

From the launch of the Junior Championship in 1925 until 2013, five clubs won the title four times, with 42 other clubs winning it at least once.[1]

The 2020 final went to a replay.[6][7]

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Sean Quinn Perpetual Cup.[1] The Armagh JFC winners qualify for the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Armagh to qualify for this competition. The Armagh JFC winners may enter the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship at either the preliminary round or the quarter-final stage. 2005's winning club Clonmore advanced to that year's Ulster Club JFC final.[8] 2012's winning club An Port Mór went on to win the 2012 Ulster Club JFC.[9]

The Armagh JFC winners — by winning the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship, at which they would enter at the semi-final stage, providing they haven't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.

List of finals
Year Winner Score Opponent Score
1925 Keady
1926 Crossmaglen Rangers
1927 Keady
1928 Young Irelands
1929 Young Irelands
1930 Wolfe Tone
1931 Clan na Gael
1932 Killeavy
1933 Keady
1934 Jonesborough
1935 Whitecross
1936 Bessbrook
1937 Maghery Silverbridge
1938 Bessbrook
1939 Newtownhamilton
1940 Whitecross
1941 Shane O'Neill's 0-10 Ballyhegan 1-02
1942 Mullaghbawn
1943 Crossmaglen Rangers
1944 Crossmaglen Rangers
1945 Clann Éireann
1946 Newtownhamilton Ballymacnab
1947 St Peter's
1948 Clan na Gael
1949 Sarsfields
1950 Newtownhamilton
1951 Cullaville Blues
1952 Pearse Óg
1953 Madden
1954 Blackwatertown
1955 Ballyhegan
1956 Collegeland
1957 Harps
1958 Maghery
1959 Silverbridge Ballyhegan
1960 Mullaghbawn
1961 Ballyhegan
1962 Maghery
1963 Derrynoose
1964† Dorsey†
1965 Tír na nÓg
1966 Dromintee
1967 St Peter's
1968 Clan na Gael II
1969 Whitecross Ballymacnab
1970 Annaghmore
1971 Granemore Ballymacnab
1972 Grange Ballymacnab
1973 Derrynoose
1974 Middletown
1975 Cullaville Blues
1976 Keady
1977 Clady
1978 St Paul's, Lurgan
1979 Grange
1980 Killeavy
1981 Forkhill
1982 Corrinshego
1983 Mullaghbrack
1984 Dromintee
1985 Éire Óg
1986 Mullaghbawn
1987 St Michael's
1988 Collegeland
1989 Annaghmore
1990 Granemore
1991 An Port Mór Madden
1992 Clady
1993 Madden Ballymacnab
1994 Shane O'Neill's 1-13 Ballymacnab 2-08
1995 Ballyhegan
1996 Whitecross
1997 O'Hanlon's
1998 Granemore
1999 Ballymacnab 2-05 Belleeks 0-07
2000 Wolfe Tone
2001 Belleeks
2002 Crossmaglen II
2003 Annaghmore
2004 Lissummon
2005 Clonmore An Port Mór
2006 An Port Mór Collegeland
2007 Collegeland Clady
2008 Middletown
2009 Shane O'Neill's 0-13 Belleeks 0-07
2010 Grange
2011 Éire Óg 3-07 Clonmore 1-06
2012 An Port Mór 2-11 Annaghmore 2-08
2013[10] Annaghmore 0-12 Clonmore 1-05
2014[11] Keady 2-10 Collegeland 0-06
2015[12] Tullysaran 1-13 Clonmore 0-08
2016[13] Clonmore 1-10 (0-12) St Patrick's II 0-10 (1-09)
2017[14] Ballyhegan 1-14 Corrinshego 1-11
2018[15] Keady 0-18 An Port Mór 0-13
2019[16][17] Collegeland 1-12 Derrynoose St Mochua's 1-09
2020 Forkhill 3-10 Belleeks 1-10
2021[18] Belleeks 2-09 Forkhill 1-12
2022[19] Derrynoose St Mochua's 2-14 Lissummon 0-07
Notes

† The 1964 winner was probably an amalgamated Dorsey and Cullyhanna team, Tom Williams GFC.

References
  1. Armagh GAA, 29 September 2012, Clár Oifigiúil, Cluiche Ceannais, Craobh Sóiseareach Peile 2012 (Official Programme of 2012 JFC final)
  2. "Armagh Junior final: Tullysaran win first ever club c'ship". The Irish News. 5 October 2015.
  3. "Monaghan opposition next for Clonmore after Armagh title win". The Irish News. 20 October 2016.
  4. Pepper, Diarmuid (30 September 2019). "Collegeland secure Armagh Junior Championship after strong second half showing". The Irish News.
  5. O Meiscill, Padraig (21 September 2020). "Belleek and Forkhill to do it all again in Armagh JFC final". The Irish News.
  6. "Junior Championship Final Match Report". 20 September 2020.
  7. O Meiscill, Padraig (21 September 2020). "Belleek and Forkhill to do it all again in Armagh JFC final". The Irish News.
  8. Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Thursday, December 01, 2005; Page: 45
  9. "Brackaville 0-11 An Port Mor 2-09". Belfast Telegraph. 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022.
  10. "Ulster club JFC: McCormack the difference for Annaghmore". Hogan Stand. 3 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022.
  11. "Clinical Keady ease to Junior Final win". 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021.
  12. "Armagh Junior final: Tullysaran win first ever club c'ship". The Irish News. 5 October 2015.
  13. "Monaghan opposition next for Clonmore after Armagh title win". The Irish News. 20 October 2016.
  14. "Photos: Junior Football Final 2017". 9 October 2017. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021.
  15. Kelly, Padraig (10 October 2018). "GAA Matchbox: Intermediate and Junior games this weekend (Sat and Sun Oct 20 and 21)". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. The most important of those was the Armagh final when they won their second title in four years with Ryan Donnelly hitting eight points in their 0-18 to 0-13 win against former Ulster champions An Port Mor.
  16. Pepper, Diarmuid (30 September 2019). "Collegeland overcome Derrynoose to claim Armagh Junior Championship". The Irish News.
  17. Pepper, Diarmuid (30 September 2019). "Collegeland secure Armagh Junior Championship after strong second half showing". The Irish News.
  18. Archer, Kenny (24 November 2021). "Belleek future looking brighter — and firmer — on and off the pitch". The Irish News.
  19. "Derrynoose finally end championship famine". 10 October 2022.
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