All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

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All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2025 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Irish Craobh Sóisear Peile na hÉireann
Code Gaelic Football
Founded1912
RegionIreland (GAA)
No. of teams5
Title holders Colors of New York.svg New York (3rd title)
Most titles Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry (20 titles)

The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name.

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Since 2022, the competition has involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams, It featured one team from Ireland who do not compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Kilkenny, New York, and the winners and runners up from the All-Britain Junior Football Championship, one team from which, London, does play in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship via the Connacht Senior Football Championship alongside New York. A second American team organized by the United States GAA, representing all other parts of the country outside New York, has entered the competition since 2024.

The current holders are New York, defeating London by 0-20 to 2-13 in the 2025 final. With three wins, New York are the most successful team in the post 2021 format.

Until 2021 the competition was previously held 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 within the county 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.

Kerry are the most successful county in the competition's history from this period, having lifted the title on twenty occasions.. The 2008 championship was won by Dublin for the first time since 1960. [1] Sligo defeated Kerry in 2010 to win their first title since 1935. [2] Ulster did not participate in the Junior Championship for a period, Cavan the 2014 champions represented Leinster in the absence of an Ulster competition. [3] [4]

History

Summary of champions

#CountyTitlesRunners-upTotal
1 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 20525
2 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 17320
3 Colours of London.svg London 62430
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 639
5 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 5712
Colours of Meath GAA.svg Meath 549
7 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 448
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 426
9 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 303
10 Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 235
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 213
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 213
Colors of New York.svg New York 212
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 202
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 202
16 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 123
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 112
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 112
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 112
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 112
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 101
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 101
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 101
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 101
Colours of Down.svg Down 101
26 Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 099
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire 044
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 044
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 022
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire 022
Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire 022
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 022
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 011
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 011

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)

ProvinceProvincial ChampionshipQualifying 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
Longford 1-13 – 1-12 Westmeath

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]

But in 2025 Quarter-finals were brought in.

Teams (4)

ProvinceProvincial ChampionshipQualifying teams
Britain GAA All-Britain Junior Football Championship Champions and runners-up
Leinster GAA Leinster Junior Football Championship Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
North America GAA N / A Colors of New York.svg New York

Teams

2025 Championship

Ten counties will compete in the 2025 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship:

County LocationStadiumProvincePosition in 2023 ChampionshipProvincial ChampionshipIn championship sinceProvincial TitlesLast Provincial TitleChampionship TitlesLast Championship Title
Colours of Donegal.svg Gloucestershire Gloucester St Peter's Rugby Football Club Britain Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)All-Britain Junior Football Championship—120080—
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire Watford Glen Rovers Football Club Britain Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)All-Britain Junior Football Championship—0—0—
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny Kilkenny Nowlan Park Leinster Runners-up Leinster Junior Football Championship —320181 2022
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire East Didsbury Old Bedians Britain Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)All-Britain Junior Football Championship—520160—
Colours of London.svg London South Ruislip McGovern Park Britain Semi-finalsAll-Britain Junior Football Championship—3202261995
Colors of New York.svg New York Bronx Gaelic Park North America ChampionsN / A—0—1 2023
Colours of Laois.svg Scotland Glasgow Tir Conaill Harps Britain Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)All-Britain Junior Football Championship—220190—
Colors of New York.svg United States Chicago Gaelic Park North America N / AN / A20240—0—
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Solihull Páirc na hÉireann Britain Semi-finalsAll-Britain Junior Football Championship—620230—
Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire Leeds John Charles Centre for Sport Britain Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)All-Britain Junior Football Championship—0—0—

Roll of Honour

Wins by County

Performances in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship by county
CountyTitle(s)Runners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 2051913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 1997, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1731951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1972, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 1966, 1986, 1992
Colours of London.svg London 6251938, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 19861929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2024, 2025
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 631914, 1916, 1939, 1948, 1960, 20081926, 1930, 1971
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 57 1933, 1950, 1957, 1995, 1997 1914, 1925, 1936, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2016
Colours of Meath GAA.svg Meath 541947, 1952, 1962, 1988, 20031996, 1999, 2005, 2017
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 441931, 1958, 1965, 1985 1994, 2003, 2018, 2019
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 42 1925, 1932, 1934, 1961 1912, 1928
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 30 1912, 1923, 1998-
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 231940, 2000 2006, 2008, 2009
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 211936, 20021969
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 211927, 2014 1941
Colors of New York.svg New York 312023, 2024, 20252022
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 201999, 2004-
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 201935, 2010 -
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 1219291915, 1940
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 1119371924
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1119731993
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 1119922007
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 1120222023
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 101926-
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone 101968-
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 101956-
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 101959-
Colours of Down.svg Down 10 1946 -
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire 09- 1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire 04-1949, 1953, 1958, 1963
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 04-1927, 1970, 2011, 2013
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 02-1913, 1923
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire 02-1965, 1972
Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire 02- 1961, 1983
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 02-1938, 2004
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 01-1916
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 01-1998

Wins by Province

Performances in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship by province
ProvinceTitle(s)Runners-upTotal
Flag of Munster.svg Munster 42951
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster 222345
Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht 131629
Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster 718
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Britain 64248
Flag of United States.svg North America 213

List of Finals

List of finals (since restructure)

YearDateWinnersRunners-upVenueWinning captain(s)Winning MarginReferee
CountyScoreCountyScore
2025 14 JulyNew York0-20London2-13 Croke Park
2024 14 JulyNew York0-13London0-12 Croke Park

Dylan Curran

1Conor Dourneen (Cavan)
2023 16 July New York 0-13 Kilkenny 1-09 Croke Park Danny Corridan1David Murnane (Cork)
2022 10 July Kilkenny 3-12 New York 1-09 Croke Park Mick Malone9B Tiernan (Dublin)

All finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
CountyScoreCountyScore
2025 New York 0-20 London 2-13
2024 New York 0-13 London 0-12
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
1974–82No 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
1945No Championship
1944No Championship
1943No Championship
1942No 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
1922No Championship
1921No Championship
1920No Championship
1919No Championship
1918No Championship
1917No 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

Team results (since the 2022 restructure)

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) 2024 (10)Years
Colours of Kerry.svg Gloucestershire BBB3
Colours of Kerry.svg Hertfordshire BBB3
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 1st2ndQF3
Colours of Clare.svg Lancashire BBB3
Colours of London.svg London SFSF2nd3
Colors of New York.svg New York 2nd1st1st3
Colours of Laois.svg Scotland BBB3
Colors of New York.svg United States ——SF1
Colours of Sligo.svg Warwickshire SFSFSF3
Colours of Laois.svg Yorkshire BBB3

Performances and statistics by province

ProvinceBiggest ContributorMost Recent Win
CountyNo.CountyYear
Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 5 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2010
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 6 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 2022
Flag of Munster.svg Munster Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 20 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 2019
Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 2 Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 2014
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Britain Colours of London.svg London 6 Colours of London.svg London 1986
North America Colors of New York.svg New York 2 Colors of New York.svg New York 2024

By decade

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

Other records

Finishing positions

  • Most championships
    • 20, Colours of Kerry GAA.svg 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
    • 25, Colours of London.svg 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, 2024)
  • Most semi-final finishes (2022–present)
  • Most quarter-final finishes (2022–present)
    • 1, Kilkenny (2024)

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:
  • 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

YearWinning captainCounty
2024 Colors of New York.svg Dylan Curran New York
2023 Colors of New York.svg Danny Corcoran New York
2022 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Mick Malone Kilkenny

See also

References

  1. ↑ HILL 16
  2. ↑ RTE report Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Cavan beat Scotland in Scotland to reach Junior All-Ireland final". Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Congress: All-Ireland junior football championship restored – HoganStand". hoganstand.com.
  6. ↑ "Late New York rally secures historic All-Ireland title". RTÉ . 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.
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  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.
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