All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship

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All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
Irish Craobh Shóisir Peile na mBan na hÉireann
Founded1985
TrophyWest County Hotel Cup [1]
Title holders Fermanagh (3rd title)
Most titles Louth
Fermanagh
Wicklow
Antrim (3 titles)
SponsorsTG4

The All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship is the third tier championship competition in the game of Ladies' Gaelic football played by women in Ireland. The series of games are organised by Ladies' Gaelic Football Association (Irish :Cumann Peil Gael na mBan) and are played during the early summer months with the All-Ireland Final being played in late July or early August. The winners of the competition are presented with the West County Hotel Cup.

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Competition format

Counties are divided into two groups and participate in a round robin series of games. The top two teams play in a knockout semi-final before the winners of each game proceed to the final.

The winners of the competition are promoted to the Intermediate Championship in the next season and are replaced by a team relegated from that tier. Unlike the men's Championship, the counties' Ladies' National Football League does not have any bearing in which championship tier they compete.

List of finals

The current holders are Down who won their second title after beating Limerick in the 2023 decider. This was Down's first year back in the Junior Championship having been relegated in 2022. They will compete in the Intermediate Championship in 2024.

List of All-Ireland Junior finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
CountyScoreCountyScore
2024 Fermanagh 1-11 Louth 0-12
2023 Down 1-08 Limerick 0-07
2022 [2] Antrim 1-13, 3-15 (R) Fermanagh 1-13, 0-11 (R)
2021 Wicklow 2-17 Antrim 1-09
2020 Fermanagh 2-09 Wicklow 0-12
2019 Louth 3-13 Fermanagh 2-06
2018 Limerick 5-06 Louth 0-08
2017 [3] [4] Fermanagh 3-07, 2-09 (R) Derry 2-10, 0-11 (R)
2016 Longford 4-10 Antrim 1-12
2015 Louth 4-12 Scotland 0-02
2014 [5] Wexford 1-12 New York 1-10
2013 [6] Offaly 2-11 Wexford 0-12
2012 [7] Antrim 3-09 Louth 0-07
2011 [a] [8] Wicklow 0-09, 2-10 (R) New York 0-09, 0-08 (R)
2010 [9] Limerick 4-10 Louth 3-08
2009 [10] Antrim 3-10 Limerick 2-08
2008 [11] London 5-05 Derry 1-11
2007 [12] Kilkenny 3-05 London 2-05
2006 [13] Sligo 0-08 Leitrim 0-04
2005 [14] Armagh 0-12 Sligo 0-09
2004 [15] Kildare 2-13 Sligo 3-05
2003 [16] Donegal 3-14 Kildare 0-12
2002 [17] Galway 2-17 Donegal 2-07
2001 [18] Roscommon 1-17 Kildare 0-08
2000 [19] Down 0-14 Galway 1-09
1999 [20] Tyrone 4-12 New York 2-04
1998 [21] Louth 4-08 Roscommon 2-09
1997 [22] Longford 2-12 Tyrone 1-11
1996 [23] Clare 5-09 Longford 4-09
1995 [24] Cork 4-08 Tyrone 3-02
1994 [25] Meath 5-13 Donegal 1-03
1993 [26] London 4-08 Donegal 0-03
1992 [27] Monaghan 2-08 London 2-06
1991 [28] Clare 1-08 London 0-02
1990 [29] Wicklow 3-03 London 2-01
1989 [30] [31] Dublin 1-08, 1-07 (R) Clare 2-05, 1-02 (R)
1988 [32] Leitrim 2-08 London 0-05
1987 [33] Mayo 4-10 Wexford 4-07
1986 Waterford 4-13 Wexford 0-00
1985 Galway 5-07 Cork 0-03

Notes

Winners Table

By county

CountyWinsRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Louth341998, 2015, 20192010, 2012, 2018, 2024
Fermanagh322017, 2020, 20242019, 2022
Antrim322009, 2012, 20222016, 2021
Wicklow311990, 2011, 20212020
London251993, 20081988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2007
Limerick222010, 20182009, 2023
Galway211985, 20022000
Clare211991, 19961989
Longford211997, 20161996
Down202000, 2023—
Donegal1320031993, 1994, 2002
Wexford1320141986, 1987, 2013
Tyrone1219991995, 1997
Kildare1220042001, 2003
Sligo1220062004, 2005
Leitrim1119882006
Cork1119951985
Roscommon1120011998
Waterford101986—
Mayo101987—
Dublin101989—
Monaghan101992—
Meath101994—
Armagh102005—
Kilkenny102007—
Offaly102013—
New York03—1999, 2011, 2014
Derry02—2008, 2017
Scotland01—2015

By province

CountyWinsRunners-upTotalMost recent win
Leinster1411252021
Ulster1211232024
Connacht65112006
Munster64102018
Britain2682008
North America033—

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