Armagh Junior Football Championship

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Armagh Junior Football Championship
Irish Craobh Sóiseareach Peile Ard Mhacha
Founded1925
TrophySean Quinn Perpetual Cup [1]
Title holders Clann Eireann IIs (1st title)
Most titles Keady (5 titles)
SponsorsCormac Leonard Commercials

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]

Contents

Clann Eireann IIs are the title holders (2023) defeating Ballyhagen 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

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
1925 Keady
1926 Crossmaglen Rangers
1927 Keady
1928Young Irelands
1929Young Irelands
1930 Wolfe Tone
1931 Clan na Gael
1932 Killeavy
1933 Keady
1934Jonesborough
1935 Whitecross
1936Bessbrook
1937 Maghery Silverbridge
1938Bessbrook
1939Newtownhamilton
1940 Whitecross
1941 Shane O'Neill's 0-10 Ballyhegan 1-02
1942 Mullaghbawn
1943 Crossmaglen Rangers
1944 Crossmaglen Rangers
1945 Clann Éireann
1946Newtownhamilton Ballymacnab
1947St Peter's
1948 Clan na Gael
1949 Sarsfields
1950Newtownhamilton
1951 Culloville Blues
1952 Pearse Óg
1953 Madden
1954Blackwatertown
1955 Ballyhegan
1956 Collegeland
1957 Harps
1958 Maghery
1959 Silverbridge Ballyhegan
1960 Mullaghbawn
1961 Ballyhegan
1962 Maghery
1963Derrynoose
1964† Dorsey
1965Tír na nÓg
1966 Dromintee
1967St Peter's
1968 Clan na Gael II
1969 Whitecross Ballymacnab
1970 Annaghmore
1971 Granemore Ballymacnab
1972 Grange Ballymacnab
1973Derrynoose
1974 Middletown
1975 Culloville Blues
1976 Keady
1977Clady
1978 St Paul's, Lurgan
1979 Grange
1980 Killeavy
1981 Forkhill
1982 Corrinshego
1983Mullaghbrack
1984 Dromintee
1985 Éire Óg
1986 Mullaghbawn
1987 St Michael's
1988 Collegeland
1989 Annaghmore
1990 Granemore
1991An Port Mór Madden
1992Clady
1993 Madden Ballymacnab
1994 Shane O'Neill's 1-13 Ballymacnab 2-08
1995 Ballyhegan
1996 Whitecross
1997O'Hanlon's
1998 Granemore
1999 Ballymacnab 2-05 Belleeks 0-07
2000 Wolfe Tone
2001Belleeks
2002 Crossmaglen II
2003 Annaghmore
2004Lissummon
2005 Clonmore An Port Mór
2006An Port Mór Collegeland
2007 Collegeland Clady
2008 Middletown
2009 Shane O'Neill's 0-13Belleeks0-07
2010 Grange
2011 Éire Óg 3-07 Clonmore 1-06
2012An Port Mór2-11 Annaghmore 2-08
2013 [10] [ additional citation(s) needed ] 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 0-18An Port Mór0-13
2019 [16] [17] Collegeland 1-12Derrynoose St Mochua's1-09
2020 Forkhill 3-10Belleeks1-10
2021 [18] Belleeks2-09 Forkhill 1-12
2022 [19] Derrynoose St Mochua's2-14Lissummon0-07
2023Clann Eireann IIs4-12Ballyhagen1-08
Notes

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

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