Beara Junior A Football Championship

Beara Junior A Football Championship
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1927;98 years ago (1927)
Region	Beara (GAA)
No. of teams	0
Title holders	Urhan (28th title)
Most titles	Urhan (28 titles)
Official website	Carbery GAA

The Beara Junior A Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Beara Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1927 for junior Gaelic football teams in the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Ireland.

The championship is currently suspended because there are no teams categorised as junior A in the division. ^[1] The title has been won at least once by eight different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Urhan, who have won a total of 28 titles.

The Beara Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior A Football Championship. The winners of the Beara championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Beara Junior A Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship.

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championships won	Championships runner-up
1	Urhan	28	16	1927, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019	1932, 1947, 1953, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
2	Adrigole	22	11	1929, 1938, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006	1930, 1933, 1941, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1992
3	Garnish	18	23	1928, 1932, 1940, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1978, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018	1929, 1935, 1938, 1944, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019
4	Castletownbere	10	14	1947, 1949, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977	1942, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
5	Bere Island	7	10	1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1981, 1985	1928, 1934, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1962, 1984, 1986
6	St. Mary's, Ardgroom	2	2	1954, 1964	1966, 1970
7	Glengarriff	1	7	2009	1952, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015
	Allihies	1	2	1935	1927, 1936
	Lauragh	1	1	1937	1948
10	Eyeries	0	2	—	1939, 1940
	St. Brendan’s	0	1	—	1968

List of finals

List of Beara JAFC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2023–present	No championship
2020–2022	Urhan represented the division
2019	Urhan	2-10	Garnish	1-09
2018	Garnish	0-11	Urhan	0-07
2017	Garnish	0-13	Urhan	0-09
2016	Garnish	0-09	Urhan	0-07
2015	Urhan	5-18	Glengarriff	0-06
2014	Garnish		Glengarriff
2013	Garnish		Urhan
2012	Urhan		Garnish
2011	Urhan		Garnish
2010	Urhan		Glengarriff
2009	Glengarriff		Garnish
2008	Urhan	1-09	Garnish	0-07
2007	Urhan	2-11	Glengarriff	1-07
2006	Adrigole	0-11	Urhan	2-04
2005	Adrigole	0-13	Garnish	0-06
2004	Adrigole	1-17	Urhan	1-06
2003	Garnish	2-07, 1-15, 1-12	Urhan	1-10, 2-12, 1-09
2002	Adrigole	1-09	Garnish	0-04
2001	Adrigole	0-15	Urhan	1-07
2000	Adrigole	1-11	Garnish	1-05
1999	Adrigole	0-13, 2-12	Garnish	0-13, 0-07
1998	Adrigole	1-13	Castletownbere	0-08
1997	Garnish	0-12	Castletownbere	0-05
1996	Garnish	0-15	Castletownbere	1-06
1995	Garnish	3-14	Glengarriff	1-08
1994	Adrigole	1-10	Castletownbere	0-06
1993	Adrigole	0-13	Glengarriff	0-07
1992	Urhan	2-10	Adrigole	1-08
1991	Urhan	1-10	Garnish	1-05
1990	Urhan	1-08	Garnish	1-10
1989	Adrigole	0-10, 0-08	Urhan	1-07, 0-07
1988	Urhan	3-08	Castletownbere	1-05
1987	Urhan	0-09	Adrigole	0-07
1986	Adrigole	1-09	Bere Island	1-04
1985	Bere Island	2-05	Adrigole	0-05
1984	Adrigole	2-08	Bere Island	1-03
1983	Urhan	0-13	Garnish	1-03
1982	Urhan	0-13	Castletownbere	2-06
1981	Bere Island	2-10	Castletownbere	2-05
1980	Urhan	1-10, 2-10	Garnish	2-07, 3-06
1979	Garnish	1-15	Adrigole	1-03
1978	Garnish	0-09	Urhan	0-08
1977	Castletownbere	1-06	Urhan	0-04
1976	Castletownbere	1-11	Garnish	1-06
1975	Castletownbere	2-14	Urhan	1-04
1974	Castletownbere	3-09	Adrigole	0-14
1973	Urhan	2-05	Castletownbere	0-10
1972	Adrigole	1-11	Urhan	2-05
1971	Adrigole	3-08	Castletownbere	2-06
1970	Adrigole	w/o	St. Mary's	scr.
1969	Castletownbere	0-11	Adrigole	0-04
1968	Adrigole	2-11	St. Brendan's	1-00
1967	Castletownbere	0-09	Adrigole	1-01
1966	Adrigole	3-10	St. Mary's	0-05
1965	Castletownbere	1-09	Adrigole	2-04
1964	St. Mary's	1-09	Garnish	1-03
1963	Castletownbere	1-04	Garnish	0-02
1962	Adrigole	3-06	Bere Island	0-03
1961	Adrigole	1-04	Garnish	0-03
1960	Urhan		Garnish
1959	Urhan	1-04	Castletownbere	1-03
1958	Urhan	2-03	Garnish	1-02
1957
1956	Urhan	1-06	Bere Island	0-02
1955	Urhan	0-06 (D), 2-05 (R)	Castletownbere	2-00 (D), 1-01 (R)
1954	St. Mary's	0-06 (D), W/O in replay	Bere Island	1-03 (D)
1953	Garnish	1-09	Urhan	0-04
1952	Garnish		Glengarriff
1951	Garnish	2-03 (D), 1-05 (R)	Castletownbere	2-03 (D), 0-02 (R)
1950	Urhan	2-03	Castletownbere	0-03
1949	Castletownbere	2-04	Bere Island	1-02
1948	Garnish	1-08	Lauragh	0-04
1947	Castletownbere	0-02	Urhan	0-02
1945–1946	No championship
1944	Urhan	1-07	Garnish	1-03
1943	Urhan	3-03	Bere Island	1-04
1942	Bere Island	4-07	Castletownbere	0-02
1941	Bere Island	2-04	Adrigole	0-03
1940	Garnish	1-04	Eyeries	0-03
1939	Bere Island	1-01	Eyeries	0-03
1938	Adrigole	0-02, 1-02	Garnish	0-02, 0-02
1937	Lauragh	4-01	Bere Island	0-06
1936	Bere Island	3-04	Allihies	1-03
1935	Allihies	2-00	Garnish	0-02
1934	Urhan	0-05	Bere Island	1-01
1933	Urhan		Adrigole
1932	Garnish		Urhan
1931	Urhan		N/A - League
1930	Bere Island	2-05	Adrigole	0-03
1929	Adrigole	1-02	Garnish	1-00
1928	Garnish		Bere Island
1927	Urhan	2-03	Allihies	2-02

Notes

• 1947 - Game abandoned, and awarded to Castletownbere
• 1957 - Final Urhan vs Garnish not played - Urhan selected to represent Beara
• 1960 - Not played - Adrigole suspended and Urhan selected to represent Beara after beating Garnish in the semi final

Records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Beara Junior A Football Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1920's: 1 each for Urhan (1926), Garnish (1928) and Adrigole (1929)
• 1930's: 3 each for Bere Island (1930, 36, 39) and Urhan (1931, 33, 34)
• 1940's: 2 each for Garnish (1940, 48), Bere Island (1941, 42), Urhan (1943, 44) and Castletownbere (1947, 49)
• 1950's: 5 for Urhan (1950, 55, 56, 58, 59)
• 1960's: 4 each for Adrigole (1961, 62, 66, 68) and Castletownbere (1963, 65, 67, 69)
• 1970's: 4 for Castletownbere (1974, 75, 76, 77)
• 1980's: 5 for Urhan (1980, 82, 83, 87, 88)
• 1990's: 4 for Adrigole (1993, 94, 98, 99)
• 2000's: 6 for Adrigole (2000, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06)
• 2010's: 5 each for Urhan (2010, 11, 12, 15, 19) and Garnish (2013, 14, 16, 17, 18)

See also

• Beara GAA

References

1. McCarthy, Kieran (27 January 2020). "Garnish re-grade, as Urhan are now the only junior A team in Beara". The Southern Star. Retrieved 9 May 2021.