Beara Junior A Football Championship

Beara Junior A Football Championship
Beara Junior A Football Championship
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1927;97 years ago
Region	Beara (GAA)
No. of teams	0
Title holders	Urhan (28th title)
Most titles	Urhan (28 titles)
Official website	Carbery GAA

Last updated October 31, 2024

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.

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
10	St. Brendan’s	0	1	—	1968

List of finals

List of Beara JAFC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
Year	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		Adrigole
1968	Adrigole		St. Brendan's
1967	Castletownbere		Adrigole
1966	Adrigole		St. Mary's
1965	Castletownbere		Adrigole
1964	St. Mary's		Garnish
1963	Castletownbere		Garnish
1962	Adrigole		Bere Island
1961	Adrigole		Garnish
1960	Urhan		Garnish
1959	Urhan		Castletownbere
1958	Urhan		Garnish
1957
1956	Urhan		Bere Island
1955	Urhan		Castletownbere
1954	St. Mary's		Bere Island
1953	Garnish		Urhan
1952	Garnish		Glengarriff
1951	Garnish		Castletownbere
1950	Urhan		Castletownbere
1949	Castletownbere		Bere Island
1948	Garnish		Lauragh
1947	Castletownbere		Urhan
1945–1946	No championship
1944	Urhan		Garnish
1943	Urhan		Bere Island
1942	Bere Island		Castletownbere
1941	Bere Island		Adrigole
1940	Garnish		Eyeries
1939	Bere Island		Eyeries
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

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)

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References

↑ 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.

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[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.

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