Clare Junior A Football Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Soisear A Peile an Chláir |
Founded | 1922 |
No. of teams | 10 |
Title holders | ![]() |
Most titles | Éire Óg & Kilmurry-Ibrickane (7 titles) |
Sponsors | Martin Murphy Building & Civil Contractors Ltd. |
The Clare Junior A Football Championship (abbreviated to Clare JAFC) is an annual GAA club competition organised by the Clare County Board for gaelic football clubs below the Intermediate and Senior grades. It is contested by the top-ranking junior clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is the third-tier adult competition of the Clare football pyramid.
The Clare JAFC was introduced in 1922 as a county-wide competition for gaelic football clubs deemed not eligible for the Senior grade, and was also opened in later years to the second-, third-, or fourth-string teams from higher-ranked clubs.
In 2025 the Clare County Board introduced the Premier Junior B grade to the Clare football pyramid, with every grade below the twelve-team Senior and Intermediate grades becoming a new or updated competition.
The winners of the Clare JAFC are promoted to the Clare Intermediate Football Championship for the following year.
The current (2025) champions are Killimer who defeated Lissycasey by 0-17 to 1-13, to win their first title since 2023, and second overall at this grade.
The winners of the Clare JAFC also qualify to represent Clare in the Munster Junior Club Football Championship. However, if a second-, third-, or fourth-string team wins the Clare JFC, the highest finishing first-string team qualifies instead.
Three Clare clubs have reached the Munster junior club final:
No Clare club has progressed to the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.
# | Club | Wins | Years won |
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1. | ![]() | 7 | 1927 (as Ennis Dals), 1943 (as Ennis Dals), 1968, 1975, 2001, 2013 [2] , 2018 [3] |
![]() | 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933 (as Quilty), 1950 (as Mullagh), 1994, 2006, 2012 | ||
3. | ![]() | 6 | 1922, 1958, 1964, 1983, 1999, 2015 |
![]() | 1948 (as Carrigaholt), 1991, 1997, 2005, 2014, 2017 [4] | ||
5. | ![]() | 5 | 1945, 1953, 1966, 1984, 2008 |
![]() | 1931, 1934, 1947, 1977, 2010 | ||
![]() | 1926, 1970, 1974, 1990, 1996 | ||
8. | ![]() | 4 | 1942 (as Ballycorick), 1963 (as Moohane), 1969, 2000 |
![]() | 1938 (as Caherea), 1971, 1981, 1992 | ||
![]() | 1946 (as Belharbour), 1962, 1980, 2019, 2024 | ||
11. | ![]() | 3 | 1936, 1982, 2012 |
![]() | 1965, 1988, 1998 | ||
![]() | 1973, 1987, 2021 [5] | ||
![]() | 1937, 1955, 1956 (as Cahermurphy) | ||
![]() | 1944, 1951 (as Ballykett), 1954 (as Ballykett) | ||
![]() | 1940, 1961, 1995 | ||
![]() | 1923, 1924, 1949 | ||
18. | ![]() | 2 | 2004, 2009 |
![]() | 1928, 1939 | ||
![]() | 2023, 2025 [6] | ||
![]() | 1985, 2022 | ||
![]() | 2011 (as Meelick), 2016 (as Meelick) | ||
![]() | 1952, 1960 | ||
![]() | 1941, 1959 | ||
![]() | 1935 (as Doolin), 1979 | ||
![]() | 1989, 1993 | ||
![]() | 1967, 1972 | ||
28. | ![]() | 1 | 2003 (as Ballyvaughan) |
![]() | 1978 | ||
![]() | 2002 | ||
![]() | 1986 | ||
![]() | 2007 | ||
Shannon Rangers | 1957 | ||
St Cronan's, Ennis | 1976 | ||
![]() | 2020 [7] | ||
Official Result of 1925 to be Confirmed |