Cork Junior C Football Championship

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Cork Junior C Football Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2025 Cork Junior C Football Championship
Irish Craobh Peile Shóisearach C Chorcaí
Code Gaelic football
Founded2016;9 years ago (2016)
Region Colours of Cork.svg Cork (GAA)
No. of teams9
Title holders Colours of Kerry.svg Castlelyons (1st title)
Most titles Colours of Cork.svg Lough Rovers (2 titles)
Sponsors Bon Secours
Official website Cork GAA

The Cork Junior C Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Junior C Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JCFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by junior clubs in the county of Cork in Ireland. It is the eight tier overall in the entire Cork football championship system.

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The Cork Junior C Championship was introduced in 2016. In its current format, the championship is completed over the course of ten weeks. Unlike the Cork Junior A Football Championship, it is a countywide competition not limited to divisional champions. The championship includes a round robin followed by a knockout stage, which culminates with the final match at Páirc Uí Rinn.

The competition has been won by 9 teams, 1 of which have won it more than once. Lough Rovers are the most successful team in the competition's history, having won it 2 times. Castlelyons are the title holders, defeating Rochestown by 3–09 to 1–10 in the 2025 final. [1]

Format

Group stage

The 10 teams are divided into one group of four and two groups of three. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: The eight qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The four winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The four quarter-final winners contest this round. The two winners from these four games advance to the semi-finals.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Teams

2025 Teams

TeamLocationDivisionColoursPosition in 2025In championship sinceChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Kerry.svg Abbey Rovers Castletownroche Avondhu Green and goldGroup stage202312018
Colours of Kerry.svg Castlelyons Castlelyons Imokilly Green and goldChampions202512025
Colours of Galway.svg Freemount Freemount Duhallow Maroon and whiteGroup stage20170
Colours of Clare.svg Gleann Na Laoi Kerry Pike Muskerry Yellow and blueGroup stage20160
Colours of Antrim.svg Grange Grange Avondhu Yellow and whiteQuarter-finals20230
Colours of Cork.svg Lough Rovers Carrigrohane Seandún Red and whiteSemi-finals202322020
Colours of Laois.svg RathpeaconRathpeacon Seandún Blue and whiteSemi-finals20190
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Rochestown Rochestown Seandún Black and amberRunners-up20220
Flag of Naples.svg St John's Kilcorney Duhallow Red and amberQuarter-finals202112019

List of finals

List of Cork JCFC finals [2]

YearWinnersRunners-up#
ClubScoreClubScore
2025 Castlelyons 3–09 Rochestown 1–10
2024 Ballinacurra 3–11 Grange 1–12
2023 Lismire 2–09 Ballinacurra 0–3 [3]
2022Ballyphehane4–09 Freemount 0–06 [4]
2021 Araglen 4–09 Lismire 0–09 [5]
2020 Lough Rovers 2–13 Freemount 1-06 [6]
2019 St John's 2–09Ballyphehane1–05
2018 Abbey Rovers 0–13 Freemount 0–11
2017 Lough Rovers 2–07 St John's 0–09
2016 Goleen 1–13 Abbey Rovers 3–05

Roll of Honour

By club

#TeamTitlesRunners-upChampionships wonChampionships runner-up
1 Colours of Cork.svg Lough Rovers 202017, 2020
2 Colours of Kerry.svg Abbey Rovers 1120182016
Flag of Naples.svg St John's 1120192017
Colours of Laois.svg Ballyphehane1120222019
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Lismire 1120232021
Colours of Laois.svg Ballinacurra 1120242023
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Goleen 102016
Colours of Limerick.svg Araglen 102021
Colours of Kerry.svg Castlelyons 102025
10 Colours of Galway.svg Freemount 032018, 2020, 2022
Grange012024
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Rochestown 012025

By Division

DivisionTitlesRunners-UpTotal
Colours of Cork.svg Seandún 325
Duhallow.png Duhallow 257
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Avondhu 224
Colours of Cork.svg Imokilly 213
Colours of Wexford.svg Carbery 101
Colours of Cork.svg Beara 000
Colours of Cork.svg Carrigdhoun 000
Colours of Limerick.svg Muskerry 000

See also

References

  1. "League – Cork GAA" . Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  2. "Junior C FC – Cork GAA" . Retrieved 3 October 2025.
  3. "Lismire capture Junior C title after tight tussle with Ballinacurra". The Echo . 14 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  4. "2022".
  5. "2021".
  6. "2020".