Down Junior Football Championship | |
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Irish | Cluiche Ceannais Péil An Dúin |
Founded | 1920 |
Title holders | Teconnaught (3rd title) |
Most titles | Ballykinlar Drumaness (6 titles) |
Sponsors | The Parador Lodge [1] |
The Down Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Down GAA clubs. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1920. The national media covers the competition. [2] [3]
Teconnaught are the title holders (2022) defeating Dromara in the Final.
In the 2016 final Drumgath held Teconnaught in what was a surprising result. [4] Drumgath then had a landslide win in the replay to secure their first ever JFC crown. [5]
The trophy presented to the winners is the ? The winners of the Down Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship. [6] The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. Also, the winners of the Down Junior Championship automatically qualify for the following season's Intermediate Championship.
(r) = replay
Year | Winner | Score | Score | Opponent |
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1920 | Castlewellan | |||
1927 | Kilcoo | |||
1928 | Drumnaconnor | |||
1929 | Ballylough | |||
1930 | Burren | |||
1932 | Warrenpoint | |||
1933 | Kilkeel | |||
1934 | Gargory | |||
1935 | Burrenbridge | |||
1936 | Ballykinlar | |||
1937 | Glenn | |||
1939 | Kilkeel | |||
1940 | Warrenpoint | |||
1941 | Ballykinlar | |||
1942 | Kilclief | |||
1943 | Ardtole | Ballylough | ||
1944 | Clann na Banna | |||
1945 | Ballykinlar | |||
1946 | Saul | |||
1947 | Tullylish* | Kilclief | ||
1948 | Barnmeen | |||
1949 | Tullylish* | 0–03 | 0–02 | Ballynahinch |
1950 | Kilkeel | |||
1951 | Dromara | |||
1952 | Burren | |||
1953 | Magheral | |||
1954 | Loughinisland | |||
1955 | Ballykinlar | |||
1956 | Cabra Harps | |||
1957 | Dundrum | |||
1958 | Loughinisland | |||
1959 | Clann na Banna | |||
1960 | Kilkeel | |||
1961 | RGU Downpatrick | |||
1962 | Bryansford | |||
1963 | Ballyholland Harps | |||
1964 | Saul | |||
1965 | Drumaness | |||
1966 | Liatroim Fontenoys | |||
1967 | Bryansford | |||
1968 | Tullylish | |||
1969 | Drumaness | |||
1970 | Saval | |||
1971 | Greencastle | |||
1972 | Ballyholland Harps | |||
1973 | Newry Shamrocks II | |||
1974 | Clann na Banna | |||
1975 | Ballymartin | |||
1976 | Dundrum | |||
1977 | Greencastle | |||
1978 | Newry Mitchels | |||
1979 | Atticall | Longstone | ||
1980 | Annaclone | |||
1981 | Mayobridge | |||
1982 | Annaclone | |||
1983 | Annsborough | Drumaness | ||
1984 | RGU Downpatrick | |||
1985 | Drumaness | |||
1986 | Carryduff | |||
1987 | St Michael's | |||
1988 | Liatroim Fontenoys | |||
1989 | Drumaness | |||
1991 | St Michael's | |||
1993 | Castlewellan II | |||
1994 | Ardglass | Darragh Cross | ||
1995 | Ballykinlar | Bright | ||
1996 | Kilclief | Bright | ||
1997 | Glasdrumman [7] | Dundrum | ||
1998 | Ballykinlar | Darragh Cross | ||
1999 | Clann na Banna | Bright | ||
2000 | Ardglass | |||
2001 | Newry Mitchels | |||
2002 | Ardglass | |||
2003 | Glenn | |||
2004 | St Michael's | |||
2005 | Dundrum | Bright | ||
2006 | Bredagh [8] | 1–08 (r) | 0–05 (r) | Teconnaught |
2007 | Newry Bosco | 2–11 | 0–02 | Drumaness |
2008 | St John's | 0–09 | 0–05 | Bright |
2009 | Glenn | 1–12 | 1–08 | Teconnaught |
2010 | Drumaness | 1–12 | 1–06 | Newry Bosco |
2011 [9] | Bredagh | 4–10 | 0–09 | Dromara |
2012 [10] [11] | Dundrum | 0–15 | 0–06 | Aghaderg |
2013 [12] [13] | Teconnaught | 0–08 1–09 (r) | 0–08 0–08 (r) | Dromara |
2014 [14] | Drumaness | 0–14 | 0–08 | Kilclief |
2015 [15] | Glasdrumman | 2–11 | 2–07 | Ardglass |
2016 [16] [17] | Drumgath | 1–07 4–16 (r) | 0–10 0–05 (r) | Teconnaught |
2017 | Dundrum [18] | 0–14 | 1–02 | Bright |
2018 [19] | Teconnaught | 0–08 | 0–07 | Kilclief |
2019 [20] | Bright | 1–14 | 0–15 | Aughlisnafin [21] |
2020 [22] | St Paul's | 2–06 | 0–10 | Aughlisnafin [23] |
2021 [24] [25] | Aughlisnafin | 2–11 | 2–08 | Dundrum |
2022 | Teconnaught [26] | 1–13 | 0–12 | Dromara |
# | Team | Wins | Years won |
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1 | Ballykinlar | 6 | 1936, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1995, 1998 |
Drumaness | 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 2010, 2014 | ||
3 | Dundrum | 5 | 1957, 1976, 2005, 2012, 2017 |
4 | Kilkeel | 4 | 1933, 1939, 1950, 1960 |
Clann na Banna | 1944, 1959, 1974, 1999 | ||
6 | Glenn | 3 | 1937, 2003, 2009 |
Tullylish * as St Patrick's, Laurencetown [27] | 1947*, 1949*, 1968 | ||
St Michael's | 1987, 1991, 2004 | ||
Ardglass | 1994, 2000, 2002 | ||
Teconnaught | 2013, 2018, 2022 | ||
11 | Burren | 2 | 1930, 1952 |
Warrenpoint | 1932, 1940 | ||
Kilclief | 1942, 1996 | ||
Saul | 1946, 1964 | ||
Loughinisland | 1954, 1958 | ||
RGU Downpatrick | 1961, 1984 | ||
Bryansford | 1962, 1967 | ||
Ballyholland Harps | 1963, 1972 | ||
Liatroim Fontenoys | 1966, 1988 | ||
Greencastle | 1971, 1977 | ||
Newry Mitchels | 1978, 2001 | ||
Annaclone | 1980, 1982 | ||
Glasdrumman | 1997, 2015 | ||
Bredagh | 2006, 2011 | ||
25 | Castlewellan | 1 | 1920 |
Kilcoo | 1927 | ||
Drumnaconnor | 1928 | ||
Ballylough | 1929 | ||
Gargory | 1934 | ||
Burrenbridge | 1935 | ||
Ardtole | 1943 | ||
Barnmeen | 1948 | ||
Dromara | 1951 | ||
Magheral | 1953 | ||
Cabra Harps | 1956 | ||
Saval | 1970 | ||
Newry Shamrocks II | 1973 | ||
Ballymartin | 1975 | ||
Atticall | 1979 | ||
Mayobridge | 1981 | ||
Annsborough | 1983 | ||
Carryduff | 1986 | ||
Castlewellan II | 1993 | ||
Newry Bosco | 2007 | ||
St John's | 2008 | ||
Drumgath | 2016 | ||
Bright | 2019 | ||
St Paul's | 2020 | ||
Aughlisnafin | 2021 | ||
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This is the first time the South Belfast men have claimed the title since their maiden success back in 2006 and they will now enter the Ulster Junior Championship on October 30 when they will play the Donegal champions.
Just as in the county final against Bright, Dundrum sent for Paul McComiskey at this stage of the game, but Belnaleck continued to plunder scores through Bryan Owens, Dermot Lewsley, Darragh McGurn and the accurate McBrien to take an eight-point lead.
The 'Fin have reached the junior final in the last two years, losing on both occasions, but have looked a real force to be reckoned with en route to tonight's clash.
The 'Fin have reached the junior final in the last two years, losing on both occasions, but have looked a real force to be reckoned with en route to tonight's clash.