Down Junior Football Championship

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Down Junior Football Championship
Irish Cluiche Ceannais Péil An Dúin
Founded1920
Title holders Colours of London.svg Teconnaught (3rd title)
Most titles Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar
Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
(6 titles)
SponsorsThe 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]

Contents

Teconnaught are the title holders (2022) defeating Dromara in the Final.

History

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]

Honours

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.

Finals listed by year

(r) = replay

YearWinnerScoreScoreOpponent
1920 Colours of Castlewellan GAC.jpg Castlewellan
1927 Colours of Sligo.svg Kilcoo
1928Drumnaconnor
1929Ballylough
1930 Colours of London.svg Burren
1932 Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint
1933Kilkeel
1934Gargory
1935Burrenbridge
1936 Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar
1937 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenn
1939Kilkeel
1940 Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint
1941 Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar
1942 Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief
1943ArdtoleBallylough
1944 Colours of Down.svg Clann na Banna
1945 Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar
1946 Colours of Tipperary.svg Saul
1947 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tullylish* Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief
1948Barnmeen
1949 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tullylish*0–030–02Ballynahinch
1950Kilkeel
1951 Colours of Sligo.svg Dromara
1952 Colours of London.svg Burren
1953Magheral
1954 Colours of Laois.svg Loughinisland
1955 Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar
1956Cabra Harps
1957 Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum
1958 Colours of Laois.svg Loughinisland
1959 Colours of Down.svg Clann na Banna
1960Kilkeel
1961 Colours of London.svg RGU Downpatrick
1962 Colours of Donegal.svg Bryansford
1963 Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps
1964 Colours of Tipperary.svg Saul
1965 Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
1966 Colours of Offaly.svg Liatroim Fontenoys
1967 Colours of Donegal.svg Bryansford
1968 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tullylish
1969 Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
1970 Colours of London.svg Saval
1971Greencastle
1972 Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps
1973 Colours of London.svg Newry Shamrocks II
1974 Colours of Down.svg Clann na Banna
1975 Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin
1976 Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum
1977Greencastle
1978 Colours of Cork.svg Newry Mitchels
1979 Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall Colours of Cork.svg Longstone
1980 Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone
1981 Colours of Dublin.svg Mayobridge
1982 Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone
1983 Colours of Donegal.svg Annsborough Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
1984 Colours of London.svg RGU Downpatrick
1985 Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
1986 Colours of Wexford.svg Carryduff
1987 Colours of Cork.svg St Michael's
1988 Colours of Offaly.svg Liatroim Fontenoys
1989 Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
1990 Colours of Donegal.svg Annsborough0-110-7 Colours of Castlewellan GAC.jpg Castlewellan II
1991 Colours of Cork.svg St Michael's
1993 Colours of Castlewellan GAC.jpg Castlewellan II
1994 Colours of Donegal.svg Ardglass Colours of London.svg Darragh Cross
1995 Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar Colours of Donegal.svg Bright
1996 Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief Colours of Donegal.svg Bright
1997 MaroonSkyblue.png Glasdrumman [7] Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum
1998 Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar Colours of London.svg Darragh Cross
1999 Colours of Down.svg Clann na Banna Colours of Donegal.svg Bright
2000 Colours of Donegal.svg Ardglass
2001 Colours of Cork.svg Newry Mitchels
2002 Colours of Donegal.svg Ardglass
2003 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenn
2004 Colours of Cork.svg St Michael's
2005 Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum Colours of Donegal.svg Bright
2006 Colours of Galway.svg Bredagh [8]
1–08 (r)
0–05 (r)		 Colours of London.svg Teconnaught
 
2007 Colours of Tipperary.svg Newry Bosco 2–110–02 Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
2008 RedYellow.png St John's0–090–05 Colours of Donegal.svg Bright
2009 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenn1–121–08 Colours of London.svg Teconnaught
2010 Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness1–121–06 Colours of Tipperary.svg Newry Bosco
2011 [9] Colours of Galway.svg Bredagh 4–100–09 Colours of Sligo.svg Dromara
2012 [10] [11] Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum0–150–06 Colours of Cork.svg Aghaderg
2013 [12] [13] Colours of London.svg Teconnaught
0–08
1–09 (r)		0–08
0–08 (r)		 Colours of Sligo.svg Dromara
 
2014 [14] Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness0–140–08 Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief
2015 [15] MaroonSkyblue.png Glasdrumman2–112–07 Colours of Donegal.svg Ardglass
2016 [16] [17] Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath
1–07
4–16 (r)		0–10
0–05 (r)		 Colours of London.svg Teconnaught
 
2017 Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum [18] 0–141–02 Colours of Donegal.svg Bright
2018 [19] Colours of London.svg Teconnaught0–080–07 Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief
2019 [20] Colours of Donegal.svg Bright1–140–15 Colours of London.svg Aughlisnafin [21]
2020 [22] Colours of Tipperary.svg St Paul's2–060–10 Colours of London.svg Aughlisnafin [23]
2021 [24] [25] Colours of London.svg Aughlisnafin2–112–08 Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum
2022 Colours of London.svg Teconnaught [26] 1–130–12 Colours of Sligo.svg Dromara
2023 [27] Drumaness3-081-10Ardglass
2024Dromara2-081-09Aughlisnafin

Wins listed by club

#TeamWinsYears won
1 Colours of Laois.svg Drumaness
7
1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 2010, 2014, 2023
Colours of Tipperary.svg Ballykinlar
6
1936, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1995, 1998
3 Colours of Cork.svg Dundrum
5
1957, 1976, 2005, 2012, 2017
4Kilkeel
4
1933, 1939, 1950, 1960
Colours of Down.svg Clann na Banna1944, 1959, 1974, 1999
6 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Glenn
3
1937, 2003, 2009
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tullylish
* as St Patrick's, Laurencetown [28] 		1947*, 1949*, 1968
Colours of Cork.svg St Michael's1987, 1991, 2004
Colours of Donegal.svg Ardglass1994, 2000, 2002
Colours of London.svg Teconnaught2013, 2018, 2022
11Annsborough
2
1983, 1990
Colours of London.svg Burren 1930, 1952
Colours of Laois.svg Warrenpoint 1932, 1940
Colours of Mayo.svg Kilclief 1942, 1996
Colours of Tipperary.svg Saul1946, 1964
Colours of Laois.svg Loughinisland 1954, 1958
Colours of London.svg RGU Downpatrick 1961, 1984
Colours of Donegal.svg Bryansford 1962, 1967
Colours of Donegal.svg Ballyholland Harps1963, 1972
Colours of Offaly.svg Liatroim Fontenoys 1966, 1988
Greencastle1971, 1977
Colours of Cork.svg Newry Mitchels 1978, 2001
Colours of Mayo.svg Annaclone1980, 1982
MaroonSkyblue.png Glasdrumman1997, 2015
Colours of Galway.svg Bredagh 2006, 2011
25 Colours of Castlewellan GAC.jpg Castlewellan
1
1920
Colours of Sligo.svg Kilcoo 1927
Drumnaconnor1928
Ballylough1929
Gargory1934
Burrenbridge1935
Ardtole1943
Barnmeen1948
Colours of Sligo.svg Dromara1951
Magheral1953
Cabra Harps1956
Colours of London.svg Saval1970
Colours of London.svg Newry Shamrocks II1973
Colours of Kildare.svg Ballymartin1975
Colours of Offaly.svg Atticall1979
Colours of Dublin.svg Mayobridge 1981
Colours of Wexford.svg Carryduff1986
Colours of Castlewellan GAC.jpg Castlewellan II 1993
Colours of Tipperary.svg Newry Bosco 2007
RedYellow.png St John's2008
Colours of Galway.svg Drumgath 2016
Colours of Donegal.svg Bright2019
Colours of Tipperary.svg St Paul's2020
Colours of London.svg Aughlisnafin2021

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  2. ↑ "Previews: Down Senior, Intermediate and Junior Football finals". Gaelic Life . 13 October 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Glasdrumman reign over brave Ardglass". Down Recorder . 14 October 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2022. Connaire Harrison's virtuoso display brought the Down Junior Football Championship title back to Glasdrumman for the first time since 1997.
  8. ↑ Mohan, David (13 October 2011). "Bredagh claim junior football title in style" . Retrieved 3 December 2022. 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.
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