Duhallow Junior A Football Championship

Duhallow Junior A Football Championship
Code	Gaelic Football
Founded	1933
Region	Duhallow (GAA)
No. of teams	7
Title holders	Castlemagner (8th title)
Most titles	Dromtarriffe (14 titles)
Sponsors	Castlecor Patatoes
Official website	https://duhallowgaacork.com/

The Duhallow Junior A Football Championship is the top footballing competition in the Duhallow division in Cork. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933. The Championship includes a group stage, therefore every team has at least 2 matches. The winners and runner up of this competition go on to compete in the Cork Junior A Football Championship.

Castlemagner are the title-holders, defeating Knocknagree by 2-11 to 0-07 in the 2024 championship final played in Lismire.

Format

Group stage

The 6 teams enter the group stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least five games. 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 four teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.^{[ citation needed ]}

Knockout stage

Semi-finals: The winners, runners-up, third-place and fourth-place from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.

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

Promotion and relegation

At the end of the championship, the winning team enters the Cork Junior A Football Championship and by winning this, they will be promoted to the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship for the following season. The bottom placed team from the group stage is relegated to the Duhallow Junior B Football Championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

Teams

As of 2025, the teams included: ^[1]

Club	Location	Colours	Position in 2024	In Championship since	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Castlemagner	Castlemagner	Black and amber	Champions	2003	8	2024
Kanturk	Kanturk	Green and white	Group stage	2020	5	2011
Kilbrin	Kilbrin	Blue and white	Semi-finals	2023	0	—
Knocknagree	Knocknagree	White and royal blue	Runners-up	—	12	2016
Lismire	Lismire	Black and amber	Junior B	2025	0	—
Lyre	Banteer	Black and white	Group stage	2007	2	2013
Millstreet	Millstreet	Green and yellow	—	2025	7	2014

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-Up	Championships won	Championships runner-up
1	Dromtarriffe	14	13	1933, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1995, 2005	1947, 1948, 1954, 1970, 1971, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2018
2	Knocknagree	12	11	1966, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2015, 2016	1940, 1962, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 2014, 2017, 2023, 2024
3	Boherbue	8	11	1935, 1972, 1988, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	1936, 1944, 1967, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 2001, 2008
	Newmarket	8	7	1949, 1950, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1993, 1998	1934, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1952, 1978, 1989
	Castlemagner	8	7	1947, 1948, 1952, 1957, 1960, 1961, 2023, 2024	1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966
6	Cullen	7	6	1936, 1939, 1967, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2022	1937, 1965, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2021
	Rockchapel	7	5	1976, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1987, 2001, 2012	1974, 1996, 2002, 2009, 2011
	Millstreet	7	5	1941, 1944, 1955, 1963, 1993, 2003, 2014	1933, 1939, 1946, 1998, 2012
	Kiskeam	7	4	1964, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002,	1960, 1985, 1991, 1995
10	Kanturk	5	10	1954, 1957, 1962, 2009, 2011	1943, 1950, 1961, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2010, 2022
11	Ballydesmond	4	5	1971, 1975, 1986, 2007	1969, 1972, 1976, 1979, 2005
12	Lyre	2	2	2010, 2013	2015, 2019
	Clondrohid	2	1	1940, 1942	1938
14	Banteer	1	0	1937	—
15	Araglin Desmonds	0	2	—	1949, 1951
	Glenlara	0	2	—	1956, 1958
	Kilcorney	0	1	—	1935

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up		#
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Castlemagner	2-11	Knocknagree	0-07	[2]
2023	Castlemagner	1-14	Knocknagree	0-07
2022	Cullen	4-16	Kanturk	1-02
2021	Boherbue	2-09	Cullen	1-10
2020	Boherbue	1-18	Cullen	0-06
2019	Boherbue	3-07	Lyre	0-10
2018	Boherbue	2-14, 0-07 (R)	Dromtarriffe	2-14, 0-06 (R)
2017	Boherbue	1-14, 1-12 (R)	Knocknagree	2-11, 0-14 (R)	[3]
2016	Knocknagree	1-12	Cullen	0-13	[4]
2015	Knocknagree	1-12, 1-12 (R)	Lyre	1-12, 0-04 (R)	[5]
2014	Millstreet	2-13	Knocknagree	1-11
2013	Lyre	0-13	Cullen	2-05	[6]
2012	Rockchapel	1-11	Millstreet	0-10	[7]
2011	Kanturk	1-11	Rockchapel	1-06	[8]
2010	Lyre	1-09	Kanturk	0-09
2009	Kanturk	1-12	Rockchapel	1-06
2008	Cullen	3-08, 0-10 (R)	Boherbue	1-14, 0-09 (R)
2007	Ballydesmond	1-10	Dromtarriffe	0-08
2006	Cullen	0-11	Dromtarriffe	0-10
2005	Dromtarriffe	1-14	Ballydesmond	0-12
2004	Cullen	0-07	Dromtarriffe	0-06
2003	Millstreet	3-05	Dromtarriffe	0-09
2002	Kiskeam	1-08	Rockchapel	0-06	[9]
2001	Rockchapel	0-09	Boherbue	0-05
2000	Kiskeam	0-11	Kanturk	0-08
1999	Kiskeam	0-08	Dromtarriffe	0-06
1998	Newmarket	0-13	Millstreet	1-09
1997	Kiskeam	2-06, 2-13 (R)	Kanturk	1-09, 2-06 (R)
1996	Kiskeam	3-04	Rockchapel	1-06
1995	Dromtarriffe	1-09, 1-14 (R)	Kiskeam	1-09, 1-09 (R)
1994	Kiskeam	1-09	Dromtarriffe	0-09
1993	Newmarket	2-14	Kanturk	2-05
1992	Millstreet	2-08	Dromtarriffe	3-03
1991	Knocknagree	1-13	Kiskeam	2-06
1990	Knocknagree	1-17	Boherbue	0-06
1989	Knocknagree	2-11	Newmarket	1-07
1988	Boherbue	1-12	Knocknagree	0-08
1987	Rockchapel	2-06	Kanturk	1-07
1986	Ballydesmond	2-08	Kanturk	1-08
1985	Rockchapel	0-10	Kiskeam	0-04
1984	Knocknagree	1-11	Boherbue	2-07
1983	Knocknagree	1-11	Boherbue	1-07
1982	Knocknagree	1-11	Boherbue	0-09
1981	Knocknagree	2-06	Boherbue	0-10
1980	Rockchapel	2-10	Knocknagree	1-07
1979	Knocknagree	1-11	Ballydesmond	1-09
1978	Knocknagree	1-10	Newmarket	0-04
1977	Rockchapel	1-07	Knocknagree	0-02
1976	Rockchapel	2-07	Ballydesmond	2-05
1975	Ballydesmond	3-10	Knocknagree	3-05
1974	Dromtarriffe	3-06	Rockchapel	1-05
1973	Dromtarriffe	2-08	Boherbue	2-04
1972	Boherbue	2-08	Ballydesmond	2-05
1971	Ballydesmond	2-08	Dromtarriffe	3-03
1970	Newmarket	1-08	Dromtarriffe	1-03
1969	Newmarket	1-07	Ballydesmond	0-06
1968	Newmarket	3-12	Knocknagree	0-02
1967	Cullen	0-09	Boherbue	0-04
1966	Knocknagree	1-10, 1-05 (R)	Castlemagner	3-04, 0-07 (R)
1965	Newmarket	1-08	Cullen	1-07
1964	Kiskeam	0-11	Castlemagner	1-03
1963	Millstreet	2-13	Castlemagner	0-01
1962	Kanturk	3-05 (R)	Knocknagree	1-06 (R)
1961	Castlemagner	3-00	Kanturk	1-03
1960	Castlemagner	2-05	Kiskeam	1-07
1959	Dromtarriffe	4-05	Castlemagner	2-06
1958	Castlemagner	5-08	Glenlara	2-03
1957	Kanturk	2-05	Castlemagner	1-04
1956	Dromtarriffe	1-06	Glenlara	2-01
1955	Millstreet	2-08	Castlemagner	2-04
1954	Kanturk	1-03, 1-02 (R)	Dromtarriffe	0-06, 0-03 (R)
1953	Dromtarriffe	2-03	Castlemagner	0-01
1952	Castlemagner	1-07	Newmarket	0-04
1951	Dromtarriffe	1-03, 2-05 (R)	Araglin Desmonds	1-03, 1-03 (R)
1950	Newmarket	3-04	Kanturk	2-03
1949	Newmarket	0-03	Araglin Desmonds	0-01
1948	Castlemagner	1-03	Dromtarriffe	0-03
1947	Castlemagner	2-06	Dromtarriffe	1-01
1946	Dromtarriffe		Millstreet
1945	Dromtarriffe		Newmarket
1944	Millstreet	0-06, 3-05 (R)	Boherbue	1-03, 0-02 (R)
1943	Dromtarriffe	1-04	Kanturk	1-02
1942	Clondrohid	3-06	Newmarket	0-07
1941	Millstreet	1-02	Newmarket	0-02
1940	Clondrohid	3-07	Knocknagree	0-05
1939	Cullen	2-07	Millstreet	2-01
1938	Dromtarriffe		Clondrohid
1937	Banteer	1-01	Cullen	0-03
1936	Cullen	1-03	Boherbue	0-03
1935	Boherbue	3-05	Kilcorney	3-00
1934	Dromtarriffe	1-04	Newmarket	1-01
1933	Dromtarriffe	1-04	Millstreet	1-02

Records and statistics

Team results by championship

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• SF/GS – Semi-finals/Group Stage

For each year, the number of teams in the championship (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2019 (5)	2020 (6)	2021 (6)	2022 (7)	2023 (6)	2024 (5)	Years
Boherbue	1st	1st	1st	—	—	—	3
Cullen	SF	2nd	2nd	1st	—	—	4
Castlemagner	GS	GS	SF	SF	1st	1st	6
Newmarket	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	2
Kilbrin	—	—	—	—	GS	SF	2
Kanturk	—	—	—	2nd	GS	GS	3
Lyre	2nd	GS	SF	SF	SF	GS	6
Kiskeam	—	GS	GS	GS	—	—	3
Knocknagree	GS	GS	GS	GS	2nd	2nd	6

See also

• Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship

References

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