Kilkenny Junior Football Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Peile Shóisearach Chill Chainnigh |
Code | Gaelic football |
Founded | 1905 |
Region | Kilkenny (GAA) |
No. of teams | 9 |
Title holders | Graignamanagh (th title) |
Sponsors | J. J. Kavanagh & Sons |
Official website | Kilkenny GAA |
The Kilkenny Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny JFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the junior-graded clubs in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland. It is the third tier overall in the entire Kilkenny football championship system.
Graignamanagh are the reigning champions, having beaten Bennettsbridge by 0–11 to 1–6 in the 2024 final. [1]
Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Score | |
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2017 | Lisdowney | 2-09 | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-08 | [2] |
2018 | |||||
2019 | Young Irelands | 1-08 | Barrow Rangers | 0-06 | |
2020 | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-07 | Carrickshock | 0-10 | [3] |
2021 | Carrickshock | 4-04 | Windgap | 0-08 | [4] |
2022 | Barrow Rangers | 2-05 | Graignamanagh | 2-04 | |
2023 | St. Patrick's | 2-09 | Bennettsbridge | 0-13 | |
2024 | Graignamanagh | 0-11 | Bennettsbridge | 1-06 | [5] |
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