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Sligo Junior Football Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Soisear Peile Co. Shligigh |
Founded | 1907 |
Title holders | Curry (2nd title) |
First winner | Easkey |
Most titles | Bunninadden (6 titles) |
Sponsors | Connacht Gold [1] |
The Sligo Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Sligo GAA clubs.
Bunninadden have the biggest number of titles with six. Owenmore Gaels are the title holders (2023) defeating Ballymote GAA in the Final.
The winners of the Sligo Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship. The winners of that in 2018 were Easkey and stalwart Eugene Mullen captained them to that. [2]
St johns , who won the junior title in 1999 went on to win the connaught championship by beating monivea Abbey in the final in tuam before the fbd final
The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. Easkey got to the All-Ireland final in 2019. [3] But they lost to Beaufort when they were there. [4] [5] [6] [7] That was played at Croke Park. [8]
The trophy given to the winners of the Sligo Junior Football Championship is called ?
The winners are promoted to the Sligo Intermediate Football Championship for the following year. [9] [10]
In 2009 the Junior Championship was restructured. For the first time since 2001 there would be two championships, A and B. The A Championship was made up of the semi-finalists in 2008 and relegated teams from the Intermediate Championship. The winner of the A Championship is promoted to Intermediate football. The relegated teams from Intermediate drop down to Junior A and in 2009 three teams were relegated. The B Championship was run on a knockout basis with nine teams entering. The winner of the B Championship is promoted to A for the following year.
Eamonn O'Hara, one of Sligo's All Star footballers, played in the 2016 final and he scored 2-1 before the first half ended. [11]
Year | Winner | Opponent | ||
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2023 | Owenmore Gaels 1-13 | Ballymote 0-12 [12] | ||
2022 | Shamrock Gaels | Naomh Molaise Gaels [13] | ||
2021 | St Patrick's | |||
2020 [14] | Tourlestrane 2-12 | Owenmore Gaels 0-8 | ||
2019 [15] | St Michael's [16] 1-13 | Tourlestrane 1-10 | ||
2018 | Easkey [17] | |||
2017 | Ballymote [18] | Tourlestrane [19] | ||
2016 [20] | St Michael's 4-12 | Tourlestrane 2-05 | ||
2015 | Tourlestrane | |||
2014 | ||||
2013 | St johns 3-8 | St marys 1-9 | ||
2012 | Cloonacool 2-9 | St johns 2-8 | ||
2011 | Curry 1-5 | St Mary's 0-7 | ||
2010 | St Patrick's 1-9 | Curry 1-6 | ||
2009 | Ballisodare 0-12 | Shamrock Gaels 0-11 | ||
2008 | Bunninadden 1-10 | Shamrock Gaels 0-5 | ||
2007 | Coolera/Strandhill 1-12 | Tubbercurry 2-7 | ||
2006 | Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 1-6, 2-9 (R) | Castleconnor 1-6, 1-7 (R) | ||
2005 | St Farnan's 1-10 | Bunninadden 1-8 | ||
2004 | Tourlestrane 2-7 | Shamrock Gaels 0-10 | ||
2003 | Bunninadden 3-17 | Castleconnor 2-10 | ||
2002 | Castleconnor 1-15, 0-12 (R) | Bunninadden 3-9, 0-9 (R) | ||
2001 | Grange/Cliffoney 0-14 | Eastern Harps 1-7 | ||
2000 | St Mary's 2-7 | Ballisodare 1-9 | ||
1999 | St John's 0-15 | Maugherow 2-4 | ||
1998 | Geevagh 1-14 | Maugherow 2-5 | ||
1997 | St Farnan's 1-15 | Maugherow 2-11 | ||
1996 | St Mary's 2-13 | Shamrock Gaels 2-1 | ||
1995 | Tubbercurry 1-5 | Shamrock Gaels 0-6 | ||
1994 | Eastern Harps 2-10 | Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 2-7 | ||
1993 | St Mary's 4-6 | Eastern Harps 1-13 | ||
1992 | St Michael's 3-6, 0-13 (R) | Tubbercurry 1-12, 1-5 (R) | ||
1991 | Maugherow 2-11 | St Michael's 1-11 | ||
1990 | Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 2-10 | Maugherow 1-8 | ||
1989 | St John's 0-14 | Cliffoney 1-9 | ||
1988 | Mullinabreena 1-9 | Ballymote 1-6 | ||
1987 | Calry-St Joseph's 3-8 | Ballymote 1-4 | ||
1986 | Tourlestrane 0-11 | Maugherow 0-9 | ||
1985 | Castleconnor 2-6 | St Mary's 0-6 | ||
1984 | Mullinabreena 0-10 | Calry Gaels 0-5 | ||
1983 | St Farnan's 1-10 | Calry Gaels 2-0 | ||
1982 | Northern Gaels 1-10 | St Farnan's 1-8 | ||
1981 | Geevagh 2-6 | Tourlestrane 0-1 | ||
1980 | Castleconnor 0-9 | Tourlestrane 1-3 | ||
1979 | Bunninadden 1-7 | Castleconnor 0-3 | ||
1978 | Carraroe 3-5 | Tourlestrane 0-6 | ||
1977 | Easkey 3-8 | Tourlestrane 0-1 | ||
1976 | Calry Gaels 1-9 | Easkey 0-7 | ||
1975 | Grange 4-15 | Enniscrone 0-4 | ||
1974 | Geevagh 1-10 | Tourlestrane 0-2 | ||
1973 | Bunninadden 3-2 | Grange 1-7 | ||
1972 | St Farnan's 1-9, 0-13 (R) | Craobh Rua 0-12, 0-7 (R) | ||
1971 | Coolera 2-10 | St Farnan's 1-2 | ||
1970 | Keash 2-7 | Coolera 0-6 | ||
1969 | Grange 2-8, 1-7 (R) | Knockalassa 1-5, 1-6 (R) | ||
1968 | Mullinabreena 0-7 | Knockalassa 0-3 | ||
1967 | St Patrick's 1-8 | Keash 0-3 | ||
1966 | Enniscrone 2-8 | Ballisodare 0-5 | ||
1965 | Easkey 2-5 | Grange 0-5 | ||
1964 | St Patrick's 1-8 | Easkey 2-2 | ||
1963 | Bunninadden 1-8 | Cliffoney 1-4 | ||
1962 | Collooney Harps 2-7 | St Patrick's 1-6 | ||
1961 | Keash 1-5, 2-6 (R) | Coolera 2-2, 0-2 (R) | ||
1960 | Easkey 2-9 | Keash 0-2 | ||
1959 | Grange 1-4 | Ballymote 0-5 | ||
1958 | Drumcliffe 1-6 | Tubbercurry 0-1 | ||
1957 | Mullinabreena 2-5 | Easkey 2-4 | ||
1956 | Ballisodare 2-3 | Kilglass 1-3 | ||
1955 | Curry 1-6 | Ballisodare 0-0 | ||
1954 | Tourlestrane 0-6 | Mental Hospital 0-4 | ||
1953 | Bunninadden 5-2 | Curry 0-4 | ||
1952 | Keash/Dromard | (shared) | ||
1951 | Knockalassa 2-2 | Dromard 1-2 | ||
1950 | Skreen 1-4 | Keash 1-3 | ||
1949 | Coolera 2-2 | Keash 1-2 | ||
1948 | Enniscrone | Grange | ||
1947 | Keash | Maugherow | ||
1946 | Tourlestrane | Collooney Harps | ||
1945 | Derroon 3-3 | Templeboy 0-5 | ||
1944 | Gurteen 1-9 | Dromore West 1-2 | ||
1943 | Templeboy 0-3 | Killoran 0-2 | ||
1942 | Keash 1-5 | Dromore West 1-4 | ||
1941 | Maugherow 4-6 | Gurteen 1-7 | ||
1940 | Skreen 2-7 | Geevagh 1-3 | ||
1939 | Ballisodare | Coolaney | ||
1938 | Aclare | Maugherow | ||
1937 | Teeling 1-8 | Gurteen 1-6 | ||
1936 | Geevagh 2-5 | Teeling 2-4 | ||
1935 | Derroon | Grange | ||
1934 | Drumcliffe 2-5 | Broher 0-2 | ||
1933 | Maugherow | |||
1932 | Knockalassa | Gurteen | ||
1931 | Skreen | Sligo | ||
1930 | Collooney Harps 2-4 | Curry 0-2 | ||
1929 | Ballisodare 1-2, 4-5 (R) | Curry 2-3, 0-1 (R) | ||
1928 | Skreen Emeralds | Ballyrush | ||
1927 | Killavil | Derroon | ||
1926 | Competition abandoned | |||
1925 | Ballyrush | Ballymote Round Towers | ||
1924 | Dromore West | Collooney Harps | ||
1923 | No competition | |||
1922 | No competition | |||
1921 | No competition | |||
1920 | No competition | |||
1919 | Templeboy | Tubbercurry | ||
1918 | Dromore West | Sligo | ||
1917 | Cuilmore | Templeboy | ||
1916 | Coolera 1-3 | Tubbercurry 1-2 | ||
1915 | No competition | |||
1914 | No competition | |||
1913 | No competition | |||
1912 | No competition | |||
1911 | No competition | |||
1910 | Mullinabreena | Emlaghnaughton | ||
1909 | Not completed | |||
1908 | No competition | |||
1907 | Easkey |
Roll of honour only goes as far as 2011, needs updating.
# | Club | Wins | Years won | Last final lost |
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1 | Bunninadden | 6 | 1953, 1963, 1973, 1979, 2003, 2008 | 2005 |
2 | Coolaney/Mullinabreena | 5 | 1910, 1957, 1968, 1984, 1988 | — |
Keash | 1942, 1947, 1952 (shared), 1961, 1970 | 1967 | ||
4 | Easkey | 4 | 1907, 1960, 1965, 1977 | 1976 |
Coolera/Strandhill | 1916, 1949, 1971, 2007 | 1970 | ||
Skreen (now St Patrick's) | 1928, 1931, 1940, 1950 | — | ||
Ballisodare | 1929, 1939, 1956, 2009 | 2000 | ||
Drumcliffe–Rosses Point | 1934, 1958, 1990, 2006 | 1994 | ||
Geevagh | 1936, 1974, 1981, 1998 | 1940 | ||
Tourlestrane | 1946, 1954, 1986, 2004 | 1981 | ||
Grange | 1959, 1969, 1975, 2001 | 1973 | ||
St Farnan's | 1972, 1983, 1997, 2005 | 1982 | ||
12 | St Patrick's | 3 | 1964, 1967, 2010 | 1962 |
Maugherow | 1933, 1941, 1991 | 1999 | ||
Castleconnor | 1980, 1985, 2002 | 2006 | ||
St Mary's | 1993, 1996, 2000 | 2011 | ||
16 | Dromore West | 2 | 1918, 1924 | 1944 |
Templeboy | 1919, 1943 | 1945 | ||
Collooney Harps | 1930, 1962 | 1946 | ||
Knockalassa | 1932, 1951 | 1969 | ||
Derroon | 1935, 1945 | 1927 | ||
Enniscrone/Kilglass | 1948, 1966 | 1975 | ||
Curry | 1955, 2011 | 2010 | ||
Calry-St Joseph's | 1976, 1987 | 1984 | ||
St John's | 1989, 1999 ,2013 | — | ||
27 | Cuilmore | 1 | 1917 | — |
Ballyrush | 1925 | 1928 | ||
Killavil | 1927 | — | ||
Aclare | 1938 | — | ||
Gurteen | 1944 | 1941 | ||
Carraroe | 1978 | — | ||
Northern Gaels | 1982 | — | ||
St Michael's | 1992 | 1991 | ||
Eastern Harps | 1994 | 1993 | ||
Tubbercurry | 1995 | 2007 | ||
Dromard | 1952 (shared) | 1951 | ||
Junior b tournament played off with teams second and third teams . St johns have won the most times with 3 victories since the formation of the competition in 2009 Roll of honor only goes as far as 2011, needs updating.
# | Club | Wins | Years won | Last final lost |
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1 | Curry | 2 | 1997, 2001 | 2000 |
2 | St Mary's | 3 | 1998 | — |
Shamrock Gaels | 1999 | 2011 | ||
Easkey | 2000 | 2001 | ||
St John's | 2009 2013 2016 | — | ||
Calry-St Joseph's | 2010 | — | ||
Geevagh | 2011 | — |
Year | Winner | Opponent | |
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1997 | Curry 0-12 | Enniscrone/Kilglass 1-4 | |
1998 | St Mary's 3-10 | Tubbercurry 0-6 | |
1999 | Shamrock Gaels 3-7 | Curry 2-6 | |
2000 | Easkey 2-10 | Curry 1-10 | |
2001 | Curry 0-11 | Easkey 1-4 | |
2009 | St John's 3-10 | Ballymote 0-7 | |
2010 | Calry-St Joseph's w/o | Enniscrone/Kilglass scr | |
2011 | Geevagh 1-4 | Shamrock Gaels 1-3 | |
2012 | |||
2013 | st johns 3-11 | tourlestrane 0-8 (replay) | |
2014 | |||
2015 | |||
2016 | st johns 2-15 | easkey 0-4 | |
2017 | |||
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2021 | |||
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