Sligo Junior Football Championship

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Sligo Junior Football Championship
Irish Craobh Soisear Peile
Co. Shligigh
Founded1907
Title holders Ballymote Round Towers (4th title)
First winner Easkey
Most titles St Patrick's (8 titles)
SponsorsConnacht Gold [1]

The Sligo Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Sligo GAA clubs.

Contents

St Patrick's (formerly Skreen) have the most titles with eight.

Ballymote Round Towers are the title holders (2024) defeating Cloonacool GAA in the Final after a replay.

Honours

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 also won the Connacht 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 winners are promoted to the Sligo Intermediate Football Championship for the following year. [9] [10]

History

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]

List of finals

YearWinnerOpponent
2024 Ballymote Round Towers 0-10, 0-12 (R) [12] Cloonacool 1-7, 1-5 (R) [13]
2023 Owenmore Gaels 1-13 Ballymote 0-12 [14]
2022 Shamrock Gaels Naomh Molaise Gaels [15]
2021 St Patrick's
2020 [16] Tourlestrane 2-12 Owenmore Gaels 0-8
2019 [17] St Michael's [18] 1-13 Tourlestrane 1-10
2018 Easkey [19]
2017 Ballymote [20] Tourlestrane [21]
2016 [22] St Michael's 4-12 Tourlestrane 2-05
2015 Tourlestrane
2014St Mary's 2-12Owenmore Gaels 1-10
2013St johns 3-8St marys 1-9
2012Cloonacool 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
2007Coolera/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)
2001Grange/Cliffoney 0-14 Eastern Harps 1-7
2000 St Mary's 2-7 Ballisodare 1-9
1999 St John's 0-15Maugherow 2-4
1998 Geevagh 1-14Maugherow 2-5
1997 St Farnan's 1-15Maugherow 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)
1991Maugherow 2-11 St Michael's 1-11
1990 Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 2-10Maugherow 1-8
1989 St John's 0-14Cliffoney 1-9
1988Mullinabreena 1-9 Ballymote 1-6
1987 Calry-St Joseph's 3-8 Ballymote 1-4
1986 Tourlestrane 0-11Maugherow 0-9
1985 Castleconnor 2-6 St Mary's 0-6
1984Mullinabreena 0-10 Calry Gaels 0-5
1983 St Farnan's 1-10 Calry Gaels 2-0
1982Northern 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
1978Carraroe 3-5 Tourlestrane 0-6
1977 Easkey 3-8 Tourlestrane 0-1
1976 Calry Gaels 1-9 Easkey 0-7
1975Grange 4-15Enniscrone 0-4
1974 Geevagh 1-10 Tourlestrane 0-2
1973 Bunninadden 3-2Grange 1-7
1972 St Farnan's 1-9, 0-13 (R)Craobh Rua 0-12, 0-7 (R)
1971Coolera 2-10 St Farnan's 1-2
1970Keash 2-7Coolera 0-6
1969Grange 2-8, 1-7 (R)Knockalassa 1-5, 1-6 (R)
1968Mullinabreena 0-7Knockalassa 0-3
1967 St Patrick's 1-8Keash 0-3
1966Enniscrone 2-8 Ballisodare 0-5
1965 Easkey 2-5Grange 0-5
1964 St Patrick's 1-8 Easkey 2-2
1963 Bunninadden 1-8Cliffoney 1-4
1962Collooney Harps 2-7 St Patrick's 1-6
1961Keash 1-5, 2-6 (R)Coolera 2-2, 0-2 (R)
1960 Easkey 2-9Keash 0-2
1959Grange 1-4 Ballymote 0-5
1958Drumcliffe 1-6 Tubbercurry 0-1
1957Mullinabreena 2-5 Easkey 2-4
1956 Ballisodare 2-3Kilglass 1-3
1955 Curry 1-6 Ballisodare 0-0
1954 Tourlestrane 0-6Mental Hospital 0-4
1953 Bunninadden 5-2 Curry 0-4
1952Keash/Dromard(shared)
1951Knockalassa 2-2Dromard 1-2
1950Skreen 1-4Keash 1-3
1949Coolera 2-2Keash 1-2
1948EnniscroneGrange
1947KeashMaugherow
1946 Tourlestrane Collooney Harps
1945Derroon 3-3Templeboy 0-5
1944Gurteen 1-9Dromore West 1-2
1943Templeboy 0-3Killoran 0-2
1942Keash 1-5Dromore West 1-4
1941Maugherow 4-6Gurteen 1-7
1940Skreen 2-7 Geevagh 1-3
1939 Ballisodare Coolaney
1938AclareMaugherow
1937Teeling 1-8Gurteen 1-6
1936 Geevagh 2-5Teeling 2-4
1935DerroonGrange
1934Drumcliffe 2-5Broher 0-2
1933Maugherow
1932KnockalassaGurteen
1931SkreenSligo
1930Collooney Harps 2-4 Curry 0-2
1929 Ballisodare 1-2, 4-5 (R) Curry 2-3, 0-1 (R)
1928Skreen EmeraldsBallyrush
1927KillavilDerroon
1926Competition abandoned
1925BallyrushBallymote Round Towers
1924Dromore WestCollooney Harps
1923No competition
1922No competition
1921No competition
1920No competition
1919Templeboy Tubbercurry
1918Dromore WestSligo
1917CuilmoreTempleboy
1916Coolera 1-3 Tubbercurry 1-2
1915No competition
1914No competition
1913No competition
1912No competition
1911No competition
1910MullinabreenaEmlaghnaughton
1909Not completed
1908No competition
1907 Easkey

Roll of honour

Roll of honour to 2024:

#ClubWinsYears wonLast final lost
1Skreen (now St Patrick's)81928, 1931, 1940, 1950, 1964, 1967, 2010, 20211962
2 Bunninadden 61953, 1963, 1973, 1979, 2003, 20082005
Tourlestrane 1946, 1954, 1986, 2004, 2015, 20202019
4Coolaney/Mullinabreena51910, 1957, 1968, 1984, 1988—
Keash1942, 1947, 1952 (shared), 1961, 19701967
Easkey 1907, 1960, 1965, 1977, 20181976
7Coolera/Strandhill41916, 1949, 1971, 20071970
Ballisodare 1929, 1939, 1956, 20092000
Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 1934, 1958, 1990, 20061994
Geevagh 1936, 1974, 1981, 19981940
Grange (now St Molaise Gaels)1959, 1969, 1975, 20012022
St Farnan's 1972, 1983, 1997, 20051982
St Mary's 1993, 1996, 2000, 20142013
Derroon (now Ballymote)1935, 1945, 2017, 20242023
15Maugherow31933, 1941, 19911999
Castleconnor 1980, 1985, 20022006
St John's 1989, 1999, 20132012
St Michael's 1992, 2016, 2019—
19Dromore West21918, 19241944
Templeboy1919, 19431945
Collooney Harps1930, 19621946
Knockalassa1932, 19511969
Enniscrone/Kilglass1948, 19661975
Curry 1955, 20112010
Calry-St Joseph's 1976, 19871984
26Cuilmore11917—
Ballyrush19251928
Killavil1927—
Aclare1938—
Gurteen19441941
Carraroe1978—
Northern Gaels1982—
Eastern Harps 19941993
Tubbercurry 19952007
Dromard1952 (shared)1951
Cloonacool 20122024
Shamrock Gaels 20222009
Owenmore Gaels 20232020

Junior B Championship

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.

#ClubWinsYears wonLast final lost
1 Curry 21997, 20012000
2 St Mary's 31998,2019—
Shamrock Gaels 19992011
Easkey 20002001
St John's 2009

2013 2016

—
Calry-St Joseph's 2010—
Geevagh 2011—
YearWinnerOpponent
1997 Curry 0-12Enniscrone/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/oEnniscrone/Kilglass scr
2011 Geevagh 1-4 Shamrock Gaels 1-3
2012
2013st johns 3-11tourlestrane 0-8 (replay)
2014
2015
2016st johns 2-15easkey 0-4
2017
2018
2019

St Mary's 0-15 Owenmore Gaels 1-05

2020
2021
2021

References

  1. ↑ "Epic weekend for Tourlestrane, as club's Juniors are promoted". Independent.ie. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Easkey hero Mullen hangs up his boots". 17 March 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Foley, Alan (20 January 2019). "Heartbreak for Red Hugh's as Easkey win All-Ireland JFC semi-final". Donegal Sport Hub . Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ↑ O'Connor, Jason (9 February 2019). "Kerry's Beaufort crowned All-Ireland champions as Carey stars with 1-5 in Croke Park win". The42.ie . Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Corry, Michael (9 February 2019). "Carey The King As Beaufort Thrash Easkey In All-Ireland Junior Final". Pundit Arena . Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Strain, Aaron (9 February 2019). "Brilliant Beaufort Blitz Easkey To Ease To Junior Club Crown". Balls.ie . Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Mooney, Francis (9 February 2019). "Beaufort cruise to All-Ireland victory over Easkey". RTÉ.ie . Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Beaufort ease past Easkey to claim crown". The Kerryman . 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Epic weekend for Tourlestrane, as club's Juniors are promoted". Independent.ie. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "St Michael's clinch junior title to return to intermediate football". Independent.ie. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "St Michael's ease to victory to claim Junior Championship". Independent.ie. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  12. ↑ "Ballymote win Sligo Junior Title". oceanfm.ie. 2 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  13. ↑ "Junior A Final goes to a replay". Independent.ie. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  14. ↑ "Owenmore Gaels win Sligo Junior A Championship final". Independent.ie. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  15. ↑ "Shamrock Gaels into Sligo Junior A Championship final". Independent.ie. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Epic weekend for Tourlestrane, as club's Juniors are promoted". Independent.ie. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "St Michael's clinch junior title to return to intermediate football". Independent.ie. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Connacht club JFC final: Kilmaine stroll to victory". Hogan Stand . 16 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "Connacht JFC final: McKenna cracker seals it for Easkey". Irish Independent . 20 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  20. ↑ "Connacht JFC final: More history for Maughan's men". Irish Independent . 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "Ballymote GAA Club notes". 16 October 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2022. Good luck to Junior team as they will play Tourlestrane next Saturday 20th October at 4.30pm in Curry in the Junior A Championship final.
  22. ↑ "St Michael's ease to victory to claim Junior Championship". Independent.ie. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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