South-East Under 21A Football Championship

South East Under 21 A Football Championship
Founded	1966;59 years ago (1966)
Title holders	Kinsale (12th title)
Most titles	Valley Rovers (21 titles)

The South East Cork Under-21 A Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1966^{[ citation needed ]} for Under-21 Gaelic football teams in the southeastern region of County Cork, Ireland.

The title has been won at least once by 8 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Valley Rovers, who have won a total of 21 titles.

Kinsale are the title-holders after defeating Carrigaline by 2-17 to 1-12 in the 2025 championship final.

Teams

U21A Football

Team	Location	Colours	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Ballygarvan	Ballygarvan	Red and white	0
Carrigaline	Carrigaline	Blue and yellow	17	2023
Valley Rovers	Innishannon	Green and white	21	2024
Kinsale	Kinsale	Blue and white	11	2010

U21B Football

Team	Location	Colours	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Ballymartle	Riverstick	Green and gold	4	2023
Valley Rovers (2nd team)	Innishannon	Green and white	1	2015
Ballinhassig	Ballinhassig	Blue and white	3	2024

U21C Football

Team	Location	Colours	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Belgooly	Belgooly	White and blue	0
Courcey Rovers	Ballinspittle	Red and white	0
Diarmuid O'Murchus (Shamrocks/Crosshaven)	Shanbally/Crosshaven	Green and Black	0
Tracton	Tracton	Green and red	0

Roll of honour

#	Team	Wins	Years won	Years runners-Up
1	Valley Rovers	21	1976, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2024	1978, 1983, 1989, 2000, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
2	Carrigaline	17	1966, 1972, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023	1982, 1984, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2024, 2025
3	Kinsale	12	1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2025	2001, 2011
4	Shamrocks	4	1967, 1968, 1980, 2004	1970, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987
5	Ballymartle	1	2009	2013
	Courcey Rovers	1	2001	1988, 1996, 2010
	Crosshaven	1	1975	1966, 1974, 1990, 1992, 1993
	Tracton	1	1969	1967, 1972, 2008
6	Robert Emmets	0		1979, 1980
	Ballinhassig	0		2009, 2014
	Ballygarvan	0		1990, 2002, 2007

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Score
2025	Kinsale	2-17	Carrigaline	1-12	[1]
2024	Valley Rovers	3-11	Carrigaline	1-11	[2]
2023	Carrigaline	3-09	Valley Rovers	1-09
2022	Carrigaline	2-12	Valley Rovers	2-06	[3]
2019	Carrigaline	3-16	Valley Rovers	1-06	[4]
2018	Carrigaline	2-10	Valley Rovers	0-09	[5]
2017	Carrigaline	2-12	Valley Rovers	1-13
2016	Valley Rovers	1-15	Carrigaline	1-09
2015	Valley Rovers	1-11	Carrigaline	2-06
2014	Valley Rovers	1-11	Ballinhassig	1-07
2013	Valley Rovers	2-12	Ballymartle	1-07
2012	Carrigaline	1-13	Valley Rovers	1-04
2011	Carrigaline	2-15	Kinsale	0-10
2010	Kinsale	4-11	Courcey Rovers	0-04
2009	Ballymartle	1-10	Ballinhassig	1-05
2008	Carrigaline	4-10	Tracton	0-04
2007	Valley Rovers	0-12	Ballygarvan	1-08
2006	Valley Rovers	0-12	Carrigaline	1-06
2005	Valley Rovers	6-09	Carrigaline	1-07
2004	Shamrocks	2-12	Carrigaline	2-09	[6]
2003	Carrigaline	1-10	Valley Rovers	1-05
2002	Valley Rovers		Ballygarvan
2001	Courcey Rovers	2-10	Kinsale	3-06
2000	Kinsale		Valley Rovers
1999	Kinsale	0-13	Carrigaline	1-09
1998	Carrigaline		Valley Rovers
1997	Carrigaline		Kinsale
1996	Valley Rovers	1-08	Courcey Rovers	2-02
1995	Valley Rovers		Carrigaline
1994	Valley Rovers		Carrigaline
1993	Valley Rovers	1-09	Crosshaven	0-04
1992	Carrigaline		Crosshaven
1991	Valley Rovers		Carrigaline
1990	Valley Rovers		Crosshaven
1989	Carrigaline		Valley Rovers
1988	Carrigaline	4-06	Courcey Rovers	0-04
1987	Valley Rovers	5-06	Shamrocks	1-06
1986	Valley Rovers		Shamrocks
1985	Valley Rovers		Shamrocks
1984	Valley Rovers		Carrigaline
1983	Kinsale		Valley Rovers
1982	Kinsale		Shamrocks
1981	Valley Rovers	0-09	Shamrocks	0-02
1980	Shamrocks	0-09	Robert Emmets	1-04
1979	Carrigaline	2-05	Robert Emmets	0-03
1978	Kinsale		Valley Rovers
1977	Kinsale		Shamrocks
1976	Valley Rovers		Shamrocks
1975	Crosshaven	2-06	Valley Rovers	2-04
1974	Kinsale		Crosshaven
1973	Kinsale		Carrigaline
1972	Carrigaline		Tracton
1971	Kinsale
1970	Kinsale		Shamrocks
1969	Tracton	2-05	Kinsale	0-03
1968	Shamrocks
1967	Shamrocks		Tracton
1966	Carrigaline	3-07	Crosshaven	2-05

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of South-East Under 21A Football Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1960's: 2 for Shamrocks (1967-68)
• 1970's: 6 for Kinsale (1970-71-73-74-77-78)
• 1980's: 5 for Valley Rovers (1981-84-85-86-87)
• 1990's: 6 for Valley Rovers (1990-91-93-94-95-96)
• 2000's: 4 for Valley Rovers (20002-05-06-07)
• 2010's: 5 for Carrigaline (2011-12-17-18-19)

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 24 years: Shamrocks (1980-2004)
• 16 years: Kinsale (1983-1999)
• 12 years: Shamrocks (1968-1980)
• 10 years: Kinsale (2000-2010)
• 9 years: Carrigaline (1979-1988)

See also

• Cork Under-21 Football Championship

References

1. "Brilliant Kinsale power past Carrigaline to land first Carrigdhoun U21 A football title in 15 years". 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
2. "Three second half goals see Valley Rovers beat Carrigaline to capture the South East U21 Football Championship title". Echo Live. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
3. "Carrigaline dominant in SE GAA U21A football final as they beat Valley Rovers by 6 points". Echo Live. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
4. "Brosnan makes his mark for Carrigaline". The Southern Star. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
5. "Brilliant Barry tees up Carrigaline South East U21A football triumph". The Southern Star. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
6. "Under 21 Football Championship Final - Shamrocks are Champions". Shamrocks GAA. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

External links

• Carrigdhoun GAA website