Ulster Junior Club Football Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Shóisireach Peile Chlub Uladh |
Code | Gaelic football |
Founded | 2001 |
Region | Ulster, Ireland (GAA) |
Trophy | Paul Kerr Cup |
Title holders | Arva (1st title) |
Most titles | Rock St Patrick's (3 titles) |
Sponsors | Allied Irish Banks (AIB) |
Official website | Ulster GAA |
The Ulster Junior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is played between the Junior championship winners from each of the nine counties of Ulster. The competition has a straight knock-out format. It was first held in 2001 as an unofficial tournament, and has been organised by Ulster GAA since 2004. The winners are awarded the Paul Kerr Cup. The winners go on to represent Ulster in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.
Monaghan clubs have won the competition eight times, more than any other county. Rock St Patrick's are the most successful club, having won the competition three times. The current champions are Arva from Cavan.
† | Winning team reached the final of the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship |
‡ | Winning team won the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship |
Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Ref | ||
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County | Club | County | Club | ||||
2001 [lower-alpha 1] | CAV | Drumgoon ‡ | 1–13 – 0–10 | MON | Doohamlet | Shamrock Park, Cremartin | [1] |
2002 [lower-alpha 1] | MON | Corduff Gaels | 1–08 – 0–08 | DER | Ballerin | Shamrock Park, Cremartin | [2] |
2003 [lower-alpha 1] | MON | Monaghan Harps | 1–11 – 2–08 | DER | Limavady | Shamrock Park, Cremartin | [3] |
1–12 – 1–02 (R) | Shamrock Park, Cremartin | [4] | |||||
2004 | TYR | Stewartstown Harps † | 0–09 – 2–02 | MON | Cremartin | Casement Park, Belfast | [5] |
2005 | MON | Monaghan Harps | 1–12 – 0–07 | ARM | Clonmore | Brewster Park, Enniskillen | [6] |
2006 | TYR | Greencastle ‡ | 1–06 – 0–08 | DON | Naomh Bríd | Casement Park, Belfast | |
2007 | TYR | Rock St Patrick's † | 2–08 – 2–06 | MON | Aughnamullen | St Tiernach's Park, Clones | |
2008 | MON | Drumhowan | 5–10 – 0–05 | DER | Lissan | Brewster Park, Enniskillen | [7] |
2009 | MON | Emyvale | 2–06 – 1–09 | ANT | St Teresa's | Páirc Esler, Newry | [8] |
2–14 – 1–11 (R) | Páirc Esler, Newry | [9] | |||||
2010 | CAV | Swanlinbar † | 0–08 – 2–07 [lower-alpha 2] | MON | Corduff Gaels | Breffni Park, Cavan | [11] |
2011 | TYR | Derrytresk † | 2–05 – 0–10 | MON | Cremartin | Athletic Grounds, Armagh | [12] |
2012 | ARM | An Port Mór | 2–09 – 0–11 | TYR | Brackaville | Páirc Esler, Newry | [13] |
2013 | MON | Emyvale | 1–06 – 0–06 | TYR | Killeeshil | Athletic Grounds, Armagh | [14] |
2014 | TYR | Rock St Patrick's | 2–12 – 0–07 | DON | Urris | Owenbeg, Dungiven | [15] |
2015 | MON | Rockcorry | 3–10 – 0–09 | DER | Faughanvale | Athletic Grounds, Armagh | [16] |
2016 | TYR | Rock St Patrick's † | 1–12 – 0–14 (aet) | MON | Blackhill | Páirc Esler, Newry | [17] |
2017 | DON | Naomh Colmcille | 1–09 – 0–06 | FER | Belnaleck | Celtic Park, Derry | [18] |
2018 | DON | Red Hughs | 1–11 – 1–09 | DER | Limavady | Celtic Park, Derry | [19] |
2019 | MON | Blackhill | 1–11 – 0–09 | DON | Buncrana | Healy Park, Omagh | [20] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
2021 | CAV | Denn | 3–08 – 0–10 | DON | Na Dúnaibh | St Tiernach's Park, Clones | [21] |
2022 | TYR | Stewartstown Harps † | 1–12 – 0–15 (aet) (5–4 pen) | CAV | Drumlane | St Tiernach's Park, Clones | [22] |
2023 | CAV | Arva ‡ | 0–13 – 0–06 | MON | Blackhill | Shamrock Park, Roslea | [23] |
County | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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MON | 8 | 7 | 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019 | 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2023 |
TYR | 7 | 2 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2022 | 2012, 2013 |
CAV | 4 | 1 | 2001, 2010, 2021, 2023 | 2022 |
DON | 2 | 4 | 2017, 2018 | 2006, 2014, 2019, 2021 |
ARM | 1 | 1 | 2012 | 2005 |
DER | 0 | 5 | — | 2002, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2018 |
ANT | 0 | 1 | — | 2009 |
FER | 0 | 1 | — | 2017 |
Club | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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Rock St Patrick's | 3 | 0 | 2007, 2014, 2016 | — |
Monaghan Harps | 2 | 0 | 2003, 2005 | — |
Stewartstown Harps | 2 | 0 | 2004, 2022 | — |
Emyvale | 2 | 0 | 2009, 2013 | — |
Blackhill | 1 | 2 | 2019 | 2016, 2023 |
Corduff Gaels | 1 | 1 | 2002 | 2010 |
Drumgoon | 1 | 0 | 2001 | — |
Greencastle | 1 | 0 | 2006 | — |
Drumhowan | 1 | 0 | 2008 | — |
Swanlinbar | 1 | 0 | 2010 | — |
Derrytresk | 1 | 0 | 2011 | — |
An Port Mór | 1 | 0 | 2012 | — |
Rockcorry | 1 | 0 | 2015 | — |
Naomh Colmcille | 1 | 0 | 2017 | — |
Red Hughs | 1 | 0 | 2018 | — |
Denn | 1 | 0 | 2021 | — |
Arva | 1 | 0 | 2023 | — |
Limavady | 0 | 2 | — | 2003, 2018 |
Cremartin | 0 | 2 | — | 2004, 2011 |
Doohamlet | 0 | 1 | — | 2001 |
Ballerin | 0 | 1 | — | 2002 |
Clonmore | 0 | 1 | — | 2005 |
Naomh Bríd | 0 | 1 | — | 2006 |
Aughnamullen | 0 | 1 | — | 2007 |
Lissan | 0 | 1 | — | 2008 |
St Teresa's | 0 | 1 | — | 2009 |
Brackaville | 0 | 1 | — | 2012 |
Killeeshil | 0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
Urris | 0 | 1 | — | 2014 |
Faughanvale | 0 | 1 | — | 2015 |
Belnaleck | 0 | 1 | — | 2017 |
Buncrana | 0 | 1 | — | 2019 |
Na Dúnaibh | 0 | 1 | — | 2021 |
Drumlane | 0 | 1 | — | 2022 |
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