All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

This article is about the Inter-County Junior Football Championship. For other uses, see All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (disambiguation).

The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams.

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2022 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sóisear Peile na hÉireann
Founded	1912
Region	Ireland (GAA)
No. of teams	4
Title holders	Kilkenny (1st title)
First winner	Tipperary
Most titles	Kerry (20 titles)

Prior to a change in competition structure in 2021, the competition was previously for all Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland. In this previous format, the definition of what constituted a Junior player differed from county to county. In some, the junior team was the second team after the senior team. This meant that any players who had not played with the senior team could play with the junior team. In others, such as Cork and Kerry, players could only be chosen from clubs that played in junior or intermediate grades. These counties could not choose players from senior clubs, even if they were not on the senior county team. When a team won this championship, it had to pick a new team for the following year. No player could thus be on a winning team for two successive years. Ulster did not participate in the Junior Championship for a period, Cavan the 2014 champions represented Leinster in the absence of an Ulster competition.^[1][2]

Kerry are the most successful county in the competition's history, having lifted the title on twenty occasions. Kerry are current winners winning five in a row All Irelands. The 2008 championship was won by Dublin for the first time since 1960.^[3] Sligo defeated Kerry in 2010 to win their first title since 1935.^[4]

For the bulk of this competition's history up to 2021, the winners of the provincial Junior Football Championships met to decide who was the "Home" winner. This team then met the champion county in Great Britain to determine the All-Ireland Junior Football champion.

At GAA Congress in 2021, a motion was passed to change the entire structure of the All Ireland Junior Football Championship competition to that of a mostly 'overseas competition' along with just one Irish county, Kilkenny. The Junior Football Championship competition therefore now involves just four teams: New York, Kilkenny, and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Championship, all meeting in the All Ireland Junior Championship semi-finals.^[5]

The current holders are Kilkenny, defeating New York by 3-12 to 1-09 in the 2022 final.

Teams

Team	Province	Method of Qualification
Kilkenny	Leinster	Automatic
New York	North America	Automatic
TBD	Britain	All-Britain Junior Football Championship (champions)
TBD	Britain	All-Britain Junior Football Championship (runners-up)

Roll of Honour

Wins by County

	Team	Wins	Runners-Up	Years won	Years Runners-Up
1	Kerry	20	5	1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019	1997, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2014
2	Cork	17	3	1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1972, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013	1966, 1986, 1992
3	London	6	24	1938, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1986	29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 59, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 73, 88, 91, 95
	Dublin	6	3	1914, 1916, 1939, 1948, 1960, 2008	1926, 1930, 1971
5	Mayo	5	7	1933, 1950, 1957, 1995, 1997	1914, 1925, 1936, 2001, 2012, 2015, 2016
	Meath	5	4	1947, 1952, 1962, 1988, 2003	1996, 1999, 2005, 2017
7	Galway	4	4	1931, 1958, 1965, 1985	1994, 2003, 2018, 2019
	Louth	4	2	1925, 1932, 1934, 1961	1912, 1928
9	Tipperary	3	0	1912, 1923, 1998	-
10	Roscommon	2	3	1940, 2000	2006, 2008, 2009
	Wicklow	2	1	1936, 2002	1969
	Cavan	2	1	1927, 2014	1941
	Waterford	2	0	1999, 2004	-
	Sligo	2	0	1935, 2010	-
15	Westmeath	1	2	1929	1915, 1940
	Longford	1	1	1937	1924
	Laois	1	1	1973	1993
	Wexford	1	1	1992	2007
	Armagh	1	0	1926	-
	Tyrone	1	0	1968	-
	Monaghan	1	0	1956	-
	Fermanagh	1	0	1959	-
	Down	1	0	1946	-
	Kilkenny	1	0	2022	-
25	Warwickshire	0	9	-	1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990
	Lancashire	0	4	-	1949, 1953, 1958, 1963
	Kildare	0	4	-	1927, 1970, 2011, 2013
	Carlow	0	2	-	1913, 1923
	Hertfordshire	0	2	-	1965, 1972
	Yorkshire	0	2	-	1961, 1983
	Leitrim	0	2	-	1938, 2004
	Limerick	0	1	-	1916
	Offaly	0	1	-	1998
	New York	0	1	-	2022

Wins by Province

#	Province	Wins	Runners-Up	Total	Most Recent Win
1	Munster	42	9	51	2019
2	Leinster	22	22	44	2022
3	Connacht	13	16	29	2010
4	Ulster	7	1	8	2014
5	Britain	6	41	47	1986
6	North America	0	1	1	-

List of Finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
2022	Kilkenny	3-12	New York	1-09
2021	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Kerry	3–14	Galway	0–13
2018^[6]	Kerry	2–13	Galway	2–11
2017^[7]	Kerry	2–19	Meath	1–14
2016^[8]	Kerry	2–18	Mayo	2–11
2015^[9]	Kerry	2–18	Mayo	0–10
2014^[10]	Cavan	2–14	Kerry	0–14
2013^[11]	Cork	0–13	Kildare	1–07
2012^[12]	Kerry	0–19	Mayo	1–07
2011	Cork	1–12	Kildare	0–13
2010	Sligo	2–10	Kerry	1–07
2009	Cork	0–15	Roscommon	0–12
2008	Dublin	0–13	Roscommon	0–07
2007	Cork	1–14	Wexford	3–02
2006	Kerry	1–09	Roscommon	0–10
2005	Cork	0–10	Meath	1–04
2004	Waterford	1–10, 2–12 (R)	Leitrim	1–10, 2–09 (R)
2003^[13]	Meath	0–16	Galway	2–07
2002	Wicklow	4–09	Kerry	2–12
2001	Cork	1–15	Mayo	3–07
2000	Roscommon	0–14	Kerry	0–11
1999	Waterford	2–12	Meath	2–11
1998	Tipperary	2–09	Offaly	0–06
1997	Mayo	2–08	Kerry	1–10
1996	Cork	4–11	Meath	0–10
1995	Mayo	3–09	London	0–10
1994	Kerry	0–15	Galway	0–04
1993	Cork	0–11	Laois	2–03
1992	Wexford	1–09	Cork	0–11
1991	Kerry	2–14	London	0–05
1990	Cork	3–16	Warwickshire	0–08
1989	Cork	0–18	Warwickshire	0–03
1988	Meath	1–10	London	0–03
1987	Cork	0–14	Warwickshire	0–03
1986	London	1–09	Cork	0–07
1985	Galway	4–17	Warwickshire	0–04
1984	Cork	3–10	Warwickshire	0–07
1983	Kerry	0–15	Yorkshire	0–02
1974–82	No Championship
1973	Laois	0–12	London	1–08
1972	Cork	5–16	Hertfordshire	0–03
1971	London	1–09	Dublin	0–09
1970	London	1–12	Kildare	0–11
1969	London	3–09	Wicklow	1–12
1968	Tyrone	3–08	London	0–07
1967	Kerry	0–09	London	0–04
1966	London	1–06	Cork	0–08
1965	Galway	1–08	Hertfordshire	0–04
1964	Cork	1–08	London	2–04
1963	Kerry	3–05	Lancashire	2–05
1962	Meath	1–13	London	3–05
1961	Louth	1–13	Yorkshire	1–10
1960	Dublin	2–05	London	0–05
1959	Fermanagh	1–11	London	2–04
1958	Galway	4–05	Lancashire	3–01
1957	Mayo	2–07	Warwickshire	2–05
1956	Monaghan	3–07	London	2–06
1955	Cork	3–09	Warwickshire	1–05
1954	Kerry	1–07	London	1–05
1953	Cork	1–11	Lancashire	1–04
1952	Meath	3–09	London	0–04
1951	Cork	5–11	Warwickshire	1–03
1950	Mayo	2-04	London	0-03
1949	Kerry	2–14	Lancashire	0–06
1948	Dublin	2–11	London	1–05
1947	Meath	2–11	London	2–06
1946	Down	2–10	Warwickshire	1–09
1945	No Championship
1944	No Championship
1943	No Championship
1942	No Championship
1941	Kerry	0–09	Cavan	0–04
1940	Roscommon	2–09	Westmeath	0–05
1939	Dublin	2–14	London	0–04
1938	London	5–07	Leitrim	2–09
1937	Longford	0–09	London	0–07
1936	Wicklow	3–03	Mayo	2–05
1935	Sligo	5–08	London	0–03
1934	Louth	1–03	London	0–03
1933	Mayo	3–07	London	2–04
1932	Louth	0–06	London	0–04
1931	Galway	3–03	London	1–05
1930	Kerry	2–02	Dublin	1–04
1929	Westmeath	0–09	London	1–02
1928	Kerry	2–08	Louth	2–03
1927	Cavan	0–07	Kildare	0–03
1926	Armagh	4–11	Dublin	0–04
1925	Louth	2–06	Mayo	2–05
1924	Kerry	1–06	Longford	0–04
1923	Tipperary	2–06	Carlow	1–01
1922	No Championship
1921	No Championship
1920	No Championship
1919	No Championship
1918	No Championship
1917	No Championship
1916	Dublin	1–02, 6–04 (R)	Limerick	1–02, 0–03 (R)
1915	Kerry	0–06	Westmeath	1–02
1914	Dublin	5–04	Mayo	1–06
1913	Kerry	0–07	Carlow	1–02
1912	Tipperary	1–04	Louth	1–03

By province

#	Province	Wins	Runners-Up	Total	Biggest Contributor (Wins)	Most Recent Win (Year)
1	Munster	42	9	51	Kerry (42)	Kerry (2019)
2	Leinster	22	22	44	Dublin (22)	Kilkenny (2022)
3	Connacht	13	16	29	Mayo (13)	Sligo (2010)
4	Ulster	7	1	8	Cavan (2)	Cavan (2014)
5	Britain	6	41	47	London (6)	London (1986)
6	America	0	1	1	-

See also

• Munster Junior Football Championship
• Leinster Junior Football Championship
• Connacht Junior Football Championship
• Ulster Junior Football Championship

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Sources

• 2011 Final Report