Dublin Junior Football Championship
The Dublin Junior Football championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic football competition of Dublin. The winners of the Junior championship go on to qualify for the Dublin Intermediate Football Championship. The winners will also represent Dublin in the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship. St. Vincent's are the most successful club in the Junior A championship having won the competition on six occasions, with their most recent victory in 2014 beating Craobh Ciarain in the final.[1]
| Junior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear Peile Bhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Title holders | St Finians Newcastle (1st title) |
| First winner | Ballyboden Wanderers |
| Most titles | St Vincents (6 titles) |
| Sponsors | The Evening Herald |
New Format
In 2018, the grading system of Junior Championships was drastically changed. The Dublin Junior Football Championship is divided between Junior 1 and 2.
Junior 1 consists of 16 teams who are divided into four groups of four. The top two sides in each group are then included in an open draw for the quarter finals of the championship. The team that wins the Dublin Junior Football Championship is promoted to the Dublin Intermediate Championship. The teams that finish at the bottom of their respective groups go on to play in a relegation championship. The eventual loser drops to the Dublin Junior Football Championship 2.
Junior 2 consists of 14 teams who are divided into two groups of three and two groups of four. The top two sides in each group are then included in an open draw for the quarter finals of the championship. No team can be relegated from the Dublin Junior Football Championship 2.
A club that has a team in the Intermediate or Senior Championship will compete in the All County Championship. The all county championship is divided in three divisions and participation will vary each year depending on each club's performance in higher graded divisions. The winner of each all county championship will progress to a higher ranking all county championship if they do not already have a side in that championship.[2]
Junior 1
| November 02 2019 14:30 Junior 1 Club Final |
Craobh Chiaráin | -vs- | St Brendan's Grangegorman | St Margarets Attendance: 400 Referee: Finbarr Shanahan |
| 1-14 | 1-6 |
| October 27, 2018 16:30 All County Final |
Ballymun Kickhams GAA | -vs- | Raheny | O'Toole Park Attendance: 170! Referee: Darren Delaney |
| 4-10 | 1-13 |
Junior 2
| 03 November 2019 15:00 Junior 2 Club Final |
Stars Of Erin | -vs- | Beann Eidair | Monastery Road Referee: Tony Clarke |
| 29 October 2018 14:00 Junior 2 All County Final |
Castleknock | -vs- | Thomas Davis | Monastery Road Attendance: 250 Referee: Philip Carr Man of the Match: ??? |
| 4-13 | 0-15 |
Junior 3
| 2018 Junior 3 All County Final |
Cuala | -vs- | Na Fianna | ??? Referee: Parnell Park Man of the Match: ??? |
| 1-11 | 0-08 |
Junior 4
| 28 October 2018 14:00 Junior 4 All County Final |
Round Towers Lusk | -vs- | Raheny | St Margarets Attendance: 250 Referee: Joe Murray Man of the Match: ??? |
| 3-8 | 2-7 |
Junior 5
| 2019 Junior 5 All County Final |
Ballyboden St Endas | -vs- | Skerries Harps | Abbotstown Attendance: Few Men and a Dog! Referee: Sean Dunican Man of the Match: ??? |
| 1-12 | 1-09 |
Junior Football A
| Team | Winner | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Vincents | 6 | 1976, 1984, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2014 |
| 2 | Innisfails | 4 | 1937, 1943, 1973, 2001 |
| 3 | St. Sylvester's | 3 | 1939, 1963, 1989 |
| Fingallians | 3 | 1942, 1956, 1993 | |
| Round Towers Lusk | 3 | 1962, 1992, 2015 | |
| 4 | Peadar Mackens | 2 | 1934, 1947 |
| Sean McDermotts | 2 | 1932, 1944 | |
| St. Joseph's | 2 | 1929, 1959 | |
| Thomas Davis | 2 | 1957, 1982 | |
| Parnells | 2 | 1983, 2011 | |
| St. Brigids | 2 | 1996, 2010 | |
| Naomh Maur | 2 | 1951, 1972 | |
| Ballyboden Wanderers | 2 | 1928, 1968 | |
| Ballyboughal | 2 | 1967, 2009 | |
| Erin's Isle | 2 | 1953, 2007 | |
| Na Fianna | 2 | 1975, 2005 | |
| Skerries Harps | 2 | 1943, 1954 | |
| Lucan Sarsfields | 2 | 1977, 2003 | |
| St Patrick's, Donabate | 2 | 1980, 2008 | |
| Fingal Ravens | 2 | 1969, 1999 | |
| Cuala | 2 | 1978, 2013 | |
| Kilmacud Crokes | 2 | 1986, 2016 | |
| 5 | St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh | 1 | 2017 |
| St Marys, Saggart | 1 | 2002 | |
| St Marnocks | 1 | 1936 | |
| St Pauls | 1 | 1935 | |
| Portrane | 1 | 1946 | |
| Pioneers | 1 | 1933 | |
| Star of the Sea | 1 | 1949 | |
| Eastern Command | 1 | 1952 | |
| O'Tooles | 1 | 1945 | |
| Clann O'Tooles | 1 | 1931 | |
| Brian Boru | 1 | 1930 | |
| Crumlin | 1 | 2006 | |
| Garristown | 1 | 1965 | |
| Craobh Chiaráin | 2 | 1964, 2019 | |
| Inchicore Gaels | 1 | 1958 | |
| Naomh Mearnóg | 1 | 2004 | |
| St Finians, Swords | 1 | 2000 | |
| St. Peregrines | 1 | 1998 | |
| Clann Mhuire | 1 | 1994 | |
| Ard Craobh | 1 | 1941 | |
| St. Margarets | 1 | 1940 | |
| Naomh Fionbarra | 1 | 1961 | |
| Clanna Gael | 1 | 1955 | |
| Naomh Ólaf | 1 | 1990 | |
| Whitehall Colmcille | 1 | 1966 | |
| Wolfe Tones | 1 | 1938 | |
| Trinity Gaels | 1 | 1988 | |
| St. Monica's | 1 | 1987 | |
| Rosmini Gaels | 1 | 1985 | |
| Rialto Gaels | 1 | 1960 | |
| Naomh Barróg | 1 | 1981 | |
| Man O'War | 1 | 1979 | |
| Beann Eadair | 1 | 1974 | |
| O'Dwyer's | 1 | 1950 | |
| St. Brendan's | 1 | 1971 | |
| Synge Street PP | 1 | 1970 | |
| Castleknock | 1 | 2012 | |
| St Finians Newcastle | 1 | 2018 |
Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Craobh Chiaráin 1-14 | St Brendan's 1-6 |
| 2018 | St Finian's (Newcastle) 2-10 | Craobh Chiaráin 1-14 |
| 2017 | St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh 1-11 | Ballymun Kickhams 0-12 |
| 2016[3] | Kilmacud Crokes 2-09 | St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh 1-11 |
| 2015 | Round Towers Lusk 4-12 | Raheny 1-10 |
| 2014 | St. Vincent's 5-05 | Craobh Chiaráin 2-12 |
| 2013 | Cuala 2-14 | St. Monica's 1-12 |
| 2012 | Castleknock 2-22 | Raheny 1-7 |
| 2011 | Parnells 1-10 | Man O'War 0-07 |
| 2010 | St. Brigids 0-14 | St. Jude's 0-04 |
| 2009 | Ballyboughal 0-13 | Man O'War 1-07 |
| 2008 | St. Patricks, Donabate | Round Towers |
| 2007 | Erin's Isle 2-08 | Whitehall Colmcille 0-11 |
| 2006 | Crumlin | Castleknock |
| 2005 | Na Fianna | Round Towers |
| 2004 | Naomh Mearnóg | |
| 2003 | Lucan Sarsfields | |
| 2002 | St Marys, Saggart | |
| 2001 | Innisfails | |
| 2000 | St Finians, Swords | |
| 1999 | Fingal Ravens | St Finians Swords |
| 1998 | St. Peregrines 1-14 | Innisfails 1-10 |
| 1997 | St Vincents | |
| 1996 | St. Brigids | |
| 1995 | St Vincents | |
| 1994 | Clann Mhuire | |
| 1993 | Fingallians | Postal Gaels |
| 1992 | Round Towers Lusk 0-11 | St Vincents 0-08 |
| 1991 | St Vincents | |
| 1990 | Naomh Ólaf | |
| 1989 | St. Sylvester's | Cuala |
| 1988 | Trinity Gaels 1-08 | Cuala 1-07 |
| 1987 | St. Monica's | |
| 1986 | Kilmacud Crokes | Thomas Davis |
| 1985 | Rosmini Gaels | Ballymun Kickhams |
| 1984 | St Vincents | Postal Gaels |
| 1983 | Parnells | Churchtown |
| 1982 | Thomas Davis | |
| 1981 | Naomh Barróg | |
| 1980 | St. Patricks, Donabate | |
| 1979 | Man O'War | Fingallians |
| 1978 | Cuala | St. Vincent's |
| 1977 | Lucan Sarsfields | Park Rangers |
| 1976 | St Vincent's | |
| 1975 | Na Fianna | |
| 1974 | Beann Eadair | |
| 1973 | Innisfails | |
| 1972 | St. Maur's | |
| 1971 | St. Brendan's | |
| 1970 | Synge Street PP | |
| 1969 | Fingal Ravens | |
| 1968 | Ballyboden Wanderers 1-08 | St. Colmcilles 0-06 |
| 1967 | Ballyboughal | St. Maur's |
| 1966 | Whitehall Colmcille | |
| 1965 | Garristown | |
| 1964 | Craobh Chiaráin | St. Gerard's, Walkinstown |
| 1963 | St. Sylvester's | |
| 1962 | Round Towers Lusk | Ballyboughal |
| 1961 | Naomh Fionbarra | |
| 1960 | Rialto Gaels | |
| 1959 | St. Joseph's | St Caillian's |
| 1958 | Inchicore Gaels | Round Towers, Lusk |
| 1957 | Thomas Davis | |
| 1956 | Fingallians | |
| 1955 | Clanna Gael | |
| 1954 | Skerries Harps | |
| 1953 | Erin's Isle | |
| 1952 | Eastern Command | |
| 1951 | St. Maurs | Skerries Harps |
| 1950 | O'Dwyer's | |
| 1949 | Star of the Sea | St. Maur's |
| 1948 | Innisfails | |
| 1947 | Peadar Mackens | Ballyboughal |
| 1946 | Portrane | |
| 1945 | O'Tooles | |
| 1944 | Sean McDermotts | |
| 1943 | Skerries Harps | Parish Gaels |
| 1942 | Fingallians | O'Dwyer's |
| 1941 | Ard Craobh | |
| 1940 | St. Margarets | |
| 1939 | St. Sylvester's | |
| 1938 | Wolf Tones | |
| 1937 | Innisfails | |
| 1936 | St. Marnocks | Fingallians |
| 1935 | St. Paul's | Innisfails |
| 1934 | Peadar Mackens | |
| 1933 | Pioneers | |
| 1932 | Sean McDermotts | |
| 1931 | Clan O'Tooles | |
| 1930 | Brian Boru | |
| 1929 | St. Joseph's | |
| 1928 | Ballyboden Wanderers | |
| 1927 | St. Joseph's |
Junior Football B
The 2017 Junior B Football winners are Skerries Harps who defeated St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh on August 25, 2017.
Roll of Honour
| Junior B Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear Peile Bhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Title holders | Skerries Harps (1st title) |
| First winner | St Brendan's |
| Most titles | St. Sylvester's (2 titles) |
| Sponsors | ? |
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Skerries Harps 3-17 | St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh 1-09 |
| 2016 | Ballymun Kickhams 3-9 | Wanderers 1-06 |
| 2015 | Fingallians 2-17 | Bank Of Ireland 3-08 |
| 2014 | St. Sylvester's 0-13 | Civil Service 0-08 |
| 2013[4] | Whitehall Colmcille 2-11 | Fingallians 0-06 |
| 2012 | St.James Gaels 1-10 | St. Maur's 0-6 |
| 2011 | Ballyboden St. Endas 3-07 | St. Maur's 1-09 |
| 2010 | Na Fianna 1-14 | Skerries Harps 1-07 |
| 2009 | Parnells 1-11 | St. Sylvester's 0-05 |
| 2008 | Cuala 0-10 | St Vincents 0-09 |
| 2007 | Fingal Ravens | St Vincents |
| 2006 | St. Brigids 1-14 | Man O'War 1-09 |
| 2005 | ||
| 2004 | St. Joseph's/OCB | St Vincents |
| 2003 | ||
| 2002 | Naomh Ólaf 2-04 | Naomh Jude 0-02 |
| 2001 | Lucan Sarsfields | St Kevins Killians |
| 2000 | St Kevins Killians | Kilmacud Crokes |
| 1999 | St. Sylvester's | St Vincents |
| 1998 | ||
| 1997 | ||
| 1996 | AIB 2-14 | St Vincents 0-11 |
| 1993 | St. Brendan's |
Junior Football C
The 2018 Junior 3 All County Football Championship will be contested by Cuala and Na Fianna.
Roll of Honour
| Junior C Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear Peile Bhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | ? |
| Title holders | St Vincents (2nd title) |
| First winner | ? |
| Most titles | Ballinteer St. Johns (3 titles) |
| Sponsors | ? |
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Cuala 1-11 | Na Fianna 0-8 |
| 2017 | St. Brigid's 2-17 | Lucan Sarsfields 2-15 |
| 2016 | St Vincents 3-09 | Lucan Sarsfields 1-12 |
| 2015 | Ballinteer St. Johns 1-07 | Castleknock 0-09 |
| 2014 | Raheny 1-15 | Round Towers Clondalkin 0-08 |
| 2013 | Thomas Davis 3-13 | Stars of Erin 2-09 |
| 2012 | Ballyboden St. Endas 2-11 | Naomh Fionbarra 0-09 |
| 2011 | Parnells | Ballyboden St. Endas |
| 2010 | St Vincents 3-12 | St. Brigid's 1-06 |
| 2009 | St Oliver Plunketts ER 1-11 | Clontarf 0-06 |
| 2008 | Ballinteer St. Johns 2-06 | Erin's Isle 0-08 |
| 2007 | Ballinteer St. Johns 2-07 | St Jude's 2-10 |
| 2006 | ||
| 2005 | ||
| 2004 | Ballyboden St. Endas | |
| 2003 | St. Brigids | |
| 2002 | O'Dwyer's | Ballinteer St. Johns |
Junior Football D
Roll of Honour
| Junior 4 All County Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear Peile Bhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | ? |
| Title holders | Kilmacud Crokes (1st title) |
| First winner | ? |
| Most titles | ? |
| Sponsors | ? |
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kilmacud Crokes 2-14 | Raheny 1-12 |
| 2018 | Round Towers Lusk 3-08 | Raheny 2-07 |
| 2017 | Kilmacud Crokes 1-14 | Starlights 1-10 |
| 2016 | Naomh Ólaf 2-17 | St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh 0-11 |
| 2015 | St. Judes 1-13 | St Finians Swords 1-10 |
| 2014 | Na Fianna 1-15 | St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh 1-09 |
| 2013[5] | Fingallians 2-08 | St. Patricks, Palmerston 1-10 |
| 2012 | Cuala 0-08 | Ballyboughal 1-04 |
| 2011 | St Anne's 3-12 | Erin go Bragh 0-07 |
| 2010 | Stars of Erin 1-06 | Wild Geese 0-06 |
| 2009 | St. Sylvester's | Parnells |
| 2008 | St. Brigids | St Anne's |
| 2007 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| 2005 | ||
| 2004 | ||
| 2003 | St. Jude's | |
| 2002 | St Marys, Saggart |
Junior Football E
| Junior 5 All County Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear Peile Bhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Title holders | Ballyfermot De La Salle (1st title) |
| First winner | Park Rangers |
| Most titles | Rosmini Gaels (2 titles) |
| Sponsors | P.J. Carroll and Company |
The Junior E Championship was created at the start of the 2008 season and is open to clubs who only have one adult team taking part in the Adult Football Leagues.
This championship is played on a round robin format which gives each team three championship games a year.
Park Rangers won the First Junior E Final in 2008, defeating Wild Geese, who themselves would taste glory a year later in 2009.
In 2010 Rosmini Gaels won their first championship since winning the original Junior A championship in 1985. Two players from the '85 team played in the 2010 final. Rosmini Gaels repeated their victory in 2012.
The 2014 Junior E Final took place on September 20 between St. Kevin Killians and St Colmcilles of Swords in O'Toole Park. In a hard-fought close game, St. Colmcilles came out on top to claim the first championship win in the history of the club and in the process going one step further than the previous year in which they finished up as runners-up.
AIB defeated Rosmini Gaels in the 2015 final after extra time to claim their first Junior E title.
In 2016 Cloghran outfit Starlights lifted the crown defeating Beann Eadair in the final.
Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Ballyboden St. Endas 1-12 | Skerries Harps 1-09 |
| 2018 | Parnells 0-13 | Skerries Harps 0-08 |
| 2017 | Ballyfermot De La Salle 1-14 | Rosmini Gaels 1-11 |
| 2016 | Starlights 2-16 | Beann Eadair 0-05 |
| 2015 | AIB | Rosmini Gaels |
| 2014 | St. Colmcille's (Swords) 1-08 | St Kevins Killians 0-09 |
| 2013 | Croi Ro Naofa | St. Colmcille's (Swords) |
| 2012 | Rosmini Gaels 1-08 | St Kevins Killians 1-05 |
| 2011 | Geraldine Morans 2-13 | Tyrrelstown 2-05 |
| 2010 | Rosmini Gaels 0-10 | Croi Ro Naofa 0-08 |
| 2009 | Wild Geese 2-08 | St. Brendan's 0-09 |
| 2008 | Park Rangers | Wild Geese |
Notes and references
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-09-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Adult Football Championship Restructuring Approved by Clubs".
- "Fox on the double as Crokes crowned JFC 'A' champions". Dublin GAA Website. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- "Colmcille come good". Evening Herald. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- "Super sub Dan is the man as Fins break Pat's hearts". Evening Herald. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.