All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Not to be confused with All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name.

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2025 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sóisear Peile na hÉireann
Code	Gaelic Football
Founded	1912
Region	Ireland (GAA)
No. of teams	4
Title holders	New York (2nd title)
Most titles	Kerry (20 titles)

Since 2022, the competition has involving four Junior Gaelic football inter-county teams, It featured one team from Ireland who do not compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Kilkenny, one team from North America, New York, and the winners and runners up from the All-Britain Junior Football Championship, one team from which, London, does play in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship via the Connacht Senior Football Championship alongside New York.

The current holders are New York, defeating London by 0-13 to 0-12 in the 2024 final. With two wins, New York are the most successful team in the post 2021 format.

Until 2021 the competition was previously held 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 within the county 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.

Kerry are the most successful county in the competition's history from this period, having lifted the title on twenty occasions.. The 2008 championship was won by Dublin for the first time since 1960.^[1] Sligo defeated Kerry in 2010 to win their first title since 1935.^[2] Ulster did not participate in the Junior Championship for a period, Cavan the 2014 champions represented Leinster in the absence of an Ulster competition.^[3][4]

History

Summary of champions

#	County	Titles	Runners-up	Total
1	Kerry	20	5	25
2	Cork	17	3	20
3	London	6	24	30
	Dublin	6	3	9
5	Mayo	5	7	12
	Meath	5	4	9
7	Galway	4	4	8
	Louth	4	2	6
9	Tipperary	3	0	3
10	Roscommon	2	3	5
	Wicklow	2	1	3
	Cavan	2	1	3
	New York	2	1	2
	Waterford	2	0	2
	Sligo	2	0	2
16	Westmeath	1	2	3
	Longford	1	1	2
	Laois	1	1	2
	Wexford	1	1	2
	Kilkenny	1	1	2
	Armagh	1	0	1
	Tyrone	1	0	1
	Monaghan	1	0	1
	Fermanagh	1	0	1
	Down	1	0	1
26	Warwickshire	0	9	9
	Lancashire	0	4	4
	Kildare	0	4	4
	Carlow	0	2	2
	Hertfordshire	0	2	2
	Yorkshire	0	2	2
	Leitrim	0	2	2
	Limerick	0	1	1
	Offaly	0	1	1

History

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.

Format

Historic format (1912-2019)

The five provincial winners would contest the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Teams (5)

Province	Provincial Championship	Qualifying teams
Connacht GAA	Connacht Junior Football Championship	Champions
Leinster GAA	Leinster Junior Football Championship	Champions
Munster GAA	Munster Junior Football Championship	Champions
Ulster GAA	Ulster Junior Club Football Championship	Champions
Britain GAA	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	Champions

Longford	1-13 – 1-12	Westmeath

1907
Preliminary Round

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Current format (2022-)

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]

Teams (4)

Province	Provincial Championship	Qualifying teams
Britain GAA	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	Champions and runners-up
Leinster GAA	Leinster Junior Football Championship	Kilkenny
North America GAA	N / A	New York

Teams

2024 Championship

Ten counties will compete in the 2024 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship:

County	Location	Stadium	Province	Position in 2023 Championship	Provincial Championship	In championship since	Provincial Titles	Last Provincial Title	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
Gloucestershire	Gloucester	St Peter's Rugby Football Club	Britain	Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	—	1	2008	0	—
Hertfordshire	Watford	Glen Rovers Football Club	Britain	Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	—	0	—	0	—
Kilkenny	Kilkenny	Nowlan Park	Leinster	Runners-up	Leinster Junior Football Championship	—	3	2018	1	2022
Lancashire	East Didsbury	Old Bedians	Britain	Semi-finals (Britain Junior Football Championship)	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	—	5	2016	0	—
London	South Ruislip	McGovern Park	Britain	Semi-finals	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	—	3	2022	6	1995
New York	Bronx	Gaelic Park	North America	Champions	N / A	—	0	—	1	2023
Scotland	Glasgow	Tir Conaill Harps	Britain	Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	—	2	2019	0	—
United States	Chicago	Gaelic Park	North America	N / A	N / A	2024	0	—	0	—
Warwickshire	Solihull	Páirc na hÉireann	Britain	Semi-finals	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	—	6	2023	0	—
Yorkshire	Leeds	John Charles Centre for Sport	Britain	Group Stage (Britain Junior Football Championship)	All-Britain Junior Football Championship	—	0	—	0	—

Roll of Honour

Wins by County

Performances in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship by county

County	Title(s)	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
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
Cork	17	3	1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1972, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013	1966, 1986, 1992
London	6	25	1938, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1986	1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2024
Dublin	6	3	1914, 1916, 1939, 1948, 1960, 2008	1926, 1930, 1971
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
Galway	4	4	1931, 1958, 1965, 1985	1994, 2003, 2018, 2019
Louth	4	2	1925, 1932, 1934, 1961	1912, 1928
Tipperary	3	0	1912, 1923, 1998	-
Roscommon	2	3	1940, 2000	2006, 2008, 2009
Wicklow	2	1	1936, 2002	1969
Cavan	2	1	1927, 2014	1941
New York	2	1	2023, 2024	2022
Waterford	2	0	1999, 2004	-
Sligo	2	0	1935, 2010	-
Westmeath	1	2	1929	1915, 1940
Longford	1	1	1937	1924
Laois	1	1	1973	1993
Wexford	1	1	1992	2007
Kilkenny	1	1	2022	2023
Armagh	1	0	1926	-
Tyrone	1	0	1968	-
Monaghan	1	0	1956	-
Fermanagh	1	0	1959	-
Down	1	0	1946	-
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

Wins by Province

Performances in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship by province

Province	Title(s)	Runners-up	Total
Munster	42	9	51
Leinster	22	23	45
Connacht	13	16	29
Ulster	7	1	8
Britain	6	42	48
North America	2	1	3

List of Finals

List of finals (since restructure)

Year	Date	Winners		Runners-up		Venue	Winning captain(s)	Winning Margin	Referee
		County	Score	County	Score
2024	14 July	New York	0-13	London	0-12	Croke Park	Dylan Curran	1	Conor Dourneen (Cavan)
2023	16 July	New York	0-13	Kilkenny	1-09	Croke Park	Danny Corridan	1	David Murnane (Cork)
2022	10 July	Kilkenny	3-12	New York	1-09	Croke Park	Mick Malone	9	B Tiernan (Dublin)

All finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	County	Score	County	Score
2024	New York	0-13	London	0-12
2023[6]	New York	0-13	Kilkenny	1-09
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[7]	Kerry	2–13	Galway	2–11
2017[8]	Kerry	2–19	Meath	1–14
2016[9]	Kerry	2–18	Mayo	2–11
2015[10]	Kerry	2–18	Mayo	0–10
2014[11]	Cavan	2–14	Kerry	0–14
2013[12]	Cork	0–13	Kildare	1–07
2012[13]	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[14]	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

Team records and statistics

Team results (since the 2022 restructure)

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• SF – Semi-Finals
• B – All-Britain Championship

For each year, the number of teams in each championship (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2022 (9)	2023 (9)	2024 (10)	Years
Gloucestershire	B	B	B	3
Hertfordshire	B	B	B	3
Kilkenny	1st	2nd	QF	3
Lancashire	B	B	B	3
London	SF	SF	2nd	3
New York	2nd	1st	1st	3
Scotland	B	B	B	3
United States	—	—	SF	1
Warwickshire	SF	SF	SF	3
Yorkshire	B	B	B	3

Performances and statistics by province

Province	Biggest Contributor		Most Recent Win
	County	No.	County	Year
Connacht	Mayo	5	Sligo	2010
Leinster	Dublin	6	Kilkenny	2022
Munster	Kerry	20	Kerry	2019
Ulster	Cavan	2	Cavan	2014
Britain	London	6	London	1986
North America	New York	2	New York	2024

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland JFC titles, is as follows:

• 1910s: 2 for Kerry (1913, 1915) and Dublin (1914, 1916)
• 1920s: 2 for Kerry (1924, 1928)
• 1930s: 2 for Louth (1932, 1934)
• 1940s: 2 for Kerry (1941, 1949)
• 1950s: 3 for Cork (1951, 1953, 1955)
• 1960s: 2 for Kerry (1963, 1967) and London (1966, 1969)
• 1970s: 2 for London (1970, 1971)
• 1980s: 3 for Cork (1984, 1987, 1989)
• 1990s: 3 for Cork (1990, 1993, 1996)
• 2000s: 4 for Cork (2001, 2005, 2007, 2009)
• 2010s: 6 for Kerry (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
• 2020s: 2 for New York (2023, 2024)

Other records

Finishing positions

• Most championships
  • 20, Kerry (1913, 1915, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1941, 1949, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1983, 1991, 1994, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

• Most second-place finishes
  • 25, London (1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1988, 1991, 1995, 2024)
• Most semi-final finishes (2022–present)
  • 3, Warwickshire (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Most quarter-final finishes (2022–present)
  • 1, Kilkenny (2024)

Unbeaten sides

• Every team that has won the championship has done so unbeaten.

Beaten sides

On one occasion a team was defeated twice but have remained in the knockout championship:

• Lancashire (2023) were beaten by Warwickshire and London but still qualified for the knockout stage.

Final success rate

Eight counties have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions:

• Tipperary (1912, 1923, 1998)
• Waterford (1999, 2004)
• Sligo (1935, 2010)
• Armagh (1926)
• Tyrone (1968)
• Monaghan (1956)
• Fermanagh (1959)
• Down (1946)

On the opposite end of the scale, nine counties has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

• Warwickshire (1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990)
• Lancashire (1949, 1953, 1958, 1963)
• Kildare (1927, 1970, 2011, 2013)
• Carlow (1913, 1923)
• Hertfordshire (1965, 1972)
• Yorkshire (1961, 1983)
• Leitrim (1938, 2004)
• Limerick (1916)
• Offaly (1998)

Consecutive participations

• 0, 000 (0000–0000)

000 have the record number of consecutive participations in the championship, taking part in 000 seasons.

Biggest wins

• The most one sided finals:
  • 00 points – 0000: 000 vs 000
• The most one sided matches:
  • 18 points – 2023: Warwickshire 2-17 - 1-02 Scotland

Scoring Events (2023–)

• Most goals in a match:
  • 5 – 2023: London 3-03 - 2-12 Warwickshire
• Most points in a match:
  • 33 –  2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
  • 33 –  2023: Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 London
• Most goals by one team in a match:
  • 3 – 2023: London 3-03 - 2-12 Warwickshire
  • 3 – 2023: Scotland 1-08 - 3-11 Lancashire
• Most points by one team in a match:
  • 18 –  2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
  • 18 –  2023: Warwickshire 1-18 - 1-15 London
• Highest aggregate score:
  • 42 points – 2023: London 2-18 - 1-15 Lancashire
• Lowest aggregate score:
  • 17 points –  2023: New York 1-07 - 0-07 Warwickshire

Successful defending

A number of defending champions have retained their title. These are:

• 000 00 attempts out of 00 (0000)

Gaps

• Longest gaps between successive championship titles:
  • 87 years: Cavan (1927–2014)
  • 75 years: Tipperary (1923–1998)
  • 75 years: Sligo (1935–2010)
  • 66 years: Wicklow (1936–2002)
  • 60 years: Roscommon (1940–2000)
  • 48 years: Dublin (1960–2008)
  • 38 years: Mayo (1957–1995)
  • 28 years: London (1938–1966)
  • 27 years: Galway (1931–1958)
  • 27 years: Louth (1934–1961)
• Longest gaps between successive championship final appearances:
  • 0 years: N/A
• Longest gap between successive championship appearances
  • 0 years: N/A

Provinces

• On 0 occasions has the All-Ireland JFC final involved two teams from the same province.
• The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster, with nine:
  • Dublin
  • Kilkenny
  • Laois
  • Longford
  • Louth
  • Meath
  • Westmeath
  • Wexford
  • Wicklow
• Province success rates
  • North America 100% (1 out of 1 counties)
  • Connacht 80% (4 out of 5 counties)
  • Leinster 75% (9 out of 12 counties)
  • Ulster 67% (6 out of 9 counties)
  • Munster 67% (4 out of 6 counties)
  • Britain 14% (1 out of 7 counties)

Longest undefeated run

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 000 games held by 000 (0000–0000).

Miscellaneous

• Best finish by a debuting team
  • Champions, Tipperary (1912)
• Best finish by a debuting team (after 1912)
  • TBD, 000 (0000)
• Highest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
  • 100%, Tipperary (3 wins in 3 matches)
• Lowest winning record in finals (3 or more app.)
  • 0%, Warwickshire (0 wins in 9 matches)
  • 0%, Lancashire (0 wins in 4 matches)
  • 0%, Kildare (0 wins in 4 matches)
• Most played match
  • Cork vs Kerry

Player records

Winning captains

Year	Winning captain	County
2024	Dylan Curran	New York
2023	Danny Corcoran	New York
2022	Mick Malone	Kilkenny

See also

• All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (Tier 1)
• Tailteann Cup (Tier 2)
• Connacht Junior Football Championship
• Leinster Junior Football Championship
• Munster Junior Football Championship
• Ulster Junior Football Championship
• All-Britain Junior Football Championship