Dublin Junior Football Championship
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| Junior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear PeileBhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Title holders | St Finian's GAA (Swords) (2nd title) |
| Most titles | St Vincents (6 titles) |
| Sponsors | Go Ahead Transport |
The Dublin Junior Football 1 Championship is the Junior Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic 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 Chiaráin in the final.[1]
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 Football A
| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Vincents | 6 | 1976, 1984, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2014 |
| 2 | Innisfails | 4 | 1937, 1943, 1973, 2001 |
| 3 | Craobh Chiaráin | 3 | 1964, 2019, 2024 |
| St. Sylvester's | 3 | 1939, 1963, 1989 | |
| Fingallians | 3 | 1942, 1956, 1993 | |
| Round Towers Lusk | 3 | 1962, 1992, 2015 | |
| 4 | Man-O-War | 2 | 1979, 2023 |
| Garristown | 2 | 1965, 2022 | |
| 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 Brigid's | 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 | |
| St Finian's, Swords | 2 | 2000, 2025 | |
| 5 | St Marks | 1 | 2021 |
| St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh | 1 | 2017 | |
| St Mary's, 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 | |
| Inchicore Gaels | 1 | 1958 | |
| Naomh Mearnóg | 1 | 2004 | |
| 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 | |
| Beann Eadair | 1 | 1974 | |
| O'Dwyer's | 2 | 1950, 2020 | |
| St Brendan's | 1 | 1971 | |
| Synge Street PP | 1 | 1970 | |
| Castleknock | 1 | 2012 | |
| St Finian's, Newcastle | 1 | 2018 |
Roll of Honour
Junior Football B
Roll of Honour
| Junior B Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear PeileBhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Title holders | Skerries Harps (1st title) |
| First winner | St Brendan's |
| Most titles | St. Sylvester's (2 titles) |
| Sponsors | ? |
Junior Football C/3
The 2020 Junior 3 All County Football Championship will be contested by Clontarf and St Patrick's, Donabate.
Roll of Honour
| Junior C Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear PeileBhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | ? |
| Title holders | St Vincents (2nd title) |
| First winner | ? |
| Most titles | Ballinteer St. Johns (3 titles) |
| Sponsors | ? |
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||
| 2024 | St. Sylvester's | St Jude's | ||
| 2023 | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2020 | St Patrick's, Donabate | Clontarf | ||
| 2019 | Round Towers Lusk | 0-13 | Na Fianna | 0-11 |
| 2018 | Cuala | 1-11 | Na Fianna | 0-08 |
| 2017 | St Brigid's | 2-17 | Lucan Sarsfields | 2-15 |
| 2016 | St Vincent's | 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 Enda's | 2-11 | Naomh Fionbarra | 0-09 |
| 2011 | Parnells | Ballyboden St Enda's | ||
| 2010 | St Vincent's | 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 Enda's | |||
| 2003 | St Brigid's | |||
| 2002 | O'Dwyer's | Ballinteer St. Johns |
Junior Football D
Roll of Honour
| Junior 4 All County Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear PeileBhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | ? |
| Title holders | St Finians, Swords (1st title) |
| First winner | ? |
| Most titles | Kilmacud Crokes (2 titles) |
| Sponsors | Jameson |
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||
| 2024 | St Patrick's, Donabate | Ballyboden St Enda's | ||
| 2023 | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2020 | St Finian's, Swords | 0-18 | St. Jude's | 0-14 |
| 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 Jude's | 1-13 | St Finian's, Swords | 1-10 |
| 2014 | Na Fianna | 1-15 | St Oliver Plunketts Eoghan Ruadh | 1-09 |
| 2013[10] | Fingallians | 2-08 | St Patrick's, Palmerstown | 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 Brigid's | St Anne's | ||
| 2007 | ||||
| 2006 | ||||
| 2005 | ||||
| 2004 | ||||
| 2003 | St Jude's | |||
| 2002 | St. Sylvester's |
Junior Football E
| Junior 5 All County Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear PeileBhaile 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 | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Clanna Gael Fontenoy | 2-09 | Naomh Mearnóg | 0-11 |
| 2024 | Raheny | Garristown | ||
| 2023 | ||||
| 2022 | ||||
| 2021 | Kilmacud Crokes | 1-07 | Castleknock | 1-06 |
| 2020 | St Brigid's | 1-18 | Clann Mhuire | 2-08 |
| 2019 | Ballyboden St Enda's | 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 Kevin's Killians | 0-09 |
| 2013 | Croi Ro Naofa | St. Colmcille's (Swords) | ||
| 2012 | Rosmini Gaels | 1-08 | St Kevin's 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 |
Junior Football F/6
The First ever Dublin Junior 6 All County Football Final was contested by St Annes and Clontarf
| Junior 6 All County Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| Irish | Craobh Shóisear Sé PeileBhaile Átha Cliath |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Title holders | St Marks |
| First winner | Clontarf |
| Most titles | St Marks (1 titles) |
Roll of Honour
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | St Marks | 4-11 | Lucan Sarsfields | 0-09 |
| 2020 | Clontarf | 4-18 | St Annes | 1-09 |
Notes and references
- ^"Junior Football Club ROH". Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^"Adult Football Championship Restructuring Approved by Clubs". 3 July 2017.
- ^Walsh, Daire (19 October 2025). "St Finians Swords Come out on top in the Go-Ahead Ireland Junior 1 Football Final". Dublin GAA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^"Round-Up: Go-Ahead Ireland Intermediate All-County & Junior 1 Football Finals". 21 October 2024.
- ^"Scenes of joy as Man O'War end 44-year wait". 9 November 2023.
- ^"Garristown do enough to see off Finian's in thrilling intermediate final replay". 31 October 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^"O'Dwyers impress in junior-1 fc final-victory over Monicas". Dublin GAA Website. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^"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.
