Clare Junior Football Championship
Clare Junior Football Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Soisear Péil an Chláir |
Founded | 1922 |
Title holders | Ennistymon (3rd title) |
Most titles | Éire Óg & Kilmurry-Ibrickane (7 titles) |
The Clare Junior Football Championship (abbreviated to Clare JAFC) is an annual gaelic football club competition organised by the Clare County Board of the GAA for clubs below the Intermediate and Senior grades. It is contested by the top-ranking Junior clubs in County Clare, Ireland. It is the third-tier adult competition of the Clare football pyramid.
The Clare JAFC was introduced in the early 1920s as a countywide competition for gaelic football clubs deemed not eligible for the Senior or Intermediate grades, and also for the second- and third-string teams from higher-ranked clubs.
The winners of the Clare JAFC are promoted to the Clare Intermediate Football Championship for the following year. They also qualify to represent Clare in the Munster Junior Club Football Championship (the winners of which go on to compete in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship). However, if a second- or third-string team wins the Clare JAFC they are replaced by the highest finishing first-string team. No Clare club has ever won the Munster title.
The 2021 Clare Junior Champions are Ennistymon who defeated to be crowned champions for the third time at this grade.
Roll of honour[]
Rank | Club | Titles | Winning Years |
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1. | Éire Óg, Ennis | 7 | 1927 (as Ennis Dalcassians), 1943 (as Ennis Dalcassians), 1968, 1975, 2001, 2013, 2018[1] |
Kilmurry-Ibrickane | 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933 (as Quilty), 1950 (as Mullagh), 1994, 2006 | ||
3. | Coolmeen | 6 | 1922, 1958, 1964, 1983, 1999, 2015 |
1948 (as ), 1991, 1997, 2005, 2014, 2017 | |||
5. | 5 | 1945, 1953, 1966, 1984, 2008 | |
1931, 1934, 1947, 1977, 2010 | |||
St. Senan's, Kilkee | 1926, 1970, 1974, 1990, 1996 | ||
8. | Clondegad | 4 | 1942 (as Ballycorick), 1963 (as Moohane), 1969, 2000 |
1938 (as ), 1971, 1981, 1992 | |||
1946 (as ), 1962, 1980, 2019 | |||
11. | Clarecastle | 3 | 1936, 1982, 2012 |
Cooraclare | 1965, 1988, 1998 | ||
Ennistymon | 1973, 1987, 2021[2] | ||
1937, 1955, 1956 (as ) | |||
Kilrush Shamrocks | 1944, 1951 (as Ballykett), 1954 (as Ballykett) | ||
1940, 1961, 1995 | |||
St. Joseph's, Miltown Malbay | 1923, 1924, 1949 | ||
Wolfe Tones, Shannon | 1957 (as Shannon Rangers), 1967, 1972 | ||
19. | Clooney-Quin | 2 | 2004, 2009 |
Doonbeg | 1928, 1939 | ||
Scariff | 1952, 1960 | ||
Shannon Gaels, Labasheeda | 1941, 1959 | ||
1935 (as ), 1979 | |||
St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield | 1989, 1993 | ||
25. | 1 | 2003 (as ) | |
Corofin | 1978 | ||
Cratloe | 2002 | ||
1985 | |||
1986 | |||
O'Callaghan's Mills | 2007 | ||
St. Cronan's, Ennis | 1976 | ||
2020[3][4] | |||
To Be Confirmed | 1925, 2011, 2016 |
See also[]
- Clare Senior Football Championship
- Clare Football League Div. 1 (Cusack Cup)
- Clare Intermediate Football Championship
- Clare Under-21 A Football Championship
References[]
- ^ "Junior A Football Final 2018". Clare GAA.
- ^ "Ennistymon Crowned Junior Champions". The Clare Echo.
- ^ "Banner Overcome Ballyvaughan To Secure Junior Double". The Clare Echo.
- ^ "Banner's Great Day Was A Long Time Coming". The Clare Echo.
- Gaelic football competitions in County Clare