Cork City Junior A Football Championship
The City Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EBO Home Rescue City Junior A Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Seandún Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior Gaelic football teams in Cork, Ireland.
City Junior A Football Championship | |
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Founded | 1926 |
No. of teams | 9 |
Title holders | St Michael's (6th title) |
Most titles | St. Anne's (10 titles) |
Sponsors | Sports Turf Solutions |
The series of games begin in May, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship has always been run as a knock-out competition with no second chance for beaten teams.
The City Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners and runners-up of the City Championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.
10 clubs currently participate in the City Championship.
St Michael's are the title-holders after defeating Brian Dillons by 2-11 to 1-11 in the 2022 championship final.
Teams
2023 Teams
Team | Location | Colours | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
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Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white | 2 | 1992 |
Brian Dillons | Montenotte | Blue and white | 7 | 2016 |
Delaney Rovers | Dublin Hill | Green and yellow | 6 | 2018 |
Douglas | Douglas | Green, black and white | 6 | 2021 |
Mayfield | Mayfield | Red and white | 8 | 2023 |
Nemo Rangers | South Douglas Road | Black and green | 9 | 2007 |
Passage West | Passage West | Green and white | 7 | 2020 |
Whitechurch | Whitechurch | 0 | - | |
White's Cross | Ballinvriskig | Green and white | 4 | 2010 |
Roll of honour
# | Team | Wins | Years won |
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1 | St Anne's | 10 | 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 |
2 | St Nicks | 9 | 1930, 1943, 1958, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 |
Nemo Rangers | 9 | 1957, 1967, 1979, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007 | |
St. Finbarr's | 9 | 1941, 1947, 1951, 1960, 1961, 1988, 2011, 2013, 2014 | |
5 | Mayfield | 8 | 1959, 1968, 1975, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2023 |
6 | Brian Dillons | 7 | 1936, 1938, 1977, 1978, 1991, 1998, 2016 |
Passage West | 7 | 1969, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2020 | |
8 | Delaney Rovers | 6 | 1954, 1955, 1977, 2015, 2017, 2018 |
Douglas | 6 | 1962, 1970, 1973, 2004, 2012, 2021 | |
St Michael's | 6 | 1952, 1953, 1956, 1987, 2019, 2022 | |
11 | Na Piarsaigh | 4 | 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005 |
White's Cross | 4 | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 | |
13 | St. Patrick's | 3 | 1944, 1945, 1949 |
St. Vincent's | 3 | 1946, 1950, 1966 | |
15 | Geraldines | 2 | 1926, 1928 |
Commercials | 2 | 1942, 1948 | |
Bishopstown | 2 | 1971, 1992 | |
18 | Lough Rovers | 1 | 1986 |
List of finals
Records
Gaps
Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:
- 39 years: Brian Dillons (1938-1977)
- 38 years: Delaney Rovers (1977-2015)
- 31 years: St Michael's (1956-1987)
- 31 years: Na Piarsaigh (1974-2005)
- 31 years: Douglas (1973-2004)
- 27 years: St. Finbarr's (1961-1988)
- 26 years Passage (1994-2020) (The suffering ends)
- 23 years: St. Finbarr's (1988-2011)
- 22 years: Delaney Rovers (1955-1977)
- 22 years: Mayfield (1975-1997)
- 21 years: Bishopstown (1971-1992)