Sligo Junior Football Championship
Annual Gaelic football competition
Sligo Junior Football Championship Irish Craobh Soisear Peile Co. Shligigh Founded 1907 Title holders Curry (2nd title) First winner Easkey Most titles Bunninadden (6 titles)Sponsors Connacht Gold[ 1]
The Sligo Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Sligo GAA clubs.
Bunninadden have the biggest number of titles with six. Owenmore Gaels are the title holders (2023) defeating Ballymote GAA in the Final.
Honours
The winners of the Sligo Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship . The winners of that in 2018 were Easkey and stalwart Eugene Mullen captained them to that.[ 2]
St johns , who won the junior title in 1999 went on to win the connaught championship by beating monivea Abbey in the final in tuam before the fbd final
The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship . Easkey got to the All-Ireland final in 2019.[ 3] But they lost to Beaufort when they were there.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] That was played at Croke Park .[ 8]
The trophy given to the winners of the Sligo Junior Football Championship is called ?
The winners are promoted to the Sligo Intermediate Football Championship for the following year.[ 9] [ 10]
History
In 2009 the Junior Championship was restructured. For the first time since 2001 there would be two championships, A and B. The A Championship was made up of the semi-finalists in 2008 and relegated teams from the Intermediate Championship. The winner of the A Championship is promoted to Intermediate football. The relegated teams from Intermediate drop down to Junior A and in 2009 three teams were relegated. The B Championship was run on a knockout basis with nine teams entering. The winner of the B Championship is promoted to A for the following year.
Eamonn O'Hara , one of Sligo's All Star footballers, played in the 2016 final and he scored 2-1 before the first half ended.[ 11]
List of finals
Year
Winner
Opponent
2023
Owenmore Gaels 1-13
Ballymote 0-12 [ 12]
2022
Shamrock Gaels
Naomh Molaise Gaels [ 13]
2021
St Patrick's
2020[ 14]
Tourlestrane 2-12
Owenmore Gaels 0-8
2019[ 15]
St Michael's [ 16] 1-13
Tourlestrane 1-10
2018
Easkey [ 17]
2017
Ballymote [ 18]
Tourlestrane [ 19]
2016[ 20]
St Michael's 4-12
Tourlestrane 2-05
2015
Tourlestrane
2014
2013
St johns 3-8
St marys 1-9
2012
Cloonacool 2-9
St johns 2-8
2011
Curry 1-5
St Mary's 0-7
2010
St Patrick's 1-9
Curry 1-6
2009
Ballisodare 0-12
Shamrock Gaels 0-11
2008
Bunninadden 1-10
Shamrock Gaels 0-5
2007
Coolera/Strandhill 1-12
Tubbercurry 2-7
2006
Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 1-6, 2-9 (R)
Castleconnor 1-6, 1-7 (R)
2005
St Farnan's 1-10
Bunninadden 1-8
2004
Tourlestrane 2-7
Shamrock Gaels 0-10
2003
Bunninadden 3-17
Castleconnor 2-10
2002
Castleconnor 1-15, 0-12 (R)
Bunninadden 3-9, 0-9 (R)
2001
Grange/Cliffoney 0-14
Eastern Harps 1-7
2000
St Mary's 2-7
Ballisodare 1-9
1999
St John's 0-15
Maugherow 2-4
1998
Geevagh 1-14
Maugherow 2-5
1997
St Farnan's 1-15
Maugherow 2-11
1996
St Mary's 2-13
Shamrock Gaels 2-1
1995
Tubbercurry 1-5
Shamrock Gaels 0-6
1994
Eastern Harps 2-10
Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 2-7
1993
St Mary's 4-6
Eastern Harps 1-13
1992
St Michael's 3-6, 0-13 (R)
Tubbercurry 1-12, 1-5 (R)
1991
Maugherow 2-11
St Michael's 1-11
1990
Drumcliffe–Rosses Point 2-10
Maugherow 1-8
1989
St John's 0-14
Cliffoney 1-9
1988
Mullinabreena 1-9
Ballymote 1-6
1987
Calry-St Joseph's 3-8
Ballymote 1-4
1986
Tourlestrane 0-11
Maugherow 0-9
1985
Castleconnor 2-6
St Mary's 0-6
1984
Mullinabreena 0-10
Calry Gaels 0-5
1983
St Farnan's 1-10
Calry Gaels 2-0
1982
Northern Gaels 1-10
St Farnan's 1-8
1981
Geevagh 2-6
Tourlestrane 0-1
1980
Castleconnor 0-9
Tourlestrane 1-3
1979
Bunninadden 1-7
Castleconnor 0-3
1978
Carraroe 3-5
Tourlestrane 0-6
1977
Easkey 3-8
Tourlestrane 0-1
1976
Calry Gaels 1-9
Easkey 0-7
1975
Grange 4-15
Enniscrone 0-4
1974
Geevagh 1-10
Tourlestrane 0-2
1973
Bunninadden 3-2
Grange 1-7
1972
St Farnan's 1-9, 0-13 (R)
Craobh Rua 0-12, 0-7 (R)
1971
Coolera 2-10
St Farnan's 1-2
1970
Keash 2-7
Coolera 0-6
1969
Grange 2-8, 1-7 (R)
Knockalassa 1-5, 1-6 (R)
1968
Mullinabreena 0-7
Knockalassa 0-3
1967
St Patrick's 1-8
Keash 0-3
1966
Enniscrone 2-8
Ballisodare 0-5
1965
Easkey 2-5
Grange 0-5
1964
St Patrick's 1-8
Easkey 2-2
1963
Bunninadden 1-8
Cliffoney 1-4
1962
Collooney Harps 2-7
St Patrick's 1-6
1961
Keash 1-5, 2-6 (R)
Coolera 2-2, 0-2 (R)
1960
Easkey 2-9
Keash 0-2
1959
Grange 1-4
Ballymote 0-5
1958
Drumcliffe 1-6
Tubbercurry 0-1
1957
Mullinabreena 2-5
Easkey 2-4
1956
Ballisodare 2-3
Kilglass 1-3
1955
Curry 1-6
Ballisodare 0-0
1954
Tourlestrane 0-6
Mental Hospital 0-4
1953
Bunninadden 5-2
Curry 0-4
1952
Keash/Dromard
(shared)
1951
Knockalassa 2-2
Dromard 1-2
1950
Skreen 1-4
Keash 1-3
1949
Coolera 2-2
Keash 1-2
1948
Enniscrone
Grange
1947
Keash
Maugherow
1946
Tourlestrane
Collooney Harps
1945
Derroon 3-3
Templeboy 0-5
1944
Gurteen 1-9
Dromore West 1-2
1943
Templeboy 0-3
Killoran 0-2
1942
Keash 1-5
Dromore West 1-4
1941
Maugherow 4-6
Gurteen 1-7
1940
Skreen 2-7
Geevagh 1-3
1939
Ballisodare
Coolaney
1938
Aclare
Maugherow
1937
Teeling 1-8
Gurteen 1-6
1936
Geevagh 2-5
Teeling 2-4
1935
Derroon
Grange
1934
Drumcliffe 2-5
Broher 0-2
1933
Maugherow
1932
Knockalassa
Gurteen
1931
Skreen
Sligo
1930
Collooney Harps 2-4
Curry 0-2
1929
Ballisodare 1-2, 4-5 (R)
Curry 2-3, 0-1 (R)
1928
Skreen Emeralds
Ballyrush
1927
Killavil
Derroon
1926
Competition abandoned
1925
Ballyrush
Ballymote Round Towers
1924
Dromore West
Collooney Harps
1923
No competition
1922
No competition
1921
No competition
1920
No competition
1919
Templeboy
Tubbercurry
1918
Dromore West
Sligo
1917
Cuilmore
Templeboy
1916
Coolera 1-3
Tubbercurry 1-2
1915
No competition
1914
No competition
1913
No competition
1912
No competition
1911
No competition
1910
Mullinabreena
Emlaghnaughton
1909
Not completed
1908
No competition
1907
Easkey
Roll of honour
Roll of honour only goes as far as 2011, needs updating.
#
Club
Wins
Years won
Last final lost
1
Bunninadden
6
1953, 1963, 1973, 1979, 2003, 2008
2005
2
Coolaney/Mullinabreena
5
1910, 1957, 1968, 1984, 1988
—
Keash
1942, 1947, 1952 (shared), 1961, 1970
1967
4
Easkey
4
1907, 1960, 1965, 1977
1976
Coolera/Strandhill
1916, 1949, 1971, 2007
1970
Skreen (now St Patrick's)
1928, 1931, 1940, 1950
—
Ballisodare
1929, 1939, 1956, 2009
2000
Drumcliffe–Rosses Point
1934, 1958, 1990, 2006
1994
Geevagh
1936, 1974, 1981, 1998
1940
Tourlestrane
1946, 1954, 1986, 2004
1981
Grange
1959, 1969, 1975, 2001
1973
St Farnan's
1972, 1983, 1997, 2005
1982
12
St Patrick's
3
1964, 1967, 2010
1962
Maugherow
1933, 1941, 1991
1999
Castleconnor
1980, 1985, 2002
2006
St Mary's
1993, 1996, 2000
2011
16
Dromore West
2
1918, 1924
1944
Templeboy
1919, 1943
1945
Collooney Harps
1930, 1962
1946
Knockalassa
1932, 1951
1969
Derroon
1935, 1945
1927
Enniscrone/Kilglass
1948, 1966
1975
Curry
1955, 2011
2010
Calry-St Joseph's
1976, 1987
1984
St John's
1989, 1999 ,2013
—
27
Cuilmore
1
1917
—
Ballyrush
1925
1928
Killavil
1927
—
Aclare
1938
—
Gurteen
1944
1941
Carraroe
1978
—
Northern Gaels
1982
—
St Michael's
1992
1991
Eastern Harps
1994
1993
Tubbercurry
1995
2007
Dromard
1952 (shared)
1951
Junior B Championship
Junior b tournament played off with teams second and third teams .
St johns have won the most times with 3 victories since the formation of the competition in 2009
Roll of honor only goes as far as 2011, needs updating.
References
External links
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