Sligo_Junior_Football_Championship

Sligo Junior Football Championship

Annual Gaelic football competition

The Sligo Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Sligo GAA clubs.

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Quick Facts Irish, Founded ...

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]

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

More information Year, Winner ...

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.

More information #, Club ...

#	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	—
2	Keash	5	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.

More information #, Club ...

#	Club	Wins	Years won	Last final lost
1	Curry	2	1997, 2001	2000
2	St Mary's	3	1998	—
	Shamrock Gaels		1999	2011
	Easkey		2000	2001
	St John's		2009 2013 2016	—
	Calry-St Joseph's		2010	—
	Geevagh		2011	—

More information Year, Winner ...

Year	Winner	Opponent
1997	Curry 0-12	Enniscrone/Kilglass 1-4
1998	St Mary's 3-10	Tubbercurry 0-6
1999	Shamrock Gaels 3-7	Curry 2-6
2000	Easkey 2-10	Curry 1-10
2001	Curry 0-11	Easkey 1-4
2009	St John's 3-10	Ballymote 0-7
2010	Calry-St Joseph's w/o	Enniscrone/Kilglass scr
2011	Geevagh 1-4	Shamrock Gaels 1-3
2012
2013	st johns 3-11	tourlestrane 0-8 (replay)
2014
2015
2016	st johns 2-15	easkey 0-4
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2021

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External links

Official Sligo Website
Sligo on Hoganstand
Sligo Club GAA

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