South East Junior A Football Championship
The South East Cork Junior A Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1929 for junior Gaelic football teams in the southeastern region of County Cork, Ireland.
| South East Junior A Football Championship | |
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| Founded | 1929 |
| Title holders | |
| Most titles | |
The series of games begin in April, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a group stage, insuring that every team plays at least 2 matches.
The South East Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior A Football Championship. The winners of the South East Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.
The title has been won at least once by 14 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Kinsale, who have won a total of 18 titles.
Kinsale are the title-holders after defeating Ballinhassig by 2-15 to 0-04 in the 2022 championship final.
Teams
2023 Teams
| Team | Location | Colours | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinhassig | Blue and white | 4 | 2021 | |
| Ballygarvan | Red and white | 5 | 2014 | |
| Riverstick | Green and gold | 1 | 2018 | |
| Carrigaline | Blue and yellow | 13 | 1992 | |
| Ballinspittle | Red and white | 5 | 2011 | |
| Shanbally | Green and white | 13 | 2016 | |
| Innishannon | Green and white | 16 | 2020 |
Roll of Honour
| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 1930, 1932, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2022 | |
| 2 | 16 | 1937, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2017, 2020 | |
| 3 | 13 | 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1990, 1991, 1992 | |
| 4 | 13 | 1931, 1933, 1934, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2016 | |
| 5 | 9 | 1929, 1941, 1942, 1952, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1998 | |
| 6 | 5 | 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011 | |
| 5 | 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 | |
| 9 | Robert Emmets | 3 | 1950, 1954, 1956 |
| 3 | 1983, 2007, 2010 | ||
| 11 | Banba | 1 | 1935 |
| Passage | 1 | 1944 | |
| 1 | 2013 | ||
| 1 | 2018 |
List of Finals
Records
Gaps
Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:
- 37 years: Shamrocks (1934-1971)
- 32 years: Crosshaven (1966-1998)
- 24 years: Tracton (1983-2007)
- 22 years: Shamrocks (1994-2016)
- 21 years: Carrigaline (1969-1990)
- 21 years: Valley Rovers (1996-2017)
- 21 years: Kinsale (1978-1999)
- 19 years: Valley Rovers (1951-1970)
- 17 years: Kinsale (2005-2022)
- 15 years: Carrigaline (1940-1955)
- 12 years: Crosshaven (1929-1941)
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of South-East Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1930's: Shamrocks (3) 1931-33-34 & Carrigaline (3) 1936-38-39
- 1940's: Kinsale (3) 1945-46-49
- 1950's: Robert Emmets (3) 1950-54-56 & Carrigaline 1955-57-59
- 1960's: Crosshaven (4) 1962-63-64-66
- 1970's: Shamrocks (5) 1971-72-75-76-77
- 1980's: Valley Rovers (5) 1981-84-85-86-87
- 1990's: Carrigaline (3) 1990-91-92 & Valley Rovers (3) 1993-95-96
- 2000's: Ballygarvan (4) 2002-03-08-09
- 2010's: Ballinhassig (3) 2012-15-19
2022 Championship
Group stage
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +20 | 6 | Advance to Knockout Stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +9 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -14 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -15 | 0 |
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +29 | 4 | Advance to Knockout Stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -24 | 0 |
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +28 | 4 | Advance to Knockout Stage | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -21 | 0 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | |||||||||
| 2-09 | |||||||||||
| 0-05 | |||||||||||
| 1-10 | |||||||||||
| 1-09 | |||||||||||
| 2-15 | |||||||||||
| 0-04 | |||||||||||
| 2-11 | |||||||||||
| 1-07 | |||||||||||
| 2-09 | |||||||||||
| 2-12 | |||||||||||
