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North Cork Junior A Football Championship

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North Cork Junior A Football Championship
CodeGaelic football
Founded1926; 98 years ago (1926)
Region Avondhu (GAA)
No. of teams10
Title holders Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels (1st title)
Most titles Mitchelstown (24 titles)
SponsorsSynergy Fermoy Credit Union
Official websiteOfficial website

The North Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Synergy Fermoy Credit Union Junior A Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Avondhu Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior Gaelic football teams in the northern part of Cork.

The series of games begin in April, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a knock-out stage and a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.

The North Cork Junior A Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior Football Championship. The winners and runners-up of the North Cork championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship.

10 clubs currently participate in the North Cork Championship. The title has been won at least once by 18 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Mitchelstown, who have won a total of 24 titles.

Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels are the title-holders, defeating Charleville by 1-13 to 0-10 in the 2024 final.

Format

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Group stage

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The 10 teams are divided into two groups of three and one group of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals: Two lone quarter-finals featuring the four lowest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage. Two teams qualify for the next round.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the top two highest-placed qualifying teams from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Promotion and relegation

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At the end of the championship, the winning team enters the Cork Junior A Football Championship and by winning this, they will be promoted to the Cork Premier Junior Football Championship for the following season. There is no relegation to the North Cork Junior B Football Championship.

Teams

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2024 teams

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Team Location Colours Position in 2023 Championship Titles Last Championship Title
Ballyclough Ballyclough Green and yellow Group stage 5 2016
Ballyhooly Ballyhooly Blue and yellow Semi-finals 0
Charleville Charleville Red and white Runners-up 2 2020
Clyda Rovers Mourneabbey Black and amber Quarter-finals 5 1989
Fermoy Fermoy Black and yellow Group stage 7 2003
Killavullen Killavullen Blue and white Champions 4 2023
Kilshannig Glantane Blue and yellow Group stage 10 2019
Kilworth Kilworth Red and white Group stage 1 2021
Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels Churchtown Green, white and yellow Semi-finals 1 2024
Mallow Mallow Red and yellow Quarter-finals 3 1984

Roll of honour

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By club

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# Club Titles Runners-up Championship wins Championship runner-up
1 Mitchelstown 27 8 1928, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2013 1930, 1931, 1953, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2003, 2012
2 Glanworth 14 11 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1971, 2006, 2008, 2009 1933, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1990, 2002
3 Kilshannig 10 8 1959, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1996, 2014, 2019 1955, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1977, 1981, 2006, 2010
4 Fermoy 7 8 1926, 1936, 1941, 1974, 1993, 1997, 2003 1928, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1973, 1979, 1999, 2016
5 Grange 5 4 1964, 1966, 1970, 1977, 1979 1962, 1963, 1965, 1976
Clyda Rovers 5 4 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 1978, 1983, 1984, 2011
Ballyclough 5 2 2004, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2016 1980, 2014
8 Kildorrery 4 4 1978, 1990, 1994, 2007 1974, 1975, 1986, 1989
Killavullen 4 0 1998, 1999, 2000, 2023
10 Mallow 3 13 1929, 1933, 1984 1932, 1935, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1971, 1972, 1987, 1995, 2005
11 Charleville 2 8 2018, 2020 1926, 1934, 1936, 1937, 2015, 2022, 2023, 2024
Deel Rovers 2 6 1981, 1991 1982, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997,
Doneraile 2 4 1983, 1992 1944, 1993, 1998, 2001
Buttevant 2 4 2017, 2022 2013, 2018, 2020, 2021
Dromtarriffe 2 0 1930, 1932
Sons of Liberty 2 0 1931, 1938
17 Kilworth 1 4 2021 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
Newmarket 1 0 1927
Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels 1 0 2024
20 Araglen 0 2 1949, 1950
Abbey Rovers 0 2 1959, 1961
Oldcastletown 0 1 1927
Ballindangan 0 1 1938
Funcheon Vale 0 1 1939
Rathluirc Rovers 0 1 2004
Churchtown 0 1 2009

Notes

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  • Runners-up unknown: 1929, 1952

List of finals

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List of finals (2012–present)

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Year Winners Runners-up #
Club Score Club Score
2024 Liscarroll Churchtown Gaels 1-13 Charleville 0-10
2023 Killavullen 0-14 Charleville 0-06
2022 Buttevant 1-09 Charleville 1-08
2021 Kilworth 4-11 Buttevant 1-15 [1]
2020 Charleville 2-16 Buttevant 0-10 [2]
2019 Kilshannig 3-16 Kilworth 0-07 [3]
2018 Charleville 4-14 Buttevant 1-12 [4]
2017 Buttevant 2-13 Kilworth 1-09 [5]
2016 Ballyclough 2-15 Fermoy 1-08 [6]
2015 Ballyclough 2-11 Charleville 1-12
2014 Kilshannig 2-15 Ballyclough 3-11
2013 Mitchelstown 0-15 Buttevant 0-07
2012 Ballyclough 0-10 Mitchelstown 0-07

Notes

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  • 2021 - The game ended in a draw and extra time was played.

Records

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By decade

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The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of North Cork Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

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Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ryan, Paddy (30 October 2021). "Kilworth lift first Avondhu JAFC title after extra time with Buttevant". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ^ Ryan, Paddy (13 June 2021). "Charleville lift the Avondhu football title for the second time". Evening Echo. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ Ryan, Paddy (8 September 2019). "Kilshannig land the Avondhu junior football title in style against Kilworth". Evening Echo. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Glory days for Charleville". The Corkman. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  5. ^ Ryan, Pat (12 June 2021). "Evenly matched sides in refixed final". The Corkman. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ^ Ryan, Pat (17 September 2016). "Stronger Ballyclough prevail against Fermoy to claim JAFC title". The Corkman. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
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