The Duhallow Junior A Football Championship is the top footballing competition in the

Duhallow Duhallow () is a barony located in the north-western part of County Cork, Ireland. Legal context Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used in the administration of justice and the raising ...

division in

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. It was first run after the formation of the Duhallow division in 1933. The Championship includes a group stage, therefore every team has at least 2 matches. The winners and runner up of this competition go on to compete in the

Cork Junior A Football Championship The Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Co-Op Superstores Cork Junior A Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork JAFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County Board o ...

. Cullen are the title-holders after defeating

Kanturk Kanturk () is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers, which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about from Cork, Blarney and ...

by 4-16 to 1-02 in the 2022 championship final played in

Boherbue Boherbue (post office spelling) or Boherboy (Ordnance Survey spelling) () is a village in North West County Cork, Ireland. The village is in the civil parish of Kilmeen in the Barony of Duhallow, and spans the townlands of Gneeves, Laharan and D ...

Format

Group stage

The 6 teams are divided into two groups of three. 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 two 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

Semi-finals: The two group winners and the two runners-up 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

At the end of the championship, the winning team enters the

and by winning this, they will be promoted to the

Cork Premier Junior Football Championship The Cork Premier Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Cork Premier Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Cork PJFC) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Cork County B ...

for the following season. There is no relegation to the Duhallow Junior B Football Championship.

Teams

2023 Teams

Roll of Honour

List of Finals

Records and Statistics

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles: * 47 years:

(1962-2009) * 42 years:

(1935-1977) * 37 years: Cullen (1967-2004) * 30 years:

Millstreet Millstreet () is a town in north County Cork, Ireland, with a population of 1,555 (as of 2016). Millstreet is within the civil parish of Drishane, and within a Poor Law Union also called Millstreet. The Millstreet Union encompasses the civil ...

(1963-1993) * 30 years:

Kiskeam Kiskeam or Kishkeam () is a village in North West County Cork, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilmeen in the Barony of Duhallow. Kiskeam is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency. Transport Kiskeam lies on the R577 road which co ...

(1964-1994) * 29 years:

(1988-2017) * 28 years: Cullen (1939-1967) * 24 years:

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(1991-2015) * 23 years: Newmarket (1970-1993) * 21 years: Dromtarriffe (1974-1995) * 21 years:

Ballydesmond Ballydesmond (), formerly Kingwilliamstown, is a rural village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the Blackwater River (near its source in Menganine) on the Cork-Kerry border. The Ballydesmond quarry is an area of geological interest, containi ...

(1986-2007)

Consecutive Wins

Quintuple *

(2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

Quadruple

(1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)

Treble

* Newmarket (1968, 1969, 1970) *

(1989, 1990, 1991)

Double

* Dromtarriffe (1933, 1934) * Dromtarriffe (1945, 1946) *

Castlemagner Castlemagner () is a village and townland in the Duhallow area of north-west County Cork, Ireland. Castlemagner is within the Cork North-West (Dáil constituency). History The area takes its name from the eponymous Castle Magner, a Norman-era t ...

(1947, 1948) * Newmarket (1949, 1950) *

(1960, 1961) * Dromtarriffe (1973, 1974) *

Rockchapel Rockchapel () is a village in north County Cork in Ireland. It is located near the border of counties Cork, Kerry and Limerick. Rockchapel is within the Dáil constituency of Cork North-West. Much of the land close to the village is planted wi ...

(1976, 1977) *

(1978, 1979) *

(1996, 1997) *

(1999, 2000) *

(2015, 2016)

Single

* Dromtarriffe (1938, 1943, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1995, 2005) * Millstreet (1941, 1944, 1955, 1963, 1992, 2003, 2014) * Cullen (1936, 1939, 1967, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2022) * Kanturk (1954, 1957, 1962, 2009, 2011) * Rockchapel (1980, 1985, 1987, 2001, 2012) * Ballydesmond (1971, 1975, 1986, 2007) * Newmarket (1965, 1993, 1998) * Boherbue (1935, 1972, 1988) * Kiskeam (1964, 1994, 2002) * Clondrohid (1940, 1942) * Castlemagner (1952, 1958) * Lyre (2010, 2013) * Banteer (1937) * Knocknagree (1966)

Debut final for clubs

County Record

List of every Duhallow appearance in the Cork Junior A Hurling Championship final Roll of Honour

2022 Championship

Group Stage

Group 1

1-12 - 0-16 Cullen Group 2

Lyre The lyre () is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute-family of instruments. In organology, a lyre is considered a yoke lute, since it is a lute in which the strings are attached to a yoke ...

4-14 - 1-07 Newmarket

1-12 - 1-09

1-05 - 1-10

w/o - scr. Newmarket

2-12 - 1-12

w/o - scr. Newmarket

Knockout Stage

Junior B Football Championship

2023 Teams

Junior B1 Football Championship

Junior B2 Football Championship

2022 Championship

Group 1 Group 2 Knockout Stage

References

External links

2008 Final replay report
{{Cork Junior Football Championship Gaelic football competitions in County Cork 1933 establishments in Ireland

Format

Group stage

Knockout stage

Promotion and relegation

Teams

2023 Teams

Roll of Honour

List of Finals

Records and Statistics

Gaps

Consecutive Wins

Quadruple

Treble

Double

Single

Debut final for clubs

County Record

2022 Championship

Group Stage

Knockout Stage

Junior B Football Championship

2023 Teams

Junior B1 Football Championship

Junior B2 Football Championship

2022 Championship

See also

References

External links