The Galway Junior Football Championship is an annual
Gaelic football
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competition contested by lower-tier
Galway GAA
The Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe) or Galway GAA are one of the 32 county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway, and f ...
clubs.
The winners of the Galway Championship qualify to represent their county in the
Connacht Junior Club Football Championship.
The winners also receive promotion to compete in the following year's
intermediate grade.
Despite the competition's name,
senior
Senior (shortened as Sr.) means "the elder" in Latin and is often used as a suffix for the elder of two or more people in the same family with the same given name, usually a parent or grandparent. It may also refer to:
* Senior (name), a surname ...
clubs may also play in this competition: for example, in 2018
Corofin won it.
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Qualification for subsequent competitions
Connacht Junior Club Football Championship
The Galway JFC winners qualify for the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Galway to qualify for this competition. The Galway JFC winners enter the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship at the quarter-final stage. For example, 2018 runner-up Clonbur (who were defeated by senior club Corofin in the 2018 final)[ played in the Connacht JFC final.]
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
The Galway JFC winners — by winning the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship, at which they would enter at the semi-final stage, providing they haven't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.
Roll of honour
References
External links
Official Galway WebsiteGalway on Hoganstand
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Gaelic football competitions in County Galway
Galway GAA club championships
Junior Gaelic football county championships