The Sligo Junior Football Championship is an annual
Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier
Sligo GAA clubs.
Bunninadden have the biggest number of titles with six.
Shamrock Gaels are the title holders (2022) defeating
Naomh Molaise Gaels in the Final.
Honours
The winners of the Sligo Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the
Connacht Junior Club Football Championship
The Connacht Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between the winners of the junior football championships in the province of Connacht, organised by Connacht. The winners of this competition will qualify for the All- ...
. The winners of that in 2018 were
Easkey and stalwart Eugene Mullen captained them to that.
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
The All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition which began in 2002 and is played by the junior club champions of each county. Prior to that a number of unofficial competitions were held.
The winners of each cou ...
. Easkey got to the All-Ireland final in 2019. But they lost to Beaufort when they were there. That was played at
Croke Park.
The trophy given to the winners of the Sligo Junior Football Championship is called ?
The winners are promoted to the
Sligo Intermediate Football Championship
Sligo Intermediate Football Championship is an annual second tier Gaelic Athletic Association competition between Gaelic football clubs organised by Sligo GAA. The winning club qualifies to represent its GAA county in the Connacht Intermedi ...
for the following year.
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
Eamonn O'Hara (born 6 September 1975) was until 2013 the longest-serving Gaelic footballer at senior level. He first played in 1994 before officially announcing his retirement from inter-county football on 14 May 2013.
He plays for his local cl ...
, one of Sligo's
All Star footballers, played in the 2016 final and he scored 2-1 before the first half ended.
List of finals
Roll of honour
Roll of honour only goes as far as 2011, needs updating.
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.
References
External links
Official Sligo WebsiteSligo on Hoganstand
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