| Down Junior Football Championship | |
| First: | 1920 |
| Sponsors: | The Parador Lodge[1] |
| Irish: | Cluiche Ceannais Péil An Dúin |
| Current: | Teconnaught |
| Currentordinal: | 3 |
| Super: | th |
| Most: | Ballykinlar Drumaness |
| Mostordinal: | 6 |
The Down Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Down GAA clubs. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1920. The national media covers the competition.[2] [3]
Teconnaught are the title holders (2022) defeating Dromara in the Final.
In the 2016 final Drumgath held Teconnaught in what was a surprising result.[4] Drumgath then had a landslide win in the replay to secure their first ever JFC crown.[5]
The trophy presented to the winners is the ? The winners of the Down Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship.[6] The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. Also, the winners of the Down Junior Championship automatically qualify for the following season's Intermediate Championship.
(r) = replay
| Year | Winner | Score | Score | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Castlewellan | ||||
| 1927 | Kilcoo | ||||
| 1928 | Drumnaconnor | ||||
| 1929 | Ballylough | ||||
| 1930 | Burren | ||||
| 1932 | Warrenpoint | ||||
| 1933 | Kilkeel | ||||
| 1934 | Gargory | ||||
| 1935 | Burrenbridge | ||||
| 1936 | Ballykinlar | ||||
| 1937 | Glenn | ||||
| 1939 | Kilkeel | ||||
| 1940 | Warrenpoint | ||||
| 1941 | Ballykinlar | ||||
| 1942 | Kilclief | ||||
| 1943 | Ardtole | Ballylough | |||
| 1944 | Clann na Banna | ||||
| 1945 | Ballykinlar | ||||
| 1946 | Saul | ||||
| 1947 | Tullylish* | Kilclief | |||
| 1948 | Barnmeen | ||||
| 1949 | Tullylish* | 0–03 | 0–02 | Ballynahinch | |
| 1950 | Kilkeel | ||||
| 1951 | Dromara | ||||
| 1952 | Burren | ||||
| 1953 | Magheral | ||||
| 1954 | Loughinisland | ||||
| 1955 | Ballykinlar | ||||
| 1956 | Cabra Harps | ||||
| 1957 | Dundrum | ||||
| 1958 | Loughinisland | ||||
| 1959 | Clann na Banna | ||||
| 1960 | Kilkeel | ||||
| 1961 | RGU Downpatrick | ||||
| 1962 | Bryansford | ||||
| 1963 | Ballyholland Harps | ||||
| 1964 | Saul | ||||
| 1965 | Drumaness | ||||
| 1966 | Liatroim Fontenoys | ||||
| 1967 | Bryansford | ||||
| 1968 | Tullylish | ||||
| 1969 | Drumaness | ||||
| 1970 | Saval | ||||
| 1971 | Greencastle | ||||
| 1972 | Ballyholland Harps | ||||
| 1973 | Newry Shamrocks II | ||||
| 1974 | Clann na Banna | ||||
| 1975 | Ballymartin | ||||
| 1976 | Dundrum | ||||
| 1977 | Greencastle | ||||
| 1978 | Newry Mitchels | ||||
| 1979 | Atticall | Longstone | |||
| 1980 | Annaclone | ||||
| 1981 | Mayobridge | ||||
| 1982 | Annaclone | ||||
| 1983 | Annsborough | Drumaness | |||
| 1984 | RGU Downpatrick | ||||
| 1985 | Drumaness | ||||
| 1986 | Carryduff | ||||
| 1987 | St Michael's | ||||
| 1988 | Liatroim Fontenoys | ||||
| 1989 | Drumaness | ||||
| 1990 | Annsborough | 0-11 | 0-7 | Castlewellan II | |
| 1991 | St Michael's | ||||
| 1993 | Castlewellan II | ||||
| 1994 | Ardglass | Darragh Cross | |||
| 1995 | Ballykinlar | Bright | |||
| 1996 | Kilclief | Bright | |||
| 1997 | Glasdrumman[7] | Dundrum | |||
| 1998 | Ballykinlar | Darragh Cross | |||
| 1999 | Clann na Banna | Bright | |||
| 2000 | Ardglass | ||||
| 2001 | Newry Mitchels | ||||
| 2002 | Ardglass | ||||
| 2003 | Glenn | ||||
| 2004 | St Michael's | ||||
| 2005 | Dundrum | Bright | |||
| 2006 | Bredagh[8] | 1–08 (r) | 0–05 (r) | Teconnaught | |
| 2007 | Newry Bosco | 2–11 | 0–02 | Drumaness | |
| 2008 | St John's | 0–09 | 0–05 | Bright | |
| 2009 | Glenn | 1–12 | 1–08 | Teconnaught | |
| 2010 | Drumaness | 1–12 | 1–06 | Newry Bosco | |
| 2011[9] | Bredagh | 4–10 | 0–09 | Dromara | |
| 2012[10] [11] | Dundrum | 0–15 | 0–06 | Aghaderg | |
| 2013[12] [13] | Teconnaught | 0–08 1–09 (r) | 0–08 0–08 (r) | Dromara | |
| 2014[14] | Drumaness | 0–14 | 0–08 | Kilclief | |
| 2015[15] | Glasdrumman | 2–11 | 2–07 | Ardglass | |
| 2016[16] [17] | Drumgath | 1–07 4–16 (r) | 0–10 0–05 (r) | Teconnaught | |
| 2017 | Dundrum[18] | 0–14 | 1–02 | Bright | |
| 2018[19] | Teconnaught | 0–08 | 0–07 | Kilclief | |
| 2019[20] | Bright | 1–14 | 0–15 | Aughlisnafin[21] | |
| 2020[22] | St Paul's | 2–06 | 0–10 | Aughlisnafin[23] | |
| 2021[24] [25] | Aughlisnafin | 2–11 | 2–08 | Dundrum | |
| 2022 | Teconnaught[26] | 1–13 | 0–12 | Dromara | |
| 2023 [27] | Drumaness | 3-08 | 1-10 | Ardglass | |
| 2024 | Dromara | 2-08 | 1-09 | Aughlisnafin |
| Team | Wins | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drumaness | 1965, 1969, 1985, 1989, 2010, 2014, 2023 | |
| Ballykinlar | 1936, 1941, 1945, 1955, 1995, 1998 | ||
| 3 | Dundrum | 1957, 1976, 2005, 2012, 2017 | |
| 4 | Kilkeel | 1933, 1939, 1950, 1960 | |
| Clann na Banna | 1944, 1959, 1974, 1999 | ||
| 6 | Glenn | 1937, 2003, 2009 | |
| Tullylish * as St Patrick's, Laurencetown[28] | 1947*, 1949*, 1968 | ||
| St Michael's | 1987, 1991, 2004 | ||
| Ardglass | 1994, 2000, 2002 | ||
| Teconnaught | 2013, 2018, 2022 | ||
| 11 | Annsborough | 1983, 1990 | |
| Burren | 1930, 1952 | ||
| Warrenpoint | 1932, 1940 | ||
| Kilclief | 1942, 1996 | ||
| Saul | 1946, 1964 | ||
| Loughinisland | 1954, 1958 | ||
| RGU Downpatrick | 1961, 1984 | ||
| Bryansford | 1962, 1967 | ||
| Ballyholland Harps | 1963, 1972 | ||
| Liatroim Fontenoys | 1966, 1988 | ||
| Greencastle | 1971, 1977 | ||
| Newry Mitchels | 1978, 2001 | ||
| Annaclone | 1980, 1982 | ||
| Glasdrumman | 1997, 2015 | ||
| Bredagh | 2006, 2011 | ||
| 25 | Castlewellan | 1920 | |
| Kilcoo | 1927 | ||
| Drumnaconnor | 1928 | ||
| Ballylough | 1929 | ||
| Gargory | 1934 | ||
| Burrenbridge | 1935 | ||
| Ardtole | 1943 | ||
| Barnmeen | 1948 | ||
| Dromara | 1951 | ||
| Magheral | 1953 | ||
| Cabra Harps | 1956 | ||
| Saval | 1970 | ||
| Newry Shamrocks II | 1973 | ||
| Ballymartin | 1975 | ||
| Atticall | 1979 | ||
| Mayobridge | 1981 | ||
| Carryduff | 1986 | ||
| Castlewellan II | 1993 | ||
| Newry Bosco | 2007 | ||
| St John's | 2008 | ||
| Drumgath | 2016 | ||
| Bright | 2019 | ||
| St Paul's | 2020 | ||
| Aughlisnafin | 2021 | ||