Mayo Junior Football Championship Explained

Mayo Junior Football Championship
Sponsors:TF Royal Hotel[1]
Irish:Craobh Soisear Peile
Co. Muigheo
Trophy:McDonnell Cup
Current:Lahardane MacHales GAA
Super:nd

The Mayo Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Mayo GAA clubs.

Lahardane are the current title holders (2023)

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the McDonnell Cup.[2] [3]

The winners of the Mayo Junior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Connacht Junior Club Football Championship. They often do well there, with the likes of Kilmeena (January 2022, following 2021 Mayo JFC win), Kilmaine (2019), Louisburgh (2016) and Ardnaree Sarsfields (2015) among the clubs from Mayo to win at least one Connacht Championship after winning the Mayo Junior Football Championship.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Former Mayo manager John Maughan was in charge of Lahardane when they won the 2017 Mayo JFC for the first time and then followed it up with a Connacht title, also in 2017.[8]

The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship. In 2022, Kilmeena became the first club from Mayo to win one All-Ireland Junior Football Championship after winning the Connacht and Mayo Junior Football Championships.[9] Previous finalists included Kiltimagh in 2010 and Ardnaree Sarsfields in 2016.[10]

List of finals

YearWinnerOpponent
2023Lahardane McHales GAA 2-10Shrule-Glencorrib GAA0-11
2022[11] [12] [13] Islandeady 2-11Cill Chomáin 1-7
2021KilmeenaCill Chomáin[14]
2020[15] Kilmaine 1-13Kilmeena 1-12
2019[16] [17] Castlebar Mitchels BKilmaine
2018[18] Balla 1-12Achill 1-7
2017Lahardane[19] Kilmaine
2016Louisburgh[20] Balla[21]
2015Ardnaree[22] Killala
2014Castlebar Mitchels BAchill[23]
2013
2012Cill ChomáinArdnaree
2011Islandeady[24]
2010Parke
2009Kiltimagh
2008
2007Achill
2006Crossmolina Deel Rovers
2005Cill ChomáinCastlebar Mitchels B
2004
2003
2002Kilmeena
2001Belmullet
2000
1999
1998Tuar Mhic Éadaigh
1997 Parke
1996
1995Achill
1994
1993Kilmeena
1992
1991Achill
1990Islandeady
1989
1988Islandeady
1986Kilmeena
1985
1984
1983Achill
1982
1981parke
1980Balla[25]
1979Tuar Mhic Éadaigh
1978Bonniconlon
1977Kilmeena
1976parke
1975Crossmolina Deel Rovers
1974Islandeady
1973
1972Kiltane
1971Ardnaree
1970Westport
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965Achill
1964
1963
1962Crossmolina Deel Rovers
1961
1960-->
1959Ardnaree/Islandeady?
1958
1957
1956
1955Crossmolina Deel Rovers
1954
1953
1952Ardnaree
1951
1950
1949Swinford
1948
1947Crossmolina Deel Rovers
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942Achill
1941Westport
1940
1939
1938
1937Westport
1931Crossmolina Deel Rovers
1926Crossmolina Deel Rovers

Wins listed by club

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayo junior football finalists determined on a day when conditions played their part. The Connaught Telegraph. 15 October 2022. 7 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Intermediate and Junior finals preview – Mayo Football Podcast 2022 E46. 27 October 2022. 7 November 2022.
  3. Web site: This weekend's club fixtures. 24 October 2022. 7 November 2022. On Sunday, it's the JFC and SFC football finals. The McDonnell Cup decider gets underway at 12.30pm with Jon Finn in charge and that's between Cill Chomáin and Islandeady. The big one – the Moclair Cup decider – follows at 2.30pm when Ballina Stephenites, aiming for their 37th county title, face Westport, who are looking to win it for the very first time..
  4. Web site: Kilmeena cruise to Connacht JFC crown. Irish Examiner. 8 January 2022.
  5. Web site: Connacht club JFC final: Kilmaine stroll to victory. 21 November 2019. Hogan Stand. 16 November 2019.
  6. News: Prendergast delivers crown. 22 November 2016. Irish Independent. 21 November 2016.
  7. News: Ardnaree clinch first junior title. 17 November 2015. Irish Independent. 16 November 2015.
  8. News: Connacht JFC final: More history for Maughan's men. 20 November 2017. Irish Independent. 20 November 2017. Lahardane, who are managed by former Mayo boss John Maughan, won their first ever county junior title last month and now have created their own bit of history by adding the Connacht title as well..
  9. Web site: History for Kilmeena who bring All-Ireland title to Mayo as they overcome Gneeveguilla. Irish Examiner. 6 February 2022.
  10. Web site: Templenoe reach promised land. 9 February 2016. Irish Examiner. 8 February 2016.
  11. Web site: Mayo junior football finalists determined on a day when conditions played their part. The Connaught Telegraph. 15 October 2022. 7 November 2022.
  12. Web site: Cill Chomáin on a mission but Islandeady stand firmly in their way. The Connaught Telegraph. 29 October 2022. 7 November 2022.
  13. Web site: Junior high for Islandeady as they take title. The Mayo News. 7 November 2022. Michael. Gallagher.
  14. Web site: Mayo junior football finalists determined on a day when conditions played their part. The Connaught Telegraph. 15 October 2022. 7 November 2022. The game needed extra-time to find a winner and at the end of it all, Cill Chomáin – last year's beaten finalists – held on to see off their north coast neighbours by 3-12 to 1-15, the goal that settled it being a penalty scored by Derek Moran right at the end of the first period of extra time..
  15. Web site: Kilmaine crowned champions after epic junior decider. The Connaught Telegraph. 19 September 2020. 19 September 2020.
  16. Web site: Kilmaine set to make sure it’s not to 'B' for Mitchels. Western People. 7 October 2019. 7 November 2022. Paul. O'Malley.
  17. Web site: Kilmaine crowned champions after epic junior decider. The Connaught Telegraph. 19 September 2020. 19 September 2020. In the end, Kilmaine just about deserved to hold on for a victory that more than made up for last years defeat to Castlebar Mitchels B in the final..
  18. Web site: Balla end 38-year wait for second junior crown. The Connaught Telegraph. 30 September 2018. 7 November 2022. Aiden. Henry.
  19. News: Connacht JFC final: More history for Maughan's men. 20 November 2017. Irish Independent. 20 November 2017. Lahardane, who are managed by former Mayo boss John Maughan, won their first ever county junior title last month and now have created their own bit of history by adding the Connacht title as well..
  20. Web site: Louisburgh end historic year with more silverware. The Connaught Telegraph. 11 December 2016. 7 November 2022. Aiden. Henry. After winning the county and Connaught junior titles already, this latest victory brings the curtain down on what has been a magnificent year for the west Mayo club..
  21. Web site: Balla and Louisburgh to clash in Mayo decider. The Connaught Telegraph. 4 September 2016. 7 November 2022. Aiden. Henry.
  22. News: Ardnaree clinch first junior title. 17 November 2015. Irish Independent. 16 November 2015.
  23. Web site: Connacht club JFC final: Aran wins battle of the islands. 17 November 2014. Hogan Stand. 16 November 2014.
  24. Web site: Junior high for Islandeady as they take title. The Mayo News. 7 November 2022. Michael. Gallagher.
  25. Web site: Balla end 38-year wait for second junior crown. The Connaught Telegraph. 30 September 2018. 7 November 2022. Aiden. Henry. It was little wonder there was massive celebrations among the huge Balla after the final whistle as it was way back in 1980 since they last won the title which, in fact, was their first ever county junior championship title..

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