| Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship | |
| Sponsors: | Ross Oil |
| Code: | Gaelic football |
| Region: | Muskerry |
| Irish: | Craobh Peile Sóisear A Múscraí |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Current: | Canovee |
| Currentordinal: | 17 |
| Most: | Canovee |
| Mostordinal: | 17 |
| Website: | Muskerry GAA |
The Mid Cork Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Ross Oil Junior A Football Championship) is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Mid Cork Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by junior-ranked teams in the Muskerry region in County Cork, Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format.
Introduced in 1926 as the Mid Cork Junior Football Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament. The competition went through a number of format changes since then, including the introduction of a back-door or second chance for beaten teams.
In its present format, the 12 teams are drawn into three groups of four teams and play each other in a single round-robin system. The four group winners and four group runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final. The winner of the Mid Cork Junior A Championship, as well as being presented with the cup, qualifies for the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship.
The title has been won at least once by 18 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Canovee, who have won a total of 17 titles. Canovee are the title-holders after defeating Inniscarra by 1-15 to 2-06 in the 2023 final.[1]
| Team | Location | Colours | Position in 2023 | In championship since | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghinagh | Rusheen | Blue and white | Semi-finals | — | 1 | 2021 | |
| Ballincollig | Ballincollig | Green and white | Group stage | — | 13 | 1981 | |
| Ballinora | Ballinora | Green and red | — | 2024 | 3 | 1997 | |
| Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | Ballingeary | Red and black | Group stage | — | 4 | 2005 | |
| Blarney | Blarney | Red and white | Group stage | — | 4 | 2010 | |
| Clondrohid | Clondrohid | Blue and white | Group stage | — | 1 | 1995 | |
| Donoughmore | Donoughmore | Black and white | Group stage | — | 4 | 2011 | |
| Dripsey | Dripsey | Red and blue | Group stage | — | 0 | — | |
| Éire Óg | Ovens | Red and white | Semi-finals | — | 2 | 2008 | |
| Grenagh | Grenagh | Blue and gold | Quarter-finals | — | 4 | 2006 | |
| Inniscarra | Inniscarra | Blue and white | Runners-up | — | 1 | 1989 | |
| Kilmichael | Kilmichael | Blue and gold | Quarter-finals | — | 7 | 2013 |
| Team | Wins | Runners-up | Years won | Years Runners-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canovee | 17 | 6 | 1939, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1979, 1982, 1999, 2007, 2023 | 1933, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1988, 2018 |
| 2 | Ballincollig | 13 | 8 | 1927, 1930, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1964, 1966, 1972, 1977, 1981 | 1929, 1935, 1945, 1948, 1965, 1975, 1980, 2021 |
| 3 | Kilmurry | 11 | 13 | 1931, 1969, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1986, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 | 1926, 1927, 1934, 1939, 1944, 1947, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1979, 1985, 2013, 2020 |
| 4 | Iveleary | 10 | 7 | 1929, 1932, 1935, 1941, 1958, 1985, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 | 1951, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2017 |
| 5 | Kilmichael | 7 | 1 | 1953, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1987, 2013 | 1996 |
| 6 | Naomh Abán | 6 | 1 | 1928, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1988 | 1959 |
| 7 | Macroom | 5 | 2 | 1926, 1934, 1942, 1945, 1991 | 1930, 1955 |
| 8 | Béal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh | 4 | 9 | 1965, 1992, 1994, 2005 | 1960, 1961, 1963, 1977, 1987, 1989, 1997, 2001, 2003 |
| Donoughmore | 4 | 9 | 1952, 1983, 1998, 2011 | 1953, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1993, 2000 | |
| Grenagh | 4 | 3 | 1993, 2000, 2001, 2006 | 2002, 2004, 2005 | |
| Blarney | 4 | 3 | 1951, 1954, 2009, 2010 | 1986, 1990, 1994 | |
| 12 | Ballinora | 3 | 1 | 1990, 1996, 1997 | 1932 |
| 13 | Our Lady's Hospital | 2 | 4 | 1974, 1975 | 1954, 1969, 1971, 1978 |
| Cill na Martra | 2 | 3 | 2002, 2003 | 1958, 1964, 1999 | |
| Éire Óg | 2 | 3 | 1976, 2008 | 1972, 1973, 1983 | |
| 16 | Clondrohid | 1 | 5 | 1995 | 1928, 1931, 1937, 1984, 1998 |
| Aghinagh | 1 | 5 | 2021 | 1992, 1995, 2014, 2019, 2022 | |
| Inniscarra | 1 | 3 | 1989 | 1941, 2015, 2023 | |
| Aghabullogue | 1 | 0 | 2004 | — | |
| Whitechurch | 0 | 2 | — | 1970, 1974 | |
| Dripsey | 0 | 2 | — | 2008, 2011 | |
| 31st Battalion | 0 | 1 | — | 1943 | |
| Cloughduv | 0 | 1 | — | 1949 | |
| St Gobnaits | 0 | 1 | — | 1950 | |
| Gleann na Laoi | 0 | 1 | — | 1952 |
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Score | Club | Score | |||
| 2024 | ||||||
| 2023 | Canovee | 1-15 | Inniscarra | 2-06 | ||
| 2022 | Kilmurry | 3-10 | Aghinagh | 1-08 | ||
| 2021 | Aghinagh | 1-12 | Ballincollig | 0-09 | [2] | |
| 2020 | Iveleary | 1-11 | Kilmurry | 0-13 | [3] | |
| 2019 | Iveleary | 2-21 | Aghinagh | 1-10 | [4] | |
| 2018 | Iveleary | 1-09 | Canovee | 1-06 | [5] | |
| 2017 | Kilmurry | 2-19 | Iveleary | 2-14 | [6] | |
| 2016 | Kilmurry | 1-10 | Iveleary | 0-11 | ||
| 2015 | Iveleary | 0-14 | Inniscarra | 1-05 | ||
| 2014 | Kilmurry | 3-07 | Aghinagh | 2-04 | ||
| 2013 | Kilmichael | 2-09 | Kilmurry | 0-09 | ||
| 2012 | Kilmurry | 1-15 | Iveleary | 1-11 | ||
| 2011 | Donoughmore | 1-07 | Dripsey | 1-04 | ||
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Mid Cork Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows:
Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles: