New York Senior Football Championship Explained

The New York Senior Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition for teams affiliated to the New York (New York GAA) board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Teams are generally from the New York area, though a team from Stamford, Connecticut, has participated in recent years, and in 2006 Four Provinces represented Philadelphia. In 2007 Na Clairsigh, a club from Albany, New York, joined the 32 football teams and four hurling teams in the NY GAA.

Roll of Honour

TeamWinsYears won
1Kerry281925, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014
2Donegal111973, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2015, 2017
3Leitrim101932, 1958, 1979, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2012
4Tipperary81921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931
5Kilkenny61917, 1920, 1922, 1947, 1961, 1965
Sligo61972, 1975, 1977, 1985, 2019, 2022
7Galway51919, 1936, 1940, 1942, 1948
Tyrone51970, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1983
Cavan51915, 1943, 1982, 1984, 1990
10Cork41916, 1918, 1935, 1955
11Monaghan 31968, 1969, 2016
12Offaly21957, 1964
Connemara Gaels21976, 1989
Westmeath21996, 2023
St Barnabas22020 *Covid no transfers, 2021 *Covid no transfers
16Fermanagh11937
Kildare11938
Stamford12003
Four Provinces12007
Down12009
Longford12018

List of Finals

YearWinnerOpponent
2023Westmeath 2-15St. Barnabas 2-10
2022Sligo 2-11 St. Barnabas 1-13
2021St Barnabas[1] 1-15Sligo 1-09
2020St Barnabas 4-20 (R)Sligo 4-15 (R)
2019Sligo 0-16Donegal 2-05
2018Longford 0-12Monaghan 0-11
2017Donegal 2-13Monaghan 1-08
2016Monaghan 2-08Donegal 0-11
2015Donegal 0-16Kerry 1-08
2014[2] Kerry 3-15Leitrim 1-10
2013KerryLeitrim
2012[3] Leitrim 2-12Kerry 3-06
2011Leitrim 0-18Tyrone 1-13
2010LeitrimCork
2009Down 2-12Cork 0-16
2008Kerry 0-13Down 1-09
2007Four Provinces (Philadelphia)Leitrim
2006KerryLeitrim
2005KerryCavan
2004KerryCavan (walkover)
2003StamfordDonegal
2002DonegalKerry
2001DonegalWestmeath
2000DonegalKerry
1999KerryDonegal
1998LeitrimStamford
1997LeitrimDonegal
1996WestmeathDonegal
1995Not awarded
1994LeitrimKerry
1993LeitrimTyrone
1992DonegalConnemara Gaels
1991DonegalLeitrim
1990CavanDonegal
1989Connemara GaelsDonegal
1988DonegalCavan
1987Not awarded
1986DonegalCavan
1985DonegalSligo
1984CavanDonegal
1983TyroneLeitrim
1982CavanTyrone
1981TyroneCavan
1980TyroneLeitrim
1979LeitrimTyrone
1978DonegalSligo
1977SligoDonegal
1976Connemara GaelsSligo
1975SligoConnemara Gaels
1974Not awarded
1973DonegalKerry
1972SligoKerry
1971Tyrone
1970TyroneCork
1969MonaghanKerry
1968MonaghanKerry
1967KerryLeitrim
1966KerryGalway
1965Kilkenny
1964Offaly
1963Kerry
1962Kerry
1961Kilkenny
1960Kerry
1959Kerry
1958LeitrimKerry
1957OffalyKilkenny
1956Kerry
1955CorkKerry
1954Kerry
1953Kerry
1952Kerry
1951Kerry
1950KerryMayo
1949KerryLeitrim
1948GalwayLeitrim
1947KilkennyDown
1946Kerry
1945Kerry
1944Kerry
1943Cavan
1942Galway
1941Kerry
1940Galway
1939Kerry
1938Kildare
1937Fermanagh
1936Galway
1935CorkKerry
1934Kerry
1933Kerry
1932LeitrimTipperary
1931TipperaryKilkenny
1930Mayo
1929TipperaryRoscommon
1928Tipperary
1927 TipperaryMayo
1926Tipperary
1925KerryKilkenny
1924Tipperary
1923Tipperary
1922Kilkenny
1921TipperaryKerry
1920Kilkenny
1919Galway
1918Cork
1917Kilkenny
1916CorkKerry
1915CavanLeitrim

Notes and References

  1. News: 21 December 2021 . McGeeney takes New York reins . Hogan Stand . The Culloville native has been handed the reins after leading St Barnabas to back-to-back New York SFC titles with a team of homegrown players..
  2. News: New York SFC final: Furlong inspires Kerry win. Hogan Stand. 29 September 2014. 29 September 2014.
  3. Web site: New York GAA: Celtics take junior title and three in a row for Leitrim . 20 September 2012 . Irish Central . 17 September 2012.