The Leinster Junior Football Championship was a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games were organised by the Leinster Council. The competition ran from 1905 to 2019. The most successful county was Dublin who have won on twenty occasions.
| Leinster Junior Football Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1905 |
| Title holders | Meath (18th title) |
| Most titles | Dublin (20 titles) |
The winners of the Leinster Junior Football Championship each year would then progress to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.
At GAA Congress in 2021, a motion was passed to change the entire structure of the All Ireland Junior Football Championship competition to that of a mostly 'overseas competition' along with just one Irish county, Kilkenny. The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship competition now involves just four teams: New York, Kilkenny, and the winner and runner-up of the British Junior Championship, all meeting in the All Ireland Junior Championship semi-finals. Hence there is no longer any Leinster Junior Football Championship competition.
Top winners
edit| Team | Wins | Years won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dublin | 20 | 1908, 1914, 1916, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1971, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1994, 2008 |
| 2 | Meath | 18 | 1947, 1952, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2017, 2019 |
| 3 | Louth | 12 | 1910, 1912, 1925, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1946, 1957, 1961, 1966, 2009, 2010 |
| Kildare | 12 | 1927, 1931, 1938, 1956, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1989, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2018 | |
| 4 | Wexford | 8 | 1911, 1963, 1984, 1992, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2016 |
| 5 | Wicklow | 6 | 1906, 1909, 1936, 1949, 1969, 2002 |
| 6 | Laois | 5 | 1907, 1941, 1968, 1973, 1993 |
| 7 | Offaly | 4 | 1935, 1972, 1998, 2001 |
| Westmeath | 4 | 1905, 1915, 1929, 1940 | |
| 8 | Carlow | 3 | 1913, 1923, 1933 |
| Longford | 3 | 1924, 1937, 1953 | |
| 9 | Cavan | 2 | 2012, 2014 |
Roll of honour
edit| Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022- | Kilkenny represent the province since 2022 | |||
| 2020-21 | No Championship (Covid-19) | |||
| 2019 | Meath | 2-14 | Kildare | 0-18 |
| 2018 | Kildare | 2-17 | Meath | 2-15 |
| 2017[1] | Meath | 0–19 | Louth | 0–10 |
| 2016[2] | Wexford | 2–12 | Louth | 0–09 |
| 2015[3] | Wexford | 1–10 | Meath | 0–12 |
| 2014[4] | Cavan | 1–11 | Longford | 1–07 |
| 2013[5] | Kildare | 2–15 | Longford | 3–08 |
| 2012[6] | Cavan | 1–13 | Kildare | 0–09 |
| 2011[7] | Kildare | 5–08 | Cavan | 1–09 |
| 2010 | Louth | 0–13 | Cavan | 2–06 |
| 2009 | Louth | 0–11, 1–12 (R) | Longford | 0–11, 0–10 (R) |
| 2008 | Dublin | 1–13 | Meath | 1–09 |
| 2007 | Wexford | 1–10 | Dublin | 1–08 |
| 2006 | Meath | 1–12 | Louth | 0–11 |
| 2005 | Meath | 1–09 | Louth | 0–05 |
| 2004 | Kildare | 0–09 | Dublin | 0–08 |
| 2003 | Meath | 1–15 | Wexford | 0–07 |
| 2002 | Wicklow | 3–06 | Kildare | 0–09 |
| 2001 | Offaly | 2–09 | Meath | 1–11 |
| 2000 | Wexford | 1–09 | Dublin | 1–05 |
| 1999 | Meath | 1–9 | Dublin | 1–06 |
| 1998 | Offaly | 1–18 | Kildare | 0–08 |
| 1997 | Meath | 0–16 | Louth | 1–08 |
| 1996 | Meath | 1–13 | Laois | 2–07 |
| 1995 | Meath | 2–11 | Offaly | 1–05 |
| 1994 | Dublin | 0–09 | Louth | 0–05 |
| 1993 | Laois | 2–08 | Carlow | 0–11 |
| 1992 | Wexford | 1–16 | Meath | 2–10 |
| 1991 | Meath | 1–10, 1–14 (R) | Dublin | 1–10, 2–02 (R) |
| 1990 | Meath | 0–15 | Dublin | 0–11 |
| 1989 | Kildare | 1–07 | Louth | 1–06 |
| 1988 | Meath | 0–10 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1987 | Dublin | 1–08 | Meath | 0–04 |
| 1986 | Meath | 1–10 | Kildare | 1–05 |
| 1985 | Dublin | 3–16 | Louth | 2–04 |
| 1984 | Wexford | 0–08 | Louth | 0–06 |
| 1983 | Dublin | 2–08 | Meath | 0–05 |
| 1974-82 | No Championship | |||
| 1973 | Laois | 1–09 | Meath | 0–09 |
| 1972 | Offaly | 3–08 | Wexford | 1–03 |
| 1971 | Dublin | 2–09 | Kilkenny | 0–05 |
| 1970 | Kildare | 3–13 | Dublin | 1–11 |
| 1969 | Wicklow | 2–05 | Meath | 0–05 |
| 1968 | Laois | 2–07, 0–09 (R) | Westmeath | 3–04, 0–04 (R) |
| 1967 | Kildare | 2–08 | Offaly | 1–07 |
| 1966 | Louth | 3–14 | Kildare | 3–12 |
| 1965 | Kildare | 2–08 | Laois | 0–08 |
| 1964 | Meath | 3–10 | Kildare | 0–13 |
| 1963 | Wexford | 0–14 | Westmeath | 1–06 |
| 1962 | Meath | 2–11 | Wexford | 1–04 |
| 1961 | Louth | 2–04 | Dublin | 0–08 |
| 1960 | Dublin | 2–09 | Meath | 0–05 |
| 1959 | Dublin | 2–16 | Longford | 0–05 |
| 1958 | Meath | 1–05 | Dublin | 1–03 |
| 1957 | Louth | 2–06 | Kilkenny | 1–05 |
| 1956 | Kildare | 2–08 | Wexford | 2–03 |
| 1955 | Dublin | 1–12, 1–08 (R) | Meath | 4–03, 0–05 (R) |
| 1954 | Dublin | 0–10, 2–11 (R) | Louth | 0–10, 2–04 (R) |
| 1953 | Longford | 3–05 | Kilkenny | 1–05 |
| 1952 | Meath | 2–06 | Wicklow | 0–01 |
| 1951 | Dublin | 5–07 | Carlow | 0–07 |
| 1950 | Dublin | 1–15 | Wexford | 2–08 |
| 1949 | Wicklow | 5–02 | Meath | 2–10 |
| 1948 | Dublin | 2–09, 6–03 (R) | Wexford | 4–03, 2–04 (R) |
| 1947 | Meath | 2–03 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1946 | Louth | 3–05 | Wexford | 0–01 |
| 1942-45 | No Championship | |||
| 1941 | Laois | 2–07 | Louth | 2–05 |
| 1940 | Westmeath | 5–07 | Kildare | 0–05 |
| 1939 | Dublin | 2–04, 2–12 (R) | Meath | 1–07, 0–07 (R) |
| 1938 | Kildare | 1–03 | Westmeath | 0–05 |
| 1937 | Longford | 3–04 | Offaly | 4–01 |
| 1936 | Wicklow | 5–05 | Kildare | 0–03 |
| 1935 | Offaly | 1–06, 2–03 (R) | Dublin | 1–06, 0–02 (R) |
| 1934 | Louth | 2–04, 1–07 (R) | Kildare | 1–07, 0–05 (R) |
| 1933 | Carlow | 5–03 | Wicklow | 4–05 |
| 1932 | Louth | 2–07 | Carlow | 1–05 |
| 1931 | Kildare | 1–06 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1930 | Dublin | 3–03 | Carlow | 0–02 |
| 1929 | Westmeath | 1–02 | Laois | 0–02 |
| 1928 | Louth | 1–05 | Dublin | 1–04 |
| 1927 | Kildare | 3–03 | Offaly | 2–03 |
| 1926 | Dublin | 0–04 | Kildare | 0–03 |
| 1925 | Louth | 1–03 | Dublin | 0–04 |
| 1924 | Longford* | 0–02 | Meath | 1–03 |
| 1923 | Carlow | 2–05 | Dublin | 1–01 |
| 1922 | Dublin | 0–03, 2–02 (R) | Wicklow | 0–03, 0–03 (R) |
| 1917-21 | No Championship | |||
| 1916 | Dublin | 2–07 | Wexford | 0–02 |
| 1915 | Westmeath | 3–00 | Wexford | 0–02 |
| 1914 | Dublin | 2–02 | Kilkenny | 0–03 |
| 1913 | Carlow | 3–04 | Meath | 0–00 |
| 1912 | Louth | 3–01 | Carlow | 2–02 |
| 1911 | Wexford | 3–01 | Dublin | 0–02 |
| 1910 | Louth | 1–05 | Laois | 1–01 |
| 1909 | Wicklow | 1–10 | Westmeath | 0–03 |
| 1908 | Dublin | 1–08 | Meath | 0–03 |
| 1907 | Laois | 2–11 | Westmeath | 0–05 |
| 1906 | Wicklow | 1–11 | Westmeath | 0–00 |
| 1905 | Westmeath | 1–04 | Carlow | 1–03 |
(* 1924 Longford awarded the title following an objection to Meath playing a Senior player. [8])
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Leinster JFC final: Model men stun Royals with last-gasp goal". Hogan Stand. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Leinster JFC final: Cavan are Leinster champions!". Hogan Stand. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ "Leinster JFC final: Lilywhites take the silverware". Hogan Stand. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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- ^ "Leinster JFC: Kelly Inspires Lilywhites". Irish Examiner. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- ^ "Longford in Junior Football Championship". Longford Gaelic Stats.