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The City Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EBO Home Rescue City Junior A Football Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by the Seandún Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1926 for junior Gaelic football teams in Cork, Ireland.
| City Junior A Football Championship | |
|---|---|
 | |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Title holders |  Douglas (7th title) |
| Most titles | St. Anne's (10 titles) |
| Sponsors | Sports Turf Solutions |
The series of games begin in May, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a backdoor format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.
The City Junior Championship is an integral part of the wider Cork Junior A Football Championship. The winners of the city championship join their counterparts from the other seven divisions to contest the county championship. 10 clubs currently participate in the City Championship.
Douglas are the title-holders, defeating Nemo Rangers by 1-08 to 0-10 in the 2024 final.
Teams
edit2024 Teams
editThe 10 teams competing in the 2024 Cork City Junior A Hurling Championship are:[1]
| Team | Location | Colours | In championship since | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bishopstown
|
Bishopstown | Maroon and white | — | 2 | 1992 |
 Brian Dillons
|
Montenotte | Blue and white | — | 7 | 2016 |
 Delaney Rovers
|
Dublin Hill | Green and yellow | — | 6 | 2018 |
| Douglas
|
Douglas | Green, black and white | — | 7 | 2024 |
| Mayfield
|
Mayfield | Red and white | 2021 | 8 | 2023 |
 Nemo Rangers
|
South Douglas Road | Black and green | — | 9 | 2007 |
 Passage West
|
Passage West | Green and white | — | 7 | 2020 |
 St. Michael's
|
Blackrock | Green and yellow | 2024 | 6 | 2022 |
 Whitechurch
|
Whitechurch | Maroon and saffron | 2021 | 0 | — |
 White's Cross
|
Ballinvriskig | Green and white | — | 4 | 2010 |
Qualification for subsequent competitions
editThe Cork City Junior A Football Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship.
Roll of honour
editBy club
edit| # | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Championships won | Championships runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Anne's | 10 | 2 | 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 | 1938, 1941 |
| 2 |  St. Finbarr's
|
9 | 12 | 1941, 1947, 1951, 1960, 1961, 1988, 2011, 2013, 2014 | 1929, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1986, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2012 |
| Nemo Rangers
|
9 | 9 | 1957, 1967, 1979, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007 | 1956, 1971, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2023, 2024 | |
 St. Nicholas
|
9 | 7 | 1930, 1943, 1958, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 | 1936, 1947, 1959, 1965, 1982, 1994, 1996 | |
| 5 | Mayfield
|
8 | 1 | 1959, 1968, 1975, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2023 | 2002 |
| 6 | Brian Dillons
|
7 | 9 | 1936, 1938, 1977, 1978, 1991, 1998, 2016 | 1935, 1948, 1950, 1975, 1976, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2022 |
| Passage West
|
7 | 7 | 1969, 1980, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1994, 2020 | 1966, 1967, 1970, 1981, 1992, 2014, 2019 | |
| Douglas
|
7 | 5 | 1962, 1970, 1973, 2004, 2012, 2021, 2024 | 1960, 1969, 1974, 2003, 2011 | |
| 9 | St Michael's
|
6 | 5 | 1952, 1953, 1956, 1987, 2019, 2022 | 1954, 1955, 1983, 2018, 2021 |
| Delaney Rovers
|
6 | 4 | 1954, 1955, 1977, 2015, 2017, 2018 | 1951, 1980, 2016, 2020 | |
| 11 |  Na Piarsaigh
|
4 | 4 | 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005 | 1946, 1961, 1990, 1995 |
| White's Cross
|
4 | 2 | 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 | 2005, 2017 | |
| 13 | St. Vincent's
|
3 | 8 | 1946, 1950, 1966 | 1945, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1987, 1989, 2006, 2007 |
| St. Patrick's | 3 | 0 | 1944, 1945, 1949 | — | |
| 15 | Bishopstown
|
2 | 3 | 1971, 1992 | 1968, 1991, 1993, |
| Commercials | 2 | 1 | 1942, 1948 | 1943 | |
| Geraldines | 2 | 0 | 1926, 1928 | — | |
| 18 | Lough Rovers
|
1 | 2 | 1986 | 1931, 1984, |
| 19 |  UCC
|
0 | 1 | — | 1928 |
| Fr. Matthew Hall | 0 | 1 | — | 1937 | |
| Sunbeam | 0 | 1 | — | 1944 | |
| CIE | 0 | 1 | — | 1953 | |
| Garda | 0 | 1 | — | 1963 | |
| Rathpeacon
|
0 | 1 | — | 1964 | |
| Whitechurch
|
0 | 1 | — | 1985 | |
| Ballinure
|
0 | 1 | — | 1988 |
List of finals
edit| Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Score | Club | Score | |
| 2024 | Douglas | 1-08 | Nemo Rangers | 0-10 |
| 2023 | Mayfield | 3-09 | Nemo Rangers | 1-07 |
| 2022 | St Michael's | 2-11 | Brian Dillons | 1-11 |
| 2021 | Douglas | 0-12 | St Michael's | 1-04 |
| 2020 | Passage | 1-13 | Delaney Rovers | 0-07 |
| 2019 | St Michael's | 1-17 | Passage | 2-08 |
| 2018 | Delaney Rovers | 3-12 | St Michael's | 0-09 |
| 2017 | Delaney Rovers | 1-11 | White's Cross | 0-12 |
| 2016 | Brian Dillons | 1-12 aet | Delaney Rovers | 1-07 |
| 2015 | Delaney Rovers | 0-15 | Brian Dillons | 1-03 |
| 2014 | St Finbarr's | 0-10 | Passage | 0-08 |
| 2013 | St Finbarr's | 1-07, 1-13 (R) | Brian Dillons | 0-10, 1-10 (R) |
| 2012 | Douglas | 2-12 | St Finbarr's | 1-07 |
| 2011 | St Finbarr's | 0-11, 0-09 (R) | Douglas | 1-08, 1-04 (R) |
| 2010 | White's Cross | 0-15, 0-18 (R) | St Finbarr's | 3-06,1-09 |
| 2009 | White's Cross | 2-13 | St Finbarr's | 1-05 |
| 2008 | White's Cross | 1-12 | Nemo Rangers | 0-07 |
| 2007 | Nemo Rangers | 0-10 | St Vincent's | 0-07 |
| 2006 | White's Cross | 0-12 | St Vincent's | 1-04 |
| 2005 | Na Piarsaigh | 1-09 | White's Cross | 0-06 |
| 2004 | Douglas | 1-12 | Nemo Rangers | 2-06 |
| 2003 | Mayfield | 1-08 | Douglas | 0-03 |
| 2002 | Nemo Rangers | 0-15 | Mayfield | 0-11 |
| 2001 | Mayfield | 2-13 | St Finbarr's | 0-08 |
| 2000 | Mayfield | 1-16 | Nemo Rangers | 1-08 |
| 1999 | Nemo Rangers | 1-09 | Brian Dillons | 1-08 |
| 1998 | Brian Dillons | 1-08 | Nemo Rangers | 0-06 |
| 1997 | Mayfield | 1-11, 1-13 (R) | Nemo Rangers | 1-11, 0-11 (R) |
| 1996 | Nemo Rangers | 1-10 | St. Nicholas | 1-08 |
| 1995 | Nemo Rangers | 1-13 | Na Piarsaigh | 1-07 |
| 1994 | Passage West | 4-11 | St. Nicholas | 0-09 |
| 1993 | Passage West | 0-05, 2-07 (R) | Bishopstown | 0-05, 0-12 (R) |
| 1992 | Bishopstown | 1-10 | Passage West | 0-08 |
| 1991 | Brian Dillons | 0-10, 1-10 (R) | Bishopstown | 0-10, 0-10 (R) |
| 1990 | Nemo Rangers | 2-10 | Na Piarsaigh | 0-07 |
| 1989 | Passage West | 3-12 | St Vincent's | 1-08 |
| 1988 | St Finbarr's | 1-11 | Ballinure | 2-04 |
| 1987 | St Michael's | 0-11 | St Vincent's | 0-08 |
| 1986 | Lough Rovers | 0-06 | St Finbarr's | 0-05 |
| 1985 | St. Nicholas | 3-08 | Whitechurch | 2-08 |
| 1984 | St. Nicholas | 1-06 | Lough Rovers | 0-08 |
| 1983 | St. Nicholas | 1-08 | St Michael's | 0-07 |
| 1982 | Passage West | 0-13 | St. Nicholas | 1-07 |
| 1981 | St. Nicholas | 1-12 | Passage West | 3-04 |
| 1980 | Passage West | 1-07, 2-06 | Delaney Rovers | 2-04, 1-01 |
| 1979 | Nemo Rangers | 1-08 | St Finbarr's | 1-05 |
| 1978 | Brian Dillons | 1-13 | St Vincent's | 1-06 |
| 1977 | Brian Dillons | 1-10 | St Vincent's | 2-04 |
| 1976 | Delaney Rovers | 0-10 | Brian Dillons | 0-06 |
| 1975 | Mayfield | 1-12 | Brian Dillons | 1-06 |
| 1974 | Na Piarsaigh | 2-07 | Douglas | 0-10 |
| 1973 | Douglas | 1-12 | St Finbarr's | 3-04 |
| 1972 | St. Nicholas | 4-07 | St Finbarr's | 0-11 |
| 1971 | Bishopstown | 0-07, 0-11 | Nemo Rangers | 0-07, 0-09 |
| 1970 | Douglas | 2-08 | Passage West | 0-09 |
| 1969 | Passage West | 3-03, 0-09 | Douglas | 1-09, 1-05 |
| 1968 | Mayfield | 2-08 | Bishopstown | 2-04 |
| 1967 | Nemo Rangers | 0-10, 2-09 | Passage West | 1-07, 0-05 |
| 1966 | St Vincent's | 2-08 | Passage West | 3-01 |
| 1965 | Na Piarsaigh | 1-08 | St. Nicholas | 0-05 |
| 1964 | Na Piarsaigh | 1-08 | Rathpeacon | 1-06 |
| 1963 | St. Nicholas | 3-09 | Garda | 0-03 |
| 1962 | Douglas | 2-07 | St Vincent's | 0-06 |
| 1961 | St Finbarr's | 1-08 | Na Piarsaigh | 1-04 |
| 1960 | St Finbarr's | 2-07 | Douglas | 0-04 |
| 1959 | Mayfield | 1-04 | St. Nicholas | 0-06 |
| 1958 | St. Nicholas | 1-01 | St Finbarr's | 0-02 |
| 1957 | Nemo Rangers | 1-06 | St Finbarr's | 0-04 |
| 1956 | St Michael's | 2-11 | Nemo Rangers | 1-04 |
| 1955 | Delaney Rovers | 2-03 | St Michael's | 1-04 |
| 1954 | Delaney Rovers | 3-03 | St Michael's | 1-05 |
| 1953 | St Michael's | 0-07 | CIE | 0-02 |
| 1952 | St Michael's | |||
| 1951 | St Finbarr's | 3-01 | Delaney Rovers | 0-05 |
| 1950 | St Vincent's | 2-01 | Brian Dillons | 1-03 |
| 1949 | St.Patricks | 1-05 | St Finbarr's | 1-02 |
| 1948 | Commercials | 3-03 | Brian Dillons | 1-02 |
| 1947 | St Finbarr's | 4-02 | St. Nicholas | 2-05 |
| 1946 | St Vincent's | 0-05 | Na Piarsaigh | 1-01 |
| 1945 | St.Patricks | 3-03 | St Vincent's | 0-03 |
| 1944 | St.Patricks | 1-05 | Sunbeam | 0-01 |
| 1943 | St. Nicholas | 0-09, 1-04 | Commercials | 2-03, 1-02 |
| 1942 | Commercials | |||
| 1941 | St Finbarr's | 3-05 | St.Annes | 1-01 |
| 1940 | St.Annes | |||
| 1939 | St.Annes | |||
| 1938 | Brian Dillons | 3-08 | St.Annes | 3-02 |
| 1937 | St.Annes | 5-01 | Fr.Matthew Hall | 1-03 |
| 1936 | Brian Dillons | St. Nicholas | ||
| 1935 | St.Annes | 0-01 | Brian Dillons | 1-02 |
| 1934 | St.Annes | |||
| 1933 | St.Annes | |||
| 1932 | St.Annes | |||
| 1931 | St.Annes | 0-03 | Lough Rovers | 0-00 |
| 1930 | St. Nicholas | |||
| 1929 | Hillside | St Finbarr's | ||
| 1928 | Geraldines | 1-01 | UCC | 1-00 |
| 1927 | St.Annes | |||
| 1926 | Geraldines | |||