Ulster Junior Football Championship

The Ulster Junior Football Championship is a junior Gaelic football knockout competition organised by the Ulster GAA. The competition began in 1914, with Cavan winning during the inaugural title. The most successful county to date is Cavan, who have won on fourteen occasions. The championship was last played in 2023 with the team from Arva Cavan emerging victorious.[1] A number of counties such as Cavan and Fermanagh have participated in the Leinster and Connacht championships in recent years.

The winners of the Ulster Junior Football Championship each year progressed to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Roll of honour

# County Titles Years won
1 Cavan 14 1914, 1915, 1916, 1924, 1927, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1957, 1962, 1984
2 Down 9 1931, 1934, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1958, 1965, 1966, 1971
3 Derry 7 1945, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1967, 1969
Antrim 7 1923, 1937, 1942, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1972
Armagh 7 1925, 1926, 1929, 1935, 1948, 1951, 1985
6 Donegal 5 1930, 1933, 1939, 1952, 1954
7 Tyrone 3 1968, 1983, 1986
8 Fermanagh 2 1943, 1959
Monaghan 2 1956, 1961

List of finals

Year Winners Score Runners-up Score
1987- No championship
1986 Tyrone 1–07 Monaghan 0–04
1985 Armagh 2–09 Donegal 0–12
1984 Cavan 2–07 Monaghan 0–10
1983 Tyrone 5–07 Monaghan 1–08
1973-82 Suspended
1972 Antrim 3–08 Monaghan 1–06
1971 Down 3–10 Fermanagh 1–01
1970 Antrim 3–08 Donegal 3–05
1969 Derry 3–09 Down 2–05
1968 Tyrone 2–06 Armagh 0–03
1967 Derry 2–08 Cavan 0–04
1966 Down 2–06 Monaghan 0–08
1965 Down 3–08 Derry 2–08
1964 Derry 2–13 Antrim 0–08
1963 Antrim 5–08 Donegal 1–03
1962 Cavan 0–08 Down 0–07
1961 Monaghan 2–08 Antrim 1–06
1960 Antrim 1–07 Derry 1–06
1959 Fermanagh 2–13 Antrim 1–04
1958 Down 0–10 Antrim 1–05
1957 Cavan 3–06 Donegal 2–02
1956 Monaghan 0–10 Cavan 0–02
1955 Derry 0–13 Down 0–06
1954 Donegal 1–07 Tyrone 0–08
1953 Derry 3–06 Cavan 1–05
1952 Donegal 4–05 Tyrone 1–08
1951 Armagh 3–06 Down 1–06
1950 Derry 2–07 Antrim 1–04
1949 Down 2–04 Fermanagh 1–03
1948 Armagh 1–12 Antrim 3–02
1947 Down 5–04 Derry 0–07
1946 Down 2–05 Donegal 0–07
1945 Derry 4–02 Armagh 0–06
1944 Cavan 0–10 Donegal 0–05
1943 Fermanagh 3–08 Antrim 2–06
1942 Antrim 3–10 Fermanagh 1–06
1941 Cavan 2–07 Armagh 1–08
1940 Cavan 3–05 Antrim 1–08
1939 Donegal 2–08 Cavan 3–04
1938 Cavan 2–03 Armagh 2–01
1937 Antrim 2–06 Tyrone 1–06
1936 Cavan 4–07 Down 4–02
1935 Armagh 3–06 Derry 3–02
1934 Down 1–04, 4–06 (R)* Donegal 0–09, 3–05 (R)
1933 Donegal 3–07 Derry 1–03
1932 Cavan 2–05 Down 1–01
1931 Down 1–03 Cavan 0–05
1930 Donegal w/o Cavan
1929 Armagh 3–14 Derry 1–02
1928 No championship
1927 Cavan 4–08 Armagh 1–02
1926 Armagh 0–03 Tyrone 0–02
1925 Armagh 2–03 Cavan 2–01
1924 Cavan 3–07 Antrim 2–00
1923 Antrim 1–03 Cavan 1–02
1917-22 No championship
1916 Cavan 0–07 Monaghan 0–00
1915 Cavan 2–03 Antrim 1–01
1914 Cavan beat Antrim
  • 1934 Replay ordered after an objection

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ulster Junior Football Championship (2023)". Ulster GAA. Retrieved 21 February 2024.