Cork City Junior A Football Championship
| City Junior A Football Championship | |
|---|---|
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Title holders | Nemo Rangers (10th title) |
| Most titles | Nemo Rangers St Anne's (10 titles) |
| Sponsors | Sports Turf Solutions |
The Cork City Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the EBO Home Rescue Cork 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.
The series of games begin in May, with the championship culminating with the final in the autumn. The championship includes a group stage whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games.
The Cork City Junior A 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.
Nemo Rangers are the title-holders, defeating Mayfield by 3–15 to 2–11 in the 2025 final.
Teams
2026 Teams
The 11 teams due to compete in the 2026 Cork City Junior A Hurling Championship are:[1][2]
| Team | Location | Colours | Position in 2025 | In championship since | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyphehane | Ballyphehane | Blue and white | Promoted from City JBFC | 2026 | 0 | — |
| Bishopstown | Bishopstown | Maroon and white | Group stage | ? | 2 | 1992 |
| Delaney Rovers | Dublin Hill | Green and yellow | Group stage | ? | 6 | 2018 |
| Douglas | Douglas | Green, black and white | Semi-finals | ? | 7 | 2024 |
| Glanmire | Glanmire | Green and gold | Preliminary quarter-finals | 2025 | 0 | — |
| Mayfield | Mayfield | Red and white | Runners-up | 2021 | 8 | 2023 |
| Nemo Rangers | South Douglas Road | Black and green | Champions | ? | 10 | 2025 |
| Passage West | Passage West | Green and white | Group stage | ? | 7 | 2020 |
| St Michael's | Blackrock | Green and yellow | Group stage | 2024 | 6 | 2022 |
| Whitechurch | Whitechurch | Maroon and saffron | Quarter-finals | 2021 | 0 | — |
| White's Cross | Ballinvriskig | Green and white | Semi-finals | ? | 4 | 2010 |
Qualification for subsequent competitions
The Cork City Junior A Football Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship.
Roll of honour
By club
| # | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Championships won | Championships runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nemo Rangers | 10 | 9 | 1957, 1967, 1979, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2025 | 1956, 1971, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2023, 2024 |
| St Anne's | 10 | 2 | 1927, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940 | 1938, 1941 | |
| 3 | 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 |
| St. Nicholas' | 9 | 7 | 1930, 1943, 1958, 1963, 1972, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985 | 1936, 1947, 1959, 1965, 1982, 1994, 1996 | |
| 5 | Mayfield | 8 | 2 | 1959, 1968, 1975, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2023 | 2002, 2025 |
| 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
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Score | Club | Score | ||
| 2025 | Nemo Rangers | 3-15 | Mayfield | 2-11 | |
| 2024 | Douglas | 1-08 | Nemo Rangers | 0-10 | [3] |
| 2023 | Mayfield | 3-09 | Nemo Rangers | 1-07 | [4] |
| 2022 | St Michael's | 2-11 | Brian Dillons | 1-11 | [5] |
| 2021 | Douglas | 0-12 | St Michael's | 1-04 | [6] |
| 2020 | Passage | 1-13 | Delaney Rovers | 0-07 | [7] |
| 2019 | St Michael's | 1-17 | Passage | 2-08 | [8] |
| 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 | ||||
See also
References
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- ^ "Douglas end nine-year wait for Seandún Junior title with hard-fought win over St Michael's". Echo Live. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ^ "Passage finally crowned Seandún champions after 26-year wait". Irish Examiner. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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