Beara Junior A Football Championship

Beara Junior A Football Championship
IrishCraobh Peile Sóisear A Bhéara
CodeGaelic football
Founded1927
Abolished2020
Region Beara (GAA)
TrophyCormac O'Sullivan Cup
No. of teams2 (2019)
Last Title holdersBorder Urhan (28th title)
Most titlesBorder Urhan (28 titles)

The Beara Junior A Football Championship (abbreviated to the Beara JAFC) was a club Gaelic football competition organised by the Beara Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It was contested annually by the top-ranking junior clubs in the Beara Peninsula.

The first tournament was held in 1927. It was initially a straight knockout tournament but went through a number of format changes throughout its history, including a round-robin system. The winners, as well as receiving the Cormac O'Sullivan Cup, qualified for the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship.

The tournament ran for 92 years, with the final edition held in 2019, after which it was discontinued. The title was won at least once by nine different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Urhan, who have won a total of 28 titles.

History

The Beara Divisional Board was established on 4 April 1927 and immediately organised a Gaelic football championship for the affiliated teams, which included Urhan, Castletownbere, Garnish, Bere Island, Ardgroom and Allihies.[1] The inaugural final took place on 10 July 1927, with Urhan claiming the title after a 2-03 to 2-02 defeat of Allihies.[2] Urhan eventually became the most successful team in the championship, winning 18 titles from 44 final appearances. Lauragh, a team geographically located in Kerry, won the Beara JFC title in 1937.[3] The championship was not held in 1945 and 1946. Urhan and Garnish were the only two teams left taking part in the championship by 2019. Garnish regraded to the Beara JBFC in 2020, leaving Urhan as the only team left, and the championship was discontinued.[4][5][6]

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Beara Junior A Football Championship winners qualified, along with the seven other divisional champions, for the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship. From 2017, the runners-up were also allowed to the take part.[7]

Trophy and medals

The Cormac O'Sullivan Cup was the prize for winning the championship. It was named in honour of Cormac O'Sullivan who played for Garnish, Beara and Cork, and who died in a drowning accident on 1 January 1973.[8][9] The cup replaced the existing Crowley Cup in 1974. Castletownbere were the first winners and would go on and complete four-in-a-row. The cup was returned to the O'Sullivan family in 2024.[10] In accordance with GAA rules, the Beara Board awarded a set of medals to the championship winners.

Roll of honour

By club

# Club Titles Runners-up Championships won Championships runner-up
1 Urhan 28 16 1927, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1943, 1944, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 1932, 1947, 1953, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1989, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
2 Adrigole 22 11 1929, 1938, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 1930, 1933, 1941, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1992
3 Garnish 18 23 1928, 1932, 1940, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1978, 1979, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 1929, 1935, 1938, 1944, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2019
4 Castletownbere 10 14 1947, 1949, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 1942, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1971, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
5 Bere Island 7 10 1930, 1936, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1981, 1985 1928, 1934, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1962, 1984, 1986
6 St. Mary's, Ardgroom 2 2 1954, 1964 1966, 1970
7 Glengarriff 1 7 2009 1952, 1993, 1995, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015
Allihies 1 2 1935 1927, 1936
Lauragh 1 1 1937 1948
10 Eyeries 0 2 — 1939, 1940
St. Brendan’s 0 1 — 1968

List of finals

List of Beara JAFC finals

Year Winners Runners-up
Club Score Club Score
2023–present No championship
2020–2022 Urhan represented the division
2019 Urhan 2-10 Garnish 1-09 [11]
2018 Garnish 0-11 Urhan 0-07 [12]
2017 Garnish 0-13 Urhan 0-09 [13]
2016 Garnish 0-09 Urhan 0-07 [14]
2015 Urhan 5-18 Glengarriff 0-06 [15]
2014 Garnish 0-08 Glengarriff 0-02
2013 Garnish 0-14 Urhan 2-07 [16]
2012 Urhan (r) 2-07 Garnish 2-06 [17]
2011 Urhan 0-12, 0-08 Garnish 0-12, 0-07 [18]
2010 Urhan 1-11 Glengarriff 0-09
2009 Glengarriff 2-07 Garnish 1-08
2008 Urhan 1-09 Garnish 0-07
2007 Urhan 2-11 Glengarriff 1-07
2006 Adrigole 0-11 Urhan 2-04
2005 Adrigole 0-13 Garnish 0-06
2004 Adrigole 1-17 Urhan 1-06
2003 Garnish 2-07, 1-15, 1-12 Urhan 1-10, 2-12, 1-09
2002 Adrigole 1-09 Garnish 0-04
2001 Adrigole 0-15 Urhan 1-07
2000 Adrigole 1-11 Garnish 1-05
1999 Adrigole 0-13, 2-12 Garnish 0-13, 0-07
1998 Adrigole 1-13 Castletownbere 0-08
1997 Garnish 0-12 Castletownbere 0-05
1996 Garnish 0-15 Castletownbere 1-06
1995 Garnish 3-14 Glengarriff 1-08
1994 Adrigole 1-10 Castletownbere 0-06
1993 Adrigole 0-13 Glengarriff 0-07
1992 Urhan 2-10 Adrigole 1-08
1991 Urhan 1-10 Garnish 1-05
1990 Urhan 1-08 Garnish 1-10
1989 Adrigole 0-10, 0-08 Urhan 1-07, 0-07
1988 Urhan 3-08 Castletownbere 1-05
1987 Urhan 0-09 Adrigole 0-07
1986 Adrigole 1-09 Bere Island 1-04
1985 Bere Island 2-05 Adrigole 0-05
1984 Adrigole 2-08 Bere Island 1-03
1983 Urhan 0-13 Garnish 1-03
1982 Urhan 0-13 Castletownbere 2-06
1981 Bere Island 2-10 Castletownbere 2-05
1980 Urhan 1-10, 2-10 Garnish 2-07, 3-06
1979 Garnish 1-15 Adrigole 1-03
1978 Garnish 0-09 Urhan 0-08
1977 Castletownbere 1-06 Urhan 0-04
1976 Castletownbere 1-11 Garnish 1-06
1975 Castletownbere 2-14 Urhan 1-04
1974 Castletownbere 3-09 Adrigole 0-14
1973 Urhan 2-05 Castletownbere 0-10
1972 Adrigole 1-11 Urhan 2-05
1971 Adrigole 3-08 Castletownbere 2-06
1970 Adrigole w/o St. Mary's scr.
1969 Castletownbere 0-11 Adrigole 0-04
1968 Adrigole 2-11 St. Brendan's 1-00
1967 Castletownbere 0-09 Adrigole 1-01
1966 Adrigole 3-10 St. Mary's 0-05
1965 Castletownbere 1-09 Adrigole 2-04
1964 St. Mary's 1-09 Garnish 1-03
1963 Castletownbere 1-04 Garnish 0-02
1962 Adrigole 3-06 Bere Island 0-03
1961 Adrigole 1-04 Garnish 0-03
1960 Urhan Garnish
1959 Urhan 1-04 Castletownbere 1-03
1958 Urhan 2-03 Garnish 1-02
1957
1956 Urhan 1-06 Bere Island 0-02
1955 Urhan 0-06 (D), 2-05 (R) Castletownbere 2-00 (D), 1-01 (R)
1954 St. Mary's 0-06 (D), W/O in replay Bere Island 1-03 (D)
1953 Garnish 1-09 Urhan 0-04
1952 Garnish Glengarriff
1951 Garnish 2-03 (D), 1-05 (R) Castletownbere 2-03 (D), 0-02 (R)
1950 Urhan 2-03 Castletownbere 0-03
1949 Castletownbere 2-04 Bere Island 1-02
1948 Garnish 1-08 Lauragh 0-04
1947 Castletownbere 0-02 Urhan 0-02
1945–1946 No championship
1944 Urhan 1-07 Garnish 1-03
1943 Urhan 3-03 Bere Island 1-04
1942 Bere Island 4-07 Castletownbere 0-02
1941 Bere Island 2-04 Adrigole 0-03
1940 Garnish 1-04 Eyeries 0-03
1939 Bere Island 1-01 Eyeries 0-03
1938 Adrigole 0-02, 1-02 Garnish 0-02, 0-02
1937 Lauragh 4-01 Bere Island 0-06
1936 Bere Island 3-04 Allihies 1-03
1935 Allihies 2-00 Garnish 0-02
1934 Urhan 0-05 Bere Island 1-01
1933 Urhan Adrigole
1932 Garnish Urhan
1931 Urhan N/A - League
1930 Bere Island 2-05 Adrigole 0-03
1929 Adrigole 1-02 Garnish 1-00
1928 Garnish Bere Island
1927 Urhan 2-03 Allihies 2-02

Notes

  • 1947 - Game abandoned, and awarded to Castletownbere
  • 1957 - Final Urhan vs Garnish not played - Urhan selected to represent Beara
  • 1960 - Not played - Adrigole suspended and Urhan selected to represent Beara after beating Garnish in the semi final

Records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Beara Junior A Football Championship titles, is as follows:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "History – Formation of Divisional Boards". Cork GAA website. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "How it all began for Urhan and Beara football in 1927". The Southern Star. 17 November 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Tuosist GAA Club". Tuosist Community Complex. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "New county junior football grade is great news for Urhan". The Southern Star. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Should Urhan play in the Carbery JAFC?". The Southern Star. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Garnish re-grade, as Urhan are now the only junior A team in Beara". The Southern Star. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Knocknagree fancied to win". The Corkman. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "The glory days for Beara football". The Southern Star. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "To the waters and the wild… a battle of survival for the farthest GAA club from Croke Park". Echo Live. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Beara GAA return Junior A Cup to the Cormac O'Sullivan family". Echo Live. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Late Urhan goals dethrone champs Garnish in Beara final". Echo Live. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Garnish complete the Beara junior A football three-in-a-row". The Southern Star. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Novel tractor competition to help Garnish GAA Club build for the future". The Southern Star. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Garnish crowned high kings of Beara football". The Southern Star. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Urhan romp to Beara junior crown". The Southern Star. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  16. ↑ "O'Neill cool as Garnish dig deep to edge Urhan". Irish Examiner. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  17. ↑ "Urhan snatch glory from Garnish". Irish Examiner. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
  18. ↑ "Urhan resist gallant Garnish surge to claim crown in replay". Irish Examiner. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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