Tyrone Junior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sóisear Peile Tír Eoghain
CodeGaelic football
Founded1904
TrophyPat Darcy Cup
Title holdersFintona Pearses (2nd title)
First winnerCoalisland
Most titlesRock St Patrick's (5 titles)
SponsorsLCC Group[1]
Official websitetyronegaa.ie

The Tyrone Junior Football Club Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the LCC Group Tyrone Junior Football Club Championship) is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1904.

In 2022, the Irish Independent said of Tyrone's football championship: "Tyrone can rightly lay claim to [be] the most competitive... of them all".[2]

Fintona Pearses are the title holders (2023) defeating Drumragh Sarsfields in the Final.

History

The first tournament was held in 1904 and Coalisland won that by defeating Killyclogher in the final. [3]

The trophy given to the winning club was renamed as the Pat D'Arcy Cup in 2018.

From 2018, all championship games have been streamed live on Tyrone TV.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Pat D'Arcy Cup.

The winners of the Tyrone Junior Football Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship. They often do well there, winning It on numerous occasions.[4] The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

The winners also gain promotion to Division 2 of the Tyrone All-County Football league for the following season, regardless of their final standing in the Division 3 league that year. Therefore as the winners compete in the Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship the following year, the holders do not defend their title.

List of finals

  • Teams in black no longer exist
Year Winner Score Opponent Score
1904[5] Coalisland Fianna Killyclogher
1905 Coalisland Fianna
1906 Killyclogher
1907 - 1926 No competition
1927 Donaghmore St Patrick's
1928 No competition
1929 Washingbay
1930 No competition
1931 Dungannon Thomas Clarkes
1932 No competition
1933 Donaghmore St Patrick's
1934 Moortown St Malachy's
1935 Pomeroy Plunketts
1936 St Patrick's, Greencastle
1937 Tummery
1938 Edendork St Malachy's
1939 Mountjoy
1940 Brackaville Owen Roes
1941 Tattysallagh
1942 Washingbay
1943 Mountjoy
1944 Mountjoy
1945 Pomeroy Plunketts
1946 Coalisland Fianna
1947 Beragh Red Knights
1948 Moortown St Malachy's
1949 Derrylaughan Kevin Barrys 1-12
1950 Moortown St Malachy's
1951 Newtownstewart St Eugene's
1952 Moortown St Malachy's
1953 Moy Tír Na nÓg
1954 Donaghmore St Patrick's
1955 Derrytresk Fir An Chnoic
1956 Dunamanagh
1957 Edendork St Malachy's
1958 Galbally Pearses
1959 Ballygawley
1960 Benburb
1961 Gortin St Patrick's
1962 Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa GAC
1963 Dromore
1964 Augher St Macartan’s
1965 Benburb
1966 Kildress Wolfe Tones
1967 Dunamanagh
1968 Killyman St Mary's
1969 Moortown St Malachy's
1970 Dregish Pearse Óg GAC
1971 Ardboe O'Donovan Rossa GAC
1972 Clogher Éire Óg
1973 Eglish St Patrick's
1974 Aghaloo O'Neills
1975 Fintona Pearses
1976 Dregish Pearse Óg
1977 Killyclogher
1978 Cookstown Fr. Rock's
1979 Moy Tír Na nÓg
1980 Loughmacrory St Teresa's
1981 Brocagh
1982 Rock St Patrick's
1983 Dregish Pearse Óg
1984 Pomeroy Plunketts
1985 Dunamanagh
1986 Brocagh
1987 Drumragh Sarsfields
1988 Beragh Red Knights
1989 Killyman St Mary's
1990 Urney St Columba's
1991 Aghaloo O'Neills
1992 St Patrick's, Greencastle
1993 Loughmacrory St Teresa's
1994 Kildress Wolfe Tones
1995 Newtownstewart St Eugene's
1996 Brackaville Owen Roes
1997 Clann na nGael
1998 St Patrick's, Greencastle
1999 Drumragh Sarsfields
2000 Clogher Éire Óg
2001 Dregish Pearse Óg
2002 Urney St Columba's
2003 Eskra Emmetts
2004 Stewartstown Harps
2005 Killyman St Mary's
2006 St Patrick's, Greencastle
2007 Rock St Patrick's 1-12 Beragh Red Knights 2-05
2008 Augher St Macartan's 1-09 Aghaloo O'Neills 0-09
2009 Newtownstewart St Eugene's 2-08 brocagh 0-11
2010 Killyman St Mary's Stewartstown Harps
2011 Derrytresk Fir An Chnoic 0-15 Killeeshil St Mary's 0-09
2012 Brackaville Owen Roes[6] 1-14 Aghaloo O'Neills 1-08
2013 Killeeshil St Mary's[7]
2014 Rock St Patrick's[8]
2015 Brackaville Owen Roes 0-09 Aghaloo O'Neills 0-08
2016 Rock St Patrick's[9][10] 1-10 Tattyreagh St Patrick's[11] 1-07
2017[12][13][14] Tattyreagh St Patrick's 2-11 Clogher Éire Óg 2-04
2018[15][16] Newtownstewart St Eugene's 1-12 Beragh Red Knights 1-10
2019[17][18] Rock St Patrick's 2-14 Kildress Wolfe Tones 1-14
2020[19] Kildress Wolfe Tones 3-9 Drumragh Sarsfields 1-08
2021 Cookstown Fr. Rock's[20] 2-10 Eskra Emmetts 1-06
2022 Stewartstown Harps[21] 2-12 Aghaloo O'Neills[22] 0-12
2023 Fintona Pearses 1-10 Drumragh Sarsfields 0-12

Wins listed by club

References

  1. ↑ "Tyrone GAA TV provide Live Coverage of the LCC Group Junior Championship Final, Drumragh v Kildress". 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Keys, Colm (21 September 2022). "It's win or bust in the hunt for Tyrone championship glory". Irish Independent.
  3. ↑ Tyrone GAA - Tyrone Gaelic Football and Tyrone Hurling news, results and fixures
  4. ↑ Kelly, Padraig (26 November 2016). "Rock experience can secure third Ulster title". The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. Retrieved 26 November 2016. Blackhill have never faced a side like Rock though. The east Tyrone outfit are masters of this competition and are chasing their third title in a decade.
  5. ↑ Tyrone GAA - Tyrone Gaelic Football and Tyrone Hurling news, results and fixures
  6. ↑ "First-half goals pave way for An Port Mór". Irish Examiner. Linn Dubh. 3 December 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ulster club JFC final: McMahon goal the difference". Hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "Ulster Club JFC final: Rock down Urris". Hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Kelly, Padraig (26 November 2016). "Rock experience can secure third Ulster title". The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. Retrieved 26 November 2016. For once though the roles have been reversed and this time the Courtney sisters will be going to cheer on Donal, Thomas and Anthony at Pairc Esler tomorrow as they try to help Blackhill to an Ulster Junior title at the expense of Tyrone champions Rock.
  10. ↑ "Ulster Club JFC: Title number three for Rock". Hoganstand.com. Hogan Stand. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Tatts reach back to back finals". 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017. Tattyreagh have reached the Junior championship final for the second year running after winning a gripping encounter with Owen Roes at Healy Park on Friday night.
  12. ↑ Mooney, Francis (23 October 2018). "Tattyreagh's remarkable rise: Division One football to be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for first time ever". The Irish News. The Irish News Ltd. Retrieved 23 October 2018. Tattyreagh's remarkable rise from Junior to Senior in the space of a year has won the hearts of GAA followers throughout Tyrone and beyond. Division One football will be played at Pairc Ui Dhorchai for the first time ever in 2019, when one of the smallest clubs in the county will mix it with giants of the game such as Coalisland, Killyclogher, Errigal Ciaran, Omagh and Dromore. The dream became a reality as they clinched back to back championship titles at Healy Park on Sunday, winning the LCC Tyrone IFC title, just 12 months after being crowned JFC champions.
  13. ↑ "Tattyreagh make it back to back championships". 21 October 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Tatts take junior crown". 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Newtownstewart & Beragh through to LCC JFC Final". 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "LCC junior title for Newtownstewart". 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  17. ↑ Foley, Alan (2 November 2019). "Brave Buncrana reach Ulster JFC final on penalties after epic semi-final". Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  18. ↑ "Junior title for Rock". 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  19. ↑ "Second half display secures junior title for Kildress". 4 October 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  20. ↑ Cooke, Michael (20 November 2021). "Sean McDermotts reach Ulster JFC quarter-finals after beating Cookstown". Shannonside Northern Sound. Retrieved 20 November 2021. The Tyrone junior champions led 1-4 to 1-3 at half-time before a superior second half display say Sean McDermotts recorded an eight-point victory in the end.
  21. ↑ "Stewartstown Scorers Ahead Of JFC Final". 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  22. ↑ "Aghaloo Scorers Ahead Of JFC Final". 21 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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