Club Titles – JFC ‘A’

Clonguish
Killoe or Carrickedmond

Final scheduled for 12th October 2025 as curtain-raiser to SFC final. 

Note: Only one Junior club (Legan Sarsfields) in 2025 JFC. All others participating were second teams of Senior clubs. 

Young Grattans 2-9
Longford Slashers 0-10

Ballymore 1-10
Killoe Young Emmets 1-5

Young Grattans 0-16
Ballymore 0-11

Note: 2022 was the first year that Junior ‘B’ Championship winner competed in the Junior ‘A’ Championship at the semi-final stage alongside the top three Junior ‘A’ teams after all group games were played. 

Legan Sarsfields 1-15
Ballymore 0-13

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Colmcille (awarded)
Killoe Young Emmets

Note: The 2020 Junior Championship knock-out stages were postponed until 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions. The final between Colmcille and Killoe Young Emmets was scheduled for Wednesday 1st September 2021. Killoe requested a postponement to a later date but this was not agreed to, and Colmcille were awarded the title due to Killoe not fulfilling the fixture on the scheduled date.

Kenagh 0-12
Killoe Young Emmets 1-8

Killoe Young Emmets 1-8
Clonguish 0-7
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Date: 23rd September 2018
Venue: Pearse Park
Captain: Emmet Toher
MOTM: Conor Gilna
Referee: David Tierney (Moydow Harpers)

Note: The Reserve Senior Cup and Intermediate ‘B’ Championship competition which had been introduced in 2016 & 2017 were discontinued thereafter and Junior A and B Championships were restored from 2018.

As a result of a competition review in 2015 the Junior Football Championship was side lined in 2016 and 2017 and Intermediate ‘B’ Championship was introduced instead in those years.

The new Intermediate ‘B’ Championship was won in 2017 by Colmcille who beat Killoe Young Emmets by 1-10 to 0-8 in the final. A new ‘Reserve Senior Cup’ competition was also introduced in 2016 and played in 2016 and 2017 with Abbeylara retaining the title in 2017 with victory over Killoe Young Emmets in the final. This Reserve Cup competition used the previous Junior ‘A’ Championship trophy. Both competitions were discontinued after 2017 and the Junior A & B Championships returned from 2018.

As a result of a competition review, the Junior Football Championship was sidelined in 2016 and 2017 and Intermediate ‘B’ Championship was introduced instead in those years.

The new Intermediate ‘B’ Championship was won in 2016 by Killoe Young Emmets who beat the Ardagh/Moydow combination by 1-10 to 2-2 in the final. A new ‘Reserve Senior Cup’ competition was also introduced in 2016 and played in 2016 and 2017 with Abbeylara winning the title in 2016 with victory over Clonguish in the final. This Reserve Cup competition used the previous Junior ‘A’ Championship trophy. Both competitions were discontinued after 2017 and the Junior A & B Championships returned from 2018.

Mostrim 1-11
Killoe Young Emmets 0-10

Longford Slashers 1-11
Killoe Young Emmets 0-7

Young Grattans 2-13
Longford Slashers 0-8

Note: This was the 2nd JFC final played between two clubs from the same parish. The 1st was in 2002 when Shroid Slashers played Young Grattans. 

Legan Sarsfields 1-10
Moydow Harpers 0-6

Moydow Harpers 2-13
Shroid Slashers 0-6

Ballymahon 1-8
Carrickedmond 0-10

St. Munis Forgney 1-12
Carrickedmond 1-8

Shroid Slashers 0-9
Moydow Harpers 0-4

Mostrim 1-14
Ardagh St. Patricks 2-4

St. Munis Forgney 2-4
Moydow Harpers 1-4

Fr. Manning Gaels 1-10
Rathcline 1-7

Young Grattans 2-11
Rathcline 1-5

Clonguish 1-10
Moydow Harpers 1-4

Shroid Slashers 1-8
Young Grattans 1-5

Shroid Slashers 1-9
Young Grattans 1-9

Note: This was the first JFC final played between two clubs from the same parish. 

Longford Slashers 3-14
Rathcline 0-11

Legan Sarsfields 0-9
Ardagh St. Patricks 1-6

Rathcline 5-6
Dromard 1-12

Colmcille 1-10
Legan Sarsfields 1-6

Shroid Slashers 1-15
St. Munis Forgney 0-7

Mullinalaghta St. Columbas 1-10
Shroid Slashers 1-8

Ballymore 3-9
Moydow Harpers 0-2

Note: Brothers trained the winners of the Senior Football Championship (Killoe trained by Tommy McCormack) and Junior Football Championship (Ballymore trained by Jimmy McCormack).

Legan Sarsfields 2-5
Mullinalaghta St. Columbas 0-8

Note: Mullinalaghta were at Intermediate grade in 1993 and requested to relinquish their status and be regraded to Junior for 1994. Killashee who won JFC in 1993 went up to Intermediate for 1994 to replace Mullinalaghta and Cashel who won IFC in 1993 decided against going up to Senior grade for 1994. 

St. Brigids Killashee 0-7
St. Munis Forgney 0-6

Clonguish 1-9
Ballymore 0-6

Shroid Slashers 1-8
St. Brigids Killashee 0-5

Legan Sarsfields 0-10
Ballymore 0-2

St. Brigids Killashee 1-9
St. Marys Granard 0-11

Killoe Young Emmets 3-2
St. Brigids Killashee 0-9
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Date: 25th September 1988
Venue: Pearse Park
Captain: Mickey Connell
Referee: Pat Keenan (Ardagh St. Patricks)

Note: Killoe completed a unique Senior and Junior Championship double in 1988.

Rathcline 0-11
Longford Slashers 1-5

Moydow Harpers 1-6
Killoe Young Emmets 1-3

St. Brigids Killashee 2-9
Moydow Harpers 1-6

Rathcline 1-6
Mostrim 0-7

Date: 30th September 1984
Venue: Pearse Park
Referee: Leo McCormack

Note: This was Seamus Flynn’s second Junior Football Championship title win (age 44). The Longford inter-county star won his first with Clonguish in 1959. Rathcline goalkeeper Brian Kennelly and left half-back Padraic Farrell are nephews of the Kerry legend Mick O’Connell.

Young Grattans 2-7
St. Marys Granard 1-8

Longford Slashers 4-8
Ardagh St. Patricks 3-6

Shroid Slashers 2-6
Mostrim 1-1

Shroid Slashers 1-3
Mostrim 0-6

Ballymore 2-6
Cashel 0-6

Colmcille 1-13
Longford Slashers 0-4

Note: Colmcille completed a Junior League & Championship double in 1979.

Longford Slashers 3-5
Ardagh St. Patricks 0-3

Mullinalaghta St. Columbas 2-8
Ballymore 0-4

Kenagh 1-5
Longford Slashers 0-7

Note: Kenagh completed a Junior League & Championship double.

Seán Connollys 2-10
Longford Slashers 1-8

Winning Panel: Dermot McGreal, Mel Forde, Michael Cahill, Mick Fox, Andy McEoin, Martin Heraty, Seamus Murtagh, Joe Fox, Jimmy Fox, Tommy Foster, John Lynch, Jimmy Brady, Paddy Joe Murtagh, Sean Treacy, Sean McEoin (Captain), Seamus Treacy, Joe McGreal, Pat Mc Donnell, Eugene Farrell & Paddy Brady.

Fr. Manning Gaels 1-14
Kenagh 2-2

Note: Fr. Manning Gaels completed a Junior League & Championship double.

Abbeylara 3-8
Mostrim 2-5

Rathcline 0-13
St. Marys Granard 2-5

St. Munis Forgney 2-4
Abbeylara 2-3

Dromard 1-5
Ballymore 0-3

Note: Dromard completed a Junior League & Championship double.

Shroid Slashers 1-6
Dromard 0-3

Shroid Slashers 1-4
Dromard 0-7

The 1969 JFC draw was made in January 1969, with 17 clubs involved (See here):

Shroid Slashers
Dromard
Abbeylara
Ballymore
Mullinalaghta St. Columbas
St. Munis Forgney
Ballinamuck
St. Marys Granard (2nd)
Ardagh St. Patricks (2nd)
Seán Connollys (2nd)
Rathcline (2nd)
Clonguish (2nd)
Longford Slashers (2nd)
Mostrim (2nd)
Kenagh St. Dominics (2nd)
Colmcille (2nd)
Carrickedmond (2nd)

In March 1969, partway through the league programme, the clubs of Éire Óg (a Senior club) and Ballinamuck (a Junior club) – both in the same parish of Drumlish – amalgamated to form Fr. Manning Gaels and affiliated at Intermediate grade. Hence the JFC of 1969 ended up with 16 teams instead of the above-listed 17 teams. 

Legan Sarsfields 4-4
Abbeylara 1-9

Legan Sarsfields 2-4
Abbeylara 0-10

Note: The replayed final was a tense affair to put it mildly and became known locally as the ‘Battle of Pearse Park’. Referee Tommy O’Brien wrote in the following weeks Longford Leader that… “after 20 minutes I lost complete control of this game”.

Seán Connollys 1-7
Legan Sarsfields 0-6

Seán Connollys 1-8
Legan Sarsfields 2-5

Note: The following summary was captured in the local newspaper in September 1975 in the preview to that years JFC final which featured Seán Connollys. “The first match lasted 69 minutes due to the fact that the referee’s watch went haywire. Teams were level at the 60 minute mark so a replay was required. Legan lodged an objection which then held up the replay, which then didn’t take place until May 1968 due to precautions taken by the G.A.A. against the spread of Foot and Mouth disease which was raging in England”.

Mostrim 2-2
Abbeylara 1-4

St. Brigids Killashee 3-5
Kenagh St. Dominics 1-4

Cashel 1-6
St. Brigids Killashee 1-2

Note: Winning captain was John Donlon and referee was Niall McKnight from Ballymahon. 

Rathcline 3-5
Ardagh St. Patricks 0-8

Carrickedmond 2-6
St. Brigids Killashee 1-3

Teams in 1962 Junior Football Championship:

Carrickedmond
Mullinalaghta St. Columbas
Ardagh St. Patricks
Rathcline
Seán Connollys
Mostrim
Abbeylara
St. Brigids Killashee
Shroid Slashers
Dromard
St. Munis Forgney
St. Dominics Kenagh
Éire Óg (Drumlish)
Cashel
Ballymahon
Killoe Young Emmets
Longford Slashers
Colmcille
Clonguish

Cashel 0-7
Seán Connollys 0-3

Note: Cashel completed a Junior League & Championship double.

🏆 A trophy was first introduced for Junior Championship winner in 1961. The trophy remained unnamed for the next 63 years and in 2024 was named in memory of Séamus Flynn, the former Longford great and Clonguish/Rathcline clubman who died in 2024. 

Ballymahon 3-5
Mullinalaghta St. Columbas 0-0

Clonguish 2-6
St. Brigids Killashee 0-6

Note: Clonguish completed a Junior League & Championship double.

St. Marys Granard 1-7
Mostrim 1-3

Killoe Young Emmets 3-11
Clonguish 1-4
↓
Date: 13th October 1957
Venue: Pearse Park
Captain: Billy Morgan
Referee: No Record

Killoe Young Emmets 0-8
Clonguish 1-5
↓
Date: 29th September 1957
Venue: Pearse Park
Referee: John Greene (Mostrim)

Rathcline 2-4
Mullinalaghta St. Columbas 0-0

Note: The Junior Championship was put on hold for over two months in November & December 1956, and the final was eventually played in 1957. Rathcline lodged an appeal to the Leinster Council regarding a decision by the Longford County Board to uphold an objection by Clonguish (who were beaten by Rathcline in the previous round). The Leinster Council found that Clonguish was a suspended team, and could not consequently participate in the actives of the Association. The Rathcline win was upheld, and they progressed to the semi-final of the Southern Section against Killashee St. Brigids, and then to the Southern Section final against Kenagh St. Dominics, before defeating Mullinalaghta in the Junior Championship final. Mullinalaghta, who lost the final, had previously defeated Killoe Slashers (amalgamation of Killoe Young Emmets and Whiterock Slashers) in the Northern Section final which led to an objection from Killoe Slashers as to the constitution of their team. So it was a season of objections and delays in the Junior Championship. 

Carrickedmond 2-6
Dromard 0-2

Ardagh St. Patricks 2-5
St. Marys Granard 1-5

Whiterock Slashers 0-3
Dromard 0-1

Abbeylara 1-7
Whiterock Slashers 0-7

Note: Abbeylara completed a Junior League & Championship double.

1952 Junior Football Championship draw was as follows:

North Section:
A) Abbeylara v Seán Connollys
B) Killoe Young Emmets v Colmcille
C) Dromard v Young Irelands (Drumlish)
North Semi-finals was A v B
North Final was A/B v C

South Section:
A) Young Grattans v Longford Wanderers
B) Legan v Mostrim
C) Whiterock Slashers v Ballymahon
D) Kenagh St. Dominics v Killashee
E) Clonguish v Shannon Gaels
F) Carrickedmond v Winner A
G) Winner B v Winner C
H) Winner D v Winner E
South Semi-finals was H v F
South Final was H/F v G

Junior Championship Final
Winner North v Winner South

(Note: Shannon Gaels was an amalgamation of Rathcline and Cashel)

Killoe Young Emmets 0-5
Clonguish 1-0
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Date: 8th December 1951
Venue: Pearse Park
Referee: J Murray (St. Marys Granard)

1951 Junior Championship Draw:

The Junior Championship was divided into two groups – North and South.

Southern Division:
1. Killashee v Ballymahon
2. Mostrim v Clonguish
3. Moydow Harpers v Carrickedmond
4. Rathcline v Ardagh St. Patricks
5. Ballymacormack Young Grattans v Whiterock Slashers

Northern Division:
1. United Gaels v Colmcille
2. Killoe Young Emmets v Dromard
3. Young Irelands (Drumlish) v Seán Connollys

The championship was beset by objections, counter objections and replays which meant the final was not played until December.

Seán Connollys 1-10
Mostrim 1-4

1950 Junior Championship Draw:

The Junior Championship was divided into two groups – North and South.

Southern Division:
1. Moydow Harpers v Ballymacormack Young Grattans
2. Mostrim v Ballymahon
3. Longford Wanderers v Killashee
4. Ardagh St. Patricks v Carrickedmond

Northern Division:
1. Colmcille v Abbeylara
2. Killoe Young Emmets v Drumlish
3. Seán Connollys v St. Marys Granard
4. Dromard a bye

Ardagh St. Patricks (awarded)
Killoe Young Emmets

Killoe Young Emmets beat Ardagh St. Patricks in the 1949 Junior Championship final, but Ardagh objected because Killoe were 11 minutes late in fielding. The objection was upheld as reported in the Longford Leader on 1st October 1949. While no explicit report exists stating that the upholding of the objection led to the awarding of the title to Ardagh, subsequent circumstantial evidence in 1950 supports the view that the title was awarded to Ardagh. This includes an article in local media on 27th May 1950 in which Ardagh are referred to as Junior Champions, and another article on 29th July 1950 in a game between Ardagh and Mullinalaghta where it states “ex champions Mullinalaghta take on 1949 Junior Champions Ardagh), and finally an article on 16th September 1950 which notes that Mullinalaghta “disposed of the challenge of the 1949 Junior Champions Ardagh”. So there is sufficient circumstantial evidence to support the fact that the 1949 Junor Championship title was awarded to Ardagh St. Patricks following an upheld objection.

📷 1949 Junior Championship Final
📷 1949 Junior Championship Objection

Cashel 2-5
Colmcille 2-3

Clonguish 4-3
United Gaels 2-1

Note 1: United Gaels was a combination of St. Marys Granard and Abbeylara.
Note 2: Clonguish completed a Junior League & Championship double.

1947 Junior Championship Draw:

The Junior Championship was divided into two groups – North and South.

Southern Division:
1. Carrickedmond v Forgney
2. Cashel v Clonguish
3. Ballymahon v Mostrim
4. Longford Wanderers v Ardagh St. Patricks

Northern Division:
1. Ballinamuck v Dromard
2. Killoe Young Emmets v United Gaels
3. Seán Connollys v Winner 1
4. Columcille v Winner 2

Abbeylara 3-8
Moydow Harpers 3-0

Note: Abbeylara completed a Junior League & Championship double.

1946 Junior Championship Draw:

The Junior Championship was divided into two groups – North and South.

Southern Division:
1. Newtowncashel v Ardagh St. Patricks
2. Longford Wanderers v Forgney
3. Moydow Harpers v Legan
4. Ballymahon v Carrickedmond

Northern Division:
1. Seán Connollys v Whiterock Slashers
2. Clonguish v Killoe Young Emmets
3. Dromard v Abbeylara
4. Columcille v Ballinamuck

Ballymahon 3-3
Newtowncashel St. Ciaráns 2-1

Note: Newtowncashel St. Ciaráns was shortened to Cashel from around 1947.

Dromard 1-7
Longford Wanderers 0-2

Final played on 22nd October 1944.

Note: Dromard completed a Junior League & Championship double.

Newtowncashel St. Ciaráns 2-4
Longford Wanderers 2-3

Note 1: Newtowncashel St. Ciaráns was shortened to Cashel from around 1947.
Note 2: Newtowncashel completed a Junior League & Championship double.

Longford Wanderers 2-5
Seán Connollys 1-5

Note: Cashel had previously been recorded as winners of the 1942 Junior Championship, however available evidence show that Longford Wanderers defeated Seán Connollys in the Junior Championship final. Newtowncashel St. Ciaráns defeated Killoe Young Emmets in the Junior League final of 1942 and this may have been mistaken for the championship in previous records. Worth noting that only 13 clubs affiliated in Longford in 1942.

📷 1942 Junior Championship Final

Clonguish won
Moydow Harpers Lost

Note: Clonguish completed a Junior League & Championship double.

Mostrim 1-4  (awarded)
Killoe Young Emmets 1-5

Note: Title was previously assigned to Killoe Young Emmets. Killoe defeated Mostrim 1-5 to 1-4 in the 1940 Junior Championship final, however Mostrim lodged an objection which was upheld in November 1940 and Mostrim were awarded the title and medals.

📷 1940 Junior Championship Final
📷 1940 Junior Championship Objection

1940 JFC Draw: Abbeylara v Mostrim; Drumlish v Clonguish; St. Marys Granard v Leo Caseys Ballymahon; Killoe Young Emmets v Ardagh St. Patricks.

Moydow Harpers 0-11
Drumlish 0-1

Ballinamuck 2-7
Mostrim 1-1

Ballinamuck 1-3
Mostrim 1-3

Note: Final was played at Ballinalee on 20th November 1938.

Ballinamuck club is referenced as ‘the 98s’ and Ballinamuck 98’s in some reports during the Junior Championship while references to the club in these years vary from Ballinamuck 98’s and the shortened Ballinamuck name. The 1938 JFC final references the club name as Ballinamuck, which is what we use here. In the Ballinamuck parish notes in Longford Leader on 26th November 1938, the following is noted: “The Ballinamuck 98’s had a decisive victory over Mostrim in the re-played Junior Final at Ballinalee on Sunday. Although the heavy sod militated against anything like a classic display, the game held interest to the final whistle. It was no mean feat for Ballinamuck to capture the Junior trophy in view of the fact that the team is drawn from the same parish as Drumlish team, last year’s Senior champions“.

It is worth noting that there was no club in Dromard at the time (lapsed in second half of the 1930’s and did not revive until October 1943), and some Dromard players went to play with neighbouring clubs (Colmcille, Drumlish and Ballinamuck). One of those players was Fr. Thomas O’Reilly from Moyne who won the JFC with Ballinamuck in 1938 and then went on to win SFC with Drumlish in 1940. 

1938 Junior Football Championship draw was as follows:

• Mullinalaghta v Carrickedmond O’Connells
• Moydow Harpers v Ballinamuck
• Killoe Young Emmets v Rathcline St. Dermots
• Columcille v Ballymahon Leo Caseys
• St. Marys Granard v Legan St. Josephs
• Mostrim v Longford Wanderers

Colmcille 1-5
Ballymahon Leo Caseys 0-2

Note 1: Colmcille also won the Junior League in November 1937 – This was the delayed 1936 competition. 

Note 2: Colmcille club name also appeared as Columcille in published records of that era. 

Whiterock Slashers 2-5
Dromard 2-3

Date: 30th August 1936
Referee: PJ Masterson (Cornafean)

Note: Whiterock Slashers beat Dromard in the 1936 Junior Championship final. Dromard objected and were awarded the title. Whiterock Slashers counter-objected and were re-awarded the title. Hence the record shows Whiterock Slashers as champions. Dromard reached the final by winning the North Section of the JFC by defeating St. Bernards Abbeylara in the decider. The Senior and Junior Championship finals were both played on the same day with a crowd of 4000 recorded, the largest Longford had seen at a club game to that point. Dromard reached the final after winning the North Division by beating St. Bernards (Abbeylara) in the North Final by 2-15 to 11. They had beaten St. Marys Granard and Killoe (replay) to reach the North Division decider. 

Seán Connollys 0-2 (awarded)
Whiterock Slashers 1-1

Note: Whiterock Slashers defeated Seán Connollys in the Junior Championship final in late 1935. Seán Connollys objected and the available evidence suggests that this objection was upheld in early 1936 with the title going to Seán Connollys who completed a Junior League & Championship double in 1935.

Ardagh St. Patricks 2-3
Whiterock Slashers 1-1

Note: Ardagh St. Patricks completed a Junior League & Championship double.

St. Brigids Killashee 4-4
Ardagh St. Patricks 2-3

Note: St. Brigids Killashee completed a Junior League & Championship double.

Longford Wanderers 0-10
Drumlish 0-1

Killoe Young Emmets 4-6
Dromard 2-5
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Date: 1st November 1931
Venue: Longford Park
Referee: J V Kelly (Longford Wanderers)

Killoe Young Emmets 1-1
Dromard 0-4
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Date: 13th September 1931
Venue: Granard
Referee: J Murray (St. Marys Granard)

Note: Killoe completed a Junior League & Championship double for 1931 albeit League decider was not completed until 1933. The drawn final above was marred by an attack on the referee (J Murray from Granard) after he had given a Dromard player his marching orders near the end of the game. 

Ardagh St. Patricks W/O (awarded)
Columcille Scr

Ardagh St. Patricks 0-5
Columcille 0-5

Note: Ardagh St. Patricks were awarded the replay of the 1930 Junior Championship final against Colmcille as the referee adjudged the latter not to have fielded in the allotted time. Columcille had beaten Longford Rovers in the semi-final having previously played out a draw 2-2 each on 30th November 1930 at Ballinalee. Ardagh St. Patricks completed a Junior League & Championship double in 1930.

Edgeworthstown 3-2
Ardagh St. Patricks 1-1

Match Details: 1929 Junior Championship final was played in February 1930 in the big field in Lacken. Winning team included: P Tallon, Doherty Brothers, P Murphy, Joe Greene, Ted Morgan, J Nolan, T Kenny, T McLoughlin, P Turner (Captain), Bill Devine, B Langan, N Mallon and H Greene. 

Note: Edgeworthstown was originally formed in 1889 as Edgeworthstown Volunteers and by 1910’s the club name had been shortened to Edgeworthstown. A few months after the delayed 1929 Junior Championship final in February 1930, the club was renamed Edgeworthstown Young Irelands. The Edgeworthstown club that won the Junior Championship of 1929 (in 1930) is the same Edgeworthstown Young Irelands club that reached the Senior Championship final in 1931 and won the Intermediate Championship title in 1932. Shortly thereafter the club split and this led to the formation of  the Edgeworthstown Geraldines club which competed alongside Edgeworthstown Young Irelands for a period. By the mid 1930’s both clubs are gone and we see the brief emergence of Edgeworthstown Wolfe Tones and Manor Rovers clubs in the parish, with both no longer evident by the end of 1936. In 1937 the Mostrim Eoin Ruadhs club was formed with name then hortened to Mostrim from 1938. For consistency, we keep the titles of Edgeworthstown (including Young Irelands) separate from titles of the later Mostrim club. 

Clonguish won
Drumlish lost

Note: Clonguish defeated Drumlish in the 1928 Junior Championship final. While no match report for the 1928 JFC final has be found, a report of a subsequent County Board meeting references Clonguish as winners. St. Marys Granard are previously credited with this title but they reached the Junior League final and were defeated 2-4 to 2-3 by Clonguish in the final in September 1929.

Ardagh St. Patricks 0-4
Columcille 0-1

1st JFC Final: This is noted in published records of the day as the first Junior Football Championship final played on a knockout basis with Ardagh St. Patricks defeating Colmcille 0-4 to 0-1 in the final in April 1927. This is the first year we see both League and Championship competitions played at Junior grade.

📷 1927 Junior Championship Final

Note 1: St. Marys Granard had previously been credited with this title but they won the 1927 Junior League title, defeating Ballymahon by 0-5 to 0-1 in January 1928. Granard were North Longford Division winners while Ballymahon were South Longford Division winners and both then met in the Junior League final whch took place in January 1928.

Note 2: Columcille or Columbkille was a previous spelling of the current Colmcille club.

Titles are allocated to club units (not parishes). Where a new club unit was formed by two or more clubs amalgamating, the previous titles of the individual clubs prior to the union are kept separate from titles won by the new club unit. Here are some examples from across the country of similar practice (📑 Examples). For teams made up of two or more clubs in an amalgamation, titles are allocated to the combination team and not assigned separately to the individual club units within it (thus avoiding double-counting).

To allocate titles accurately and consistently to club units, it was necessary to dig into specific instances where key titles were won by different or differently named entities from the same parish down the years, and determine using as much primary evidence as possible how to allocate those titles to club units.

Longford has seen a large number of clubs come and go over the years, including multiple clubs in the same parish at the same time (This was true in multiple instances prior to the 2010’s, and is still true today for the Longford and Granard parishes). Historically there are a few instances of key titles won by different or differently named units from the same parish. Some were merely the same club renamed over time, while others were separate club units including new clubs formed by the merging of two or more existing club units.

There are five key examples of title allocations which needed clarification:

1. Longford Parish
2. Mostrim Parish
3. Granard Parish
4. Drumlish Parish
5. Ardagh & Moydow Parish

Note: Titles in this context refers to SFC, SFL, SHC, IFC, JFC or U-21 Championship titles.

Our research found the following JFC title changes which were supplied to and adopted by Coiste Chontae an Longfort from 2014 onward. This marked the first material change to the official record since the early 1980’s.

1924
Was: Mullinalaghta
Now: No Record

1927
Was: Granard
Now: Ardagh St. Patricks

1928
Was: Granard
Now: Clonguish

1940
Was: Killoe Young Emmets
Now: Mostrim (Awarded)

1942
Was: Cashel
Now: Longford Wanderers

1944
Was: No Competition
Now: Dromard

Note: The Gaelic Athletic Annuals of the 1920’s and 1930’s show a list of JFC winners for 1900’s, 1910’s and 1920’s which is almost entirely (and provably) inaccurate.

The following key clarifications apply to JFC clubs down the years.

Prior to 1927, Junior competition was played on a League basis as the Junior League-Championship since 1917. The first knockout JFC competition was organised in 1927, while the old Junior League-Championship continued as Junior League competition. More details on Junior competition pre 1927 can be found here.