South East Junior A Football Championship
The South East Junior A Football Championship is an annual club Gaelic football competition organised by the Carrigdhoun Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by junior-ranked teams in the southeastern region of County Cork, Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format.
Introduced in 1929 as the South East Junior Football Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament. The competition went through a number of format changes since then, including the introduction of a back-door or second chance for beaten teams.
In its present format, the seven teams are drawn into two groups and play each other in a single round-robin system. The two group winners and two group runners-up proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final. The winner of the South East Junior A Championship qualifies for the subsequent Cork Junior A Football Championship.
The title has been won at least once by 14 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Kinsale, who have won a total of 18 titles. Ballygarvan are the title-holders after defeating Carrigaline by 1–14 to 0–16 in the 2025 final.
Teams
2025 Teams
The 7 teams competing in the 2025 South East Junior A Football Championship are:| Club | Location | Colours | Position in 2025 | In Championship since | Championship Titles | Last Championship Title |
| Ballinhassig | Ballinhassig | Blue and white | Group stage | 1929 | 4 | 2021 |
| Ballygarvan | Ballygarvan | Red and white | Champions | 1980 | 8 | 2025 |
| Ballymartle | Riverstick | Green and gold | Semi-finals | 1983 | 1 | 2018 |
| Carrigaline | Carrigaline | Blue and yellow | Runners-Up | 2019 | 13 | 1992 |
| Courcey Rovers | Ballinspittle | Red and white | Group stage | 2011 | 5 | 2011 |
| Shamrocks | Shanbally | Green and white | Semi-finals | 1965 | 13 | 2016 |
| Valley Rovers | Innishannon | Green and white | Group stage | 1929 | 16 | 2020 |
List of Finals
Notes:- 1948 - The championship declared null and void after finalists Kinsale and Valley Rovers were disqualified after objections and counter objections.
- 1952 - The first match ended in a draw: Crosshaven 2-01, Carrigaline 1-04.
- 1971 - Shamrocks were awarded the title after the other semi-finalists, Valley Rovers and Crosshaven, were disqualified.
Records
Gaps
Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:- 37 years: Shamrocks
- 32 years: Crosshaven
- 24 years: Tracton
- 22 years: Shamrocks
- 21 years: Carrigaline
- 21 years: Valley Rovers
- 21 years: Kinsale
- 19 years: Valley Rovers
- 17 years: Kinsale
- 15 years: Carrigaline
- 12 years: Crosshaven
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of South-East Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows:- 1930's: Shamrocks 1931-33-34 & Carrigaline 1936-38-39
- 1940's: Kinsale 1945-46-49
- 1950's: Robert Emmets 1950-54-56 & Carrigaline 1955-57-59
- 1960's: Crosshaven 1962-63-64-66
- 1970's: Shamrocks 1971-72-75-76-77
- 1980's: Valley Rovers 1981-84-85-86-87
- 1990's: Carrigaline 1990-91-92 & Valley Rovers 1993-95-96
- 2000's: Ballygarvan 2002-03-08-09
- 2010's: Ballinhassig 2012-15-19
- 2020's: Ballygarvan 2023-24