| South East Junior A Football Championship | |
| Sponsors: | The Huntsman Bar & Restaurant |
| Code: | Gaelic football |
| Region: | Carrigdhoun |
| Irish: | Craobh Peile Sóisear A Carrigdhoun |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Current: | Ballygarvan |
| Currentordinal: | 7 |
| Most: | Kinsale |
| Mostordinal: | 18 |
| Website: | Carrigdhoun GAA |
The South East Junior A Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Huntsman Bar & Restaurant 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.[1] 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 5-11 to 2-11 in the 2024 final.
The 7 teams competing in the 2024 South East Junior A Hurling Championship are:
| Club | Location | Colours | Position in 2024 | 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 | 7 | 2024 | |
| 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 | Group stage | 1965 | 13 | 2016 | |
| Valley Rovers | Innishannon | Green and white | Semi-finals | 1929 | 16 | 2020 |
| Club | Titles | Runners-up | Championships won | Championships runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinsale | 18 | 15 | 1930, 1932, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2022 | 1937, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1954, 1963, 1964, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002 |
| 2 | Valley Rovers | 16 | 5 | 1937, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2017, 2020 | 1936, 1949, 1957, 1994, 2018 |
| 3 | Shamrocks | 13 | 13 | 1931, 1933, 1934, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2016 | 1966, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2010, 2015 |
| Carrigaline | 13 | 11 | 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1990, 1991, 1992 | 1952, 1953, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2024 | |
| 5 | Crosshaven | 9 | 7 | 1929, 1941, 1942, 1952, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1998 | 1930, 1931, 1935, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1961 |
| 6 | Ballygarvan | 7 | 5 | 2002, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2023, 2024 | 1993, 1995, 2007, 2011, 2021 |
| 7 | Courcey Rovers | 5 | 7 | 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011 | 1975, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2001, 2005, 2014 |
| 8 | 4 | 6 | 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 | 1981, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2022, 2023 | |
| 9 | Tracton | 3 | 8 | 1983, 2007, 2010 | 1943, 1967, 1969, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012 |
| Robert Emmets | 3 | 2 | 1950, 1954, 1956 | 1958, 1962 | |
| 11 | Passage | 1 | 3 | 1944 | 1934, 1945, 1946 |
| Ballymartle | 1 | 2 | 2018 | 2019, 2020 | |
| Belgooly | 1 | 1 | 2013 | 2017 | |
| Banba | 1 | 0 | 1935 | — | |
| 15 | Knockavilla | 0 | 3 | — | 1933, 1939, 1940 |
| Naval Services | 0 | 2 | — | 1950, 1951 | |
| Rochestown | 0 | 1 | — | 1932 | |
| Douglas | 0 | 1 | — | 1944 |
Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of South-East Junior Football Championship titles, is as follows: