The Cavan Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Cavan GAA. It is played between the twelve lowest-graded clubs in County Cavan. It was first competed for in 1913. The winners are awarded the Seán Leddy Cup and go on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship. The winners are also promoted to the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship for the following year.

Templeport are the most successful club in the competition with seven wins. The current champions are Lacken who beat Templeport in the 2026 final to win the title for the first time.

Format 12 teams contest the Rudden's Service Station Junior Football Championship. The championship is run on a league basis up to the quarter-final stage and knock-out thereafter. Each team plays 4 rounds in the league phase with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams in the league progress to the quarter-finals while the bottom 4 placed teams enter the Shield competition. The winner is promoted to the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship.

List of finals +Key to list of winners Winning team reached the final of the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship Winning team won the Ulster Junior Club Football Championship Winning team won the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship

+List of Cavan Junior Football Championship finals Year Winners Score Opponent Ref. 1913 Ballinagh 1914 Cornafean 1915 Cavan Slashers 1916 Gowna 1917 Loughduff Volunteers 1918 Drumbo 1919 Bailieborough Shamrocks Butlersbridge 1920 Bruskey 1921 Ballymachugh 1922 Templeport 1923 Templeport 2–2 – 0–4 Crosserlough 1924 Tullyco 3–4 – 2–1 Crosskeys 1925 Lurgan 1–4 – 0–0 Belturbet 1926 Cavan Harps 5–10 – 0–1 Drumgoon 1927 Cornafean 1–3 – 0–4 Munterconnaught 1928 Munterconnaught 0–1 – 0–1 Lacken 3–3 – 1–3 (R) 1929 Camagh 3–5 – 2–0 Ballymachugh 1930 Templeport 3–2 – 1–3 Lacken 1931 Kingscourt Stars 1–2 – 1–1 Ballymachugh 1932 Mullahoran 1933 Arva 1–7 – 0–5 Crosserlough 1934 Gowna 3–6 – 0–4 Stradone 1935 Croghan 0–11 – 0–1 Crubany 1936 Ballyjamesduff 1–5 – 2–1 Drumlane 1937 Belturbet 2–5 – 0–5 Mountnugent 1938 Cavan Slashers 2–4 – 0–4 Munterconnaught 1939 Croghan 1–7 – 2–4 Crubany 4–5 – 2–5 (R) 1940 Mullahoran 2–7 – 1–4 Castlerahan 1941 Cross 0–5 – 0–2 Kilnaleck 1942 Templeport 0–8 – 1–4 Castlerahan 1943 Mountnugent 3–4 – 0–7 Crubany 1944 Stradone 5–4 – 0–3 Kill 1945 Annagh 2–3 – 2–2 Munterconnaught 1946 Cross 1–8 – 0–4 Drung 1947 Drung 1–9 – 2–2 Kingscourt Stars 1948 Drumlane 1949 Munterconnaught 3–2 – 0–4 Annagh 1950 Lavey 1951 Castlerahan 1952 Cootehill 1–10 – 0–4 Butlersbridge 1953 Ballinagh 1–7 – 1–5 Kingscourt Stars 1954 Kingscourt Stars 1–8 – 1–1 Cavan Harps 1955 Mullagh 3–7 – 0–4 Lavey 1956 Killinkere 3–12 – 0–3 Virginia Blues 1957 Cormore 4–3 – 1–8 Belturbet 1958 Virginia Blues 2–3 – 1–3 Ballinagh 1959 Castlerahan 3–6 – 2–2 Drumlane 1960 Cootehill 2–8 – 1–5 Cross 1961 Kingscourt Stars 1–8 – 2–5 Mullahoran 1–7 – 0–8 (R) 1962 Cross 0–9 – 1–5 Mountnugent 1963 Butlersbridge 3–5 – 0–8 Killinkere 1964 Mountnugent 0–8 – 0–3 Killinkere 1965 Castlerahan 2–10 – 0–8 Killinkere 1966 Virginia Blues 1–4 – 0–7 Redhills 2–9 – 0–5 (R) 1967 Crosserlough 3–8 – 3–6 Belturbet 1968 Templeport 0–8 – 2–2 Cavan Gaels 2–4 – 1–3 (R) 1969 Cootehill 0–10 – 1–4 Butlersbridge 1970 Killeshandra 4–7 – 0–7 Butlersbridge 1971 Drumlane 3–8 – 2–7 Killinkere 1972 Killinkere 1–10 – 2–5 Munterconnaught 1973 Maghera MacFinns 3–11 – 0–6 Crosserlough 1974 Butlersbridge 2–4 – 0–4 Mullahoran 1975 Lavey 2–8 – 0–4 Munterconnaught 1976 Munterconnaught 1–9 – 1–8 Ballinagh 1977 Kildallan 0–9 – 1–5 Ballinagh 1978 Ballinagh 2–7 – 0–3 Belturbet 1979 Shercock 1–13 – 1–4 Knockbride 1980 Drung 1–10 – 0–11 Maghera MacFinns 1981 Knockbride 1–10 – 0–6 Gowna 1982 Gowna 1–11 – 0–10 Corlough 1983 Killeshandra 1–12 – 0–7 Kill 1984 Denn 2–9 – 1–1 Mountnugent 1985 Swanlinbar 1–3 – 0–3 Belturbet 1986 Kill 1–9 – 1–5 Drumlane 1987 Castlerahan 1–8 – 0–7 Killygarry 1988 Mountnugent 3–4 – 0–8 Belturbet 1989 Shannon Gaels 1–9 – 0–7 Shercock 1990 Killygarry 0–13 – 1–8 Kildallan 1991 Castlerahan 0–12 – 2–5 Killinkere 1992 Mountnugent 3–3 – 0–9 Knockbride 1993 Arva 2–12 – 1–3 Knockbride 1994 Munterconnaught 0–11 – 0–7 Belturbet 1995 Belturbet 2–9 – 0–12 Knockbride 1996 Knockbride Swanlinbar 1997 Kill 2–10 – 2–9 Shercock 1998 Swanlinbar 0–21 – 0–7 Mullahoran 1999 Drumlane 2–7 – 0–9 Butlersbridge 2000 Cornafean 1–12 – 0–13 Drumgoon 2001 Drumgoon 1–10 – 0–7 Kildallan 2002 Butlersbridge 1–6 – 0–6 Kildallan 2003 Lavey 0–12 – 0–6 Mountnugent 2004 Butlersbridge 0–9 – 1–6 Redhills 0–14 – 1–6 (R) 2005 Redhills 2–8 – 1–10 Shannon Gaels 2006 Swanlinbar 1–14 – 1–14 Munterconnaught 0–18 – 0–9 (R) 2007 Killeshandra 0–11 – 0–8 Shannon Gaels 2008 Drung 1–12 – 0–8 Mountnugent 2009 Butlersbridge 4–8 – 0–11 Swanlinbar 2010 Swanlinbar 0–16 – 1–8 Munterconnaught 2011 Shercock 1–10 – 1–7 Munterconnaught 2012 Laragh United 0–10 – 2–3 Mountnugent 2013 Kill 1–14 – 1–13 Arva 2014 Arva 2–11 – 0–8 Ballymachugh 2015 Templeport 1–16 – 1–12 Cornafean 2016 Cornafean 1–16 – 0–11 Ballymachugh 2017 Ballymachugh 2–11 – 0–13 Drumalee 2018 Drumlane 0–7 – 0–7 Killinkere 2–12 – 0–13 (R) 2019 Killinkere 2–16 – 3–8 Shannon Gaels 2020 Templeport 2–11 – 1–10 Denn 2021 Denn 2–11 – 1–7 Drung 2022 Drumlane 1–12 – 2–8 Arva 2023 Arva 2–11 – 0–9 Knockbride 2024 Knockbride 0–15 – 0–11 Belturbet 2025 Munterconnaught 0–11 – 0–10 Kill 2026 Lacken 2–19 – 1–11 Templeport

Performances by club +Performances in the Cavan Junior Football Championship by club Club Titles Years won Templeport 7 1922, 1923, 1930, 1942, 1968, 2015, 2020 Drumlane 5 1948, 1971, 1999, 2018, 2022 Castlerahan 5 1951, 1959, 1965, 1987, 1991 Butlersbridge 5 1963, 1974, 2002, 2004, 2009 Munterconnaught 5 1928, 1949, 1976, 1994, 2025 Cornafean 4 1914, 1927, 2000, 2016 Arva 4 1933, 1993, 2014, 2023 Mountnugent 4 1943, 1964, 1988, 1992 Swanlinbar 4 1985, 1998, 2006, 2010 Ballinagh 3 1913, 1953, 1978 Gowna 3 1916, 1934, 1982 Kingscourt Stars 3 1931, 1954, 1961 Cross 3 1941, 1946, 1962 Drung 3 1947, 1980, 2008 Lavey 3 1950, 1975, 2003 Cootehill 3 1952, 1960, 1969 Killinkere 3 1956, 1972, 2019 Kill 3 1986, 1997, 2013 Killeshandra 3 1970, 1983, 2007 Knockbride 3 1981, 1996, 2024 Cavan Slashers 2 1915, 1938 Ballymachugh 2 1921, 2017 Mullahoran 2 1932, 1940 Croghan 2 1935, 1939 Belturbet 2 1937, 1995 Virginia 2 1958, 1966 Shercock 2 1979, 2011 Denn 2 1984, 2021 Loughduff Volunteers 1 1917 Drumbo 1 1918 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1 1919 Bruskey 1 1920 Tullyco 1 1924 Lurgan 1 1925 Cavan Harps 1 1926 Camagh 1 1929 Ballyjamesduff 1 1936 Stradone 1 1944 Annagh 1 1945 Mullagh 1 1955 Cormore 1 1957 Maghera 1 1973 Crosserlough 1 1967 Kildallan 1 1977 Shannon Gaels 1 1989 Killygarry 1 1990 Drumgoon 1 2001 Redhills 1 2005 Laragh United 1 2012 Lacken 1 2026

References

External links Cavan at ClubGAA Official Cavan GAA Website