The Kilkenny Junior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Junior Football Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny JFC) is an annual

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competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the

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and contested by the junior-graded clubs in the county of Kilkenny in

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. It is the third tier overall in the entire Kilkenny football championship system. Graignamanagh are the reigning champions, having beaten

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by 0–11 to 1–6 in the 2024 final.

List of finals

References

{{Kilkenny GAA, state=expanded Kilkenny GAA club championships Gaelic football competitions in County Kilkenny Junior Gaelic football county championships 1905 establishments in Ireland