Kildare Junior Football Championship
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The Kildare Junior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by lower-tier Kildare GAA clubs. The winning club plays in the Kildare Intermediate Football Championship in the following year. As of the 2022 season there is an overall Junior Championship winner as well as a Junior A winner (competed for between the bottom four teams in the Junior Championship Round Robin Group 2). There have been various iterations of the competition, which started in 1906 as the secondary competition to the Kildare Senior Football Championship. In 1928 a Kildare Intermediate Football Championship was started for middle tier teams with the Junior Championship ranking below that. In 1947 the Junior Championship was split into A and B competitions with the winners competing for the overall Junior title. They played for a trophy called the Jack Higgins Cup, named after the former Kildare and Naas great. Reserve teams were allowed to enter the Junior Championship at various stages up until recent years but a Reserve Championship has since been instigated. The Jack Higgins Trophy has not been played since 2019 due to the covid pandemic. The Junior winners receive the Noel Moran Cup, named after the former Kilcock and Kildare player.
Leinster Junior Club Football Championship
The Kildare JFC winners qualify for the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship. It is the only team from County Kildare to qualify for this competition. The Kildare JFC winners enter the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship at the __ stage.
All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship
The Kildare JFC winners — by winning the Leinster Junior Club Football Championship — may qualify for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship, at which they would enter at the __ stage, providing they haven't been drawn to face the British champions in the quarter-finals.
For example, Two Mile House, the 2013 winners, went on to win the All-Ireland Football Championship title at Croke Park.[1][2] In an unprecedented occurrence, Sunday Mass was moved to accommodate the game.[3]
Wins listed by club
| # | Team | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilcullen | 7 | 1914, 1943, 1953, 1971, 1997, 2016, 2021 |
| 2 |  Caragh |
5 | 1917, 1949, 1993, 2010, 2020 |
| Straffan | 5 | 1946, 1964, 2009, 2014, 2022 | |
| 4 | Monasterevin | 4 | 1906, 1910, 1935, 1954 |
| Celbridge | 4 | 1923, 1936, 1958, 1986 | |
| Robertstown | 4 | 1934, 1939, 1989, 2011 | |
| Ardclough | 4 | 1941, 1959, 1968, 2000 | |
| Milltown | 4 | 1944, 2008, 2018, 2023 | |
| Ballymore Eustace | 4 | 1951, 1985, 2017, 2019 | |
| Clogherinkoe | 4 | 1963, 1984, 1998, 2012 | |
| Grangenolvin | 4 | 1965, 1987, 2005, 2025 | |
| 12 | Maddenstown | 3 | 1908, 1918, 1925 |
| Maynooth | 3 | 1912, 1947, 1995 | |
| Naas | 3 | 1913, 1919, 1981 | |
| Eadestown | 3 | 1915, 1982, 1991 | |
| Rathangan | 3 | 1920, 1938, 1970 | |
| Suncroft | 3 | 1930, 1962, 1977 | |
| Moorefield | 3 | 1932, 1948, 2002 | |
| Rheban | 3 | 1940, 1969, 1996 | |
| Rathcoffey | 3 | 1945, 1955, 1990 | |
| Castledermot | 3 | 1957, 1979, 2004 | |
| Sallins | 3 | 1966, 1973, 2001 | |
| Ellistown | 3 | 1922, 1999, 2024 | |
| 23 | Athgarvan | 2 | 1927, 1956 |
| Kilcock | 2 | 1937, 1950 | |
| Leixlip | 2 | 1952, 1980 | |
| Kill | 2 | 1960, 1992 | |
| Johnstownbridge | 2 | 1967, 1975 | |
| Ballyteague | 2 | 1972, 1988 | |
| Ballykelly | 2 | 1974, 2007 | |
| Castlemitchel | 2 | 1983, 2015 | |
| Two Mile House | 2 | 1994, 2013 | |
| 33 | Athy | 1 | 1907 |
| Round Towers | 1 | 1911 | |
| Blacktrench | 1 | 1916 | |
| Kildare | 1 | 1921 | |
| Carbury | 1 | 1926 | |
| Raheens | 1 | 1928 | |
| Clane | 1 | 1929 | |
| Newbridge | 1 | 1931 | |
| Kildangan | 1 | 1942 | |
| Allenwood | 1 | 1961 | |
| St Kevins | 1 | 1976 | |
| St Laurences | 1 | 1978 | |
| Confey | 1 | 2003 | |
| Nurney | 1 | 2006 | |
