The 2010 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship was the 80th staging of the competition since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Traditionally, the four provincial championship winners face each other at the All-Ireland semi-final stage.

As the Ulster GAA council did not hold a provincial championship, the fourth semi-final spot was therefore taken by Lancashire, as winners of the 2010 All-Britain Junior Football Championship.

The victory of Sligo, in the final against Kerry, was the county's second in the history of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship and its first since 1935.^[1]

Results

Final

6 July 2010^[2]

Kerry	3-12 - 1-06	Limerick
M. O'Donoghue (0-5), G. Sayers (0-4, 1f), B. Poff (1-1), M. Murphy (1-0), A. O'Sullivan (1-0), J. Buckley (0-1), T. McGoldrick (0-1)		R. Lynch (1-2), B. Teahan (0-2f), R. Browne (0-1f), T. Butler (0-1)

Newcastle West, County Limerick

Referee: C. McCann (Clare)

Final

30 June 2010^[3][4]

Louth	0-13 - 2-06	Cavan
Stanfield (0-6, 3f), Osborne (0-2), Califf (0-2f), Conlon (0-2), Larkin (0-1)		Brady (2-3), E. Reilly (0-2, 1f), McKiernan (0-1)

Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda

Referee: P. Daly (Westmeath)

GK 1 Craig Lynch (Naomh Máirtin) RCB 2 Podge Bannon (Mattock Rangers) FB 3 Jamie Faulkner (Dundalk Gaels) LCB 4 Jamie Carr (Newtown Blues) RHB 5 Shane Brennan (Seán O'Mahony's) CHB 6 Colin Goss (St Patrick's) LHB 7 Liam Shevlin (Dreadnots) MF 8 Seán O'Neill (Cooley Kickhams) (c) MF 9 James Califf (Dreadnots) RHF 10 David Bracken (Glen Emmets) CHF 11 Paddy O'Boyle (St. Nicholas) LHF 12 Bernard Osborne (Naomh Fionnbarra) RCF 13 Niall Conlon (O'Connells) FF 14 Mark Stanfield (O'Connells) LCF 15 Mark Larkin (Na Piarsaigh/Blackrock) Substitutes: 16 Wayne Reilly (St Mary's) for O'Neill 17 J.J. Quigley (Clan na Gael) for Brennan 18 Conor McGuinness (Cooley Kickhams) for Goss 19 Daniel O'Connell (Roche Emmets) for Bracken

GK 1 Darren Murphy RCB 2 Eoin McPhilips FB 3 Eoin Smith LCB 4 Mark Johnston RHB 5 Niall O'Reilly CHB 6 Pauric Cahill LHB 7 Kevin Donohoe MF 8 Trevor Crowe MF 9 Adrian Taite RHF 10 Darren Costello CHF 11 Raymond Galligan LHF 12 Stephen Jordan RCF 13 Éamonn Reilly FF 14 Declan McKiernan LCF 15 Philip Brady Substitutes: 16 Niall Smith for Costello 17 Francis Bird for Taite 18 Joey Jordan for E. Smith 19 Barry Reilly for Éamonn Reilly

Connacht Junior Football Championship Final 9 June 2010[5][6] Sligo 0-09 - 0-08 Galway P. McGoldrick 0-5 (2f, 1'45), D. Maye (0-2, 1f), B. McDonagh (0-2) E. Poil (0-3, 2f), B. Donnellan (0-2), B.Óg O'Callarain (0-1f), M. Murphy (0-1), C. Coleman (0-1) Ballyhaunis, County Mayo Referee: M. Daly (Mayo) All-Ireland Semi-Finals 2 August 2010[7] Sligo 0-13 - 2-06 Louth D. Maye (0-8, 5f, 2'45), C. Finan (0-2), S. Stenson (0-1), J. Quinn (0-1), M. Gordon (0-1) M. Stanfield (1-3, 3f), J. Califf (1-0), B. Osbourne (0-2), M. Larkin (0-1) Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan Referee: D. Brazil (Offaly) 7 August 2010[8] Kerry 1-17 - 1-08 Lancashire A. MacGearailt (0-6, 4f), J. Buckley (1-2), M. Murphy (0-3), E. Hickson (0-2), D. Murphy (0-1), G. Sayers (0-1), A. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. O'Donoghue (0-1) E Meaney (0-4, 3f), R. Coss (1-0), N. Plant (0-1), S. Molumby (0-1), L. Coyne (0-1), J. Corcoran (0-1) Old Bedians, Manchester Referee: G. McCormack (Dublin) All-Ireland Final 21 August 2010[9] Sligo 2-10 - 1-07 Kerry D. Maye (0-8, 6f), C. Finan (1-0), C. McNamara (1-0), P. McGoldrick (0-2) Report M. O'Donoghue (0-3, 2f), B. Poff (1-0), A. Fitzgerald (0-2), E. Hickson (0-1), G. Sayers (0-1) Pearse Stadium, Galway Referee: D. Brazil (Offaly) References ↑ "Maye points the way for Sligo". Irish Examiner. 21 August 2010. ↑ "Murphy sets Kingdom on way". Irish Independent. 7 July 2010. ↑ "Leinster JFC: Osbourne helps Louth retain title". Hogan Stand. 1 July 2010. ↑ "Revolution continues as juniors retain title". The Argus. 7 July 2010. ↑ "Tribesmen tumble to super Sligo". Western People. 16 June 2010. ↑ "Sligo win Connacht Junior Championship". Sligo GAA. 9 June 2010. ↑ "May gives Sligo crucial edge". Irish Independent. 3 August 2010. ↑ "MacGearailt inspires Kerry". Irish Times. 9 August 2010. ↑ "Another black day for Kerry football". The Kingdom. 26 August 2010.