Kerry were the
defending champions, however, they did not field a team because of a change in championship format.[1]
The
All-Ireland final was played on 10 July 2022 at
Croke Park in
Dublin, between
Kilkenny and
New York, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kilkenny won the match by 3-12 to 1-09 to claim their first ever championship title.[2][3]
Kilkenny's Mick Kenny was the championship's top scorer with 2-08.
Format
After a two-year hiatus due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the All-Ireland Junior Championship returned with a new format confined to just four teams;
New York,
Kilkenny and the winner and runner-up of the
British Junior Football Championship. Prior to the change, the championship previously featured a provincial structure for all junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland.[4]