Kerry were the defending champions, however, they did not field a team because of a change in championship format.

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.

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.