McGrath Cup

McGrath Cup
Current season or competition:
2016 McGrath Cup
Irish Corn Mhic Craith
Code Gaelic football
Founded 1981
Region Munster (GAA)
Trophy McGrath Cup
No. of teams 6
Title holders Cork (8th title)
First winner Waterford
Most titles Clare (12 titles)
TV partner(s) TG4
Official website http://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/mcgrath-cup-football/

The McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played each January in Munster. Formerly several college teams took part, but as of 2016 only county teams compete.

Trophy

Joe McGrath donated the trophy to the Munster Council in 1981 for the promotion of Gaelic football.[1][2]

Roll of honour

Year Winner Runners-up
2016 Cork 1-15 Clare 1-9
2015[3] Waterford 3-12 UCC 1-9
2014[4] Cork 1-11 Kerry 0-10
2013 Kerry 1-12 Tipperary 1-5
2012 Cork 0-13 Tipperary 0-6
2011 Kerry 0-13 Clare 1-7
2010 Kerry 1-11 University College Cork 0-9
2009 Cork 1-13 University of Limerick (UL) 0-6
2008 Clare 1-6 Limerick 0-8
2007 Cork 1-8 Limerick 0-7
2006 Cork 1-9 Kerry 0-6
2005 Limerick 2-10 Cork Institute of Technology 1-3
2004 Limerick 1-9 Clare 1-6
2003 Tipperary 1-9 Clare 1-8
2002 Clare 2-13 Waterford 2-11
2001 Limerick 0-13 Tipperary 1-7
2000 Clare 3-1 London 0-4
1999 Cork
1998 Cork
1997 Clare
1996 Kerry 5-17 London 0-6[5]
1995 Clare London
1994 Clare London
1993 Tipperary 2-13 London 0-4
1992 Clare Limerick
1991 Limerick Tipperary
1990 Clare London
1989 Tipperary London
1988 London
1987 Limerick
1986 Clare London
1985 Limerick
1984 Clare Tipperary
1983 Clare 1-8 London 0-5
1982 Clare Tipperary
1981 Waterford 5-2 Clare 2-7

Top winners

Team Wins Years won
Clare 12 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008
Cork 8 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016
Limerick 5 1985, 1987, 2001, 2004, 2005
Kerry 4 1996, 2010, 2011, 2013
Tipperary 3 1989, 1993, 2003
Waterford 2 1981, 2015
London 1 1988

References

  1. ↑ Woods, Mark (2 January 2013). "McGrath will be missed by the GAA". Evening Echo. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "The death has occurred of Joe McGrath, RIP, who donated the McGrath Cup to the Munster Council in 1981 for the promotion of Gaelic Football.". Cork GAA.
  3. ↑ "Waterford finally get booty in the bag". Irish Examiner. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hayes' strike decisive for determined Cork". Irish Examiner. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "A complete mis-match as Kerry win the McGrath Cup at Ruislip", The Kerryman, 03/11/1996, p. 23

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