MacRory Cup
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The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football
tournament in Ulster
. It is staged every year with the stipulation that players must be under eighteen-and-a-half at the start of the tournament (that is, be under eighteen at the start of the school year). The holders advance to the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship, where they compete for the Hogan Cup
.
The tournament has a long, and prestigious history, from when it started in 1925. Many of the biggest names in Ulster Football graduated from playing for their school in the MacRory Cup, such as Stephen O'Neill
for CBS Omagh and Oisin McConville
for St Patrick's Grammar School Armagh. Dermot McNicholl
played in 4 MacRory Cup finals in the early 1980s with St. Patrick's College, Maghera
The competition begins with a round-robin tournament consisting of two groups of six teams, and the top four from each group go through to the knockout stages.
The final is held every year on St. Patrick's Day, and along with the Ulster Schools Cup
Rugby
final, is televised live on BBC Northern Ireland
. The venue for the last number of years has been Casement Park
in Belfast.
Martin Clarke
of Australian Rules side Collingwood
produced a number of memorable displays captaining his school St Louis, Kilkeel
in both 2005 and 2006.
The current holders are St Colman's College, Newry
beating St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon
in the 2011 final by 2-09 to 2-08, in the process extending to 19 their record haul of victories.
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
tournament in Ulster
Ulster GAA
The Ulster Council is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in Armagh City....
. It is staged every year with the stipulation that players must be under eighteen-and-a-half at the start of the tournament (that is, be under eighteen at the start of the school year). The holders advance to the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship, where they compete for the Hogan Cup
Hogan Cup
The Hogan Cup 1946-48 & 1957-) is the cup presented to the winners of the colleges All-Ireland "A" senior football championship, the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Ireland. The competition itself is regularly referred to by reference to the trophy's name.St...
.
The tournament has a long, and prestigious history, from when it started in 1925. Many of the biggest names in Ulster Football graduated from playing for their school in the MacRory Cup, such as Stephen O'Neill
Stephen O'Neill
Stephen O'Neill is a Gaelic footballer from Strabane, Northern Ireland, who plays for the Tyrone Senior football team. He won three All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, two Under 21 medals, and a Minor medal...
for CBS Omagh and Oisin McConville
Oisín McConville
Oisín McConville is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Armagh in the 1990s and 2000s. He has won an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medal, seven Ulster Championships and a National League title with the county...
for St Patrick's Grammar School Armagh. Dermot McNicholl
Dermot McNicholl
Dermot "Spoofer" McNicholl , from Glenullin, is an All Star winning former Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Derry in the 1980s and 1990s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side, also winning Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1987 and 1993. He usually played in...
played in 4 MacRory Cup finals in the early 1980s with St. Patrick's College, Maghera
St. Patrick's College, Maghera
St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science....
The competition begins with a round-robin tournament consisting of two groups of six teams, and the top four from each group go through to the knockout stages.
The final is held every year on St. Patrick's Day, and along with the Ulster Schools Cup
Ulster Schools Cup
The Ulster Schools' Challenge Cup is an annual competition involving schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. The Schools' Cup has the distinction of being the world's second-oldest rugby competition, having been competed for every year since 1876...
Rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
final, is televised live on BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland is the main public service broadcaster in Northern Ireland.The organisation is one of the three national regions of the BBC, together with BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. Based at Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content...
. The venue for the last number of years has been Casement Park
Casement Park
Casement Park is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland, home to the Antrim football and hurling teams...
in Belfast.
Martin Clarke
Martin Clarke
Martin 'Marty' Clarke is a Gaelic footballer from Cranfield Point, County Down, Northern Ireland. He is also an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.- Underage :...
of Australian Rules side Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
produced a number of memorable displays captaining his school St Louis, Kilkeel
St Louis, Kilkeel
St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel is a grammar school located in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a co-educational school for pupils aged 11 to 18, with more than 570 pupils enrolled. The pupils come from the surrounding catchment area: Warrenpoint, Annalong, Newcastle, Castlewellan,...
in both 2005 and 2006.
The current holders are St Colman's College, Newry
St Colman's College, Newry
St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the...
beating St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon
St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon
Saint Patrick's Academy , a voluntary grammar school in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, was formed on September 1, 2003 when the two single-sex Saint Patrick's Academies, which coexisted on the same site as two distinct and separate institutions, were merged as one.Founded in 1891, St...
in the 2011 final by 2-09 to 2-08, in the process extending to 19 their record haul of victories.
Roll of honour
| Rank | Team | Titles | Winning Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
19 | 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2010, 2011 |
| 2 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh | 14 | 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1953, 2000 |
| 3 | St Patrick's, Maghera | 12 | 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003 |
| 4 | St. Patrick's Cavan | 11 | 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1972 |
| 5 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan | 9 | 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1940, 1942, 1952, 1956 |
| 6 | Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
5 | 1954, 1959, 1964, 1987, 2006 |
| 7 | St. Michael's College, Enniskillen | 5 | 1973, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2002 |
| 8 | St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon | 5 | 1991, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2009 |
| 9 | Omagh CBS | 4 | 1974, 2001, 2005, 2007 |
| 10 | St. Malachy's, Belfast St. Malachy's College St. Malachy's College is the oldest Roman Catholic grammar school in the province of Ulster, and one of the oldest in Ireland.The college was founded in 1833 by Bishop William Crolly, about 50 years after the repeal of the penal laws, which had outlawed, among other things, the celebration of the... |
2 | 1925, 1970 |
| St. Mary's Dundalk | 2 | 1938, 1941 | |
| St. Columb's, Derry | 2 | 1965, 1966 | |
| St Marys CBGS Belfast St Marys CBGS Belfast St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland-History:... |
2 | 1971, 1986 |
Finals
| Year | Winner | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (19) 2-09 |
St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon 2-08 |
| 2010 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (18) 1-14 |
Omagh CBS 1-08 |
| 2009 | St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (5) | Omagh CBS |
| 2008 | St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (4) | St. Michael's College, Enniskillen |
| 2007 | Omagh CBS (4) | St. Macartan's, Monaghan |
| 2006 | Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... (5) |
St Louis, Kilkeel St Louis, Kilkeel St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel is a grammar school located in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a co-educational school for pupils aged 11 to 18, with more than 570 pupils enrolled. The pupils come from the surrounding catchment area: Warrenpoint, Annalong, Newcastle, Castlewellan,... |
| 2005 | Omagh CBS (3) | St Louis, Kilkeel St Louis, Kilkeel St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel is a grammar school located in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a co-educational school for pupils aged 11 to 18, with more than 570 pupils enrolled. The pupils come from the surrounding catchment area: Warrenpoint, Annalong, Newcastle, Castlewellan,... |
| 2004 | St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (3) | St. Macartan's, Monaghan |
| 2003 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (12) |
St. Mary's, Magherafelt |
| 2002 | St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (5) | Omagh CBS |
| 2001 | St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (4) Omagh CBS (2) |
(title shared, due to Foot and Mouth outbreak) |
| 2000 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (14) | St. Michael's College, Enniskillen |
| 1999 | St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (3) | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
| 1998 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (17) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1997 | St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon (2) | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1996 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (11) |
St. Mary's, Magherafelt St Mary's Grammar School St Mary's Grammar School is a grammar school in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1927.The school has many extracurricular societies, such as Club Mhuire, a Young Pioneer group, a politics society, girls and boys football teams, French clubs, geography club,... |
| 1995 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (10) |
St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
| 1994 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (9) |
St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1993 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (16) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1992 | St. Michael's College, Enniskillen (2) | St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon |
| 1991 | St. Patrick's Academy, Dungannon | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
| 1990 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (8) |
St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
| 1989 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (7) |
St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
| 1988 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (15) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1987 | Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... (4) |
St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
| 1986 | St Marys CBGS Belfast St Marys CBGS Belfast St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland-History:... (2) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1985 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (6) |
St. Michael's, Lurgan St Michael's Grammar School, Lurgan St Michael's Grammar School is a grammar school in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.-History :The property known as "Irishtown Hill House", Cornakinnegar was purchased in 1892 for a permanent Boys' Industrial School. Plans for an extension having been approved, Dr. O'Neill laid the... |
| 1984 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (5) |
St. Mary's CBS, Belfast St Marys CBGS Belfast St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland-History:... |
| 1983 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (4) |
Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1982 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (3) |
Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1981 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (14) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1980 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... (2) |
Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1979 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (13) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1978 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (12) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1977 | St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1976 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (11) |
St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College, Maghera St. Patrick's College in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is a specialist secondary school for science.... |
| 1975 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (10) |
St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1974 | Omagh CBS | St. Michael's, Enniskillen |
| 1973 | St. Michael's, Enniskillen | Omagh CBS |
| 1972 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (11) | Abbey CBS, Newry Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1971 | St. Mary's CBS, Belfast | Abbey CBS Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1970 | St. Malachy's, Belfast St. Malachy's College St. Malachy's College is the oldest Roman Catholic grammar school in the province of Ulster, and one of the oldest in Ireland.The college was founded in 1833 by Bishop William Crolly, about 50 years after the repeal of the penal laws, which had outlawed, among other things, the celebration of the... (2) |
St. Michael's, Enniskillen |
| 1969 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (9) |
St. Michael's, Enniskillen |
| 1968 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (8) |
St. Michael's, Enniskillen |
| 1967 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (7) |
St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1966 | St. Columb's, Derry (2) | St. Patrick's, Downpatrick |
| 1965 | St. Columb's, Derry | St. Michael's, Enniskillen |
| 1964 | Abbey CBS Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... (3) |
St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1963 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (6) |
St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1962 | S t. Patrick's, Cavan (10) | Abbey CBS Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1961 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (9) | St. Eunan's, Letterkenny St. Eunan's College Saint Eunan's College is an all-male voluntary secondary school. Located in Glencar, Letterkenny , County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, the building is a three-storey castle with four round towers at each corner of the building. The school is named after the Abbot of Iona St... |
| 1960 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (5) |
St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1959 | Abbey CBS Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... (2) |
St. Eunan's, Letterkenny |
| 1958 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (4) |
St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1957 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (3) |
St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1956 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (9) | St. Eunan's, Letterkenny |
| 1955 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (8) | St. Malachy's, Belfast St. Malachy's College St. Malachy's College is the oldest Roman Catholic grammar school in the province of Ulster, and one of the oldest in Ireland.The college was founded in 1833 by Bishop William Crolly, about 50 years after the repeal of the penal laws, which had outlawed, among other things, the celebration of the... |
| 1954 | Abbey CBS Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1953 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (13) | St. Macartan's, Monaghan |
| 1952 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (8) | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1951 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (7) | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1950 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... (2) |
St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1949 | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
St. Malachy's, Belfast St. Malachy's College St. Malachy's College is the oldest Roman Catholic grammar school in the province of Ulster, and one of the oldest in Ireland.The college was founded in 1833 by Bishop William Crolly, about 50 years after the repeal of the penal laws, which had outlawed, among other things, the celebration of the... |
| 1948 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (6) | St. Malachy's, Belfast St. Malachy's College St. Malachy's College is the oldest Roman Catholic grammar school in the province of Ulster, and one of the oldest in Ireland.The college was founded in 1833 by Bishop William Crolly, about 50 years after the repeal of the penal laws, which had outlawed, among other things, the celebration of the... |
| 1947 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (12) | Abbey CBS Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1946 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (11) | St. Mary's Dundalk |
| 1945 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (10) | St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College, Newry St Colman's College is a Roman Catholic school in Newry, Northern Ireland. Now named in honour of St. Colman, it was founded in 1823 as the Dromore Diocesan Seminary by a Father J.S. Keenan. The College stands on Violet Hill, the same 60 acre site it has occupied since 1829, adjacent to the... |
| 1944 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (9) | Abbey CBS Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School The Abbey Christian Brothers’ Grammar School is a voluntary day school for boys aged 11 – 18 years in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. A new £18million site opened on the outskirts of Newry moving the school from Courtenay Hill where it had been based since 1966, the school gives its name to... |
| 1943 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (5) | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1942 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (7) | St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1941 | St. Mary's Dundalk (2) | St. Patrick's, Cavan |
| 1940 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (6) | St. Mary's Dundalk |
| 1939 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (4) | St. Mary's Dundalk |
| 1938 | St. Mary's Dundalk | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1937 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (3) | St. Mary's Dundalk |
| 1936 | St. Patrick's, Cavan (2) | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1935 | St. Patrick's, Cavan | Monaghan CBS |
| 1934 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (5) | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
| 1933 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (4) | ? |
| 1932 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (3) | ? |
| 1931 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (8) | ? |
| 1930 | St. Macartan's, Monaghan (2) | ? |
| 1929 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (7) | ? |
| 1928 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (6) | ? |
| 1927 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (5) | ? |
| 1926 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (4) | ? |
| 1925 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (3) St. Macartan's, Monaghan St. Malachy's, Belfast St. Malachy's College St. Malachy's College is the oldest Roman Catholic grammar school in the province of Ulster, and one of the oldest in Ireland.The college was founded in 1833 by Bishop William Crolly, about 50 years after the repeal of the penal laws, which had outlawed, among other things, the celebration of the... |
(title shared) |
| 1924 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh (2) | ? |
| 1923 | St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh | ? |
- Teams in bold went on to win the Hogan CupHogan CupThe Hogan Cup 1946-48 & 1957-) is the cup presented to the winners of the colleges All-Ireland "A" senior football championship, the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Ireland. The competition itself is regularly referred to by reference to the trophy's name.St...
in the same year
Longest streaks
| Team | Streak | Years |
|---|---|---|
| St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh | 7 | 1923–1929 |
| St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh | 4 | 1944–1947 |
See also
- Hogan CupHogan CupThe Hogan Cup 1946-48 & 1957-) is the cup presented to the winners of the colleges All-Ireland "A" senior football championship, the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Ireland. The competition itself is regularly referred to by reference to the trophy's name.St...
- Connacht ChampionshipConnacht Colleges Senior Football ChampionshipConnacht colleges senior football "A" championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Connacht. The holders advance to the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship, where they compete for the Hogan Cup...
- Leinster ChampionshipLeinster Colleges Senior Football ChampionshipLeinster colleges senior football "A" championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Leinster. The holders advance to the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship, where they compete for the Hogan Cup. St...
- Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Championship)Corn Uí MhuiríCorn Uí Mhuirí is the cup presented to the winners of the Munster colleges senior football "A" championship, the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Munster. The holders advance to the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship, where they compete for the...
External links
- Ulster Colleges GAA Organisers of MacRory Cup