Cavan Senior Football Championship

Cavan Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Cavan Senior Football Championship
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1888
Region	County Cavan, Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
No. of teams	12
Title holders	Crosserlough (11th title)
Most titles	Cornafean (20 titles)
Sponsors	Kiernan’s Service Station
Official website	http://www.cavangaa.ie

The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Cavan Gaelic football clubs. It was first competed for in 1888. The winners get the Oliver Plunkett Cup and qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Club Championship and in turn, go on to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Cornafean have won the most titles, having been victorious 20 times. The 2024 Senior football champions are Crosserlough who beat Ramor United in the final.

Format

12 teams contest the Kiernan’s Service Station Senior Football Championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

The championship is run on a league basis up to the Quarter-Final stage and Knock-out thereafter.^{[ citation needed ]} Each team play 4 rounds in the league phase against different opponents with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. Placings in the league stage are decided in accordance with rule 6.21 of the GAA Official Guide 2016 as amended below:^{[ citation needed ]}

6.21 (4) If a Championship is partly organised on a League basis, the following Regulations shall apply: (a) League Results shall be credited as follows: 2 points for a win, and one for a draw. (b) If a Team is Disqualified or Retires during the course of a League Stage, its played games shall stand and its un-played games shall be awarded to the opposing teams..

The top 8 teams in the league progress to the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 4 placed teams in the league enter a Relegation Playoff with 1 team to be relegated to the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship.^{[ citation needed ]}

Winners listed by club

#	Club	Wins	Years won
1	Cornafean	20	1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1956
2	Cavan Gaels	14	1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017
3	Mullahoran	12	1935, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1963, 1998, 2006, 2012
4	Crosserlough	11	1958, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 2020, 2024
	Kingscourt Stars	11	1921, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2010, 2015
6	Cavan Slashers	9	1890, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1941
	Gowna	9	1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2022, 2023
8	Bailieborough Shamrocks	5	1911, 1952, 1957, 1964, 1995
	Ramor United	5	1974, 1985, 1992, 2016, 2021
10	Drumlane	4	1903, 1904, 1905, 1907
	Virginia Blues	4	1916, 1919, 1959, 1962
	Laragh United	4	1979, 1982, 1983, 1984
13	Cootehill	3	1953, 1954, 1955
14	Maghera MacFinns	2	1888, 1926
	Castlerahan	2	2018, 2019
16	Lacken	1	1908
	Templeport	1	1923
	Mountnugent	1	1946
	Lavey	1	1951
	Annagh	1	1973
	St. Mary's	1	1976
	Ballinagh	1	2013

Finals listed by year

Key to list of winners

†	Winning team reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

List of Cavan Senior Football Championship finals ^[1]

Year	Winners	Score	Opponent	Ref.
1888	Maghera MacFinns	1–4 – 0–1	Ballyconnell
1889	No Championship
1890	Cavan Slashers
1891	No Championship
1892	No Championship
1893	No Championship
1894	No Championship
1895	No Championship
1896	No Championship
1897	No Championship
1898	No Championship
1899	No Championship
1900	No Championship
1901	No Championship
1902	Cavan Slashers
1903	Drumlane
1904	Drumlane
1905	Drumlane
1906	No Championship
1907	Drumlane
1908	Lacken	0–7 – 0–3	Lavey
1909	Cornafean		Crosserlough
1910	Cornafean
1911	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1912	Cornafean
1913	Cornafean
1914	Cornafean
1915	Cornafean
1916	Virginia Blues
1917	Cavan Slashers
1918	Cornafean		Crosserlough
1919	Virginia Blues
1920	Cornafean
1921	Kingscourt Stars		Bruskey
1922	Cavan Slashers
1923	Templeport	3–2 – 2–2	Cornafean
1924	Cavan Slashers	2–1 – 0–5	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1925	Cavan Slashers	1–3 – 0–4	Cornafean
1926	Maghera MacFinns	2–1 – 2–0	Gowna
1927	Cavan Slashers	1–5 – 0–4	Virginia Blues
1928	Cornafean	1–3 – 0–3	Maghera MacFinns
1929	Cornafean	2–5 – 2–2	Cavan Slashers
1930	Cavan Slashers	1–4 – 0–4	Cornafean
1931	Cavan Slashers	3–4 – 0–8	Cornafean
1932	Cornafean	5–5 – 0–2	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1933	Cornafean	4–1 – 0–3	Cavan Slashers
1934	Cornafean	3–5 – 0–2	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1935	Mullahoran	2–5 – 1–3	Cornafean
1936	Cornafean	3–6 – 0–3	Cavan Slashers
1937	Cornafean	2–4 – 1–7	Bailieborough Shamrocks
		0–5 – 0–1 (R)
1938	Cornafean	2–6 – 0–5	Gowna
1939	Cornafean	1–6 – 1–5	Killinkere
1940	Cornafean	1–4 – 0–3	Killinkere
1941	Cavan Slashers	1–4 – 1–3	Cornafean
1942	Mullahoran	1–8 – 0–10	Cornafean
1943	Cornafean	3–7 – 2–4	Mullahoran
1944	Mullahoran	1–6 – 1–4	Mountnugent
1945	Mullahoran	3–8 – 1–4	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1946	Mountnugent	0–9 – 2–3	Bailieborough Shamrocks
		0–6 – 0–5 (R)
1947	Mullahoran	1–6 – 1–4	Cross
1948	Mullahoran	3–5 – 2–5	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1949	Mullahoran	3–11 – 0–2	Cornafaen
1950	Mullahoran
1951	Lavey	0–9 – 0–7	Mullagh	[2]
1952	Bailieborough Shamrocks	1–8 – 0–4	Munterconnaught
1953	Cootehill	3–5 – 0–3	Cornafean	[3]
1954	Cootehill	1–13 – 1–3	Mullahoran	[4]
1955	Cootehill	3–9 – 1–5	Kingscourt Stars	[5]
1956	Cornafean	4–2 – 1–7	Bailieborough Shamrocks	[6]
1957	Bailieborough Shamrocks	0–9 – 0–8	Cootehill
1958	Crosserlough	3–7 – 3–4	Cavan Gaels
1959	Virginia Blues	3–3 – 1–6	Crosserlough
1960	Final not played
1961	Crosserlough	2–8 – 2–3	Ballinagh
1962	Virginia Blues	0–9 – 1–6	Bailieborough Shamrocks
		1–8 – 2–4 (R)
1963	Mullahoran	1–6 – 1–6	Bailieborough Shamrocks
		1–10 – 0–3 (R)
1964	Bailieborough Shamrocks	3–8 – 1–4	Cootehill
1965	Cavan Gaels	3–5 – 1–10	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1966	Crosserlough	3–13 – 0–0	Ballyconnell
1967	Crosserlough	0–18 – 3–5	Cavan Gaels
1968	Crosserlough	2–6 – 0–8	Castlerahan
1969	Crosserlough †	1–9 – 0–4	St Joseph's (Arva/Killeshandra)
1970	Crosserlough	1–12 – 0–5	Cavan Gaels
1971	Crosserlough	1–12 – 1–4	Killygarry
1972	Crosserlough	3–8 – 2–6	St Brigid's (Laragh/Stradone)
1973	Annagh (Redhills/Belturbet)	4–11 – 3–8	Ramor United (Virginia/Maghera)	[7]
1974	Ramor United (Virginia/Maghera)	1–11 – 0–7	Woodford Gaels (Templeport/Kildallan)
1975	Cavan Gaels	1–11 – 2–8	Crosserlough
		1–11 – 0–8 (R)
1976	St Mary's (Castlerahan/Munterconnaught)	0–12 – 0–9	Ballyhaise
1977	Cavan Gaels †	3–12 – 1–6	St Mary's (Castlerahan/Munterconnaught)	[8]
1978	Cavan Gaels	1–10 – 0–6	Ballyhaise
1979	Laragh United	3–14 – 1–7	Crosserlough
1980	Kingscourt Stars	0–10 – 0–9	Crosserlough
1981	Kingscourt Stars	1–8 – 0–11	Drumalee
		1–10 – 0–4 (R)
1982	Laragh United	1–10 – 1–3	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1983	Laragh United	1–15 – 2–6	Cavan Gaels
1984	Laragh United	0–16 – 2–7	Drumalee
1985	Ramor United	3–10 – 0–7	Kingscourt Stars
1986	Kingscourt Stars	2–12 – 0–6	Ballinagh
1987	Kingscourt Stars †	1–8 – 0–6	Ramor United
1988	Gowna	1–6 – 0–3	Laragh United
1989	Kingscourt Stars	1–11 – 0–8	Ramor United
1990	Kingscourt Stars †	1–12 – 0–9	Mullahoran
1991	Kingscourt Stars	3–11 – 0–10	Crosserlough
1992	Ramor United	1–9 – 0–11	Bailieborough Shamrocks
1993	Kingscourt Stars	2–8 – 0–8	Gowna
1994	Gowna	1–8 – 0–9	Mullahoran
1995	Bailieborough Shamrocks †	0–13 – 1–8	Gowna
1996	Gowna	1–14 – 1–8	Mullahoran
1997	Gowna	3–12 – 2–6	Crosserlough	[9]
1998	Mullahoran	2–5 – 0–4	Cavan Gaels	[10]
1999	Gowna	0–11 – 1–7	Kingscourt Stars	[11]
2000	Gowna	2–10 – 0–11	Cavan Gaels
2001	Cavan Gaels	0–15 – 0–7	Gowna	[12]
2002	Gowna	1–17 – 0–8	Cavan Gaels	[13]
2003	Cavan Gaels	3–6 – 1–8	Mullahoran	[14]
2004	Cavan Gaels	1–9 – 0–7	Mullahoran	[15]
2005	Cavan Gaels	0–12 – 1–6	Mullahoran	[16]
2006	Mullahoran	2–10 – 0–10	Cavan Gaels	[17]
2007	Cavan Gaels	0–15 – 0–11	Gowna	[18]
2008	Cavan Gaels	0–15 – 0–7	Denn	[19]
2009	Cavan Gaels	1–20 – 2–11	Denn	[20]
2010	Kingscourt Stars	1–13 – 1–9	Cavan Gaels	[21]
2011	Cavan Gaels	4–11 – 0–7	Castlerahan	[22]
2012	Mullahoran	1–8 – 1–8	Kingscourt Stars	[23] [24]
		1–8 – 0–7 (R)
2013	Ballinagh	0–12 – 0–11	Cavan Gaels	[25]
2014	Cavan Gaels	0–16 – 0–15	Kingscourt Stars	[26]
2015	Kingscourt Stars	1–9 – 0–11	Castlerahan	[27]
2016	Ramor United	2–11 – 3–8	Castlerahan	[28] [29]
		0–10 – 0–8 (R)
2017	Cavan Gaels †	0–13 – 0–8	Castlerahan	[30]
2018	Castlerahan	2–11 – 1–13	Crosserlough	[31]
2019	Castlerahan	1–9 – 0–10	Ramor United	[32]
2020	Crosserlough	2–12 – 2–12	Kingscourt Stars	[33] [34]
		0–13 – 0–8 (R)
2021	Ramor United	0–10 – 0–10	Gowna	[35] [36]
		1–15 – 0–14 (R)
2022	Gowna	2–13 – 1–9	Killygarry	[37]
2023	Gowna	5–15 – 0–13	Kingscourt Stars	[38]
2024	Crosserlough	2–06 – 0–04	Ramor United	[39]

References

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External links

• Cavan at ClubGAA
• Official Cavan GAA Website