FBD Insurance League

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Current event clock.svg FBD 2024
Irish Sraith Peile FBD
Founded1995
TrophyPaddy Francis Dwyer Cup [1]
No. of teams6 (2024)
Title holders Roscommon (6th title)
First winner Mayo
Most titles Galway (10 titles)
Sponsors FBD

The FBD, also called the FBD Insurance League, FBD Connacht League, the Connacht FBD Football League or FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition, is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Connacht GAA and sponsored by FBD. The participants are the five county teams.

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Formerly several third-level college teams also competed, but from 2018 onward it became an all-county-team tournament. In 2019 and 2020 it was a knockout tournament with no league element, and so it was called the "Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition"; in 2023 and 2024 it was simply referred to as "the FBD." [2] It was cancelled in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, but returned in January 2022. [3] [4]

Galway lead the way with most titles.

The trophy is named for Paddy Francis Dwyer (1937–1994), a longtime referee and official with Oran and the Roscommon County Board; he was also an activist in the National Farmers' Association in their 1966–67 farmers' rights campaign. He was the manager of FBD Insurance in the Connacht region. [5] [6] [7]

Roll of honour

TeamWinsYears won
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 101998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 81995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2023
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 61997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2024
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 2 2013, 2014
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 12004
Colours of GMIT.svg GMIT 12005
Colours of Sligo.svg IT Sligo 12007

No tournament was held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
CountyScoreCountyScore
2024 Roscommon2-25Galway0-13
2023 Mayo0-13Roscommon0-09
2022 Galway1-18Roscommon1-16
2021No competition
2020 Galway1-14Roscommon0-11
2019 Roscommon0-13Galway1-05
2018 Roscommon2-16Galway3-12
2017 Galway2-14Roscommon0-15
2016 Galway2-08Roscommon0-13
2015 Roscommon4-08Galway0-12
2014 Leitrim2-05Roscommon1-07
2013 Leitrim0-08Sligo0-05
2012 Mayo0-14NUI Galway0-04
2011 Mayo7-12New York2-08
2010Mayo
2009Galway
2008Galway
2007IT Sligo
2006Galway
2005GMIT
2004Sligo
2003Mayo
2002Galway
2001Galway
2000Mayo
1999Roscommon
1998Galway
1997Roscommon
1996Mayo
1995Mayo

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References

  1. ↑ Finnerty, Mike (21 February 2010). "Mayo beat Galway in FBD League Final". The Mayo News .
  2. ↑ "FBD League Fixtures for January Published". 26 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Lawlor, Damian (24 November 2021). "Connacht chief thrilled with historic air dome game". RTÉ.ie .
  4. ↑ "2023 Connacht Senior Football Championship and FBD Fixture Details". 21 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Patrick Francis Dwyer". geni_family_tree.
  6. ↑ "Roscommon Senior Football Championship Final records".
  7. ↑ "Tributes paid to pioneering farm leader". Roscommon Herald. 10 December 2020.
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