McGrath Cup

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McGrath Cup
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Current event clock.svg 2024 McGrath Cup
Irish Corn Mhic Craith
CodeGaelic football
Founded1981
Region Munster (GAA)
TrophyMcGrath Cup
No. of teams6
Title holders Cork (11th title)
Most titles Clare (13 titles)
TV partner(s)Clubber [1]
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Official website munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/mcgrath-cup-football/

The McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played each January in Munster. The competition was introduced for the benefit of the weaker counties, but in the mid-1990s, Kerry and Cork were included. [2] Several college teams previously participated but, from 2016, only county teams compete.

Contents

Trophy

Joe McGrath donated the trophy to the Munster Council in 1981 for the promotion of Gaelic football. [3] [4]

List of finals

YearWinnerRunners-up
TeamScoreTeamScore
2024 Cork 1-14 (pens.) Kerry 1-14
2023 [5] Cork 0–19 Limerick 2–07
2022 [6] Kerry 2–17 Cork 0–11
2021
Competition cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games [7]
2020 Limerick 0–20 Cork 0–16
2019 Clare 1–09 Cork 0–09
2018 Cork 3–13 Clare 3–12
2017 Kerry 2–13 [lower-alpha 1] Limerick 2–12
2016 Cork 1–15 Clare 1–09
2015 [8] Waterford 3–12 UCC 1–09
2014 [9] Cork 1–11 Kerry 0–10
2013 Kerry 1–12 Tipperary 1–05
2012 Cork 0–13 Tipperary 0–06
2011 Kerry 0–13 Clare 1–07
2010 Kerry 1–11 University College Cork 0–09
2009 Cork 1–13 University of Limerick 0–06
2008 Clare 1–06 Limerick 0–08
2007 Cork 1–08 Limerick 0–07
2006 Cork 1–09 Kerry 0–06
2005 Limerick 2–10 Cork Institute of Technology 1–03
2004 Limerick 1–09 Clare 1–06
2003 Tipperary 1–09 Clare 1–08
2002 Clare 2–13 Waterford 2–11
2001 Limerick 0–13 Tipperary 1–07
2000 Clare 3–01 London 0–04
1999 [10] Cork 2–13 London 0–11
1998 [11] Cork 2–20 London 0–08
1997 [12] Clare 2–19 London 2–11
1996 [13] Kerry 5–17 London 0–06
1995 Clare London
1994 [14] Clare 1–15 London 2–03
1993 Tipperary 2–13 London 0–04
1992 Clare Limerick
1991 Limerick Tipperary
1990 Clare London
1989 Tipperary London
1988 [15] London 2–08 Waterford 1–06
1987 Limerick Waterford
1986 Clare London
1985 [16] Limerick 0–11 London 2–03
1984 Clare Tipperary
1983 Clare 1–08 London 0–05
1982 [17] Clare 2–08 Tipperary 1–06
1981 Waterford 5–02 Clare 2–07
  1. ↑ After extra time.

Roll of honour

#TeamWinsRunners-UpYears wonYears Runners-Up
1 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 1361982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2019 1981, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2018
2 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 1131998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2023, 20242019, 2020, 2022
3 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 751985, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2020 1992, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2023
4 Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 631996, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022 2006, 2014, 2024
5 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 361989, 1993, 20031982, 1984, 1991, 2001, 2012, 2013
6 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 231981, 2015 1987, 1988, 2002
7 Colours of London.svg London 11319881983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
8 Colours of Cork.svg UCC 02—2010, 2015
Colours of Cork.svg CIT 01—2005
Colours of London.svg UL 01—2009

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  4. ↑ "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 January 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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