Irish Senior Cup (men's hockey)

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The Irish Senior Cup is the premier knock-out trophy played for by the best men's hockey clubs in Ireland. It is one of the oldest hockey tournaments in the world.

Historical format

From its start in 1894 until 1977, the tournament was played in three regional tournaments. The winners of the regional tournaments in Leinster, Munster and Ulster would proceed through to one semi-final match. The winner of the semi-final would play the remaining side in the final. The finals were played in one weekend until the mid-1930s. It was then decided to play the final on a separate weekend, as the winning team from the semi-final match was at a disadvantage. It was not unknown for several periods of extra time to be played in the semi-final and then the final had to be played within 24 hours.

Current format

In 1978, it was decided to change the format to an open draw. This allowed for new rivalries and friendships to form between hockey clubs throughout the entire island of Ireland.

The final is played in Dublin and is normally broadcast by the Irish national television broadcaster RTE.

Finals

Year	Winner			Runner-up	Notes
1894	Dundrum	2	1	Dublin University	[1]
1895	Dublin University	3	1	Dundrum	[2]
1896	Dundrum	3	1	Dublin University	[3]
1897	Dublin University	3	1	Dundrum	[4]
1898	Three Rock Rovers	4	0	Dublin University	[5]
1899	Dublin University	w/o			North Down and Cork scratched[6]
1900	Palmerston			Cork	[7]
1901	Dublin University	2	1	Corinthians	[8]
1902	Dublin University	5	2	Cork	[9]
1903	Palmerston	5	0	Cork	[10]
1904	Palmerston	5	1	Cork	[11]
1905	Palmerston	6	0	North Down	[12]
1906	Dublin University	3	0	Malone	[13]
1907	Banbridge	1	1	Palmerston	Banbridge awarded Cup when Palmerston scratched from the replay
1908	Three Rock Rovers	6	0	North Down
1909	Dundrum	1	0	Banbridge	[14]
1910	Monkstown	3	1	Queen's University Belfast
1911	Royal Hibernians	3	2	Banbridge	after extra time[15]
1912	Queen's University Belfast	4	2	Three Rock Rovers
1913	Royal Hibernians	3	0	Banbridge
1914	Monkstown	1	0	Queen's University Belfast	[16]
1915–19	Not held due to First World War
1920	Royal Hibernians	2	1	Banbridge
1921	Royal Hibernians	9	0	Queen's University Belfast	[17]
1922	Limerick PYMA	1	0	Banbridge	[18]
1923	Banbridge	3	2	Monkstown	[19]
1924	Banbridge	1	0	Limerick PYMA	[20]
1925	Lisnagarvey	3	0	Limerick PYMA	2nd Replay - Game 1: 0-0 3 periods of extra time; Game 2: 1-1 4 periods of extra time[21][22][23]
1926	Banbridge	5	1	Railway & Steam Packet Union	[24]
1927	Lisnagarvey	2	1	Railway & Steam Packet Union	after extra time[25]
1928	Limerick PYMA	2	1	Antrim	after extra time[26]
1929	Railway & Steam Packet Union			Limerick PYMA	[27]
1930	Railway & Steam Packet Union	2	1	Limerick PYMA	after extra time[28]
1931	Railway Union	2	0	Maryville	[29]
1932	Cliftonville	4	1	Dublin University	[30]
1933	Pembroke Wanderers	2	0	Banbridge	[31]
1934	Dublin University	5	0	Limerick PYMA	[32]
1935	Dublin University	2	0	Cliftonville	[33]
1936	Dublin University	5	2	North Down	[34]
1937	Pembroke Wanderers	3	1	Queen's University Belfast	Replay - Game 1: 0-0 2 periods of extra time[35][36]
1938	Railway Union	1	0	Cork Harlequins	Replay - Game 1: 0-0 2 periods of extra time[37][38]
1939	Three Rock Rovers	1	0	Limerick PYMA	[39]
1940	Dublin Y.M.C.A.	2	1	Limerick PYMA
1941	Lisnagarvey & Limerick PYMA	Trophy shared: unable to play Final due to war restrictions
1942	Dublin University	2	1	Maryborough	after extra time
1943	Dublin University	5	0	Lisnagarvey
1944	Dublin YMCA	2	0	Banbridge	after two periods of extra time[40]
1945	Lisnagarvey	2	1	Dublin University
1946	Lisnagarvey	4	3	Dublin YMCA	after extra time
1947	Dublin University	2	1	Catholic Institute
1948	Banbridge	3	0	Cork Church of Ireland	[41]
1949	Dublin YMCA	1	0	Lisnagarvey	[42]
1950	Dublin Y.M.C.A.	4	1	Cork Harlequins	after extra time[43]
1951	Lisnagarvey	2	1	Dublin YMCA	[44]
1952	Lisnagarvey	4	3	Pembroke Wanderers	after extra time
1953	Three Rock Rovers	3	1	Lansdowne
1954	Dublin YMCA	4	2	Antrim	[45][46]
1955	Lansdowne	2	1	Dublin Y.M.C.A.	[47]
1956	Banbridge	1	0	Lansdowne	[48]
1957	Dublin Y.M.C.A.	4	3	Banbridge	after extra time[49]
1958	Lisnagarvey	2	0	Dublin University	[50]
1959	Three Rock Rovers	1	0	Lisnagarvey	[51]
1960	Lisnagarvey	4	3	Three Rock Rovers	[52][53]
1961	Belfast Y.M.C.A.	1	0	Lansdowne	[54][55]
1962	Lisnagarvey & Three Rock Rovers	0	0		Trophy shared; 2nd Replay - Game 1: 2-2; Game 2: 1-1[56][57][58]
1963	Three Rock Rovers	1	0	Lansdowne	[59]
1964	Three Rock Rovers	3	1	Cork Church of Ireland	[60]
1965	Dublin Y.M.C.A.	1	0	Portrush	after extra time in replay - Game 1: 1-1[61][62]
1966	Lisnagarvey	3	0	Pembroke Wanderers	[63]
1967	Cork Church of Ireland	2	1	Pembroke Wanderers	[64]
1968	Cork Church of Ireland	1	0	Railway Union	[65]
1969	Cork Church of Ireland	1	0	Queen's University Belfast	[66]
1970	Lisnagarvey	1	0	Monkstown	after extra time[67]
1971	Lisnagarvey	2	1	Cork Church of Ireland	after 2 periods of extra time[68]
1972	Queen's University Belfast	3	0	Monkstown	[69]
1973	Pembroke Wanderers	1	0	Cork Church of Ireland	[70]
1974	Three Rock Rovers	2	1	Cork Church of Ireland	[71]
1975	Cliftonville	1	0	Railway Union	[72][73]
1976	Cliftonville	4	1	Waterford	[74][75]
1977	Belfast Y.M.C.A.	1	0	Three Rock Rovers	[76]
1978	Dublin Y.M.C.A.	1	0	Lisnagarvey	[77]
1979	Dublin Y.M.C.A.	2	0	Belfast Y.M.C.A.	[78]
1980	Belfast Y.M.C.A.	2	0	Cookstown	[79][80]
1981	Queen's University Belfast	1	0	Lisnagarvey	[81]
1982	Banbridge	2	0	Cliftonville
1983	Belfast Y.M.C.A.	2	1	Avoca	[82]
1984	Banbridge	3	1	Annadale	[83]
1985	Belfast Y.M.C.A.	2	1	Avoca
1986	Banbridge	4	3	Three Rock Rovers
1987	Cookstown	4	0	Banbridge
1988	Lisnagarvey	3	2	Cookstown
1989	Lisnagarvey	1	0	Avoca
1990	Lisnagarvey	4	0	Dublin Y.M.C.A.
1991	Lisnagarvey	3	0	Cork Harlequins
1992	Lisnagarvey	3	1	Holywood '87	after extra time
1993	Lisnagarvey	1	0	Avoca
1994	Lisnagarvey	2	0	Banbridge
1995	Instonians	2	1	Cork Harlequins
1996	Avoca	3	2	Lisnagarvey	After extra time in replay Game 1: 2-2 after extra time[84]
1997	Lisnagarvey	4	3	Pembroke Wanderers	[85]
1998	Instonians	3	2	Three Rock Rovers
1999	Cork Church of Ireland	4	3	Three Rock Rovers
2000	Pembroke Wanderers	3	3	Lisnagarvey	after extra time - Pembroke Wanderers won 4-3 on penalties
2001	Glenanne	2	1	Dublin Y.M.C.A.
2002	Instonians	2	1	Pembroke Wanderers
2003	Lisnagarvey	3	2	Cork Harlequins	[86]
2004	Instonians	1	0	Cork Harlequins	after extra time[87]
2005	Lisnagarvey	3	2	Instonians	[88]
2006	Cork Harlequins	2	1	Lisnagarvey	[89]
2007	Glenanne	4	3	Annadale	after extra time - golden goal[90][91]
2008	Pembroke Wanderers	3	0	Monkstown	[92][93]
2009	Pembroke Wanderers	6	0	Cookstown	[94]
2010	Glenanne	4	1	Monkstown	[95]
2011	Cookstown	4	3	Monkstown	[96][97][98]
2012	Cork Harlequins	4	3	Railway Union	[99][100]
2013	Monkstown	5	4	Pembroke Wanderers	[101]
2014	Three Rock Rovers	4	0	Monkstown	[102]
2015	Banbridge	2	1	Cork Church of Ireland	after extra time[103]
2016	Monkstown	2	2	Lisnagarvey	after extra time; Monkstown won 6-5 on penalty strokes[104][105]

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External links

• The Irish Hockey Union Website