McGrath Cup

McGrath Cup
Current season or competition: 2016 McGrath Cup
Irish	Corn Mhic Craith
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1981
Region	Munster (GAA)
Trophy	McGrath Cup
No. of teams	6
Title holders	Cork (8th title)
First winner	Waterford
Most titles	Clare (12 titles)
TV partner(s)	TG4
Official website	http://munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/mcgrath-cup-football/

The McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played each January in Munster. Formerly several college teams took part, but as of 2016 only county teams compete.

Trophy

Joe McGrath donated the trophy to the Munster Council in 1981 for the promotion of Gaelic football.^[1][2]

Roll of honour

Year	Winner	Runners-up
2016	Cork 1-15	Clare 1-9
2015[3]	Waterford 3-12	UCC 1-9
2014[4]	Cork 1-11	Kerry 0-10
2013	Kerry 1-12	Tipperary 1-5
2012	Cork 0-13	Tipperary 0-6
2011	Kerry 0-13	Clare 1-7
2010	Kerry 1-11	University College Cork 0-9
2009	Cork 1-13	University of Limerick (UL) 0-6
2008	Clare 1-6	Limerick 0-8
2007	Cork 1-8	Limerick 0-7
2006	Cork 1-9	Kerry 0-6
2005	Limerick 2-10	Cork Institute of Technology 1-3
2004	Limerick 1-9	Clare 1-6
2003	Tipperary 1-9	Clare 1-8
2002	Clare 2-13	Waterford 2-11
2001	Limerick 0-13	Tipperary 1-7
2000	Clare 3-1	London 0-4
1999	Cork
1998	Cork
1997	Clare
1996	Kerry 5-17	London 0-6[5]
1995	Clare	London
1994	Clare	London
1993	Tipperary 2-13	London 0-4
1992	Clare	Limerick
1991	Limerick	Tipperary
1990	Clare	London
1989	Tipperary	London
1988	London
1987	Limerick
1986	Clare	London
1985	Limerick
1984	Clare	Tipperary
1983	Clare 1-8	London 0-5
1982	Clare	Tipperary
1981	Waterford 5-2	Clare 2-7

Top winners

Team	Wins	Years won
Clare	12	1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008
Cork	8	1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016
Limerick	5	1985, 1987, 2001, 2004, 2005
Kerry	4	1996, 2010, 2011, 2013
Tipperary	3	1989, 1993, 2003
Waterford	2	1981, 2015
London	1	1988

References

1. Woods, Mark (2 January 2013). "McGrath will be missed by the GAA". Evening Echo. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
2. "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. "Waterford finally get booty in the bag". Irish Examiner. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
4. "Hayes’ strike decisive for determined Cork". Irish Examiner. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
5. "A complete mis-match as Kerry win the McGrath Cup at Ruislip", The Kerryman, 03/11/1996, p. 23

External links

• Munster GAA page on the McGrath Cup