Hogan Cup

All-Ireland PPS Hogan Cup
Current season or competition: St Jarlath's College, Tuam (12 titles)
Sponsors	Masita
TV partner(s)	TG4
Official website	Hogan Cup at gaa.ie

The Hogan Cup (Irish: Corn Uí Ógáin), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The competition itself is regularly referred to by the trophy's name.

The current champions are Omagh CBS, who won the cup for the third time by defeating Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk in the final.

St Jarlath's College, Tuam hold the record number of titles, winning their twelfth in 2002, and have appeared as runners-up in a further fourteen finals.

The competition commenced in 1946 but was not played in the years 1949 to 1956. The cup is named after

To increase participation the Colleges All-Ireland senior "B" championship was created in 1975, and a senior "C" championship commenced in 2000.[2]

Format

Provincial Championships

The four provinces each organise an A championship:

• Connacht Colleges Senior Football Championship
• Leinster Colleges Senior Football Championship
• Munster Colleges Senior Football Championship (Corn Uí Mhuirí)
• Ulster Colleges Senior Football Championship (MacRory Cup)

All-Ireland

The four provincial "A" champions compete in two knock-out semi-finals. The final is usually played in mid-April.

Wins listed by college

Finals listed by year

Wins listed by province

Records and statistics

Final

• Most wins: 12:
  • St Jarlath's College (1947, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1994, 2002)
• Most consecutive wins: 2:
  • St Jarlath's College (1960, 1961)
  • St Mel's College (1962, 1963)
  • Carmelite College (1980, 1981)
  • St Patrick's College (1989, 1990)
  • St Patrick's Classical School (2000, 2001)
  • St Colman's College (2010, 2011)
  • Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne (2014, 2015)
  • St Brendan's College (2016, 2017)
  • Omagh CBS (2023, 2024)
• Most second-place finishes: 15:
  • St Jarlath's College (1946, 1949, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2011)
• Most consecutive second-place finishes: 2:
  • St Jarlath's College (1992, 1993)
• Most appearances: 27:
  • St Jarlath's College (1946, 1947, 1949, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011)

Teams

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 24 years: St Mel's College (1963-1987)
• 24 years: St Brendan's College (1992-2016)
• 23 years: St Brendan's College (1969-1992)
• 14 years: St Mel's College (1948-1962)
• 13 years: Coláiste Chríost Rí (1970-1983)

Sources

• Gerry Buckley (2003). Fifty Years of the Hogan Cup.
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• "Dungannon in Hogan defeat". BBC Sport. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2006.
• "How Knockbeg won the Hogan Cup". Laois GAA. Retrieved 28 June 2006.^{[permanent dead link]}
• "Abbey CBS have that little bit extra". Down GAA. Retrieved 28 June 2006.

References