The Connacht Senior Cup was a knockout competition for senior rugby union clubs in the Irish province of Connacht, under the auspices of the Connacht Branch IRFU. The Cup has been played for a total of 102 times, with twelve different cubs having won the trophy during that period.

Until 1928, all finals were played at the grounds of the then Galway Grammar School. From 1929 until today, the final is traditionally held at the Galway Sportsground on College Road, Galway.

The winners compete with the other three provincial cup winners for the All-Ireland Cup.

1890s 1895–96 Galway Town beat Queens College, Galway (9–0) 1896–97 Queens College, Galway beat Lancashire Fusiliers (9–0) 1897–98 Galway Grammar School beat Queens College, Galway (3–0) 1898–99 Queens College, Galway beat Galway Town (19–5)

1900s 1899–1902 No competition 1902–1903 Queens College, Galway beat Galway Town (13–0, after Replay) 1903–1904 Queens College, Galway beat Old Galwegians (3–0) 1904–1905 Queens College, Galway beat Old Galwegians (N/K) 1905–1906 Galway Town beat Queens College, Galway (3–0) 1906–1907 Queens College, Galway beat Galway Town (11–3, after Replay) 1907–1908 Queens College, Galway beat Galway Town (14–0) 1908–1909 UCG (runners-up not recorded)

1910s 1909–10 UCG beat Old Galwegians (7–3) 1910–11 Galway Town (runners-up not recorded) 1911–12 UCG (runners-up not recorded) 1912–13 Galway Town beat UCG (5–3) 1913–14 Sligo beat Galway Town (9–3) 1914–19 No competition

1920s 1919–20 No competition 1920–21 No competition 1921–22 Galway Town beat UCG (6–3) 1922–23 UCG beat Sligo (19–0) 1923–24 UCG beat Sligo (9–0) 1924–25 UCG beat Sligo (15–5) 1925–26 Galwegians beat UCG (8–3) 1926–27 Galwegians beat UCG (3–0) 1927–28 Galwegians beat UCG (22–3) 1928–29 Galwegians beat UCG (18–3)

1930s 1929–30 UCG beat Ballina (3–0) 1930–31 Loughrea beat Ballina (6–3) 1931–32 UCG beat Sligo (10/0) 1932–33 Corinthians 1933–34 Corinthians 1934–35 UCG 1935–36 UCG 1936–37 UCG 1937–38 Galwegians 1938–39 UCG

1940s 1939–40 UCG 1940–41 Corinthians 1941–42 UCG 1942–43 Galwegians 1943–44 UCG 1944–45 UCG 1945–46 UCG 1946–47 Corinthians 1947–48 Ballinasloe beat UCG 1948–49 Corinthians beat Galwegians

1950s 1949–50 Ballinasloe beat Galwegians 1950–51 Ballina 1951–52 Galwegians 1952–53 UCG 1953–54 Corinthians 1954–55 Athlone beat Galwegians 1955–56 Galwegians 1956–57 Galwegians 1957–58 Galwegians beat Westport 1958–59 Galwegians

1960s 1959–60 Galwegians 1960–61 UCG 1961–62 UCG beat Corinthians 1962–63 Galwegians beat UCG 1963–64 UCG beat Corinthians 1964–65 Galwegians beat UCG 1965–66 UCG 1966–67 UCG beat Westport 1967–68 Galwegians 1968–69 Galwegians beat UCG

1970s 1969–70 UCG beat Galwegians 1970–71 Galwegians 1971–72 Corinthians beat UCG 1972–73 Galwegians 1973–74 UCG beat Athlone 1974–75 Galwegians beat Ballinasloe 1975–76 Athlone beat Galwegians 1976–77 Athlone beat UCG 1977–78 Corinthians beat Athlone 1978–79 Ballina beat Athlone

1980s 1979–80 Galwegians beat Corinthians 1980–81 Galwegians beat Corinthians 1981–82 Corinthians beat Sligo 1982–83 Galwegians beat Corinthians 1983–84 Corinthians beat Athlone 1984–85 Corinthians beat Athlone 1985–86 Galwegians beat Athlone 1986–87 UCG beat Corinthians 1987–88 Corinthians beat Athlone 1988–89 UCG beat Galwegians

1990s 1989–90 Athlone beat Corinthians 1990–91 Athlone beat Galwegians 1991–92 Ballinasloe beat Sligo 1992–93 Corinthians beat Ballina 1993–94 Corinthians beat Connemara 1994–95 Buccaneers beat Galwegians 1995–96 Galwegians beat Connemara 1996–97 Galwegians beat Ballina 1997–98 Corinthians beat Galwegians 1998–99 Buccaneers beat Galwegians

2000s 1999–00 Buccaneers beat Ballina 2000–01 Galwegians beat Buccaneers 2001–02 Galwegians beat Buccaneers 2002–03 Connemara beat Buccaneers 2003–04 Buccaneers beat Connemara 2004–05 Galwegians beat Buccaneers 19–6 2005–06 Buccaneers beat Monivea 2006–07 Buccaneers beat Galwegians 16–12 2007–08 Galwegians beat Buccaneers 22–7 2008–09 Corinthians beat Connemara 31–9

2010s 2009–10 Galwegians beat Corinthians 19–15 2010–11 Corinthians beat Galwegians 25–24 2011–12 Galwegians beat Sligo RFC by 36–10 Galwegians beat Sligo in Connacht Senior Cup Final - 2012–13 Galwegians beat Corinthians by 31–15Galwegians Firsts retain Connacht Senior Cup 2013–14 Galwegians beat Corinthians by 31–26 2014–15 Buccaneers beat Galwegians 28–14 2015–16 Galwegians beat Buccaneers 27–10 2016–17 Buccaneers beat Corinthians 17–10BUCCS COMPLETE SENIOR CUP & LEAGUE DOUBLE 2017–18 Sligo beat Corinthians 29–27 Sligo RFC 2018–19 Buccaneers beat Corinthians 16–14

2020s 2019–20 Sligo beat Corinthians 19–12 2020–21 No competition 2021–22 Buccaneers beat Ballina 27–5Connacht Rugby 2022–23 Buccaneers beat Sligo 15–8Buccaneers RFC 2023–24 Sligo beat Buccaneers 34–12Galway Advertiser 2024–25 Sligo beat Galwegians by 24–22 2025–26 Corinthians beat Galwegians by 12–8Connacht Tribune

Performance by club Club Winners UCG 34 Galwegians 34 Corinthians 18 Buccaneers 10 Athlone 5 Galway Town 5 Sligo 5 Ballinasloe 3 Ballina 2 Galway Grammar School 1 Connemara 1 Loughrea 1

See also Leinster Senior Cup Munster Senior Cup Ulster Senior Cup Connacht Senior League

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