Cavan Senior Football Championship

The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Cavan GAA. It is played between the twelve top-graded clubs in County Cavan. It was first competed for in 1888. The winners are awarded the Oliver Plunkett Cup and go on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Cornafean are the most successful club, having won the competition twenty times, most recently in 1956. Crosserlough won a record seven consecutive titles between 1966 and 1972. The current champions are Kingscourt Stars who beat Gowna in the 2025 final to win their twelfth title.

Format 12 teams contest the Kyte Powertech Senior Football Championship. The championship is run on a league basis up to the quarter-final stage with all teams put into one league table. Each team plays four games with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. No team can meet each other twice in the league stage. The top eight teams in the league progress to the quarter-finals while the bottom four teams enter the relegation play-offs with one team to be relegated to the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship.

List of finals +Key to list of winners Winning team reached the final of the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship

+List of Cavan Senior Football Championship finals Year Winners Score Opponent Ref. 1888 Maghera MacFinns 1–4 – 0–1 Ballyconnell 1889 No Championship 1890 Cavan Slashers 1891 No Championship 1892 No Championship 1893 No Championship 1894 No Championship 1895 No Championship 1896 No Championship 1897 No Championship 1898 No Championship 1899 No Championship 1900 No Championship 1901 No Championship 1902 Cavan Slashers 1903 Drumlane 1904 Drumlane 1905 Drumlane 1906 No Championship 1907 Drumlane 1908 Lacken 0–7 – 0–3 Lavey 1909 Cornafean Crosserlough 1910 Cornafean 1911 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1912 Cornafean 1913 Cornafean 1914 Cornafean 1915 Cornafean 1916 Virginia Blues 1917 Cavan Slashers 1918 Cornafean Crosserlough 1919 Virginia Blues 1920 Cornafean 1921 Kingscourt Stars Bruskey 1922 Cavan Slashers 1923 Templeport 3–2 – 2–2 Cornafean 1924 Cavan Slashers 2–1 – 0–5 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1925 Cavan Slashers 1–3 – 0–4 Cornafean 1926 Maghera MacFinns 2–1 – 2–0 Gowna 1927 Cavan Slashers 1–5 – 0–4 Virginia Blues 1928 Cornafean 1–3 – 0–3 Maghera MacFinns 1929 Cornafean 2–5 – 2–2 Cavan Slashers 1930 Cavan Slashers 1–4 – 0–4 Cornafean 1931 Cavan Slashers 3–4 – 0–8 Cornafean 1932 Cornafean 5–5 – 0–2 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1933 Cornafean 4–1 – 0–3 Cavan Slashers 1934 Cornafean 3–5 – 0–2 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1935 Mullahoran 2–5 – 1–3 Cornafean 1936 Cornafean 3–6 – 0–3 Cavan Slashers 1937 Cornafean 2–4 – 1–7 Bailieborough Shamrocks 0–5 – 0–1 (R) 1938 Cornafean 2–6 – 0–5 Gowna 1939 Cornafean 1–6 – 1–5 Killinkere 1940 Cornafean 1–4 – 0–3 Killinkere 1941 Cavan Slashers 1–4 – 1–3 Cornafean 1942 Mullahoran 1–8 – 0–10 Cornafean 1943 Cornafean 3–7 – 2–4 Mullahoran 1944 Mullahoran 1–6 – 1–4 Mountnugent 1945 Mullahoran 3–8 – 1–4 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1946 Mountnugent 0–9 – 2–3 Bailieborough Shamrocks 0–6 – 0–5 (R) 1947 Mullahoran 1–6 – 1–4 Cross 1948 Mullahoran 3–5 – 2–5 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1949 Mullahoran 3–11 – 0–2 Cornafaen 1950 Mullahoran 1951 Lavey 0–9 – 0–7 Mullagh Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Saturday, 1 September 1951; Page: 5 1952 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1–8 – 0–4 Munterconnaught 1953 Cootehill 3–5 – 0–3 Cornafean Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Saturday, 26 September 1953; Page: 5 1954 Cootehill 1–13 – 1–3 Mullahoran Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Saturday, 4 September 1954; Page: 5 1955 Cootehill 3–9 – 1–5 Kingscourt Stars Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Saturday, 3 September 1955; Page: 5 1956 Cornafean 4–2 – 1–7 Bailieborough Shamrocks Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Saturday, 8 September 1956; Page: 8 1957 Bailieborough Shamrocks 0–9 – 0–8 Cootehill 1958 Crosserlough 3–7 – 3–4 Cavan Gaels 1959 Virginia Blues 3–3 – 1–6 Crosserlough 1960 Final not played 1961 Crosserlough 2–8 – 2–3 Ballinagh 1962 Virginia Blues 0–9 – 1–6 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1–8 – 2–4 (R) 1963 Mullahoran 1–6 – 1–6 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1–10 – 0–3 (R) 1964 Bailieborough Shamrocks 3–8 – 1–4 Cootehill 1965 Cavan Gaels 3–5 – 1–10 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1966 Crosserlough 3–13 – 0–0 Ballyconnell 1967 Crosserlough 0–18 – 3–5 Cavan Gaels 1968 Crosserlough 2–6 – 0–8 Castlerahan 1969 Crosserlough 1–9 – 0–4 St Joseph's(Arva/Killeshandra) 1970 Crosserlough 1–12 – 0–5 Cavan Gaels 1971 Crosserlough 1–12 – 1–4 Killygarry 1972 Crosserlough 3–8 – 2–6 St Brigid's(Laragh/Stradone) 1973 Annagh(Redhills/Belturbet) 4–11 – 3–8 Ramor United(Virginia/Maghera) 1974 Ramor United(Virginia/Maghera) 1–11 – 0–7 Woodford Gaels(Templeport/Kildallan) 1975 Cavan Gaels 1–11 – 2–8 Crosserlough 1–11 – 0–8 (R) 1976 St Mary's(Castlerahan/Munterconnaught) 0–12 – 0–9 Ballyhaise 1977 Cavan Gaels 3–12 – 1–6 St Mary's(Castlerahan/Munterconnaught) 1978 Cavan Gaels 1–10 – 0–6 Ballyhaise 1979 Laragh United 3–14 – 1–7 Crosserlough 1980 Kingscourt Stars 0–10 – 0–9 Crosserlough 1981 Kingscourt Stars 1–8 – 0–11 Drumalee 1–10 – 0–4 (R) 1982 Laragh United 1–10 – 1–3 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1983 Laragh United 1–15 – 2–6 Cavan Gaels 1984 Laragh United 0–16 – 2–7 Drumalee 1985 Ramor United 3–10 – 0–7 Kingscourt Stars 1986 Kingscourt Stars 2–12 – 0–6 Ballinagh 1987 Kingscourt Stars 1–8 – 0–6 Ramor United 1988 Gowna 1–6 – 0–3 Laragh United 1989 Kingscourt Stars 1–11 – 0–8 Ramor United 1990 Kingscourt Stars 1–12 – 0–9 Mullahoran 1991 Kingscourt Stars 3–11 – 0–10 Crosserlough 1992 Ramor United 1–9 – 0–11 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1993 Kingscourt Stars 2–8 – 0–8 Gowna 1994 Gowna 1–8 – 0–9 Mullahoran 1995 Bailieborough Shamrocks 0–13 – 1–8 Gowna 1996 Gowna 1–14 – 1–8 Mullahoran 1997 Gowna 3–12 – 2–6 Crosserlough 1998 Mullahoran 2–5 – 0–4 Cavan Gaels 1999 Gowna 0–11 – 1–7 Kingscourt Stars 2000 Gowna 2–10 – 0–11 Cavan Gaels 2001 Cavan Gaels 0–15 – 0–7 Gowna 2002 Gowna 1–17 – 0–8 Cavan Gaels 2003 Cavan Gaels 3–6 – 1–8 Mullahoran 2004 Cavan Gaels 1–9 – 0–7 Mullahoran 2005 Cavan Gaels 0–12 – 1–6 Mullahoran 2006 Mullahoran 2–10 – 0–10 Cavan Gaels 2007 Cavan Gaels 0–15 – 0–11 Gowna 2008 Cavan Gaels 0–15 – 0–7 Denn 2009 Cavan Gaels 1–20 – 2–11 Denn 2010 Kingscourt Stars 1–13 – 1–9 Cavan Gaels 2011 Cavan Gaels 4–11 – 0–7 Castlerahan 2012 Mullahoran 1–8 – 1–8 Kingscourt Stars 1–8 – 0–7 (R) 2013 Ballinagh 0–12 – 0–11 Cavan Gaels 2014 Cavan Gaels 0–16 – 0–15 Kingscourt Stars 2015 Kingscourt Stars 1–9 – 0–11 Castlerahan 2016 Ramor United 2–11 – 3–8 Castlerahan 0–10 – 0–8 (R) 2017 Cavan Gaels 0–13 – 0–8 Castlerahan 2018 Castlerahan 2–11 – 1–13 Crosserlough 2019 Castlerahan 1–9 – 0–10 Ramor United 2020 Crosserlough 2–12 – 2–12 Kingscourt Stars 0–13 – 0–8 (R) 2021 Ramor United 0–10 – 0–10 Gowna 1–15 – 0–14 (R) 2022 Gowna 2–13 – 1–9 Killygarry 2023 Gowna 5–15 – 0–13 Kingscourt Stars 2024 Crosserlough 2–6 – 0–4 Ramor United 2025 Kingscourt Stars 2–16 – 0–13 Gowna

Performances by club +Performances in the Cavan Senior Football Championship by club Club Titles Years won Cornafean 20 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1956 Cavan Gaels 14 1965, 1975, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017 Mullahoran 12 1935, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1963, 1998, 2006, 2012 Kingscourt Stars 12 1921, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2010, 2015, 2025 Crosserlough 11 1958, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 2020, 2024 Cavan Slashers 9 1890, 1917, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1941 Gowna 9 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2022, 2023 Bailieborough Shamrocks 5 1911, 1952, 1957, 1964, 1995 Ramor United 5 1974, 1985, 1992, 2016, 2021 Drumlane 4 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907 Virginia Blues 4 1916, 1919, 1959, 1962 Laragh United 4 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984 Cootehill 3 1953, 1954, 1955 Maghera MacFinns 2 1888, 1926 Castlerahan 2 2018, 2019 Lacken 1 1908 Templeport 1 1923 Mountnugent 1 1946 Lavey 1 1951 Annagh 1 1973 St Mary's 1 1976 Ballinagh 1 2013

References

External links Cavan at ClubGAA Official Cavan GAA Website