The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Cavan GAA. It is played between the fourteen intermediate-graded clubs in County Cavan. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1966. The winners are awarded the Tommy Gilroy Cup and go on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The winners are also promoted to the Cavan Senior Football Championship for the following year.
Five different clubs—Arva, Ballinagh, Cuchulainns, Lacken, and Templeport—have won the competition four times. Cuchulainns are the current champions after beating Butlersbridge in the 2025 final.
Format 14 teams contest the O'Reilly Precast Intermediate Football Championship. The championship is run on a league basis up to the quarter-final stage and knock-out thereafter. Each team plays 4 rounds in the league phase with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams in the league progress to the quarter-finals while the bottom 4 placed teams in the league enter a relegation play-off with 1 team to be relegated to the Cavan Junior Football Championship. The winner is promoted to the Cavan Senior Football Championship.
List of finals +Key to list of winners Winning team reached the final of the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship Winning team won the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship
+List of Cavan Intermediate Football Championship finals Year Winners Score Opponent Ref. 1915 Cornafean 1916 Cornafean 1923 Templeport 1–2 – 1–2 Bruskey 3–1 – 2–4 (R) 1–2 – 1–2 (R) 1–2 – 1–0 (R) 1924 Templeport 1925 Gowna 3–1 – 0–1 Cootehill 1926 Tullyco 2–1 – 0–2 Virginia Blues 1966 Castlerahan 1–14 – 0–7 Arva 1967 Lacken 2–7 – 1–7 Drumalee 1968 Ballyhaise 1–5 – 0–5 Crosserlough 1969 Drumalee 1–9 – 1–6 Arva 1970 Killygarry 2–5 – 2–3 Cootehill 1971 Cootehill 2–8 – 1–3 Virginia Blues 1972 Arva 1–10 – 1–4 Ballymachugh 1973 Redhills 3–7 – 3–3 Killeshandra 1974 Maghera 4–6 – 2–4 Drumlane 1975 Virginia 0–12 – 0–9 Templeport 1976 Kingscourt Stars 0–11 – 0–6 Arva 1977 Templeport 2–6 – 0–5 Mullahoran 1978 Mullahoran 2–9 – 1–6 Castlerahan 1979 Ballinagh 1–9 – 0–4 Killinkere 1980 Munterconnaught 2–4 – 0–7 Cuchulainns 1981 Ballymachugh 0–6 – 0–6 Redhills 4–5 – 2–7 (R) 1982 Killinkere 0–10 – 1–4 Castlerahan 1983 Arva 1–11 – 0–7 Knockbride 1984 Shercock 0–8 – 0–8 Knockbride 1985 Gowna 0–14 – 0–4 Cuchulainns 1986 Killeshandra 0–10 – 1–6 Cuchulainns 1987 Cuchulainns 1–10 – 0–12 Denn 1988 Denn 2–7 – 1–8 Redhills 1989 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1–9 – 0–7 Lavey 1990 Denn 2–15 – 1–7 Belturbet 1991 Killeshandra 0–9 – 0–6 Munterconnaught 1992 Ballinagh 0–10 – 0–7 Ballymachugh 1993 Cuchulainns 3–11 – 1–4 Lacken 1994 Laragh United 0–15 – 2–6 Cornafean 1995 Templeport 1–14 – 0–7 Arva 1996 Belturbet 1–5 – 0–5 Denn 1997 Lacken 2–10 – 2–8 Knockbride 1998 Killygarry 0–12 – 0–8 Denn 1999 Ballymachugh 0–8 – 0–6 Denn 2000 Knockbride 2–11 – 0–7 Drung 2001 Castlerahan 1–6 – 0–9 Drung 0–10 – 2–2 (R) 2002 Drumgoon 0–8 – 0–6 Denn 2003 Denn 1–8 – 0–9 Ballinagh 2004 Lacken 1–9 – 1–8 Drung 2005 Cuchulainns 1–6 – 0–7 Drumalee 2006 Drumalee 0–7 – 0–7 Ballinagh 1–5 – 0–4 (R) 2007 Ballinagh 1–7 – 0–9 Lavey 2008 Redhills 0–14 – 1–8 Ballyhaise 2009 Lavey 3–9 – 1–8 Cootehill 2010 Drumalee 1–11 – 0–8 Drumlane 2011 Drumgoon 0–11 – 1–7 Crosserlough 2012 Lacken 1–10 – 1–10 Cootehill 3–10 – 1–9 (R) 2013 Killeshandra 1–10 – 1–8 Shercock 2014 Cootehill 3–11 – 0–8 Ballyhaise 2015 Ballyhaise 2–13 – 1–14 Arva 2016 Arva 3–10 – 1–16 Killinkere 0–11 – 0–10 (R) 2017 Shercock 2–11 – 1–9 Ballyhaise 2018 Mullahoran 2–16 – 0–8 Cuchulainns 2019 Laragh United 2–16 – 1–9 Belturbet 2020 Ballinagh 0–23 – 0–11 Butlersbridge 2021 Butlersbridge 1–12 – 0–14 Ballyhaise 2022 Castlerahan 1–8 – 0–8 Ballyhaise 2023 Ballyhaise 0–13 – 0–7 Denn 2024 Arva 3–11 – 0–11 Butlersbridge 2025 Cuchulainns 0–24 – 0–18 Butlersbridge
Performances by club +Performances in the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship by club Club Titles Years won Templeport 4 1923, 1924, 1977, 1995 Lacken 4 1967, 1997, 2004, 2012 Ballinagh 4 1979, 1992, 2007, 2020 Arva 4 1972, 1983, 2016, 2024 Cuchulainns 4 1987, 1993, 2005, 2025 Drumalee 3 1969, 2006, 2010 Denn 3 1988, 1990, 2003 Killeshandra 3 1986, 1991, 2013 Castlerahan 3 1966, 2001, 2022 Ballyhaise 3 1968, 2015, 2023 Cornafean 2 1915, 1916 Gowna 2 1925, 1985 Killygarry 2 1970, 1998 Ballymachugh 2 1981, 1999 Redhills 2 1973, 2008 Drumgoon 2 2002, 2011 Cootehill 2 1971, 2014 Shercock 2 1984, 2017 Mullahoran 2 1978, 2018 Laragh United 2 1994, 2019 Tullyco 1 1926 Maghera 1 1974 Virginia 1 1975 Kingscourt Stars 1 1976 Munterconnaught 1 1980 Killinkere 1 1982 Bailieborough Shamrocks 1 1989 Belturbet 1 1996 Knockbride 1 2000 Lavey 1 2009 Butlersbridge 1 2021
References
External links Cavan at ClubGAA Official Cavan GAA Website