- Sam Maguire Cup
The Sam Maguire Cup often just called Sam (Irish: Chorn Sam Maguire) is the name of the Cup that
Gaelic football -teams play for in the final of the Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the premier "knockout" competition in the game ofGaelic football played inIreland . The series of games are organised by theGaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September inCroke Park ,Dublin .The Cup is named after
Sam Maguire , an influential figure in theGaelic Athletic Association inLondon and a former footballer. Following his death in 1928 a group of his friends formed a committee inDublin under the chairmanship of Dr Pat McCartan fromCarrickmore Co.Tyrone, to raise funds for a permanent commemoration of his name. They decided on a cup to be presented to the GAA. The Association were proud to accept the Cup. At the time it cost £300. In today's terms that sum is equivalent to €25,392. The Cup is modelled on theArdagh Chalice and was made by Hopkins and Hopkins of O'Connell Bridge, Dublin.Kildare was the first county to win the "Sam Maguire Cup" in 1928 after defeating Cavan 2-6 to 2-5. Even though the cup aged with grace it had to be replaced following the 1987 championship. Meath's Joe Cassells was the first recipient of "Sam Óg". Only eight men have had the honour of being presented with the trophy twice as captain. They are;
Joe Barrett (Kerry), Jim Murray (Roscommon),J. J. O'Reilly (Cavan),Seán Flanagan (Mayo),Enda Colleran (Galway),Tony Hanahoe (Dublin)Declan O'Sullivan (Kerry) andBrian Dooher (Tyrone). Since the cup was first played for in the All Ireland final of 1928 Kerry have won it 28 times, far more than anyone else. Dublin have won it 8 times while Meath & Galway have both won it 7 times.Past Winners
2008 Tyrone 1-15 Kerry 0-14
2007 Kerry 3-13 Cork 1-9
2006 Kerry 4-15 Mayo 3-4
2005 Tyrone 1-16 Kerry 2-10
2004 Kerry 1-20 Mayo 2-9
2003 Tyrone 0-12 Armagh 0-9
2002 Armagh 1-12 Kerry 0-14
2001 Galway 0-17 Meath 0-8
2000 Kerry 0-17 Galway 1-10
1999 Meath 1-11 Cork 1-8
1998 Galway 1-14 Kildare 1-10
1997 Kerry 0-13 Mayo 1-7
1996 Meath 2-9 Mayo 1-11
1995 Dublin 1-10 Tyrone 0-12
1994 Down 1-12 Dublin 0-13
1993 Derry 1-14 Cork 2-8
1992 Donegal 0-18 Dublin 0-14
1991 Down 1-16 Meath 1-14
1990 Cork 0-11 Meath 0-9
1989 Cork 0-17 Mayo 1-11
1988 Meath 0-13 Cork 0-12
1987 Meath 1-14 Cork 0-11
1986 Kerry 2-15 Tyrone 1-10
1985 Kerry 2-12 Dublin 2-8
1984 Kerry 0-14 Dublin 1-6
1983 Dublin 1-10 Galway 1-8
1982 Offaly 1-15 Kerry 0-17
1981 Kerry 1-12 Offaly 0-8
1980 Kerry 1-9 Roscommon 1-6
1979 Kerry 3-13 Dublin 1-8
1978 Kerry 5-11 Dublin 0-9
1977 Dublin 5-12 Armagh 3-6
1976 Dublin 3-8 Kerry 0-10
1975 Kerry 2-12 Dublin 0-11
1974 Dublin 0-14 Galway 1-6
1973 Cork 3-17 Galway 2-13
1972 Offaly 1-19 Kerry 0-13
1971 Offaly 1-14 Galway 2-8
1970 Kerry 2-19 Meath 0-18
1969 Kerry 0-10 Offaly 0-7
1968 Down 2-12 Kerry 1-13
1967 Meath 1-9 Cork 0-9
1966 Galway 1-10 Meath 0-7
1965 Galway 0-12 Kerry 0-9
1964 Galway 0-15 Kerry 0-10
1963 Dublin 1-9 Galway 0-10
1962 Kerry 1-12 Roscommon 1-6
1961 Down 3-6 Offaly 2-8
1960 Down 2-10 Kerry 0-8
1959 Kerry 3-7 Galway 1-4
1958 Dublin 2-12 Derry 1-9
1957 Louth 1-9 Cork 1-7
1956 Galway 2-13 Cork 3-7
1955 Kerry 0-12 Dublin 1-6
1954 Meath 1-13 Kerry 1-7
1953 Kerry 0-13 Armagh 1-6
1952 Cavan 0-9 Meath 0-5
1951 Mayo 2-8 Meath 0-9
1950 Mayo 2-5 Louth 1-6
1949 Meath 1-10 Cavan 1-6
1948 Cavan 4-5 Mayo 4-4
1947 Cavan 2-11 Kerry 2-7
1946 Kerry 2-8 Roscommon 0-10
1945 Cork 2-5 Cavan 0-7
1944 Roscommon 1-9 Kerry 2-4
1943 Roscommon 2-7 Cavan 2-2
1942 Dublin 1-10 Galway 1-8
1941 Kerry 1-8 Galway 0-7
1940 Kerry 0-7 Galway 1-3
1939 Kerry 2-5 Meath 2-3
1938 Galway 2-4 Kerry 0-7
1937 Kerry 4-4 Cavan 1-7
1936 Mayo 4-11 Laois 0-5
1935 Cavan 3-6 Kildare 2-5
1934 Galway 3-5 Dublin 1-9
1933 Cavan 2-5 Galway 1-4
1932 Kerry 2-7 Mayo 2-4
1931 Kerry 1-11 Kildare 0-8
1930 Kerry 3-11 Monaghan 0-2
1929 Kerry 1-8 Kildare 1-5
1928 Kildare 2-6 Cavan 2-5
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