Hogan Cup


The Hogan Cup, also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools in Ireland. The competition itself is regularly referred to by the trophy's name.
The current champions are St Patrick's College, Maghera, who won the cup for the sixth time by defeating St Colman's College 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 Brother Thomas Hogan. The Hogan Stand in Croke Park is named after his brother Michael Hogan. Since its beginning, there have been three different cups presented. The original cup was last presented in 1960, and now resides in St Jarlath's College. A newly designed cup was introduced in 1961. This cup itself was replaced in 2014 with a new design.
To increase participation the Colleges All-Ireland senior "B" championship was created in 1975, and a senior "C" championship commenced in 2000.

Format

; Provincial Championships
The four provinces each organise an A championship:
; All-Ireland
The four provincial "A" champions compete in two knock-out semi-finals. The final is played at Croke Park on St.Patrick's Day.

Wins listed by college

Finals listed by year

The most common Hogan Cup finals pairings both feature St Jarlath's College, Tuam. They have faced St Colman's College, Newry, four times, winning once, and St Patrick's College, Maghera, four times, winning twice.

Wins listed by province

Records and statistics

Final

  • Most wins: 12:
  • *St Jarlath's College
  • Most consecutive wins: 2:
  • *St Jarlath's College
  • *St Mel's College
  • *Carmelite College
  • *St Patrick's College
  • *St Patrick's Classical School
  • *St Colman's College
  • *Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne
  • *St Brendan's College
  • *Omagh CBS
  • Most second-place finishes: 15:
  • *St Jarlath's College
  • Most consecutive second-place finishes: 2:
  • *St Jarlath's College
  • Most appearances: 27:
  • *St Jarlath's College

    Teams

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles: