Tyrone Senior Football Championship


The Tyrone Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Tyrone GAA clubs. The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1904.
In 2022, the Irish Independent said of the Tyrone SFC: "Tyrone can rightly lay claim to the most competitive senior football championship of them all just by the range of different winners it has produced over the last decade".
Loch Mhic Ruairí Naomh Treasa are the title holders, having defeated Trillick St. Macartan's in the final at Healy Park, Omagh on Sunday 26th October 2025.

History

To date, over 20 different clubs have won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship, though some of these no longer exist.
The first tournament took place in the 1904–1905 season, which Coalisland Fianna won by defeating Strabane Lámh Dhearg in the final.
No competition was held in the 1906–1907, 1909–1913, 1914–1916, 1918–1919, or 1920–1923 seasons, nor in 1932. The 1939 competition was left unfinished.
An Charraig Mhór is the club that has won the competition the most times, their last in 2005. Dungannon has the second highest number of wins, with Coalisland in third place.
The 2024 Final was originally scheduled to be played on Sunday 20th October but was postponed due to Storm Ashley.

Format

The 16 clubs in Division 1 of the All-County Football League in Tyrone compete on a straight knockout basis. Between 1999 and 2007, the competition was played for by 24 clubs. Reserve Football Championships are also played in the county at adult level for club's second teams.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the O'Neill Cup. The O'Neill Cup was received by the County Board in December 1926 at a cost of £20.4.0. The Cup was first played for in the 1927 season in which Donaghmore Éire Óg became the first winners.
The winners qualify to represent Tyrone in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. Errigal Ciarán is the only club from Tyrone to win the Ulster Club championship, which has happened three times.
The winners of Ulster go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. Errigal Ciaran became the first Tyrone team to reach an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Final when they beat Dr. Crokes in the 2025 All-Ireland Semi-Final. They were then beaten by Cuala 3-14 to 1-16 in the Final played at Croke Park.

List of finals

= replay = after extra time
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† 2020: Dungannon won 8–7 on penalties, after extra time.

Top Scorer

The contest for Top Scorer in the Senior Championship goes back to 1981 when it
was sponsored by 'On The Spot Trophies', on the initiative of the late Plunkett McCusker.
In 1992 three times winner Tommy Fiddis became the permanent holder of the 'On the Spot' Top Scorer Trophy.
Subsequently in 1993 a new sponsor was recruited by the County Board - Forbes Kitchens of Ardboe.
The trophy is presented by Patsy Forbes each year on County Final day to that season's Senior Championship Top Scorer.
Peter Canavan has won the trophy a record 5 times - 1994, 1995, 2000, 2002 and 2006.
There have been joint winners in 3 different seasons - 1985, 1999 and 2001.
YearPlayerClubTotal
1981Tommy FiddisDromore0-13
1982Tommy FiddisDromore2-18
1983John Joe O'NeillMoortown1-19
1984Paul McAneaOmagh0-14
1985Paul DonnellyAugher1-13
1985Liam O'ReillyGortin2-10
1986Jody KellyDungannon2-15
1987Stephen ConeyArdboe3-12
1988Kevin McCabeClonoe4-19
1989Paddy McShaneCoalisland2-20
1990Paddy McShaneCoalisland4-14
1991Kevin McCabeClonoe0-26
1992Tommy FiddisDromore2-26
1993Eamon McCaffreyErrigal Ciaran0-26
1994Peter CanavanErrigal Ciaran3-27
1995Peter CanavanErrigal Ciaran1-36
1996Peter LoughranAn Charraig Mhór3-16
1997Eoin GormleyErrigal Ciaran0-19
1998Frank McGuiganArdboe0-23
1999Frank McGuiganArdboe1-21
1999Colm McCullaghDromore2-18
2000Peter CanavanErrigal Ciaran4-28
2001Adrian CushDonaghmore0-27
2001Brian McGuckinEdendork3-18
2002Peter CanavanErrigal Ciaran3-20
2003Leo MeenanKillyclogher2-20
2004Stephen O'NeillClann Na nGael0-30
2005Cathal McCarronOmagh2-19
2006Peter CanavanErrigal Ciaran2-23
2007Shaun O'NeillDromore1-14
2008Eoin McCuskerDromore3-10
2009Colm McCullaghDromore2-18
2010Kevin McNallyAn Charraig Mhór1-19
2011Eoin McCuskerDromore2-21
2012Eoin McCuskerDromore2-15
2013Connor McAliskeyClonoe1-18
2014Ronan O'NeillOmagh4-15
2015Lee BrennanTrillick2-27
2016Mark BradleyKillyclogher0-30
2017Lee BrennanTrillick1-25
2018Shea McGuiganArdboe3-11
2019Darren McCurryEdendork1-22
2020Paul DonaghyDungannon0-34
2021Emmett McNabbDromore0-22
2022Darragh CanavanErrigal Ciaran0-20
2023Paul DonaghyDungannon1-21
2024Ruairí CanavanErrigal Ciaran0-24
2025Ruairi McCullaghLoch Mhic Ruairí0-27