2006 Tommy Murphy Cup

The Tommy Murphy Cup 2006 began on July 22, 2006.^[1] It was the third year that this element of the Bank of Ireland Football Championship was played.

Teams[edit]

Thirteen counties will compete in the Tommy Murphy Cup:

County	Last Cup title	Last Provincial Title	Last All-Ireland Title	Position in 2005 Championship	Appearance
Antrim	—	1951	—	Quarter-finals	3rd
Carlow	—	1944	—	Preliminary round	2nd
Cavan	—	1997	1952	Round 4 (All-Ireland SFC)	1st
Clare	2004	1992	—	Round 3 (All-Ireland SFC)	2nd
Kilkenny	—	1911	—	Preliminary round	2nd
Leitrim	—	1994	—	Preliminary round	2nd
London	—	—	—	Quarter-finals	3rd
Louth	—	1957	1957	Round 3 (All-Ireland SFC)	2nd
Monaghan	—	1988	—	Round 4 (All-Ireland SFC)	1st
Tipperary	2005	1935	1920	Champions	2nd
Roscommon	—	2001	1944	Semi-finals	2nd
Waterford	—	1898	—	Quarter-finals	2nd
Wicklow	—	—	—	Preliminary round	2nd

Game	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Preliminary	July 22	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow	Carlow	1-10	Wicklow	0-11
Preliminary	July 22	Dungarvan	Tipperary	0-12	Waterford	1-07
Preliminary	July 23	Casement Park, Belfast	Antrim	1-23	Kilkenny	1-08
Preliminary	July 25	Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan	Cavan	2-12	Roscommon	0-14
Preliminary	July 25	Cusack Park, Ennis	Louth	2-14	Clare	3-09
Quarter-Final	July 29	Semple Stadium, Thurles	Leitrim	0-14	Tipperary	1-06
Quarter-Final	July 29	Casement Park, Belfast	Antrim	2-14	Cavan	2-09
Quarter-Final	July 29	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow	Carlow	1-11	London	0-07
Quarter-Final	August 4	Dundalk	Louth	3-13	Monaghan	1-13
Semi-Final	August 12	Dundalk	Louth	0-22	Antrim	0-08
Semi-Final	August 13	Birr	Leitrim	2-12	Carlow	0-08

27 August 2006^[2]^[3]

2pm

Louth	3-14–1-11	Leitrim
Clarke (0-7, 1f), Lennon (1-1), White (1-1), Rooney (1-0), Carroll (0-2), Keenan (0-1), Finnegan (0-1), Mark Brennan (0-1)		Duignan (0-6f), Maxwell (0-3), Doonan (1-0), Prior (0-1), Glancy (0-1)

Referee: J. McKee (Armagh)


GK	1	Stuart Reynolds (O'Connells)
RCB	2	David Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
FB	3	Colin Goss (St Patrick's)
LCB	4	John O'Brien (Seán O'Mahony's)
RHB	5	Peter McGinnity (Dundalk Gaels)
CHB	6	Michael Fanning (Naomh Máirtín)
LHB	7	Ray Finnegan (St Patrick's)
MF	8	Martin Farrelly (St Joseph's) (c)
MF	9	Paddy Keenan (St Patrick's)
RHF	10	Brian White (Cooley Kickhams)
CHF	11	Mark Brennan (Mattock Rangers)
LHF	12	Ronan Carroll (St Mary's)
RCF	13	Darren Clarke (St Mary's)
FF	14	Shane Lennon (Kilkerley Emmets)
LCF	15	JP Rooney (Naomh Máirtín)
Substitutes:
	16	Alan Page (Cooley Kickhams) for Goss
	17	Mark Stanfield (Killeavy, Armagh) for Lennon
	18	Christy Grimes (Mattock Rangers) for Farrelly
	19	Trevor O'Brien (Glyde Rangers) for White
	20	Colm Judge (Newtown Blues) for Clarke