Dr Croke Cup
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The Dr Croke Cup is the trophy presented to the winner of the All Ireland Secondary Schools Senior "A" hurling championship. Before that it was an inter-county GAA competition in hurling. The first Croke Cups (which included hurling and Gaelic football) took place between 1896 and 1915. Clare was the first winner of the Dr Croke Cup for hurling in 1896. In 1909 Ulster were expelled from the Dr Croke Cup because of "bad gates" but the decision was later rescinded. Since 1944 however, it is the pinnacle of colleges hurling to win the "Dr Croke Cup", named after Thomas Croke, Archbishop of Cashel, in whose honour Croke Park is also named.
Current format
For official fixtures and results see Croke Cup at gaa.ie.
Six school teams currently compete in the Dr Croke Cup, namely the winners and beaten finalists in the Connacht A championship, the winners and beaten finalists in the Leinster A Championship and the winners and beaten finalists in the Dr Harty Cup (Munster A Championship). The winners of the Mageean Cup (Ulster A Championship) compete in the Paddy Buggy Cup (All-Ireland B Championship) as Ulster hurling is considered weak in comparison to the other three provinces.
The three beaten finalists and one of the provincial champions contest the two quarter-finals with the winners meeting the remaining two provincial champions in the semi-finals. All matches are knock-out.
Wins listed by college
| # | Team | Winner | Years won | Runners-up | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St Kieran's, Kilkenny | 23 | 1948, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1971, 1975, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 | 13 | 1944, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2017, 2022 |
| 2 | St Flannan's, Ennis | 14 | 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1958, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2005 | 5 | 1957, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2006 |
| 3 | North Monastery, Cork | 5 | 1960, 1970, 1980, 1985, 1994 | 3 | 1961, 1981, 1986 |
| St Finbarr's, Cork | 5 | 1963, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1984 | 1 | 1971 | |
| 4 | St Peter's, Wexford | 4 | 1962, 1967, 1968, 1973 | 4 | 1960, 1964, 1978, 1982 |
| St Colman's College, Fermoy | 4 | 1977, 1997, 2001, 2002 | 4 | 1948, 1992, 1996, 2003 | |
| 5 | Limerick CBS | 2 | 1964, 1966 | 2 | 1965, 1967 |
| De La Salle College Waterford | 2 | 2007, 2008 | 0 | - | |
| Our Lady's Templemore | 2 | 1978, 2017 | 0 | - | |
| 6 | Kilkenny CBS | 1 | 1981 | 5 | 1983, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
| Ardscoil Rís, Limerick | 1 | 2022 | 3 | 2010, 2011, 2016 | |
| St Raphael's, Loughrea | 1 | 1995 | 2 | 1998, 2004 | |
| Thurles CBS | 1 | 2009 | 2 | 2008, 2015 | |
| Birr Community School | 1 | 1986 | 1 | 1985 | |
| Dublin Colleges | 1 | 2006 | 0 | - | |
| Nenagh CBS | 1 | 2012 | 0 | - | |
| Dungarvan College | 1 | 2013 | 0 | - | |
| 7 | St Mary's College, Galway | 0 | - | 2 | 1966, 1994 |
| Our Lady's, Gort | 0 | - | 2 | 1973, 1993 | |
| Presentation College, Athenry | 0 | - | 2 | 1976, 2018 | |
| Midleton CBS | 0 | - | 2 | 1988, 1995 | |
| Good Counsel, Wexford | 0 | - | 2 | 1997, 2009 | |
| St Joseph's, Marino | 0 | - | 1 | 1945 | |
| O'Connell School, Dublin | 0 | - | 1 | 1946 | |
| Mount St. Joseph, Roscrea | 0 | - | 1 | 1947 | |
| St Joseph's Patrician College, Galway | 0 | - | 1 | 1958 | |
| Tipperary, CBS | 0 | - | 1 | 1959 | |
| Rice College, Ennis | 0 | - | 1 | 1962 | |
| Patrician College, Ballyfin | 0 | - | 1 | 1963 | |
| Coláiste Chríost Rí | 0 | - | 1 | 1968 | |
| Colaiste Iognaid Ris, Cork | 0 | - | 1 | 1975 | |
| Presentation College, Birr | 0 | - | 1 | 1979 | |
| Gort Community School | 0 | - | 1 | 2001 |
Finals listed by year
Football finals 1896 to 1914
| Year | Winner | Opponent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Clare 6-16 | Wexford 0-02 | ||||
| 1897 | Limerick 3-08 | Kilkenny 1-04 | ||||
| 1898–1901 | ||||||
| 1902 | Cork 5-10 | London 0-03 | ||||
| 1903 | ||||||
| 1905[4] | Mayo 1-02 | Kerry 0-04 | ||||
| 1907[5] | Kerry 2-06 | Mayo 2-03 | ||||
| 1908[6] | Mayo 1-08 | Kerry 0-05 | 1911 Meath | 1913 | ||
| 1914[7] | Louth | Cork |
- Cup presented to All-Ireland winners
See also
- Schools' Hurling
- Schools' Football
External links
- 55 Years of the Croke Cup
- Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible Archived 18 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
References
- ^ "Our Lady's Templemore take home Croke Cup with narrow win over St Kieran's College". Irish Examiner. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "St Kieran's joy as Ardscoil frustrated again". Irish Examiner. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Report on 2012 final
- ^ The Western People 10/03/1906, p. 5
- ^ The Kerryman, 23/11/1907
- ^ The Western People 28/11/1908, p. 6
- ^ The Cork Examiner, 29/06/1914