1918–19 Irish Cup

The 1918–19 Irish Cup was the 39th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Irish football.

1918–19 Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Ireland
Date	1 February 1919 – 7 April 1919
Teams	10
Defending champions	Belfast Celtic
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (13th win)
Runners-up	Glentoran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	30 (2.5 per match)
← 1917–18 1919–20 →

Linfield won the tournament for the 13th time, defeating Glentoran 2–1 in the second final replay after the previous two matches had ended in draws.^[1][2]

Results

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First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Belfast Celtic	2–0	Cliftonville
Belfast United	2–0	Distillery
Glentoran	4–0	Bangor
Linfield	2–2	Distillery II
Shelbourne	4–0	Bohemians

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery II	0–1	Linfield

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	0–4	Linfield
Belfast Celtic	bye
Glentoran	bye
Shelbourne	bye

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	2–0	Belfast Celtic
Linfield	2–0	Shelbourne

Final

29 March 1919

Linfield	1–1	Glentoran
Featherstone	Report	Lyner

Celtic Park, Belfast

Referee: Bill Kelly

Replay

5 April 1919

Linfield	0–0	Glentoran
	Report

Grosvenor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Bill Kelly

Second replay

7 April 1919

Linfield	2–1	Glentoran
McEwan	Report	Scraggs

Solitude, Belfast

Referee: Hugh Rodgers