2019 Cavan Senior Football Championship

The 2019 Cavan Senior Football Championship was the 110th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

2019 Cavan SFC

Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2019
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	26 July - 13 October 2019
Teams	12
Defending champions	Castlerahan
Winners
Champions	Castlerahan (2nd win)
Manager	Donal Keogan
Captain	Ronan Flanagan David Wright
Qualify for	2019 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Ramor United
Manager	Ray Cole
Captain	Simon Cadden Eoin Somerville
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Cootehill
Other
Player of the Year	Oisin O'Connell (Castlerahan)
← 2018 2020 →

The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Castlerahan were the defending champions, having beaten Crosserlough in the previous years final.^[1]

Castlerahan won their second title in a row, defeating neighbours Ramor United in the final.^[2][3]

Team Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.

To Championship Promoted from 2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Mullahoran - (Intermediate Champions)[4]

From Championship Relegated to 2019 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Ballinagh

League Stage

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the quarter-finals while the bottom 3 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff. If teams are level on points and a place in the quarter-final is at stake, a Playoff will be conducted to determine who goes through.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Castlerahan	4	3	1	0	70	53	+17	7	Advance to quarter-final
2	Kingscourt Stars	4	3	1	0	64	51	+13	7
3	Ramor United	4	3	0	1	62	57	+5	6
4	Crosserlough	4	3	0	1	80	51	+29	6
5	Lavey	4	2	1	1	74	68	+6	5
6	Gowna	4	2	0	2	75	53	+22	4
7	Cavan Gaels	4	2	0	2	78	72	+6	4
8	Killygarry	4	2	0	2	68	72	−4	4
9	Lacken Celtic	4	1	1	2	63	65	−2	3
10	Shercock	4	1	0	3	50	61	−11	2	Advance to relegation play-offs
11	Mullahoran	4	0	0	4	40	67	−27	0
12	Cootehill	4	0	0	4	41	95	−54	0

Source: Cavan GAA

Round 1

Mullahoran v Ramor United

26 July 2019 Round 1	Mullahoran	0-11 – 0-13	Ramor United	Sheelin Park
				Referee: Packie Smith

Castlerahan v Killygarry

2 August 2019 Round 1	Castlerahan	1-14 – 1-10	Killygarry	Joe Crowe Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

Cavan Gaels v Lavey

3 August 2019 Round 1	Cavan Gaels	4-17 – 1-15	Lavey	St. Felim's Park
				Referee: Tony Gregory

Cootehill v Lacken

3 August 2019 Round 1	Cootehill	2-6 – 2-12	Lacken	Athletic Grounds
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Crosserlough v Shercock

4 August 2019 Round 1	Crosserlough	4-8 – 1-10	Shercock	Lavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: James Clarke

Kingscourt Stars v Gowna

4 August 2019 Round 1	Kingscourt Stars	0-12 – 0-9	Gowna	Dolan Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

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Round 2

Castlerahan v Lavey

9 August 2019 Round 2	Castlerahan	0-16 – 0-16	Lavey	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Conor Dourneen

Mullahoran v Shercock

9 August 2019 Round 2	Mullahoran	1-6 – 3-5	Shercock	Edwin Carolan Community Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Kingscourt Stars v Lacken

10 August 2019 Round 2	Kingscourt Stars	1-14 – 1-14	Lacken	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Chris McCaffrey

Cavan Gaels v Crosserlough

10 August 2019 Round 2	Cavan Gaels	0-9 – 2-15	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
		Report		Referee: Joe McQuillan

Gowna v Cootehill

11 August 2019 Round 2	Gowna	4-13 – 0-3	Cootehill	Ballinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Pat Clarke

Ramor United v Killygarry

11 August 2019 Round 2	Ramor United	0-17 – 3-10	Killygarry	Lavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Round 3

Killygarry v Kingscourt Stars

23 August 2019 Round 3	Killygarry	0-15 – 2-15	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
				Referee: Noel Mooney

Shercock v Castlerahan

24 August 2019 Round 3	Shercock	1-10 – 0-18	Castlerahan	Dolan Park
				Referee: Brendan Sweeney

Lacken v Gowna

24 August 2019 Round 3	Lacken	1-14 – 4-12	Gowna	Breffni Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

Lavey v Mullahoran

25 August 2019 Round 3	Lavey	1-14 – 0-11	Mullahoran	Dr. Plunkett Memorial Park
				Referee: John Emmo

Cootehill v Cavan Gaels

25 August 2019 Round 3	Cootehill	1-11 – 3-20	Cavan Gaels	Annalee Park
				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

Ramor United v Crosserlough

25 August 2019 Round 3	Ramor United	1-17 – 1-13	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

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Round 4

Lacken v Ramor United

31 August 2019 Round 4	Lacken	0-11 – 0-12	Ramor United	Breffni Park
				Referee: Tony Gregory

Kingscourt Stars v Shercock

31 August 2019 Round 4	Kingscourt Stars	2-8 – 1-7	Shercock	St. Anne's Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

Gowna v Killygarry

31 August 2019 Round 4	Gowna	2-11 – 2-15	Killygarry	Páirc Emmet
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Lavey v Cootehill

31 August 2019 Round 4	Lavey	2-17 – 1-9	Cootehill	St. Felim's Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

Mullahoran v Crosserlough

31 August 2019 Round 4	Mullahoran	1-6 – 4-11	Crosserlough	Ballinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Stephen McKiernan

Cavan Gaels v Castlerahan

31 August 2019 Round 4	Cavan Gaels	1-8 – 4-7	Castlerahan	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Kingscourt Stars

0-7

Cavan Gaels

0-9

Cavan Gaels

0-9

Castlerahan

1-11

Castlerahan

1-7 2-14 (R)

Killygarry

1-7 0-5 (R)

Castlerahan

1-9

Ramor United

0-10

Ramor United

1-15

Gowna

0-7

Ramor United

2-8

Crosserlough

0-12

Crosserlough

3-19

Lavey

1-9

Quarter-finals

Ramor United v Gowna

13 September 2019 Quarter-final	Ramor United	1-15 – 0-7	Gowna	Breffni Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

Kingscourt Stars v Cavan Gaels

15 September 2019 Quarter-final	Kingscourt Stars	0-7 – 0-9	Cavan Gaels	Lavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Castlerahan v Killygarry

15 September 2019 Quarter-final	Castlerahan	1-7 – 1-7	Killygarry	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

Crosserlough v Lavey

15 September 2019 Quarter-final	Crosserlough	3-19 – 1-9	Lavey	Breffni Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

Killygarry v Castlerahan

22 September 2019 Quarter-final replay	Killygarry	0-5 – 2-14	Castlerahan	Breffni Park
				Referee: Tony Gregory

Semi-finals

Ramor United v Crosserlough

28 September 2019 Semi-final	Ramor United	2-8 – 0-12	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
				Referee: Noel Mooney

Cavan Gaels v Castlerahan

29 September 2019 Semi-final	Cavan Gaels	0-9 – 1-11	Castlerahan	Breffni Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Final

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13 October 2019

Final

Castlerahan	1-9 – 0-10	Ramor United
Oisin O'Connell 1-1, Paul Smith 0-1, Enda O'Connell 0-1, Oisin Kiernan 0-1, Fergal Flanagan 0-1, Cormac Daly 0-1, Cian Mackey 0-1, Shane O'Reilly (0-1f), Karl Cosgrove 0-1	Report	James Brady 0-4 (0-2f), Ado Cole 0-2, Mark Magee 0-1, Adam O'Connell 0-1, Killian Maguire 0-1, Cathal Maguire 0-1

Breffni Park

Attendance: 7,705

Referee: Joe McQuillan

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Relegation play-offs

The 3 bottom placed teams the league phase will enter the relegation play-offs. The 10th and 11th placed teams from the league phase will face each other in the Relegation Semi-Final, with the winner maintaining their senior status for 2020. The loser will face the 12th placed team with the loser being relegated to the 2020 Intermediate Championship.

Shercock v Mullahoran

15 September 2019 Relegation Semi-final	Shercock	0-14 – 2-11	Mullahoran	Dolan Park
				Referee: Paddy Clarke

Shercock v Cootehill

28 September 2019 Relegation Final	Shercock	2-15 – 3-9	Cootehill	Breffni Park
				Referee: James Clarke