Cavan GAA honours

This is a list of Gaelic Athletic Association athletes and teams who have won honours for Cavan GAA.

Men's Football

GAA All Stars Awards winners (football): 5

Further information: Cavan county football team § Awards

International Rules Representatives

A number of Cavan players have been selected to play International rules football for the Ireland team against Australia:

Player	Appearances	Years
Jim Reilly	3	1987
Stephen King	1	1987
Dermot McCabe	2	1998, 2001
Larry Reilly	2	2000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 5

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
1933	W. Young, M. Denneny, J. Smith, W. Connolly, Tom O'Reilly (Mullahoran), P. Lynch, P. Phair, H. O'Reilly, T. Coyle, L. Blessing, P. Devlin, D. Morgan, J. Smallhorn, V. McGovern, M. Magee. Subs: T. O'Reilly, T. Crowe, P. Connolly	Galway	2-05 - 1-04
1935	W. Young, W. Connolly, J. Smith, M. Denneny, T. Dolan, T. O'Reilly (Mullahoran), P. Phair, H. O'Reilly, T. O'Reilly, D. Morgan, P. Devlin, J. Smallhorn, P. Boylan, L. Blessing, M. Magee	Kildare	3-06 - 2-05
1947	V. Gannon, W. Doonan, B. O'Reilly, P. Smith, J. Wilson, J. J. O'Reilly, S. Deignan, P. J. Duke, P. Brady, A. Tighe, M. Higgins, C. McDyer, J. Stafford, P. Donohoe, T.P. O'Reilly.	Kerry	2-11 – 2-07
1948	J.D. Benson, W. Doonan, B. O'Reilly, P. Smith, P. J. Duke, J.J. O'Reilly, S. Deignan, P. Brady, V. Sherlock, A. Tighe, M. Higgins, J.J. Cassidy, J. Stafford, P. Donohoe, E. Carolan. Sub: O.R. McGovern	Mayo	4-05 – 4-04
1952 Draw	S. Morris, J. McCabe, P. Brady, D. Maguire, P. Carolan, L. Maguire, B. O'Reilly, T. Hardy, V. Sherlock, S. Hetherton, M. Higgins, E. Carolan, J.J. Cassidy, A. Tighe, P. Fitzsimons	Meath	2-04 – 1-07
Replay	S. Morris, J. McCabe, P. Brady, D. Maguire, P. Carolan, L. Maguire, B. O'Reilly, T. Hardy, V. Sherlock, S. Hetherton, M. Higgins, E. Carolan, J.J. Cassidy, A. Tighe, J. Cusack. Sub: P. Fitzsimons	Meath	0-09 – 0-05

All-Ireland Minor Football Championships:2

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
1937	J.J. Brady, M. Argue, B. Cully, T. Cully, P. Clarke, M. O'Reilly, T.P. O'Reilly, P. O'Reilly, D. Brady, P. Conaty, H. Bouchier, P. McDonnell, J. McCormack, M. Farrell, P. Fay	Kerry	1-11 - 0-08
1938	J.D. Benson, W. Doonan, B. Cully, P. Galligan, M. Reilly, P. Coyle, S. Deignan, J. Maguire, J. McCormack, K. O'Reilly, P. Conaty, M. Fitzsimons, F. Coyle, J. Johnson, P. Doyle	Wexford	3-03 - 1-05

All-Ireland Junior Football Championships:2

• 1927, 2014^[1]

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
1927	J. Morgan, J. Martin, T. Crowe, G. Malcolmson, F. Fitzpatrick, L. Flaherty, H. O'Reilly, P. Devlin, T. Corr, F. Reid, P.J. O'Reilly, L. Mallon, A. Conlon, P. Lynch, J.P. Dolan	Kildare	0-07 - 0-03
2014[2]	1. James Farrelly, 2. Damien Barkey, 3. James Morris, 4. Fergal Reilly, 5. Ciaran Brady, 6. Brian Sankey, 7. Paul Smith, 8. Liam Buchanan, 9. Packie Leddy (c), 10. Conor Moynagh, 11. Chris Conroy, 12. Enda Reilly, 13. Tom Hayes, 14. Enda Hession, 15. Paul O’Connor	Kerry	2-14 - 0-14

National Football Leagues:2

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
1947/48	J.D. Benson, W. Doonan, B. O'Reilly, P. Smith, P. J. Duke, J.J. O'Reilly, S. Deignan, P. Brady, V. Sherlock, A. Tighe, M. Higgins, J.J. Cassidy, J. Stafford, P. Donohoe, E. Carolan (probable team)	Cork	5-09 - 2-08 (Replay)
1949/50	S. Morris, W. Doonan, B. O'Reilly, P. Smith, O.R. McGovern, J.J. O'Reilly, S. Deignan, P. J. Duke, P. Brady, A. Tighe, M. Higgins, J.J. Cassidy, J. Stafford, P. Donohoe, E. Carolan. Sub: T.P. O'Reilly	Meath	2-09 - 1-06

Ulster Senior Football Championships:40

• 1891, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1915, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1997, 2020

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
1997	Paul O’Dowd, Philip Kermath, Ciarán Brady, Terry Farrelly, Gerry Sheridan, Bernard Morris, Patrick Shiels, Stephen King, Dermot McCabe, Peter Reilly, Ronan Carolan (10pts), Ray Cunningham (1pt), Larry Reilly (2pts), Fintan Cahill, Damien O'Reilly. Used Suds: Philip Smith, Jason Reilly (1-1), Mickey Graham, Antony Forde.	Derry	1-14 - 0-16

Ulster Under-21 Football Championships: 6

• 1988, 1996, 2011, 2012,^[3] 2013,^[4] 2014^[5]

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
2011	A. O’Mara, M. Leddy, O. Minagh, D. Tighe, K. Meehan, D. Barkey, M. Brady(Capt), G. McKiernan (Capt)(0-2), F. Flanagan, N. Smith, N. Murray (1-0), B. Reilly (0-2), J. Brady (0-4), N. McDermott, P. Leddy. Subs used: T. Mooney, P. King (0-2), C. McClarey, C. Smith, D. Flanagan.	Tyrone	1-10 - 0-10
2012[6]	C. Gilsenan, F. Flanagan, K. Brady, J. McLoughlin, D. Sexton (1-0, pen), C. Moynagh, M. Brady (Capt), P. Leddy, K. Clarke, J. Dillon (0-1), C. Conroy, R Lynch (0-1), J. Brady (0-3, 2f), K. Tierney (0-5, 5f), N. O’Donnell. Subs Used: P. King, B. Reilly, S. Nolan, P.P. O’Hara.	Tyrone	1-10 - 0-10
2013	C. Gilsenan, J. McLoughlin, K. Clarke, C. Brady, D. McVeety, D. Sexton, F. Flanagan, B. Sankey, M. Argue, G. Smith (0-2), C. Conroy (0-3), T. Mooney, E. O’Reilly (0-2, 1f), P. O’Connor (0-1), J. Brady 0–4, 4f). Subs Used: C. Madden, P. Graham (0-1), C. Moynagh	Donegal	0-13 - 1-06
2014	J. Farrelly, B. Fortune (0-1), K. Clarke, P. Faulkner, G. Smith, C. Moynagh (Capt), C. Brady, L. Buchanan (1-0), M. Argue (0-1), P. Graham, E. Flanagan, A. Watson, D. McVeety, K. Bouchier (0-3, 3f), J. Dillon (1-1, 1f). Subs Used: A. O’Hara, T. Hayes, E. Hession.	Donegal	2-06 - 0-08

Ulster Minor Football Championships: 6

• 1937, 1938, 1952, 1959, 1974, 2011^[7]

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
2011[8]	B O’Mara; B Sankey, K Clarke, C Smith; C Brady, C Moynagh, G Smith (0-1); M Argue (0-1), P Graham (0-1); A Dewart, J Dillon (0-1), K Boucher; A Graham (0-3), C Finnegan (0-2), D McVeety (0-1). Subs: N O’Donnell (0-2, 0-1 free) for Boucher, L Buchanan for Dewart, V Coyle for Dillon.	Armagh	0-12 - 1-06 [9]

Ulster Junior Football Championships: 14

• 1914, 1915, 1916, 1924, 1927, 1932, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1957, 1962, 1984

Leinster Junior Football Championships: 2

• 2012,^[10] 2014^[11]

Year	Squad	Opponent	Final Score
2012	J. Farrelly, F. Slowey, R. Dunne, D. Tighe, J. Hayes, D. Barkey, B. Watters (0-1), K. Brady, D. McKiernan (0-3, 3f), C. Conroy, M. Reilly (0-2, 2 45's), K. Fannin, C. McClarey (1-0), B. McKiernan, M. Dunne (0-5, 2f). Subs used: P. O'Connor (0-2), B. O'Leary, O. O'Connell, J. Morris.	Kildare	1-13 - 0-09
2014	J Farrelly; D Barkey, J Morris, F Relly; P Tinnelly (0-1), B Doyle, P Smith (1-0); L Buchanan (0-1), P Leddy; Enda Reilly (0-6, 5f), C Conroy, D Wright; P O'Connor (0-2), C Moynagh, T Moore. Subs: T Hayes (0-1) for T Moore, B Sankey for P Leddy, C Brady for J Morris, E Hession for P Smith, N Clerkin for C Conroy, F Smith for P Tinnelly.	Longford	1-11 - 1-07

Dr McKenna Cup: 11

• 1936, 1940, 1943, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1988, 2000

Hurling

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

• Represented Ulster in the 1908 All-Ireland series, but lost the delayed Ulster final for that year when it was played (the following year) to Derry.

Ulster Junior Hurling Championship: 2

• 1983, 1985

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: None

• All-Ireland Minor 'C' Finalists 2012

Ulster Minor Hurling Championship: 1

• Division 2 - 2014

Ulster Minor Hurling League: 1

• Division 2 - 2014

National Hurling League: 2

• Division 4 - 1984
• Division 3b - 2023

Ladies Football

All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship: 1

• 1977

All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship: 1

• 2013

All-Ireland Under-18 Ladies' Football Championship: 1

• 2024

All-Ireland Under-16 Ladies' Football Championship: 3

• 1977, 2023, 2024

National Football League: 2

• Division 3 - 2008, 2010, 2025

Camogie

National Camogie Leagues: 1

• Division 2 - 1981

All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championships: 1

• Junior B - 2009

Handball

40x20 All-Ireland Championship

Senior Singles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	P. Brady	10	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Senior Doubles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	P. Brady and M. Finnegan	9	2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Intermediate Singles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	M. Finnegan	1	1997
2	P. Brady	1	1999

Intermediate Doubles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	M. Finnegan and R. Cunningham	1	1997

Minor Singles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	M. Finnegan	3	1992, 1993, 1994
2	P. Brady	1	1998

Minor Doubles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	M. Finnegan and D. Bartley	1	1992
1	M. Finnegan and R. Cunningham	1	1993
1	M. Finnegan and C. McDonnell	1	1994

40x20 Nationals

Open

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	P. Brady	3	2005, 2009, 2010,

Men's C

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	P. Clerkin	1	2008

Hardball All-Ireland Championship

Minor Doubles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	M. Finnegan and R. Cunningham	1	1993
1	M. Finnegan and N. Doyle	1	1994

Junior Doubles

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	G. Sheridan and D. Sheridan	1	1977
1	P. Hyland and P. Donagh	1	1985

Irish One Wall Nationals

Men's Open

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	P. Brady	1	2008

Men's B

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	P. Fitzpatrick	1	2006

U17

	Name	Wins	Years won
1	P. Brady	1	1997

See also

• Cavan Senior Football Championship