Connacht Colleges Senior Football Championship

Connacht colleges senior football "A" championship, is the top level Gaelic football competition for secondary schools in Connacht. They compete for the Aonghus Murphy Memorial Cup.

The winners advance to the Hogan Cup, the All-Ireland colleges senior "A" football championship.

St Colman's College, Claremorris beat St Gerald's College, Castlebar 0-15 to 1-11 in an all-Mayo final in McHale Park on 15 March to win the 2019 championship. The teams met in the Connacht "A" League Final earlier in the year when St Gerald's came out the victors.

St Gerald's College, Castlebar beat Summerhill College, Sligo 1-13 to 0-10 in Charlestown GAA Club on 7 March to win the 2020 championship. The teams met in the Connacht "A" League Final earlier in the year when St Gerald's also came out the victors.

St Jarlath's College, Tuam (with 49 wins, the competition's most successful team) beat St Colman's College, Claremorris by a scoreline of 3-06 to 0-09 on 12 February 2022 in a crowded Tuam Stadium in tough conditions to add to their record of 48 titles and make it 49. Man-of-the-match Paddy Egan (from the Corofin club) scored the two crucial goals for St Jarlath's College.

Wins listed by college

#	Team	Wins	Years won
1	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	49	1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2022
2	St Mary's College, Galway	9	1952, 1969, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2006
2	Summerhill College, Sligo	9	1930, 1931, 1954, 1955, 1971, 1975, 1985, 2016, 2023
4	St Gerald's College, Castlebar	8	1929, 1996, 1997, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2024
5	Roscommon CBS	6	1940, 1941, 1942, 1948, 1998, 2015
5	St Colman's College, Claremorris	7	1970, 1977, 1981, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2025
6	St Nathy's, Ballaghaderreen	5	1928, 1949, 1957, 1959, 1968
7	Tuam CBS (St Patrick's College)	3	1980, 1989, 1995
8	Rice College, Westport	1	2018

Finals listed by year

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score
[1]
2025	St Colman's College Claremorris	2-09	Summerhill College, Sligo	1-09
2023	Summerhill College, Sligo	0-16	Coláiste Baile Chláir	1-09
2022	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	3-06	St Colman's College, Claremorris	0-09
2021	Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2020[2]	St Gerald's College, Castlebar	1-13	Summerhill College, Sligo	0-10
2019[3]	St Colman's College, Claremorris	0-15	St Gerald's College, Castlebar	1-11
2018[4]	Rice College, Westport	1-13	St Attracta's, Tubbercurry	0-10
2017[5]	St Colman's College, Claremorris	2-08	St Attracta's, Tubbercurry	0-08
2016[6]	Summerhill College, Sligo	1-12	St Attracta's, Tubbercurry	0-13
2015[7]	Roscommon CBS	0-08	Summerhill College, Sligo	0-07
2014[8]	St Gerald's College, Castlebar	3-11	St Attracta's, Tubbercurry	3-07
2013[9]	St Gerald's College, Castlebar	0-09	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	1-04
2012	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		Summerhill College, Sligo
2011	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		Summerhill College, Sligo
2010	St Gerald's College, Castlebar		Summerhill College, Sligo
2009	St Colman's College, Claremorris		St Gerald's College, Castlebar
2008	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		St Colman's College, Claremorris
2007	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		St Gerald's College, Castlebar
2006	St Mary's College, Galway		St Gerald's College, Castlebar
2005	St Mary's College, Galway		Holy Rosary Mountbellew
2004	St Mary's College, Galway		St Gerald's College, Castlebar
2003	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		Ballyhaunis Community School
2002	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		St Colman's College, Claremorris
2001	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		St Joseph's College, Ballinasloe
2000	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		St Colman's College, Claremorris
1999	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		St Patrick's College, Tuam (Tuam CBS)
1998	Roscommon CBS	1-14	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	1-6
1997	St Gerald's College, Castlebar
1996	St Gerald's College, Castlebar
1995	St Patrick's College, Tuam (Tuam CBS)	0-14	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	1-07
1994	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1993	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1992	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1991	St Mary's College, Galway
1990	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1989	Tuam CBS (St Patrick's College)	0-06	St Mary's College, Galway	0-04
1988	St Mary's College, Galway
1987	St Mary's College, Galway
1986	St Mary's College, Galway
1985	Summerhill College, Sligo
1984	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	1-09	Tuam CBS (St Patrick's College)	0-01
1983	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	3-11	Tuam CBS (St Patrick's College)	3-03
1982	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		St Colman's College, Claremorris
1981	St Colman's College, Claremorris	0-06	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	0-05
1980	Tuam CBS (St Patrick's College)	1-04	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	0-05
1979	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1978	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1977	St Colman's College, Claremorris		St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1976	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1975	Summerhill College, Sligo
1974	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1973	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1972	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1971	Summerhill College, Sligo
1970	St Colman's College, Claremorris
1969	St Mary's College, Galway
1968	St Nathy's, Ballaghaderreen
1967	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1966	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1965	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1964	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1963	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1962	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1961	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1960	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1959	St Nathy's, Ballaghaderreen
1958	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1957	St Nathy's, Ballaghaderreen
1956	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1955	Summerhill College, Sligo
1954	Summerhill College, Sligo
1953	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1952	St Mary's College, Galway
1951	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1950	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1949	St Nathy's, Ballaghaderreen
1948	Roscommon CBS
1947	St Jarlath's College, Tuam		Roscommon CBS
1946	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1945	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1944	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1943	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1942	Roscommon CBS
1941	Roscommon CBS
1940	Roscommon CBS
1939	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1938	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1937	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1936	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1935	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1934	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1933	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1932	St Jarlath's College, Tuam
1931	Summerhill College, Sligo
1930	Summerhill College, Sligo
1929	St Gerard's, Castlebar
1928	St Nathy's, Ballaghaderreen

• Teams in bold went on to win the Hogan Cup in the same year.

See also

• Hogan Cup
• Leinster Championship
• Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Championship)
• MacRory Cup (Ulster Championship)

Sources