McGrath Cup

The McGrath Cup is a Gaelic football competition played each January in Munster. The competition was introduced for the benefit of the weaker counties, but in the mid-1990s, Kerry and Cork were included.^[2] Several college teams previously participated but, from 2016, only county teams compete.

McGrath Cup
Current season or competition: 2024 McGrath Cup
Irish	Corn Mhic Craith
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1981
Region	Munster (GAA)
Trophy	McGrath Cup
No. of teams	6
Title holders	Cork (11th title)
Most titles	Clare (13 titles)
TV partner(s)	Clubber[1] YouTube
Official website	munster.gaa.ie/fixtures/mcgrath-cup-football/

Trophy

Joe McGrath donated the trophy to the Munster Council in 1981 for the promotion of Gaelic football.^[3][4]

List of finals

Year	Winner		Runners-up
	Team	Score	Team	Score
2021	{{center|Competition cancelled due to the disputes.
2024	Cork	1-14 (pens.)	Kerry	1-14
2023[5]	Cork	0–19	Limerick	2–07
2022[6]	Kerry	2–17	Cork	0–11
2021	Competition cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games[7]
2020	Limerick	0–20	Cork	0–16
2019	Clare	1–09	Cork	0–09
2018	Cork	3–13	Clare	3–12
2017	Kerry	2–13[a]	Limerick	2–12
2016	Cork	1–15	Clare	1–09
2015[8]	Waterford	3–12	UCC	1–09
2014[9]	Cork	1–11	Kerry	0–10
2013	Kerry	1–12	Tipperary	1–05
2012	Cork	0–13	Tipperary	0–06
2011	Kerry	0–13	Clare	1–07
2010	Kerry	1–11	University College Cork	0–09
2009	Cork	1–13	University of Limerick	0–06
2008	Clare	1–06	Limerick	0–08
2007	Cork	1–08	Limerick	0–07
2006	Cork	1–09	Kerry	0–06
2005	Limerick	2–10	Cork Institute of Technology	1–03
2004	Limerick	1–09	Clare	1–06
2003	Tipperary	1–09	Clare	1–08
2002	Clare	2–13	Waterford	2–11
2001	Limerick	0–13	Tipperary	1–07
2000	Clare	3–01	London	0–04
1999[10]	Cork	2–13	London	0–11
1998[11]	Cork	2–20	London	0–08
1997[12]	Clare	2–19	London	2–11
1996[13]	Kerry	5–17	London	0–06
1995	Clare		London
1994[14]	Clare	1–15	London	2–03
1993	Tipperary	2–13	London	0–04
1992	Clare		Limerick
1991	Limerick		Tipperary
1990	Clare		London
1989	Tipperary		London
1988[15]	London	2–08	Waterford	1–06
1987	Limerick		Waterford
1986	Clare		London
1985[16]	Limerick	0–11	London	2–03
1984	Clare		Tipperary
1983	Clare	1–08	London	0–05
1982[17]	Clare	2–08	Tipperary	1–06
1981	Waterford	5–02	Clare	2–07

1. After extra time.

Roll of honour

#	Team	Wins	Runners-Up	Years won	Years Runners-Up
1	Clare	13	6	1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2019	1981, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2018
2	Cork	11	3	1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2023, 2024	2019, 2020, 2022
3	Limerick	7	5	1985, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2020	1992, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2023
4	Kerry	6	3	1996, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2022	2006, 2014, 2024
5	Tipperary	3	6	1989, 1993, 2003	1982, 1984, 1991, 2001, 2012, 2013
6	Waterford	2	3	1981, 2015	1987, 1988, 2002
7	London	1	13	1988	1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
8	UCC	0	2	—	2010, 2015
	CIT	0	1	—	2005
	UL	0	1	—	2009