- See also: Cavan Senior Club Football Championship or Cavan Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Cavan Senior Football Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Cavan Gaelic football clubs The Cavan Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top Cavan Clubs
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| Irish: | An Cabhán | ||||||||||||||||
| Province: | Ulster | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s): | The Breffni Men | ||||||||||||||||
| County colours: | Blue and white | ||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s): | Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominant sport: | Gaelic football | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL: | Division 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| NHL: | Division 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Hurling Championship: | Nicky Rackard Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||||||||||||||||
| Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup | ||||||||||||||||
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The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Cabhán) or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Cavan. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Provincial councils are organisational bodies within the Gaelic Athletic Association, each made up of several GAA counties. The Ulster Council ( Irish: Comhairle Uladh) is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of Hurling, This is a list of Nicknames for the the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants The GAA county colours and flags of a GAA county are the colours of the kit worn by that county's representative team in the Gaelic The following is a list of Gaelic Athletic Association stadia. Breffni Park known for sponsorship reasons as the Kingspan Breffni Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Cavan, Ireland. Cavan (ˈkævən) is the county seat of County Cavan in Ireland. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football For the latest competition see 2008 or the Hurling equivalent: 2008 The National Football For the latest competition see National Hurling League 2008. The National Hurling League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The Sam Maguire Cup often just called Sam ( Irish: Chorn Sam Maguire) is the name of the Cup that Gaelic football -teams play for in the final The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in Ireland. The Nicky Rackard Cup (Chorn Nicoláis Mhic Riocaird is in effect a competition for the "Division 3" Hurling teams the counties in Ireland that Ladies' Gaelic Football is the most prominent amateur team sport for women in Ireland. The Brendan Martin Cup is the name of the Cup that Ladies' Gaelic football teams play for in the final of the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Camogie (in Irish, camógaíocht) is a Celtic team Sport, organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland, the women's variant of The O'Duffy Cup is the prize presented to the winners of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. A GAA county or County board is a geographic region of control within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA originally based on the Counties of Ireland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Gaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the County Cavan ( Contae an Chabháin in Irish) is a County in Ireland. The county board is also responsible for the Cavan inter-county teams
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History
Cavan were the first county to organise in Ulster, dominating that championship and even competing in Leinster in 1895, lining out against Louth in a handsome rig-out of pink knicks and white jerseys. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Lú or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in
Gaelic football
Cavan's five All Ireland titles were won in a 19-year period: they foiled Kerry's five-in-a-row bid with a last minute goal from Vincent McGovern at Breffni Park in 1933, beat Galway and Kildare in the 1933 and 1935 finals, won the famous 1947 final in the Polo grounds, followed it up with an extraordinary win over Mayo in 1948 on the day of the "big wind" (Cavan led 3-2 to nil at half-time and won by 4-5 to 4-4) and beat Meath in a replay in 1952 through a free-taking display by Mick Higgins. The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For more details of Mayo GAA see Mayo Senior Club Football Championship or Mayo Senior Club Hurling Championship. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Na Mí or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
They became famous for their handpass, perfected by players such as Simon Deignan, and were involved in several handpass controversies. In 1928 Kildare's Paddy Loughlin almost certainly threw the winning goal into the Cavan net in the All-Ireland final. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship. Cavan got revenge in 1935, but when Packie Boylan handpassed what would have been the winning point against Kerry in the All-Ireland final it was disallowed, and Cavan lost the replay, if not before the celebration bonfires were lit because the Radio Éireann commentator had not noticed the referee's decision. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (or Kerry GAA) is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible
Controversy was never far from Cavan in the early days of the Association. In 1917 they proposed a new province of Tara, comprising Meath, Louth, Westmeath, themselves and Longford, because of a series of disputes with the Ulster Council, and also tried to play in Connacht instead. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Na Mí or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Lú or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in The Westmeath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na hIarmhí or Westmeath GAA is one of the 32 county boards The Longford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae An Longfort or Longford GAA is one of the 32 county boards They staged a famous rebellion before the 1930 Ulster final over the venue. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cavan official Barney Fay gathered up a rebel team, they lost the final, and Fay was suspended by his own County Board.
Famous Players
Honours
- All-Ireland Senior Football Championships: 5
- All-Ireland Junior Football Championships: 1
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championships: 2
- National Football League:
- Ulster Senior Football Championships: 39
Hurling
Honours
- Ulster Senior Hurling Championships: 0
- Represented Ulster in the 1908 All-Ireland series. Tom ("Big Tom" O'Reilly A brother of J J O'Reilly, Tom O’Reilly is widely remembered in his own right as one of one of the giants of the glory days of John Joe O'Reilly (1919 &ndash 1952 was a famous Gaelic footballer from County Cavan. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition for junior Gaelic football inter-county teams in Ireland Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the ESB Minor Football Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the latest competition see 2008 or the Hurling equivalent: 2008 The National Football Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Ulster Senior Football Championship is the premier Gaelic football "knockout" competition played in the province of Ulster in Ireland Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The Ulster Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Ulster Championship) is the premier intercounty "knockout" competition Lost the delayed Ulster final for that year when it was played (the following year) to Derry.
Ladies' Gaelic football
Honours
Camogie
Honours
- All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championships: 1
External links
- Cavan on Hoganstand.com
- National and provincial titles won by Cavan teams
- Club championship winners
- Cavan GAA site
- Gaelic Survival - Player Profiles Every Inter County Hurler and Footballer, Fantasy GAA Game
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| Senior Football Championship | ||
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Ballinagh - Belturbet - Castlerahan - Cavan Gaels - Crosserlough - Cúchulainn's - Denn - Gowna - Killygarry - Kingscourt - Knockbride - Lacken Celtic - Mullahoran - Ramor United |
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| Intermediate Football Championship | ||
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Bailieborough - Ballyhaise - Ballymachugh - Cootehill - Drumalee - Drumgoon - Drumlane - Kill - Killeshandra - Killinkere - Laragh United - Lavey - Red Hills - Swanlinbar |
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| Junior Football Championship | ||
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Arvagh - Butlersbridge - Corlough - Cornafean - Drung - Kildallon - Maghera - Mountnugent - Munterconnaught - Shannon Gaels - Shercock - Templeport |
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| Senior Hurling Championship | ||
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Ballymachugh - Cavan Gaels - Mullahoran - Woodford Gaels |
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