Connacht Railway Cup

Connacht Railway Cup

The Connacht Railway Cup or Midland Great Western Railway Cup was a Gaelic football competition organised by the Connacht GAA. Participants were the five county teams.[1]

There is a record of a match in this competition being played between Mayo and Roscommon on October 26 1913.[2]

The Connacht Railway Cup was an entirely different competition to the Interprovincial Championship which had the same name.

Roll of honour

Key to list of winners
* Final won after Replay
dagger Final not played
Year Date Winner Opponent Venue Note
1919 1 November 1919 Mayo 1-4 Galway 0-1 Castlerea[3]
1925 25 October 1925 Sligo 5-2 Roscommon 0-2 Tubbercurry, Sligo[4] Qualified for the Knockout Phase of the 1925–26 NFL

References

  1. ↑ "The Connacht Council", Connaught Telegraph, 20 March 1926, p. 5
  2. ↑ "Local Notes", The Western People, 1 November 1913, p. 8
  3. ↑ Leitrim Observer, 8 November 1919, p. 3
  4. ↑ Irish Independent, 29 October 1925, p. 9


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