Cups & Trophies

Section 4.8 of the GAA’s Official Guide states that… ‘A trophy shall not be named after a living person or after any existing political or semi-political organisation. A trophy shall not be used for any commercial purposes. A cup/trophy shall not be filled with any type of alcoholic beverage’.

Séamus Flynn Cup was named in December 2024 in memory of the former Longford great and Clonguish/Rathcline clubman who died in 2024. The cup itself was first introduced in 1961 for Junior ‘A’ Football Championship and remained unnamed until 2024. 

John Drake Cup was presented to the County Board by Jimmy Reilly on behalf of the Ballymore club in May 1979 and initially used for the winners of the Special Junior Competition which was confined at the time to solely Junior clubs. Today it is used for the winners of ACFL Division 5. 

Glenn Brady Cup was previously presented to Minor ‘B’ Championship winner but in recent years is instead presented to the winner of the Minor ‘A’ Championship runner-up competition where teams who do not qualify from from the group stage of the Minor ‘A’ Championship play instead for the Glenn Brady Cup. On this website we refer to this competition as the Minor ‘A’ Championship Shield for consistency with the Minor ‘B’ competition (which also has Cup and Shield) and in line with the fact that it is a runner-up competition. The previous Minor ‘C’ Championship Cup (or U-17 ‘C’ Cup) is now presented to the winner of the Minor ‘B’ Championship, while the cup presented to the winner of the Minor ‘B’ Shield is not named. 

Corn Mac Aodhagáin (Fr. Egan Cup) was used for Under 21 Football Championship from the start of competition until 2004 and was replaced by the Kevin Hughes Cup in 2005. The cup was then repurposed and used for the revived Senior ‘B’ Championship from 2011 to 2017. During the years 2016 & 2017 the cup was used for Reserve Senior Cup which is another name for the Senior ‘B’ Championship. The cup is an exact twin for the Junior ‘A’ Championship trophy without the medals in the base. 

Kevin Hughes Cup was introduced in 1988 for winners of the Senior ‘B’ Championship. It was used for this purpose until the competition was discontinued after 2002 and was then repurposed for the Under 21 Football Championship from 2005. It has been used for U-21 ‘A’ Championship since 2005.

Kiernan Steel Cup was used for Ladies IFC up to 2023 when it was restored. The restoration involved attaching the base from the previous Kiernan Steel Cup to an unused trophy which was commissioned some years ago for a competition which never happened. The trophy is inscribed with a dedication to Fr. Michael Egan (former PP of Killoe and Abbeylara) and sat unused for many years until being used in 2023 for the newly remodeled Kiernan Steel Cup which was then used for Ladies Intermediate Championship that same year. In 2024 the Leah Sheridan Cup was introduced for Ladies IFC while the recently restored Kiernan Steel Cup was repurposed for Junior A Championship instead. 

Féis Cup and Fr. Lynch Cup are both in Drumlish (the last club to with each). Fr. Lynch Cup was won three times by Drumlish and the club got to keep it. 

Foresters Cup was with Bishop Colm O’Reilly for many years (his father was winning captain), and is now on display in the Colmcille clubhouse. 

Hugh Devine Cup was used for Junior League winner up to 1979 and repurposed for Division 1A winner when ACFL was introduced in 1980. 

Senior B Hurling Championship Cup is on display behind the bar at ‘Jacks Corner House’ pub in Edgeworthstown.

U-14 League Intermediate competition is same as previous U-14 Division 2 League competition. 

Johnny Creegan Cup was previously called the Dromard Cup.

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