MacRory Cup | |
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Code | Gaelic football |
Founded | 1923 |
Region | Ulster (GAA) |
Trophy | MacRory Cup |
Title holders | Omagh CBS (6th title) |
First winner | St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh |
Most titles | St Colman's College, Newry (20 titles) |
Sponsors | Danske Bank |
TV partner(s) | BBC |
Official website | MacRory Cup |
The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster at senior "A" grade. The MacLarnon Cup is the competition for schools at senior 'B' grade.
Players must be under nineteen at the start of the tournament. The winners advance to the semi-finals of the Hogan Cup, the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship.
The competition and trophy are named after Joseph MacRory, then Bishop of Down and Connor, who donated the first cup in 1923.
The current champions are Omagh CBS, after beating St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon in an all-Tyrone final.
The final is held every year on (or close to) Saint Patrick's Day and is televised live on BBC Northern Ireland along with the Ulster Rugby Schools Cup final. The venue for the last number of years has been the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Previous finals have been held in Coalisland and Casement Park.