Hogan Cup

All-Ireland PPS Hogan Cup
All-Ireland PPS Hogan Cup
Current season or competition:; 2026 Hogan Cup
Irish	Craobh Peile Iarbhunscoileanna na hÉireann
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1946; 80 years ago
Region	Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Hogan Cup
No. of teams	4
Title holders	Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar (1st title)
First winner	St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
Most titles	St Jarlath's College, Tuam (12 titles)
Sponsors	Masita
TV partner	TG4
Official website	Hogan Cup at gaa.ie

The Hogan Cup (Irish: Corn Uí Ógáin), also known as the All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior A Football Championship, is the top level Gaelic football championship for secondary schools (sometimes referred to as colleges) in Ireland. The competition itself is regularly referred to by the trophy's name.

The current champions are Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar who won the cup for the first time by defeating Tralee CBS in the final.

St Jarlath's College, Tuam hold the record number of titles, winning their twelfth in 2002, and have appeared as runners-up in a further fourteen finals.

The competition commenced in 1946 but was not played in the years 1949 to 1956. The cup is named after Brother Thomas Hogan. The Hogan Stand in Croke Park is named after his brother Michael Hogan. Since its beginning, there have been three different cups presented. The original cup was last presented in 1960, and now resides in St Jarlath's College. A newly designed cup was introduced in 1961. This cup itself was replaced in 2014 with a new design.

To increase participation the Colleges All-Ireland senior "B" championship was created in 1975, and a senior "C" championship commenced in 2000.

Format

Provincial Championships

The four provinces each organise an A championship:

All-Ireland

The four provincial "A" champions compete in two knock-out semi-finals. The final is played at Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day.

Wins listed by college

#	Team	Wins	Years	Runners-up	Years
1	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	12	1947, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1994, 2002	14	1946, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2011
2	St Colman's College, Newry	8	1967, 1975, 1986, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2010, 2011	2	1957, 1978
3	St Patrick's College, Maghera	6	1989, 1990, 1995, 2003, 2013, 2025	6	1980, 1984, 1994, 1996, 2014, 2016
4	St Mel's College, Longford	4	1948, 1962, 1963, 1987	3	1961, 1964, 1988
	Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork	4	1968, 1970, 1983, 1985	1	1989
	St Brendan's College, Killarney	4	1969, 1992, 2016, 2017	5	1963, 1974, 2008, 2010, 2022
7	Carmelite College, Moate	3	1976, 1980, 1981	2	1975, 1977
	St Patrick's Classical School, Navan	3	2000, 2001, 2004	3	2013, 2006, 1991
	Omagh CBS	3	2007, 2023, 2024	—	N/a
10	St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon	2	1997, 2008	1	2004
10	Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, Daingean Uí Chúis	2	2014, 2015	—	N/a
12	St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh	1	1946	2	1947, 2000
	St Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen	1	1957	1	1959
	St. Joseph's Fairview	1	1959	—	N/a
	St Columb's College, Derry	1	1965	—	N/a
	St Mary's CBS, Belfast	1	1971	—	N/a
	St Patrick's College, Cavan	1	1972	1	1948
	Franciscan College, Gormanston	1	1973	2	1958, 1974
	St Colman's College, Claremorris	1	1977	2	1981, 2025
	Ardscoil Rís, Dublin	1	1979	—	N/a
	St Fachtna's, Skibbereen	1	1991	1	1982
	Intermediate School, Killorglin	1	1996	—	N/a
	Good Counsel College, New Ross	1	1999	1	1995
	Knockbeg College, Carlow	1	2005	—	N/a
	Abbey CBS, Newry	1	2006	—	N/a
	Coláiste na Sceilge, Caherciveen	1	2009	—	N/a
	St Mary's Secondary School, Edenderry	1	2012	1	2009
	St Ronan's College, Lurgan	1	2018	—	N/a
	St Michael's College, Enniskillen	1	2019	2	2002, 2012
	Naas C.B.S.	1	2022	1	2019
	Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar	1	2026	–	N/a
	Tralee CBS	0		2	2017, 2026

Finals listed by year

The most common Hogan Cup finals pairings both feature St Jarlath's College, Tuam. They have faced St Colman's College, Newry, four times, winning once, and St Patrick's College, Maghera, four times, winning twice.

Year	Province	Winner	Score	Score	Opponent	Province
2026	Leinster	Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar	3-11	1-16	Tralee CBS	Munster
2025	Ulster	St Patrick's College, Maghera⁽⁶⁾	2-08	0-04	St Colman's College, Claremorris	Connacht
2024	Ulster	Omagh CBS⁽³⁾	3-14	0-11	Mercy Mounthawk, Tralee	Munster
2023	Ulster	Omagh CBS⁽²⁾	6-16	3-08	Summerhill College, Sligo	Connacht
2022	Leinster	Naas C.B.S.	3-14	2-15	St Brendan's College, Killarney	Munster
2021	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Ulster	St Michael's College, Enniskillen	1-12	1-11	Naas C.B.S.	Leinster
2018	Ulster	St Ronan's College, Lurgan	1-10	1-09	Rice College, Westport	Connacht
2017	Munster	St Brendan's College, Killarney⁽⁴⁾	0-18	0-10	St Peter's, Wexford	Leinster
2016	Munster	St Brendan's College, Killarney⁽³⁾	2-13	2-06	St Patrick's College, Maghera	Ulster
2015	Munster	Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, Daingean Uí Chúis⁽²⁾	1-12	2-05	Roscommon CBS	Connacht
2014	Munster	Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne, Daingean Uí Chúis	1-08	1-06	St Patrick's College, Maghera	Ulster
2013	Ulster	St Patrick's College, Maghera⁽⁵⁾	1-20	1-10	St Patrick's Classical School, Navan	Leinster
2012	Leinster	St Mary's Secondary School, Edenderry	1-16	0-06	St Michael's College, Enniskillen	Ulster
2011	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry⁽⁸⁾	2-10	0-15	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
2010	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry⁽⁷⁾	1-18	3-05	St Brendan's College, Killarney	Munster
2009	Munster	Coláiste na Sceilge, Cahersiveen	1-09	0-10	St Mary's Secondary School, Edenderry	Leinster
2008	Ulster	St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon⁽²⁾	1-09	1-07	St Brendan's College, Killarney	Munster
2007	Ulster	Omagh CBS	0-16	0-07	St Mary's CBS, Tralee	Munster
2006	Ulster	Abbey CBS, Newry	2-15 (aet)	2-13 (aet)	St Patrick's Classical School, Navan	Leinster
2005	Leinster	Knockbeg College, Carlow	2-08	0-11	St Mary's College, Galway	Connacht
2004	Leinster	St Patrick's Classical School, Navan⁽³⁾	1-11	1-10	St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon	Ulster
2003	Ulster	St Patrick's College, Maghera⁽⁴⁾	1-09	2-04	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
2002	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽¹²⁾	3-13	0-06	St Michael's College, Enniskillen	Ulster
2001	Leinster	St Patrick's Classical School, Navan⁽²⁾	2-10	2-08	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
2000	Leinster	St Patrick's Classical School, Navan	0-11	1-06	St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh	Ulster
1999	Leinster	Good Counsel College, New Ross	1-11	1-07	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1998	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry⁽⁶⁾	2-14	1-07	Coláiste Eoin, Dublin	Leinster
1997	Ulster	St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon	1-10	0-03	St Gerald's College, Castlebar	Connacht
1996	Munster	Intermediate School, Killorglin	4-08	1-14	St Patrick's College, Maghera	Ulster
1995	Ulster	St Patrick's College, Maghera⁽³⁾	2-11	1-06	Good Counsel College, New Ross	Leinster
1994	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽¹¹⁾	3-11	0-09	St Patrick's College, Maghera	Ulster
1993	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry⁽⁵⁾	2-10	1-09	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1992	Munster	St Brendan's College, Killarney⁽²⁾	0-09	0-05	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1991	Munster	St Fachtna's, Skibbereen	2-09	0-07	St Patrick's Classical School, Navan	Leinster
1990 Replay	Ulster	St Patrick's College, Maghera⁽²⁾	1-04 1-11	0-07 0-13	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1989 Replay	Ulster	St Patrick's College, Maghera	1-05 2-15	0-08 1-06	Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork	Munster
1988	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry⁽⁴⁾	1-11	1-07	St Mel's College, Longford	Leinster
1987	Leinster	St Mel's College, Longford⁽⁴⁾	0-08	1-04	St Mary's College, Galway	Connacht
1986	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry⁽³⁾	3-10	0-07	St David's, Artane	Leinster
1985	Munster	Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork⁽⁴⁾	1-09	0-09	Summerhill College, Sligo	Connacht
1984	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽¹⁰⁾	0-10	2-03	St Patrick's College, Maghera	Ulster
1983	Munster	Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork⁽³⁾	3-06	2-05	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1982 Replay	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽⁹⁾	1-07 1-08	1-07 0-08	St Fachtna's, Skibbereen	Munster
1981	Leinster	Carmelite College, Moate⁽³⁾	2-02	1-04	St Colman's College, Claremorris	Connacht
1980	Leinster	Carmelite College, Moate⁽²⁾	0-12	1-08	St Patrick's College, Maghera	Ulster
1979 Replay	Leinster	Ardscoil Rís, Dublin	0-10 2-09	0-10 1-10	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1978	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽⁸⁾	2-11	2-04	St Colman's College, Newry	Ulster
1977	Connacht	St Colman's College, Claremorris	1-11	1-10	Carmelite College, Moate	Leinster
1976	Leinster	Carmelite College, Moate	1-10	0-11	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1975	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry⁽²⁾	1-07	2-03	Carmelite College, Moate	Leinster
1974	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽⁷⁾	4-11	2-11	Franciscan College, Gormanston	Leinster
1973	Leinster	Franciscan College, Gormanston	1-07	0-08	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1972	Ulster	St Patrick's College, Cavan	2-11	1-05	St Brendan's College, Killarney	Munster
1971	Ulster	St Mary's CBS, Belfast	1-13	1-07	Colaiste Iosagain, Ballyvourney	Munster
1970	Munster	Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork⁽²⁾	4-05	1-13	St Malachy's College, Belfast	Ulster
1969	Munster	St Brendan's College, Killarney	1-13	3-03	St Mary's College, Galway	Connacht
1968	Munster	Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork	3-11	1-10	Belcamp OMI, Dublin	Leinster
1967	Ulster	St Colman's College, Newry	1-08	1-07	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1966	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽⁶⁾	1-10	1-09	St Finian's College, Mullingar	Leinster
1965 Replay	Ulster	St Columb's College, Derry	0-09 0-11	0-09 1-07	Belcamp OMI, Dublin	Leinster
1964 Replay	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽⁵⁾	0-11 1-10	1-08 0-04	St Mel's College, Longford	Leinster
1963	Leinster	St Mel's College, Longford⁽³⁾	1-06	2-02	St Brendan's College, Killarney	Munster
1962	Leinster	St Mel's College, Longford⁽²⁾	3-11	2-12	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht
1961	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽⁴⁾	2-08	1-08	St Mel's College, Longford	Leinster
1960	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽³⁾	3-10	3-07	St Finian's College, Mullingar	Leinster
1959	Leinster	St Joseph's, Fairview	3-09	2-08	St Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen	Connacht
1958	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam⁽²⁾	0-09	1-04	Franciscan College, Gormanston	Leinster
1957	Connacht	St Nathy's College, Ballaghaderreen	1-07	0-04	St Colman's College, Newry	Ulster
1956	No competition (1949–1956)
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948	Leinster	St Mel's College, Longford	4-07	3-03	St Patrick's College, Cavan	Ulster
1947	Connacht	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	4-10	3-08	St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh	Ulster
1946	Ulster	St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh	3-11	4-07	St Jarlath's College, Tuam	Connacht

Wins listed by province

Province	Wins	Last win	Biggest contributor	Wins
Ulster	26	2025 St Patrick's College, Maghera	St Colman's Newry	8
Leinster	18	2026 Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar	St Mel's Longford	4
Connacht	14	2002 St Jarlath's Tuam	St Jarlath's Tuam	12
Munster	13	2017 St Brendan's Killarney	St Brendan's Killarney Coláiste Chríost Rí	4

Records and statistics

Final

Most wins: 12:
- St Jarlath's College (1947, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1994, 2002)
Most consecutive wins: 2:
- St Jarlath's College (1960, 1961)
- St Mel's College (1962, 1963)
- Carmelite College (1980, 1981)
- St Patrick's College (1989, 1990)
- St Patrick's Classical School (2000, 2001)
- St Colman's College (2010, 2011)
- Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne (2014, 2015)
- St Brendan's College (2016, 2017)
- Omagh CBS (2023, 2024)
Most second-place finishes: 14:
- St Jarlath's College (1946, 1962, 1967, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2011)
Most consecutive second-place finishes: 2:
- St Jarlath's College (1992, 1993)
Most appearances: 26:
- St Jarlath's College (1946, 1947, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2011)

Teams

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles:

24 years: St Mel's College (1963-1987)
24 years: St Brendan's College (1992-2016)
23 years: St Brendan's College (1969-1992)
14 years: St Mel's College (1948-1962)
13 years: Coláiste Chríost Rí (1970-1983)

Sources

Gerry Buckley (2003). Fifty Years of the Hogan Cup. ISBN 0-9501758-8-9.
"Dungannon in Hogan defeat". BBC Sport. 3 May 2004. Retrieved 28 June 2006.
"How Knockbeg won the Hogan Cup". Laois GAA. Retrieved 28 June 2006.^{[permanent dead link]}
"Abbey CBS have that little bit extra". Down GAA. Retrieved 28 June 2006.

References

↑ Buckley, pg. 30-32
↑ Buckley, pg. 234-235
↑ Gaa.ie (16 March 2024). "Omagh CBS impress in Masita Hogan Cup decider". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
↑ "All-Ireland GAA PPS competitions cancelled". Hogan Stand. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
↑ "Post Primary All-Irelands cancelled but still hope for provincials". Hogan Stand. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
↑ "Hogan Cup: St Michael's, Enniskillen clinch thrilling one-point win". BBC Sport. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
↑ "Colleges: St. Ronan's pip Rice College for first Hogan Cup". Hogan Stand. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
↑ "St Brendan's shine to boost Kerry's Hogan record". Irish Independent. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
↑ "David Clifford the hero as St Brendan's end 24-year Hogan Cup wait". Irish Examiner. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
↑ "Back to Back Hogan Cup Glory for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne". Irish Examiner. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
↑ "Dingle reach Promised Land". Irish Examiner. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
↑ "Maghera power way to fifth title". Irish Independent. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
↑ Report on 2012 final

[1] Buckley, pg. 30-32

[2] Buckley, pg. 234-235

[3] Gaa.ie (16 March 2024). "Omagh CBS impress in Masita Hogan Cup decider". www.gaa.ie. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

[4] "All-Ireland GAA PPS competitions cancelled". Hogan Stand. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

[5] "Post Primary All-Irelands cancelled but still hope for provincials". Hogan Stand. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[6] "Hogan Cup: St Michael's, Enniskillen clinch thrilling one-point win". BBC Sport. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.

[7] "Colleges: St. Ronan's pip Rice College for first Hogan Cup". Hogan Stand. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

[8] "St Brendan's shine to boost Kerry's Hogan record". Irish Independent. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[9] "David Clifford the hero as St Brendan's end 24-year Hogan Cup wait". Irish Examiner. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

[10] "Back to Back Hogan Cup Glory for Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne". Irish Examiner. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[11] "Dingle reach Promised Land". Irish Examiner. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

[12] "Maghera power way to fifth title". Irish Independent. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

[13] Report on 2012 final

All-Ireland PPS Hogan Cup
Current season or competition: 2026 Hogan Cup
Irish	Craobh Peile Iarbhunscoileanna na hÉireann
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1946; 80 years ago (1946)
Region	Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Hogan Cup
No. of teams	4
Title holders	Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar (1st title)
First winner	St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
Most titles	St Jarlath's College, Tuam (12 titles)
Sponsors	Masita
TV partner	TG4
Official website	Hogan Cup at gaa.ie