Ryan Cup


The Ryan Cup is the tier 2 hurling championship for third level colleges, the Fitzgibbon Cup being the tier 1 hurling championship trophy. The Ryan Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, the GAA's Higher Education Council.
At some time either in the late 1980s or in the early 1990s, the Ryan Cup - the trophy for the Division 1 Gaelic football league - was presented to the winners of what was then the Division II Championship. As a result of this mix-up, the Division II Championship became colloquially known as the 'Ryan Cup'. Unfortunately several other GAA trophy competitions bear this name, including still the Higher Education First-Division football league.
The GAA Higher Education Cup Championships are sponsored by Electric Ireland. The Ryan Cup was previously sponsored by Independent.ie , Irish Daily Mail , Ulster Bank , Datapac and Bus Éireann .

Ryan Cup Tournament 2018-19

2018-19 Group A Qualifyinghttps://www.gaa.ie/highereducation/fixtures-and-results/ryan-cup/

Qualifiers: Galway-Mayo IT; Ulster University

2018-19 Group B Qualifying

Qualifiers: Institute of Technology Tralee; Athlone IT

2018-19 Finals Tournament

Roll of honour

Colleges by wins

Ryan Cup Champion Colleges

Compiled from The Cups That Cheered. The current names of academic institutions are shown in parentheses.

Man of The Match awardees

Finals listed by year

Under Match Details below, academic institutions are referred to by their names at the time of the competition. References give the current names of the institutions.
YearWinnersScoreRunners-UpScoreWhere PlayedDate
1976/77Cork Regional Technical CollegeGalway Regional Technical College
1977/78St Patrick's College, Dublin, DrumcondraCork RTC v Limerick Technical School
1978/79Regional Technical College, Carlow3-09Cork Regional Technical College2-10Cashel16 June 1979
1979/80Cork Regional Technical CollegeSt. Patrick's College, Thurles v N.U.U.
1980/81Mary Immaculate College, Limerick4-16St Patrick's College, Dublin, Drumcondra1-019 May 1981
1981/82Mary Immaculate College, LimerickDrawAthlone Regional Technical CollegeDraw4 May 1982
Mary Immaculate College, LimerickReplayAthlone Regional Technical CollegeReplay1982
1982/83Limerick Regional Technical College5-09Mary Immaculate College Limerick0-12Claughaun30 April 1983
1983/84Thomond College of Education, LimerickAthlone Regional Technical CollegeBirr, Co Offaly5 May 1984
1984/85Limerick Regional Technical CollegeWaterford Regional Technical CollegeBansha, Co Tipperary16 May 1985
1985/86Thomond College of Education, Limerick4-10Cork Regional Technical College2-08
1986/87Waterford Institute of Technology4-12Galway Regional Technical College4-05National Institute of Higher Education Limerick5 May 1987
1987/88Limerick Regional Technical College1-10Athlone Regional Technical College0-05Baldonnell28 February 1988
1988/89Cork Regional Technical College0-12Mary Immaculate College, Limerick0-05Ballygiblin, Co Cork20 April 1989
1989/90Galway Regional Technical College3-11Mary Immaculate College, Limerick1-03Páirc na nGael, Limerick1 April 1990
1990/91Regional Technical College, Carlow2-12Cork Regional Technical College2-07Athlone Regional Technical College9 March 1991
1991/92Limerick Regional Technical College4-15Galway Regional Technical College3-09Young Ireland's Pitch, Dundalk8 March 1992
1992/93Regional Technical College, Carlow2-13Cork Regional Technical College2-09Castlegar, Co Galway14 March 1993
1993/94Dublin Institute of Technology5-15Regional Technical College, Tralee0-04Carlow Hurling Club Grounds, Carlow13 March 1994
1994/95Garda Síochána College2-15Galway Regional Technical College2-07Limerick Gaelic Grounds25 March 1995
1995/96Athlone Regional Technical College2-19Regional Technical College, Carlow2-09Belfield, University College Dublin10 March 1996
1996/97Regional Technical College, Tralee3-06Galway Regional Technical College2-06The Farm, UCC, Cork2 March 1997
1997/98Dublin City University3-08Limerick Institute of Technology2-08Gaelic Grounds, Limerick1 March 1998
1998/99Institute of Technology, Sligo1-05University of Ulster, Coleraine0-05Garda College, Templemore, Co Tipperary28 February 1999
1999/2000St John's Central College
Cork Colleges of Further Education		1-15Institute of Technology, Sligo1-05Carrigeen, Co Kilkenny5 March 2000
2000/01Tipperary Institute2-11Athlone Institute of Technology1-10Parnell Park, Dublin7 April 2001
2001/02Dublin City University1-13St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra0-11Castlegar, Co. Galway3 March 2002
2002/03Tipperary Institute5-13Athlone Institute of Technology1-11The Ragg, Thurles1 March 2003
2003/04St John's Central College
Cork Colleges of Further Education		2-11St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra2-09Athlone IT6 March 2004
2004/05Institute of Technology, Sligo3-13Institute of Technology, Carlow0-05Gaelic Grounds, Limerick5 March 2005
2005/06Mary Immaculate College, Limerick1-15Maynooth University1-07The Mardyke, Cork4 March 2006
2006/07Institute of Technology, Tralee2-15University of Ulster Jordanstown3-09Dr Cullen Park, Carlow10 March 2007
2007/08Maynooth University2-14Tipperary Institute/St. Patrick's College, Thurles1-07Cork IT, Bishopstown, Cork1 March 2008
2008/09Mary Immaculate College, Limerick1-12University of Ulster Jordanstown1-05Clanna Gael Fontenoy, Dublin7 March 2009
2009/10Institute of Technology, Carlow1-12Dublin City University0-13Pearse Stadium, Galway6 March 2010
2010/11Institute of Technology, Tralee1-17Institute of Technology, Carlow1-15Waterford IT Grounds28 February 2011
2011/12Mary Immaculate College, Limerick2-21Institute of Technology, Tralee0-10The Mardyke, Cork3 March 2012
2012/13LIT Tipperary1-25Institute of Technology, Tralee2-09Pearse Stadium, Galway2 March 2013
2013/14National University of Ireland, Maynooth0-18Trinity College Dublin0-08Academy Pitch, QUB, Belfast1 March 2014
2014/15Trinity College Dublin1-18Queen's University Belfast1-09Gaelic Grounds, Limerick28 February 2015
2015/16Trinity College Dublin3-16Queen's University Belfast0-07CIT, Bishopstown, Cork27 February 2016
2016/17Garda Síochána College5-24Institute of Technology, Sligo1-09Pearse Stadium, Galway25 February 2017
2017/18Maynooth University2-19University of Ulster0-09Mallow, Co Cork24 February 2018
2018/19GMIT1-21Ulster University1-09WIT Sports Campus, Waterford23 February 2019
2019/20Ulster University1-10Institute of Technology, Tralee0-12Stradbally29 January 2020