Higher Education GAA is the governing body for the Gaelic Games of Hurling, Camogie and Gaelic Football for third level institutions. The body coordinates competitions in both Ireland and Britain. It is a part of the parent organisation: the GAA. The main competitions are the Fitzgibbon Cup for hurling and Sigerson Cup for football.

Hurling

Fitzgibbon Cup Roll of Honour

The Fitzgibbon Cup is named after Dr. Edwin Fitzgibbon, a Capuchin priest and, from 1911 to 1936, a professor of philosophy at University College Cork.

In 1912 Dr. Fitzgibbon donated most of his annual salary to purchase the trophy. For the first 30 years, the cup was dominated by UCC and UCD, with UCG winning occasionally. Queens University Belfast first took part in 1946, and won their only title in 1953.

The popularity of the championship grew, and, in the 60s and 70s three more colleges entered: Trinity College Dublin, UU Coleraine and NUI Maynooth. In the late 80s, all teams in Division One of the Higher Education League were admitted. Since the event went open, in the 1990s, several newer third level institutions from Limerick and Waterford entered and quickly dominated the competition. Waterford IT won the title four times in six years, but UCC are the leaders in the roll of honour, with 39 titles, the last in 1998.

Team County Wins Last win
University College Cork (UCC) Cork 39 1998
University College Dublin (UCD) Dublin 30 xxxx
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG, formerly UCG) Galway 9 xxxx
Waterford Institute of Technology Waterford 6 200x
University of Limerick (UL) Limerick 3 xxxx
National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) Kildare 2 xxxx
Queens University Belfast (QUB) Antrim 1 xxxx
Limerick Institute of Technology Limerick 1 200x


Year Winners
1912 U.C.D.
1913 U.C.C.
1914 U.C.C.
1915 U.C.D.
1916 U.C.D.
1917 U.C.D.
1918 Not Played
1919 U.C.G.
1920 U.C.C.
1921 Not Played
1922 U.C.C.
1923 U.C.D.
1925 U.C.C.
1926 U.C.G.
1927 U.C.D.
1928 U.C.C.
1929 U.C.C.
1930 U.C.C.
1931 U.C.C.
1932 U.C.D.
1933 U.C.C.
1934 U.C.D.
1935 U.C.D.
1936 U.C.D.
1937 U.C.C.
1938 U.C.D.
1939 U.C.C.
1940 U.C.C.
1941 U.C.D.
1942 U.C.G.
1943 Not Played
1944 U.C.D.
1945 U.C.G.
1946 U.C.G.
1947 U.C.C.
1948 U.C.D.
1949 U.C.G.
1950 U.C.D.
1951 U.C.D.
1952 U.C.D.
1953 Q.U.B.
1954 Competition declared
null and void
1955 U.C.C.
1956 U.C.C.
1957 U.C.C.
1958 U.C.D.
1959 U.C.C.
1960 U.C.D.
1961 U.C.D.
1962 U.C.C.
1963 U.C.C.
1964 U.C.D.
1965 U.C.D.
1966 U.C.C.
1967 U.C.C.
1968 U.C.D.
1969 U.C.D.
1970 U.C.G.
1971 U.C.C.
1972 U.C.C.
1973 Maynooth
1974 Maynooth
1975 U.C.D.
1976 U.C.C.
1977 U.C.G.
1978 U.C.D.
1979 U.C.D.
1980 U.C.G.
1981 U.C.C.
1982 U.C.C.
1983 U.C.C.
1984 U.C.C.
1985 U.C.C.
1986 U.C.C.
1987 U.C.C.
1988 U.C.C.
1989 U.L.
1990 U.C.C.
1991 U.C.C.
1992 Waterford R.T.C.
1993 U.C.D.
1994 U.L.
1995 Waterford R.T.C.
1996 U.C.C.
1997 U.C.C.
1998 U.C.C.
1999 Waterford R.T.C.

Gaelic football

Sigerson Cup

Team County Wins Last win
University College Dublin (UCD) Dublin 32 1996
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG, formerly UCG) Galway 22 2003
University College Cork (UCC) Cork 19 1995
Queens University Belfast (QUB) Antrim 7 2000
University of Ulster, Jordanstown (UUJ) Antrim 4 2001
Institute of Technology, Sligo Sligo 3 2005
Institute of Technology, Tralee Kerry 3 1999
Dublin City University (DCU) Dublin 1 2006
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick (St. Mary's) Limerick 1 1989
National University of Ireland, Maynooth (NUIM) Kildare 1 1976

Other teams competing in 2006 with no titles so far:

Year Winners Score Finalists Score
1911 U.C. Dublin
1912 U.C. Galway
1913 U.C. Cork
1914 U.C. Cork
1915 U.C. Dublin
1916 U.C. Dublin
1917 U.C. Dublin
1918 Not Played
1919 U.C. Cork
1920 U.C. Dublin
1921 U.C. Galway
1922 U.C. Cork
1923 U.C. Dublin
1925 U.C. Cork
1926 U.C. Dublin
1927 U.C. Cork
1928 U.C. Dublin
1929 U.C. Dublin
1930 U.C. Dublin
1931 U.C. Dublin
1932 U.C. Dublin
1933 U.C. Galway
1934 U.C. Galway
1935 U.C. Dublin
1936 U.C. Galway
1937 U.C. Galway
1938 U.C. Galway
1939 U.C. Galway
1940 U.C. Galway
1941 U.C. Galway
1942 Not Played
1943 U.C. Cork
1944 U.C. Dublin
1945 U.C. Dublin
1946 U.C. Cork
1947 U.C. Dublin
1948 U.C. Galway
1949 U.C. Dublin
1950 U.C. Galway
1951 U.C. Cork
1952 U.C. Cork
1953 U.C. Dublin
1954 U.C. Galway
1955 U.C. Dublin
1956 U.C. Dublin
1957 U.C. Dublin
1958 Q.U. Belfast
1959 U.C. Dublin
1960 U.C. Galway
1961 U.C. Dublin
1962 U.C. Galway
1963 U.C. Galway
1964 Q.U. Belfast
1965 U.C. Cork
1966 U.C. Cork
1967 No Competition
1968 U.C. Dublin
1969 U.C. Cork
1970 U.C. Cork
1971 Q.U. Belfast
1972 U.C. Cork
1973 U.C. Dublin
1974 U.C. Dublin
1975 U.C. Dublin
1976 Maynooth
1977 U.C. Dublin
1978 U.C. Dublin
1979 U.C. Dublin
1980 U.C. Galway
1981 U.C. Galway
1982 Q.U. Belfast
1983 U.C. Galway
1984 U.C. Galway
1985 U.C. Dublin
1986 U.U. Jordanstown
1987 U.U. Jordanstown
1988 U.C. Cork
1989 St. Mary's
1990 Q.U. Belfast
1991 U.U. Jordanstown
1992 U.C. Galway
1993 Q.U. Belfast
1994 U.C. Cork
1995 U.C. Cork
1996 U.C. Dublin
1997 Tralee R.T.C.
1998 I.T.Tralee.
1999 I.T.Tralee
2000 Q.U. Belfast U.C. Dublin
2001 U.U.J. U.C. Dublin
2002 Sligo I.T. U.C. Cork
2003 N.U.I. Galway U.C. Dublin
2004 Sligo I.T. U.C. Dublin
2005 Sligo I.T. Q.U. Belfast
2006 Dublin C.U. Q.U. Belfast


British University Gaelic Football Championships

Year Winner Score Runner-up Score
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996 Liverpool John Moore's
1997
1998
1999 Liverpool John Moore's Abertay University, Dundee
2000 St. Mary's Strawberry Hill, London Abertay University, Dundee
2001
2002 St. Mary's Strawberry Hill, London
2003 St. Mary's Strawberry Hill, London
2004 St. Mary's Strawberry Hill, London
2005 St. Mary's Strawberry Hill, London 1-8 Hope University, Liverpool 0-10
2006 Liverpool John Moore's 0-7 Hope University, Liverpool 0-5

External links

Sigerson Cup (football)
Fitzgibbon Cup (hurling)

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