The Cavan county hurling team represents

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and is governed by Cavan GAA, the

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of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Lory Meagher Cup and the

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. Cavan's home ground is Breffni Park,

. The team's manager is Ollie Bellew.

History

1908–2011

Cavan represented Ulster in the semi-final of the

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, but lost the delayed Ulster final to

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. Cavan reached the Ulster final six times, but never won the competition. Cavan won the Ulster Junior Hurling Championship in 1983 and 1985, as well as Division 4 of the

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. After an extended period of poor results, on 26 April 2011, Cavan announced that they would withdraw from Senior hurling for the foreseeable future, citing poor attendance at training and lack of numbers. This left Cavan as the only county in Ireland without a senior hurling team. In the next few years, the county board focused on developing hurling at underage level.

2017–present

After six years without fielding a team, Cavan played in the Lory Meagher Cup in

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. Cavan re-entered the

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, competing in Division 3B. Cavan reached the final of the Lory Meagher Cup for the first time in

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after a win over Louth. The final took place in

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on 31 July 2021, with Cavan facing Fermanagh. Fermanagh won the match by 3–26 to 1–17. Cavan topped the Division 3B table in

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, reaching the final for the first time. Cavan claimed their first silverware since the reformation of the team, with a 0–17 to 0–16 win over Leitrim.

Current panel

Current management team

* Manager: Ollie Bellew * Selector: Tomás Mannion

Managerial history

Honours

National

* Lory Meagher Cup ** Runners-up (1):

Division 3B ** Winners (1):

Division 4 ** Winners (1):

Provincial

* Ulster Senior Hurling Championship ** Runners-up (6): 1908, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1936 * Ulster Junior Hurling Championship ** Winners (2): 1983, 1985 ** Runners-up (2): 1988, 1994

References

{{GAA National Leagues County hurling teams