Connacht colleges senior football "A"

championship In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

, is the top level

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competition for secondary schools in

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. They compete for the Aonghus Murphy Memorial Cup. The winners advance to the

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, the All-Ireland colleges senior "A" football championship.

St Colman's College, Claremorris St Colman's College is an all-boys Catholic secondary school in Claremorris, County Mayo History The school was founded in 1945, as a school for the boys of Claremorris to attend instead of having to travel to Ballinrobe. An Old Manor House on t ...

beat

St Gerald's College, Castlebar St Gerald's College is an Irish all-boys De La Salle secondary school located in Castlebar, County Mayo. As of September 2016, there are approximately 45 teachers and 600 students attending the school. The original school was opened in 1908. ...

0-15 to 1-11 in an all-Mayo final in

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on 15 March to win the 2019 championship. The teams met in the Connacht "A" League Final earlier in the year when St Gerald's came out the victors.

beat Summerhill College, Sligo 1-13 to 0-10 in Charlestown GAA Club on 7 March to win the 2020 championship. The teams met in the Connacht "A" League Final earlier in the year when St Gerald's also came out the victors. St Jarlath's College,

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(with 49 wins, the competition's most successful team) beat

by a scoreline of 3-06 to 0-09 on 12 February 2022 in a crowded Tuam Stadium in tough conditions to add to their record of 48 titles and make it 49. Man-of-the-match Paddy Egan (from the Corofin club) scored the two crucial goals for St Jarlath's College.

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Finals listed by year

* Teams in bold went on to win the

in the same year.

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{{Reflist Gaelic football competitions in Connacht

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