Connacht Senior Cup is an association football

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organised by the

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. This cup competition should not be confused with the more regularly played Connacht Junior Cup which has effectively been the top level competition for non-

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clubs when the Senior Cup has been inactive.

History

Connacht Senior League

Between 1981 and 1982 and 1999–2000, when the Connacht Senior League, was active the Connacht Senior Cup featured the members of the CSL and the champions of four junior leagues based in the province – the

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, the Sligo-Leitrim League, the

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and the Roscommon & District League. Junior sides did well and featured in the first ten finals, winning four of them. In later seasons there were two more junior winners but all-Connacht Senior League finals became more common. The competition ended when the Senior league ended in 2000. During this era teams from the CSL also played in a separate league cup competition known as the Connacht Senior League Challenge Cup. Connacht Sentinel
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Revival

In 2007 a second Connacht Senior Cup was launched. This featured the top two teams from the

, the Sligo-Leitrim League, the

and the Roscommon & District League plus the Connacht teams that played in the

List of finals

Notes

References

{{Association football cup competitions in Ireland Defunct association football cup competitions in the Republic of Ireland Association football cup competitions in Connacht Connacht Senior League (association football) 1981 establishments in Ireland