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The Dublin City Cup is a defunct
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football tournament which was played for by all
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sides (and not just those from
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city as the name suggests). It ran from 1933 and ran uninterrupted until 1973. In the 1975–76 season it was revived and played for by sides who did not reach the
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quarter-finals. In 1983–84 it was revived again but only eight teams were invited to play, the six
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sides ( Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne, St Patrick's Athletic, UCD and Home Farm) along with
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and
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. It was played in a variety of formats; from complete round robin series to straight knock out tournaments. From the 1951–52 season it was played as a knockout tournament. It was traditionally seen as the fourth most important competition for League of Ireland sides (after the
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, FAI Cup and
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or
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). In both 1956–57 and 1959–60 Shamrock Rovers drew with Drumcondra in the final but won the trophy based on the unusual tiebreaker of having been awarded more
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s.


List of winners

* 1934-35*
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* 1935-36 Bohemians * 1936-37 Sligo Rovers * 1937-38
Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
* 1938-39 St James's Gate * 1939-40 Drumcondra * 1940-41 Drumcondra * 1941-42 Shelbourne * 1942-43
Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
* 1943-44 Cork United * 1944-45 Shamrock Rovers * 1945-46 Cork United * 1946-47 Shelbourne * 1947-48 Shamrock Rovers * 1948-49
Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
* 1949-50 Drumcondra * 1950-51 Drumcondra * 1951-52 Drumcondra * 1952-53 Shamrock Rovers * 1953-54 St Patrick's Athletic * 1954-55 Shamrock Rovers * 1955-56 St Patrick's Athletic * 1956-57 Shamrock Rovers * 1957-58 Shamrock Rovers * 1958-59
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* 1959-60 Shamrock Rovers * 1960-61 Drumcondra * 1961-62
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* 1962-63 Shelbourne * 1963-64 Shamrock Rovers * 1964-65 Shelbourne * 1965-66 Cork Hibernians * 1966-67 Shamrock Rovers * 1967-68
Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
* 1968-69
Dundalk Dundalk ( ; ga, Dún Dealgan ), meaning "the fort of Dealgan", is the county town (the administrative centre) of County Louth, Ireland. The town is on the Castletown River, which flows into Dundalk Bay on the east coast of Ireland. It is h ...
* 1969-70
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* 1970-71 Cork Hibernians * 1971-72
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* 1972-73 Cork Hibernians * 1975-76 St Patrick's Athletic * 1983-84 Shamrock Rovers


See also

*
League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally use ...
* FAI Cup *
League of Ireland Cup The League of Ireland Cup ( ga, Corn Sraithe na hÉireann), also referred to in Ireland as the 'League Cup', is an annual knockout competition in men's football in the Republic of Ireland. It is contested by League of Ireland clubs and invited c ...
*
League of Ireland Shield The League of Ireland Shield ( ga, Sciath Sraithe na hÉireann) is a defunct Irish football tournament which was introduced when the League of Ireland started in 1921 and ran uninterrupted until 1972. It was played before the league season began ...


External links


Dublin City Cup on rsssf.com
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