The FBD, also called the FBD Insurance League, FBD Connacht League, the Connacht FBD Football League or FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition, is an annual

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competition organised by

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and sponsored by FBD. The participants are the five county teams. Formerly several third-level college teams also competed, but from 2018 onward it became an all-county tournament. In 2019 and 2020 it was a knockout tournament with no league element, and so it was called the "Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition"; in 2023 it was simply referred to as "the FBD." It was cancelled in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, but returned in January 2022. Galway lead the way with most titles. The trophy is named for Paddy Francis Dwyer (1937–1994), a longtime referee and official with

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and the Roscommon County Board; he was also an activist in the

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in their 1966–67 farmers' rights campaign. He was the manager of FBD Insurance in the Connacht region.

Winners

No tournament was held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

{{FBD Insurance League Connacht GAA inter-county football competitions Gaelic football leagues in Ireland 1995 establishments in Ireland Sports leagues established in 1995