The Ryan Cup is the tier 2 hurling championship for third level colleges, the

Fitzgibbon Cup The Fitzgibbon Cup ( ga, Corn Mhic Giobúin) is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland. The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered ...

being the tier 1 hurling championship trophy. The Ryan Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG), the GAA's Higher Education Council. At some time either in the late 1980s or in the early 1990s, the Ryan Cup - the trophy for the Division 1 Gaelic football league - was presented to the winners of what was then the Division II Championship (non-university). As a result of this mix-up, the Division II Championship became colloquially known as the 'Ryan Cup'. Unfortunately several other GAA trophy competitions bear this name, including still the Higher Education First-Division football league. The GAA Higher Education Cup Championships are sponsored by Electric Ireland. The Ryan Cup was previously sponsored by Independent.ie 014-2017 Irish Daily Mail 012-2013 Ulster Bank 007-2011 Datapac 003-2006and Bus Éireann 998-2002

Ryan Cup Tournament 2018-19

2018-19 Group A Qualifying

Qualifiers: Galway-Mayo IT; Ulster University

2018-19 Group B Qualifying

Qualifiers: Institute of Technology Tralee; Athlone IT

2018-19 Finals Tournament

Roll of honour

Colleges by wins

Ryan Cup Champion Colleges

Compiled from ''The Cups That Cheered''.Dónal McAnallen (2012) The Cups That Cheered: A History of the Sigerson, Fitzgibbon and Higher Education Gaelic Games, page 518, The Collins Press, Cork The current names of academic institutions are shown in parentheses. * 1976/77 Cork RTC ork IT* 1977/78 St Patrick's TC, Drumcondra * 1978/79 RTC Carlow T Carlow* 1979/80 Cork RTC ork IT* 1980/81 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick * 1981/82 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick * 1982/83 Limerick RTC imerick IT* 1983/84 Thomond College niversity of Limerick* 1984/85 Limerick RTC (Limerick IT) * 1985/86 Thomond College niversity of Limerick* 1986/87 Waterford RTC aterford IT* 1987/88 Limerick RTC imerick IT* 1988/89 Cork RTC ork IT* 1989/90 Galway RTC alway-Mayo IT* 1990/91 RTC Carlow T Carlow* 1991/92 Limerick RTC imerick IT* 1992/93 RTC Carlow T Carlow* 1993/94 Dublin IT * 1994/95 Garda Síochána College * 1995/96 Athlone RTC thlone IT* 1996/97 RTC Tralee * 1997/98 Dublin City University * 1998/99 IT Sligo * 1999/00 Cork Colleges of Further Education * 2000/01 Limerick IT * 2001/02 Dublin City University * 2002/03 Tipperary Institute imerick IT Tipperary* 2003/04 Cork Colleges of Further Education * 2004/05 IT Sligo * 2005/06 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick * 2006/07 RTC Tralee * 2007/08 Maynooth University * 2008/09 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick * 2009/10 IT Carlow * 2010/11 RTC Tralee * 2011/12 Mary Immaculate College, Limerick * 2012/13 Limerick IT Tipperary * 2013/14 NUI Maynooth aynooth University* 2014/15 Trinity College Dublin * 2015/16 Trinity College Dublin * 2016/17 Garda Síochána College * 2017/18 Maynooth University * 2018/19 Galway-Mayo IT * 2019/20 * 2020/21 * 2021/22 MTU Kerry Campus *

Captains of winning teams

Man of The Match awardees

Finals listed by year

Under Match Details below, academic institutions are referred to by their names at the time of the competition. References give the current names of the institutions.

References

{{Gaelic games at universities and third-level colleges 1976 establishments in Ireland Hurling competitions at Irish universities Hurling cup competitions