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competition organised by the Ulster Council of the

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(GAA). It is the highest inter-county football competition for male players between the ages of 17 and 20 in the

province of Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

. The championship was contested as the Ulster Under-21 Championship between 1963 and

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before changing to an under-20 age category from

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. It is sponsored by

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. The final, currently held in March, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during a three-week period, and the results determine which team receives the J. J. Fahy Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. The Ulster Championship is an integral part of the wider

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. The winners of the Ulster final, like their counterparts in the other three provinces, advance to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. Nine teams currently participate in the Ulster Championship. Tyrone are the most successful team with 14 titles. The title has been won at least once by all nine teams, with all of them winning the title more than once. Tyrone are the current champions.

Wins Listed By County

Finals Listed By Year

Records and statistics

Final

Team

*Most titles: 15: ** Tyrone (1972, 1973, 1980, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2022) *Most consecutive title wins: 4: ** Tyrone (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) **

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bally ...

( 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) *Most appearances in a final: 23: ** Tyrone (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2022)

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Ulster Championship titles, is as follows: * 1960s: 3 for Donegal (1963–64-6) * 1970s: 3 for Down (1977-78-79) * 1980s: 2 each for Donegal (1982–87), Derry (1983–86) and Down (1985–86) * 1990s: 3 for Tyrone (1990-91-92) * 2000s: 5 for Tyrone (2000-01-02-03-06) * 2010s: 4 for Cavan (2011-12-13-14)

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles: * 23 years:

Fermanagh Historically, Fermanagh ( ga, Fir Manach), as opposed to the modern County Fermanagh, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Fermanagh. ''Fir Manach'' originally referred to a distinct kin group of al ...

(1971-1994) * 21 years:

Derry Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...

(1997-2018) * 20 years: Down (1985-2005) * 18 years:

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(1981-1999) * 17 years:

(1999-2016) * 16 years:

Donegal Donegal may refer to: County Donegal, Ireland * County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster * Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland * Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...

(1966-1982) * 15 years:

(1995-2010) * 15 years:

(1996-2011) * 14 years: Antrim (1975-1989) * 12 years: Down (1965-1977)

Sources

Roll of Honour on gaainfo.com

www.kilkennygaa.ie Roll of Honour
(at ''Downloads/2011 Bible Web.pdf'')

References

{{Ulster Council

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...