The Dublin county football team represents

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in men's

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and is governed by

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, the

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of the

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. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the

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, the

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and the

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. Dublin's official home ground is

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. However, the team generally plays its home games at

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. The team's manager is

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. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in

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, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in

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and the National League in

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. Dublin claimed eleven consecutive Leinster Senior Football Championships following a three-point victory over

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in 2011, a three-point victory over

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in 2012, a seven-point victory over Meath in 2013, a sixteen-point victory over Meath in 2014, a thirteen-point victory over

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in 2015, a fifteen-point victory over Westmeath in 2016, a nine-point victory over

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in 2017, an eighteen-point victory over

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in 2018, a sixteen-point victory over Meath in 2019, a twenty one-point victory over Meath in 2020 and an eight-point victory over Kildare in 2021.

History

left, 1899 Dublin team that won the All-Ireland championship

defeated Dublin in the final of the 1890

(SFC). Dublin won its first Leinster SFC the following year by defeating

in the final, and followed up by winning its first

(SFC) by defeating

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by a scoreline of 2–1 to 1–1 in the

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. Dublin retained the Leinster SFC in 1892, defeating

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in the final and then retained the All-Ireland SFC with victory over Kerry by a scoreline of 1–4 to 0–3 in the 1892 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Heffernan and Hanahoe: 1974–1986

Starting from the 1970s, the Dublin team managed by Kevin Heffernan (and briefly by

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) won four All-Ireland SFCs (1974, 1976, 1977 and 1983) and seven Leinster Senior Football Championship (SFC) titles (six of which were consecutive). It was also the first team to play in six consecutive All-Ireland SFC finals (from 1974 to 1979), a feat later matched by Kerry in 2009. In January 1986, Heffernan resigned as Dublin manager.

Post-Heffernan years: 1986–2008

Dublin and

were involved in one of the most famous of Leinster SFC encounters in 1991, the Dublin and Meath four-parter. The teams had to go to three replays in their Leinster SFC first round match before a winner could be found. This series of games had the added factor of Dublin and Meath being long-time fierce rivals, a rivalry that intensified when Meath won four from the previous five Leinster SFCs and two All-Ireland SFCs over the previous five years, to replace Dublin as the strongest team in the

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. Meath eventually won the series, thanks to a last-minute goal scored by Kevin Foley, and a point scored by

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, in the third replay. Foley took seven steps for the winning goal. Dublin qualified for the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final by defeating surprise Munster champions

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in the All-Ireland SFC semi-final. However, the county was surprised itself in the final to be defeated unexpectedly by Donegal. Dublin qualified for the

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by defeating surprise Connacht champions Leitrim in the All-Ireland SFC semi-final. However, the county lost to

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in the final on this occasion. The following year, Dublin won the

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, defeating Tyrone by a single point.

Gilroy, Gavin, Farrell: 2008–

In the 2010s, Dublin produced the greatest teams in modern times. The Dubs won seven All-Ireland SFCs in this decade (five of which were consecutive, the first team to achieve this feat). Six of these were won without defeat (with the exception of one loss to

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is a Gaelic football coach, and former player, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as a player with, and later manager of, the Donegal county team. Since 2023, he has been manager, for ...

's Donegal in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final). Dublin limited Cork, Donegal and Kerry to a single All-Ireland SFC each during that decade.

Pat Gilroy Pat Gilroy (born 3 November 1971) is a former Gaelic footballer and manager, who most recently managed the senior Dublin county team (2009-2012). A former Dublin footballer himself, he led Dublin to their first All-Ireland Senior Football Champi ...

led Dublin to the first of these All-Ireland SFCs in 2011. Jim Gavin led Dublin to the next six from 2013, including the five-in-a-row from 2015 onwards. He introduced new players to the team each year, starting with

Paul Mannion Paul Mannion (born 25 May 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Kilmacud Crokes club and formerly for the Dublin county team. He transferred to Donegal Boston in 2022. Personal He studied International Commerce and Chinese i ...

and

Jack McCaffrey Jack McCaffrey (born 19 October 1993) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Clontarf GAA, Clontarf. Early and personal life His father Noel McCaffrey, Noel also represented Dublin in football. McCaffrey attended Belvedere College private school ...

in 2013, continuing with

Cormac Costello Cormac Costello (born 18 July 1994) is a Gaelic football forward for the Dublin county team, with which he has won eight All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals and five National Football League medals. The former Ardscoil Rís studen ...

and Nicky Devereaux in 2014, followed by

Brian Fenton Brian Fenton (born 2 March 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Raheny club and previously for the Dublin county team. He was the 2018 and 2020 GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year. Education and family His father (Brian senior), is from ...

and John Small in 2015 and Davy Byrne in 2016. On 25 March 2017, when beating

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by 2–29 to 0–14 in a National League game at Croke Park, Dublin set a new record of playing 35 games in League and Championship without defeat. The previous record, held by Kerry, had stood for 84 years. Jim Gavin continued to introduce new players, with Con O'Callaghan and

Niall Scully Niall Scully (born 19 April 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Templeogue Synge Street Templeogue Synge Street ( Irish: ''Teach Mealóg Sráid Singe'') is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dublin, Ireland. Synge Stree ...

appearing in 2017 and Brian Howard and

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emerging in 2018. But Gavin tended to wait one year from when he noticed them to introduce them to his team, O'Callaghan having been ready in 2016 and Howard in 2017. Jim Gavin stood down as manager in 2019.

Alan Brogan Alan Brogan (born 11 January 1982) is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who played for the Dublin county team from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He can play in the full forward line but usually played cen ...

noted in 2020: "The only year he didn't do it ntroduce new playerswas last year. Last year, im Gavinkept with the same players which, in hindsight, leads you to believe that maybe he had it in the back of his mind it would be his final year".

replaced him. Mayo defeated Dublin in the semi-final of the 2021 All-Ireland SFC, ending a record run of six consecutive All-Ireland SFC titles for Dublin and marking the team's first championship loss since the 2014 semi-final. A year later, Dublin met the same fate when Kerry defeated Dublin in the 2022 All-Ireland SFC semi-final, Kerry's first victory against Dublin since 2009. Dublin were also relegated from Division one that same season but returned to top flight in 2023 beating Derry in the Division 2 league final

Colours and crest

Kit evolution

Till 1918, Dublin wore the colours of the Club Champions as was also the case in many other counties. In 1918 they adopted the well-known sky shirt with the Dublin shield, even if the kit has been for many years different compared to the actual one: collar and shorts were in fact white and the socks hooped, white and blue. The change to the present look, with dark blue details, shorts and socks, was made in 1974. Navy sleeves on the jersey were not used from 2013 until 2023. ;Notes

Team sponsorship

The following is a list of sponsors of the Dublin county football team (senior).

Management team

:''As of December 2020'': *

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s: Shane O'Hanlon, Mick Galvin, Brian O'Regan *

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: Darren Daly *

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s: James Allen, Niall Barry, Kieran O'Reilly *Analysis team: Stephen Behan, John Courtney, Frankie Roeback, Ciarán Toner * Kitmen: David Boylan, John Campbell *Performance development coach:

Bryan Cullen Bryan Cullen (born 7 April 1984) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a left wing-forward at senior level for the Dublin county team. Cullen announced his retirement on 9 January 2015. He stated 'I would like to extend my since ...

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: Seamus McCormack *

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: Josh Moran * Team doctors: Kieran O'Malley, Diarmuid Smith *Sports therapists: Richard Daly, Paul Donnelly *

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s: Daniel Davey, Neil Irwin *

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: Chris Farrell *

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: David Hendrick *Development gym coach: Shane Malone *Gym coach: Tommy Mooney *Performance consultants: Brendan Murphy, Seán Murphy

Panel

^INJ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team.
^RET Player has since retired from the county team.
^WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Supporters

Dublin supporters are commonly known as ''The Dubs'', and in the 1970s as ''Heffo's army''. While songs are still popular with the Dublin fans they tend to be Dublin-centric, such as "

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" and "

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", or focus on the team itself, singing "Come on You Boys in Blue". The

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end in

is an area for which many Dubs hold a special affection and it is not uncommon to see the Hill filled entirely with Dubs. Dublin supporters have been known to chant "Hill 16 is Dublin only" as a humorous jibe at supporters from rival teams. The Dublin team are sometimes called ''The Jacks'', with the ladies called ''The Jackies''. These names came from a shortening of the word

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Rivalries

Dublin's biggest rivalry has been with nearby

. Both counties were the strongest sides from Leinster during the 1970s and 1980s. The 1991 four-game tie added to the intensity between the two counties. The Dublin football team also shares a rivalry with neighbours

. Lesser local rivalries exist with nearby

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and

. On a national level Dublin's rivalry with Kerry is one of Ireland's most renowned. The rivalry between the two counties intensified in the 1970s and early 1980s. Other smaller footballing rivalries have developed over the decades between Dublin and teams such as

, Tyrone (see

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), Donegal and

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, who Dublin played in the 1983 Final known as the Game of Shame.

Managerial history

Dublin — like

, Kerry and Tyrone — traditionally appoints managers from inside, rather than seeking a "foreign" appointment. Kevin Heffernan 1974–76

1976–78 Kevin Heffernan (2) 1978–86

Brian Mullins Brian Mullins (27 September 1954 – 30 September 2022) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. He played football with his local club St Vincent's and was a senior member of the Dublin county team from 1974 until 1985. Mullins late ...

Robbie Kelleher Robbie Kelleher is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county team. He is All-Ireland winning. Biography He grew up in Glasnevin, County Dublin. He was educated at Coláiste Mhuire, where he excelled in his studies which incl ...

& Seán Doherty 1986

Gerry McCaul Gerry McCaul is a former Gaelic football manager and player who spent time in both roles with the senior Dublin county team. Before being appointed as manager of Dublin, McCaul had been the player-manager A player–coach (also playing coach, ...

1986–90

Paddy Cullen Patrick Cullen (18 October 1944 – 6 February 2025) was an Irish Gaelic football manager and player. His league and championship career at senior level with the Dublin county team spanned thirteen years from 1966 to 1979. Career Born in St ...

1990–92

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1992–95

Mickey Whelan Mickey Whelan is former selector on the senior Dublin county team, he was a selector for Pat Gilroy who played for him while he managed St Vincent's. He is a former player and manager of Dublin and St Vincent's senior football teams. He is a f ...

1995–97 Tommy Carr 1997–01

Tommy Lyons Tommy Lyons is an Irish former Gaelic football manager and player from County Mayo who managed two inter-county teams. He was also a regular panellist/analyst on RTÉ's ''The Sunday Game''. Although born in County Mayo, Lyons considers himself ...

2001–04

Paul Caffrey Paul Caffrey is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Na Fianna club and for the Dublin county team. He is also a former manager of his county team and is a Dublin-based Garda. Background Caffrey grew up on Dorset Street on the Nort ...

2004–08

2008–12 Jim Gavin 2012–2019

2019–

Players

Notable players

Records

* Johnny Joyce, by scoring 5–3 against Longford in 1960, set a record for the highest individual scorer in any championship football match.

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of Fermanagh, with 3–9 against Monaghan in 2002, matched this record after 42 years.

Cillian O'Connor Cillian O'Connor (born 1992) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Ballintubber and the Mayo county team. O'Connor is the leading all-time top scorer in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Career O'Connor made his Ballintub ...

's four goals (accompanied by nine points) in the

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semi-final at

broke that record after a further 18 years. *In 1995,

Brian Stynes Brian Stynes (born 29 September 1971) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for the Dublin county football team, Dublin county team and now resides in Australia. He attended De La Salle College, Churchtown, Dublin. Playing career Australian ...

became the second former

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player to win the Sam Maguire Cup, following

Dermot McNicholl Dermot McNicholl (born 6 November 1965) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Derry county team in the 1980s and 1990s. He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Championship winning side, also winning Ulster Senior Football C ...

in 1993. *

Dean Rock Dean Rock (born 26 February 1990) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who was a senior member of the Dublin county team from 2013 to 2023. He has represented Dublin at all grades, Minor, Junior, U21 and Senior. He is a noted free taker and scored t ...

holds the record for the fastest goal scored in the history of All-Ireland SFC finals, after sending the ball past David Clarke directly from the throw-in of the 2020 final, breaking Kerryman Garry McMahon's record which had stood since the 1962 final.

Most appearances

Stephen Cluxton Stephen Cluxton (born 17 December 1981) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Dublin county team. Cluxton made his senior debut for Dublin during the 2001 Championship. Since then he has established h ...

made his 112th appearance in the All-Ireland Football Championship when he captained Dublin to their six-in-a-row on 19 December 2020. Cluxton became his county's most capped player, overtaking

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's record against Meath in the National League on 17 October 2020.

Top scorers

is the team's all-time record scorer, surpassing the long-time record of

Jimmy Keaveney James Keaveney (born 12 February 1945) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career at senior level with the Dublin county team spanned sixteen seasons from 1964 to 1980. Keaveney is widely regarded as one of Dublin ...

against Meath on 17 October 2020. The early goal for Rock in this National League match at Parnell Park meant Rock had scored 17–442 (493), one ahead of Keaveney's 30–402 (492). Rock achieved this in 95 appearances to Keaveney's 104.

Cú Chulainn Awards

1963: Paddy Holden,

Des Foley Desmond Foley (12 September 1940 – 5 February 1995) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler of the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a politician and represented Fianna Fáil in Dáil Éireann. Sports Desmond Foley was born into a farming fam ...

1964: Paddy Holden^2nd
1965: Paddy Holden^3rd, Des Foley^2nd

Texaco Footballer of the Year

1963: Lar Foley
1974: Kevin Heffernan
1976:

1977: Jimmy Keaveney^2nd
1983:

Tommy Drumm Tommy Drumm (born 22 March 1955) is an Irish former sportman. He lived on Collins Avenue West. He attended (Primary) The School of the Holy Child, Larkhill, Whitehall, and (Secondary) St Aidan's Christian brothers School, Dublin 9. He played Gael ...

1995: Paul Curran
2010:

Bernard Brogan Jnr Bernard Brogan (born 3 April 1984) is a Gaelic footballer from the St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh club who previously played for the Dublin county team. He is originally from the Battery Heights. From a famous footballing family, he is the ...

2011:

All Stars

*6 All Stars: Cluxton,

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*5 All Stars: Fenton,

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*4 All Stars: B. Brogan Jnr, J. McCaffrey,

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, Cullen,

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*3 All Stars: A. Brogan, O'Toole, B. Rock, Redmond,

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, D. Rock,

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O'Carroll O'Carroll (), also known as simply Carroll, Carrol or Carrell, is a Gaelic Irish clan which is the most prominent sept of the Ciannachta (also known as Clan Cian). Their genealogies claim that they are kindred with the Eóganachta (themsel ...

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Michael Darragh Macauley Michael Darragh MacAuley is a Gaelic footballer who plays club football for Ballyboden St Enda's. He played at inter-county level for the Dublin county team from 2010 until 2020, winning eight All-Ireland medals. With Ballyboden St Enda's, h ...

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Philly McMahon Philip "Philly" McMahon (born 5 September 1987) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Ballymun Kickhams club and, previously, for the Dublin county team. Since retiring from inter-county football in 2021, McMahon has written for the ''Iris ...

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Under 21 Footballer of the Year

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Rory O'Carroll Rory O'Carroll (born 30 November 1989) is a footballer and hurler with Dublin and Kilmacud Crokes. He lined out as the full back on the Dublin senior football team. He is the brother of inter-county footballer and hurler Ross O'Carroll, inter-co ...

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Ciarán Kilkenny Ciarán Kilkenny (born 7 July 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Dublin county team and as a dual player for his club Castleknock. He was previously on the playing list of Australian rules football club Hawthorn, as a rooki ...

2014: Conor McHugh
2017: Aaron Byrne

Under 20 Footballer of the Year

2019: Ciarán Archer

Honours

Dublin has won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) final on 31 occasions – only Kerry, with 38 All-Ireland SFC titles, has won more. Dublin defeated Mayo by five points in the 132nd All-Ireland Final on 19 December 2020. This was their eighth championship since 2011. Dublin is the only county team in men's football or hurling to have won six consecutive All-Ireland Championships. Dublin has also won the Leinster Championship on 63 occasions, and is the current Leinster champion, having beaten Louth in 2024. This result was their consecutive eighth, making history and saw it become Leinster champions for the twelfth time in thirteen years. Only Meath has split their wins, winning the Leinster Championship in 2010. Dublin has won the

on 14 occasions, most recently in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2021. Only Kerry (21) has more league titles.

National

** Winners (31): 1891, 1892, 1894, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1942, 1958, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1983, 1995,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

** Runners-up (13): 1896, 1904, 1920, 1924, 1934, 1955, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994 *

** Winners (14): 1952–53, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

(shared) ** Runners-up (14): 1925–26, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1998–99,

All-Ireland Junior Football Championship The All-Ireland Junior Football Championship is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA competition It has historically consisted of two entirely different formats before and after 2021, but has retained the same name. Since 2022, the competition ...

** Winners (6): 1914, 1916, 1939, 1948, 1960, 2008 * All-Ireland Under-21/Under-20 Football Championship ** Winners (5): 2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017 ** Runners-up (5): 1975, 1980, 2002, 2019, 2020 *

All-Ireland Minor Football Championship The Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in Gaelic football played in Ireland. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it was replaced by an under ...

** Winners (11): 1930, 1945, 1954, 1955, 1956,

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

1959 Events January * January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

** Runners-up (7): 1946, 1948, 1978, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2011

Provincial

** Winners (63): 1891, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1932, 1933,

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

, 1941, 1942, 1955,

, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 ** Runners-up (23): 1890, 1895,

1910 Events January * January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military. * January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...

1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1944,

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

, 1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001 *

O'Byrne Cup The O'Byrne Cup is a Gaelic football competition organized by the Leinster GAA and first staged in 1954. History The competition is named in honour of Matt Byrne (b. 14 February 1870), a former Wicklow GAA club and county officer. By virtue of ...

** Winners (9): 1956, 1958,

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

, 1966,

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Leinster Junior Football Championship The Leinster Junior Football Championship was a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games were organised by the Leinster Council. The competition ran from 1905 ...

** Winners (20): 1908, 1914, 1916, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951,

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1971, 1983,

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a n ...

, 1987,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, 2008 * Leinster Under-21/Under-20 Football Championship ** Winners (16): 1974, 1975, 1980, 1984, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010,

, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 ** Runners-up (9): 1976, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2018, 2021, 2022 *

Leinster Minor Football Championship The Leinster Minor Football Championship is the premier under-17 "knockout" competition in gaelic football played in the province of Leinster. 2017 was the final year of the minor under 18 football championship as it were replaced by an under 17 ...

** Winners (33): 1930, 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956,

, 1959, 1961, 1968, 1970,

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 ** Runners-up (16): 1929,

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...

, 1947, 1950, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2019, 2021

Other

* RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award ** Winners (1): 2019

References

External links

* "Decades of the Dubs"
2000–2009
{{GAA National Leagues County football teams