2019 Cavan Senior Football Championship

The 2019 Cavan Senior Football Championship was the 110th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 12 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

2019 Cavan SFC

Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2019
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	26 July - 13 October 2019
Teams	12
Defending champions	Castlerahan
Winners
Champions	Castlerahan (2nd win)
Manager	Donal Keogan
Captain	David Wright & Ronan Flanagan
Qualify for	2019 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Ramor United
Manager	Ray Cole
Captain	Eoin Somerville & Simon Cadden
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Cootehill
Other
Player of the Year	Oisin O'Connell (Castlerahan)

The championship starts with a league stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.

Castlerahan were the defending champions after they defeated Crosserlough in the previous years final.

This was Mullahoran's return the senior grade after a one year absence after claiming the 2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship title.

Castlerahan won their second title in a row, defeating neighbours Ramor United in the final.[1][2]

Team Changes

[3]

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 championship season.

To S.F.C. Promoted from 2018 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Mullahoran - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C. Relegated to 2019 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship Ballinagh

League Stage

All 12 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a seeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 3 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff. If teams are level on points and a place in the Quarter-Final is at stake, a Playoff will be conducted to determine who goes through.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PD	Pts
1	Castlerahan	4	3	1	0	+17	7
2	Kingscourt Stars	4	3	1	0	+13	7
3	Ramor United	4	3	0	1	+5	6
4	Crosserlough	4	3	0	1	+29	6
5	Lavey	4	2	1	1	+6	5
6	Gowna	4	2	0	2	+22	4
7	Cavan Gaels	4	2	0	2	+6	4
8	Killygarry	4	2	0	2	-4	4
9	Lacken	4	1	1	2	-2	3
10	Shercock	4	1	0	3	-11	2
11	Mullahoran	4	0	0	4	-27	0
12	Cootehill	4	0	0	4	-54	0

Round 1

26 July 2019 Round 1	Mullahoran	0-11 – 0-13	Ramor United	Sheelin Park
				Referee: Packie Smith

2 August 2019 Round 1	Castlerahan	1-14 – 1-10	Killygarry	Joe Crowe Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

3 August 2019 Round 1	Cavan Gaels	4-17 – 1-15	Lavey	St. Felim's Park
				Referee: Tony Gregory

3 August 2019 Round 1	Cootehill	2-6 – 2-12	Lacken	Athletic Grounds
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

4 August 2019 Round 1	Crosserlough	4-8 – 1-10	Shercock	Lavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: James Clarke

4 August 2019 Round 1	Kingscourt Stars	0-12 – 0-9	Gowna	Dolan Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

[4]

Round 2

9 August 2019 Round 2	Castlerahan	0-16 – 0-16	Lavey	Breffni Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

9 August 2019 Round 2	Mullahoran	1-6 – 3-5	Shercock	Edwin Carolan Community Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

10 August 2019 Round 2	Kingscourt Stars	1-14 – 1-14	Lacken	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Chris McCaffrey

10 August 2019 Round 2	Cavan Gaels	0-9 – 2-15	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

11 August 2019 Round 2	Gowna	4-13 – 0-3	Cootehill	Ballinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Pat Clarke

11 August 2019 Round 2	Ramor United	0-17 – 3-10	Killygarry	Lavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

[5][6]

Round 3

23 August 2019 Round 3	Killygarry	0-15 – 2-15	Kingscourt Stars	Breffni Park
				Referee: Noel Mooney

24 August 2019 Round 3	Shercock	1-10 – 0-18	Castlerahan	Dolan Park
				Referee: Brendan Sweeney

24 August 2019 Round 3	Lacken	1-14 – 4-12	Gowna	Breffni Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

25 August 2019 Round 3	Lavey	1-14 – 0-11	Mullahoran	Dr. Plunkett Memorial Park
				Referee: John Emmo

25 August 2019 Round 3	Cootehill	1-11 – 3-20	Cavan Gaels	Annalee Park
				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

25 August 2019 Round 3	Ramor United	1-17 – 1-13	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

[7]

Round 4

31 August 2019 Round 4	Lacken	0-11 – 0-12	Ramor United	Breffni Park
				Referee: Tony Gregory

31 August 2019 Round 4	Kingscourt Stars	2-8 – 1-7	Shercock	St. Anne's Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

31 August 2019 Round 4	Gowna	2-11 – 2-15	Killygarry	Páirc Emmet
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

31 August 2019 Round 4	Lavey	2-17 – 1-9	Cootehill	St. Felim's Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

31 August 2019 Round 4	Mullahoran	1-6 – 4-11	Crosserlough	Ballinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Stephen McKiernan

31 August 2019 Round 4	Cavan Gaels	1-8 – 4-7	Castlerahan	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Knock-Out Stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Kingscourt Stars

0-7

Cavan Gaels

0-9

Cavan Gaels

0-9

Castlerahan

1-11

Castlerahan

1-7 2-14 (R)

Killygarry

1-7 0-5 (R)

Castlerahan

1-9

Ramor United

0-10

Ramor United

1-15

Gowna

0-7

Ramor United

2-8

Crosserlough

0-14

Crosserlough

3-19

Lavey

1-9

Quarter-Finals

13 September 2019 Quarter-final	Ramor United	1-15 – 0-7	Gowna	Breffni Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

15 September 2019 Quarter-final	Kingscourt Stars	0-7 – 0-9	Cavan Gaels	Lavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

15 September 2019 Quarter-final	Castlerahan	1-7 – 1-7	Killygarry	St. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

15 September 2019 Quarter-final	Crosserlough	3-19 – 1-9	Lavey	Breffni Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

22 September 2019 Quarter-final replay	Killygarry	0-5 – 2-14	Castlerahan	Breffni Park
				Referee: Tony Gregory

Semi-Finals

28 September 2019 Semi-final	Ramor United	2-8 – 0-12	Crosserlough	Breffni Park
				Referee: Noel Mooney

29 September 2019 Semi-final	Cavan Gaels	0-9 – 1-11	Castlerahan	Breffni Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Final

13 October 2019 Final	Castlerahan	1-9 – 0-10	Ramor United	Breffni Park
	O. O'Connell 1-1, P. Smith, E. O'Connell, O. Kiernan, F. Flanagan, C. Daly, C. Mackey, S. O'Reilly (0-1f), K. Cosgrove 0-1 each	Report	James Brady 0-4 (0-2f), A. Cole 0-2, Mark Magee, A. O'Connell, K. Maguire, C. Maguire 0-1 each	Attendance: 7,705 Referee: Joe McQuillan Man of the Match: Cormac Daly (Castlerahan)

Relegation Play-Offs

The 3 bottom placed teams the league phase will enter the Relegation Play-Offs. The 10th and 11th placed teams from the league phase will face each other in the Relegation Semi-Final, with the winner maintaining their senior status for 2020. The loser will face the 12th placed team with the ultimate being relegated to the 2020 I.F.C.

15 September 2019 Relegation Semi-final	Shercock	0-14 – 2-11	Mullahoran	Dolan Park
				Referee: Paddy Clarke

28 September 2019 Relegation Final	Shercock	2-15 – 3-9	Cootehill	Breffni Park
				Referee: James Clarke

References

1. "Castlerahan edge Ramor to retain Cavan crown". RTE.ie. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
2. "Cavan SFC final: Castlerahan edge Ramor to retain crown". hoganstand.com. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
3. "The Anglo Celt Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
4. "SFC round-up: wins for Castlerahan, Crosserlough and Gaels on opening weekend". hoganstand.com. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
5. "SFC: Conroy spoils Castlerahan's sensational comeback". hoganstand.com. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
6. "SFC: Impressive Crosserlough rout Gaels". hoganstand.com. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
7. "SFC round-up: Ramor, Kingscourt and Gowna book key wins ahead of final round". hoganstand.com. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

External links

• Official Cavan GAA Website