HEC_O'Connor_Cup

HEC O'Connor Cup

HEC O'Connor Cup

Ladies' Gaelic football intervarsity competition

The HEC O'Connor Cup, also referred to as the Michael O'Connor Cup, is the senior Ladies' Gaelic football intervarsity cup competition. It features teams representing universities and institutes of technology from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is organised by the Higher Education Colleges committee of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Mary Immaculate College won the inaugural competition in 1987. University of Limerick is the competition's most successful team.[2][3][4] Since 2018 the O'Connor Cup has been sponsored by Gourmet Food Parlour.[5] It was previously sponsored by the Irish Examiner.[6][7][8] During the 2010s, the O'Connor Cup final has been broadcast live by TG4 and/or YouTube.[1][9][10][11] Since 1993 teams knocked out in the early rounds of the O'Connor Cup have subsequently competed in the consolation competition, the O'Connor Shield.[2][3]

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Finals

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Winners by team

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O'Connor Shield

Since 1993 teams knocked out in the early rounds of the O'Connor Cup have subsequently competed in the consolation competition, the Micheal O'Connor Shield.[2][3] In 2019 the Shield was effectively a 5th/6th place play-off.[43][44]

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