2014 McGrath Cup explained

2014 McGrath Cup
Trophy:	McGrath Cup
Province:	Munster
Year:	2014
Manager:	Brian Cuthbert
Captain:	Michael Shields
Winners:	Cork

The 2014 McGrath Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Munster GAA. The competition differs from the Munster Senior Football Championship as it also features further education colleges and the winning team does not progress to another tournament at All-Ireland level. Kerry were the defending champions after defeating Tipperary in the 2013 final.^[1]

Tipperary, Limerick, Waterford and Clare refused to take part in the 2014 competition in protest at the Munster Council’s decision to seed the 2014 Munster Football Championship and keep Cork and Kerry on separate sides of the draw.^{[2] [3]}

The competition was won by Cork who defeated Kerry in the final by four points on 19 January in Mallow.^[4]

Teams

The following Third Level Colleges took part in 2014

• University College Cork (UCC)
• Tralee IT
• University of Limerick (UL)
• Cork Institute of Technology (CIT)
• Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT)
• Mary Immaculate College (Mary I)

The following counties took part in 2014

• Cork
• Kerry

Match Results

Quarter-finals

5 January

• Kerry 0-17 Tralee IT 0-8 ^[5]
• CIT 5-17 Mary I 2-6 ^[6]
• Cork 3-22 LIT 0-7 ^[7]
• UL 5-18 UCC 4-16 ^[8]

Semi-finals

12 January

• Kerry 2-12 CIT 0-13 ^[9]
• Cork 6-16 UL 0-7 ^[10]

Final

External links

• McGrath Cup at Munster GAA

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kerry 1-12 Tipperary 1-05. 27 January 2013. RTÉ Sport. 19 December 2013.
2. Web site: No McGrath Cup u-turn for Tipperary footballers . 8 December 2013 . The Score . 8 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140108115818/http://www.thescore.ie/tipperary-mcgrath-cup-boycott-1208734-Dec2013/ . 8 January 2014 .
3. Web site: Munster four predict end to McGrath Cup boycott. 5 January 2014. Irish Independent. 8 January 2014.
4. Web site: Hayes' strike decisive for determined Cork. 20 January 2014. Irish Examiner. 20 January 2014.
5. Web site: Kerry 0-17 IT Tralee 0-7. 5 January 2014. Munster GAA. 8 January 2014.
6. Web site: Cork IT 5-17 Mary Immaculate 2-6. 5 January 2014. Munster GAA. 8 January 2014.
7. Web site: Cork 3-22 LIT 0-7. 5 January 2014. Munster GAA. 8 January 2014.
8. Web site: Ul 5-18 UCC 4-16. 5 January 2014. Munster GAA. 8 January 2014.
9. Web site: Kerry 2-12 CIT 0-13. 12 January 2013. Munster GAA. 13 January 2014.
10. Web site: CORK 6-16 UL 0-7. 13 January 2013. Irish Examiner. 13 January 2014.