Tommy Murphy Cup

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**Tommy Murphy Cup**
Irish	Corn Tomáis Uí Mhurchú
First played	2004
First winner	Clare
Current Champions	Wicklow (1^st win)

The Tommy Murphy Cup is a Gaelic Athletic Association competition, secondary to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The participants are the teams that were eliminated at the early provincial stages of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, and also Kilkenny who do not field a team in the main All-Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the Final being played in August in Croke Park, Dublin. Recent changes to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship mean that the 2007 Tommy Murphy Cup will feature the eight lowest ranking teams in National Football League unless the teams reach the final of their respective provincial championships.^[1]

1 Background
2 Past winners
- 2.1 By province
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Background

The Cup is named after Tommy Murphy, a famous footballer from County Laois. The future of the Tommy Murphy Cup is in doubt and could be axed as an inter-county event.^[2]

[edit] Past winners

Year	Date	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score	Teams competing
2004	August 22	Croke Park	Clare	1-11	Sligo	0-11	4
2005	September 4	Croke Park	Tipperary	3-10	Wexford	0-15	9
2006	August 27	Croke Park	Louth	3-14	Leitrim	1-11	13
2007	August 4	Croke Park	Wicklow	3-13	Antrim	1-17	9
2008	August 2/3/4	Croke Park					9