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MacRory Cup

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MacRory Cup
CodeGaelic football
Founded1923
RegionUlster (GAA)
TrophyMacRory Cup
Title holdersOmagh CBS (6th title)
First winnerSt Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh
Most titlesSt Colman's College, Newry (20 titles)
SponsorsDanske Bank
TV partner(s)BBC
Official websiteMacRory Cup

The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster at senior "A" grade. The MacLarnon Cup is the competition for schools at senior 'B' grade.

Players must be under nineteen at the start of the tournament. The winners advance to the semi-finals of the Hogan Cup, the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship.

The competition and trophy are named after Joseph MacRory, then Bishop of Down and Connor, who donated the first cup in 1923.

The current champions are Omagh CBS, after beating St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon in an all-Tyrone final.

The final is held every year on (or close to) Saint Patrick's Day and is televised live on BBC Northern Ireland along with the Ulster Rugby Schools Cup final. The venue for the last number of years has been the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Previous finals have been held in Coalisland and Casement Park.

History

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An inter-seminary football competition between St Macartan's College, Monaghan and St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh had been started in 1902. This was a soccer competition until, in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising, a vote was taken to change over to Gaelic rules and St Patrick's won the first Gaelic encounter in 1918 by 4–4 to 0–1.

Bishop Joseph MacRory, the Bishop of Down and Connor at this time, "offered" to present a Cup for the winners of an Ulster Secondary schools' competition. The "offer" was not honoured for another five seasons however, and, in the interim, the matches between other seminaries and St Patrick's Armagh are recorded as "challenges" until the arrival of the first MacRory Cup in late spring 1923.

Over the next five seasons the competition was played on a league basis until in 1928 an Ulster Colleges' Committee was established and the MacRory Cup competition became the new body's main competition. Participation in the MacRory Cup in its early years was confined to those who attended boarding schools. St Patrick's Armagh were the first winners in 1923, and dominated the competition in its early years. First time victories by other challengers were recorded by St Macartan's (1930), St Patrick's College, Cavan (1935), and St Colman's College, Newry (1949).

The 1930s was notable for the affiliation of a number of Christian Brothers' schools. These were "day schools" (i.e. non boarding schools) which catered mainly for boys from humble backgrounds, but they did not yet have the prowess to compete with the established diocesan colleges, as was confirmed by comprehensive defeats for Monaghan CBS (1935), and Abbey CBS, Newry (1944 and 1947).

1954 was a watershed year in that the triumph of Abbey CBS after a replay over St Patrick's Cavan was the first MacRory Cup win by a "day school"; the Abbey CBS repeated this feat in 1959 and 1964, but no other day school made the breakthrough until St Mary's CBS in 1971; next came Omagh CBS in 1974.

1976 marks another significant landmark in the history of the competition although that particular final ended in defeat for St Patrick's College, Maghera a. It ushered in an extraordinary sequence of 14 final appearances by St Patrick's College, Maghera in the following 15 years, 8 of which were won, including 4 consecutive victories 1982–85. Those 15 years witnessed a legendary rivalry between St Patrick's College, Maghera and St Colman's College, Newry when they faced one another in 10 Finals, including replays. These included the iconic 1989 final, won by St Patrick's College, Maghera on the scoreline 4–10 to 4–9. Those were the days when the blanket defence would have been regarded as a distasteful, unchivalrous, and unthinkable option.[citation needed]

The 1990s marked the arrival of St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon and St Michael's College, Enniskillen at centre stage, and accelerated change in the educational domain with the disappearance of the remaining boarding departments in schools, and an equalisation in standards across a greater range of schools.

The new millennium produced a victory in 2000 for the original kingpins, St Patrick's Armagh, their first victory since 1953, and the next decade was marked by the emergence and appearance of Omagh CBS in 7 Finals.

The MacRory Cup, first donated by Bishop MacRory in 1923, is now contested by 10 schools annually. The original trophy was replaced in 1962, and that trophy, in turn, was retired and donated to the O’Fiaich Library in February 2012. A replacement trophy was donated to Ulster Colleges by Cardinal Brady, thereby perpetuating the historic link between the Archdiocese of Armagh and this competition.[citation needed] The trophy won in March 2012 by St Michael's, Enniskillen is therefore the third cup to bear Cardinal MacRory's name.[citation needed]

The 2020 final, along with all other Gaelic game activity, between St Colman's, Newry and St Patrick's, Maghera was postponed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.[1] Ulster Colleges announced in June 2020 that they hoped to find a date in October to play the MacRory and McLarnon Cup finals. Ulster Colleges had provisionally scheduled the MacRory final for 9 October 2020. However the decision to cancel the final was made after an emergency Ulster Schools GAA meeting. As a result, the 2019/20 Danske Bank MacRory Cup was shared between St Patrick's Maghera and St Colman's Newry.[2]

Fifteen schools have their names on the MacRory Cup with St Colman's College, Newry winning the first of their record 19 titles in 1949 and St Patrick's College, Maghera, who are in second place with 15 crowns, won their first in 1977.

St Colman's College, Newry and St Patrick's College, Maghera also lead the way in terms of Hogan Cup titles won by Ulster schools with eight and five respectively.[3][4]

Competition format

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Current format

The format introduced at the start of the 2017–18 season continues. Sixteen teams compete in four groups of four teams. After the group rounds, all matches are knock-out. The four group winners are given byes to the quarter-finals. The four teams who finished third play the four teams who finished fourth in playoff round 1 with the winners playing the four group runners-up in playoff round 2 for the four remaining quarter-final places.

2016-17 format

The format was changed for the 2016–17 season. Fourteen teams competed in three groups - Groups A and B had five teams and Group C had four teams. The three group winners and the best group runner-up advanced to the quarter-finals. The fifth-placed teams in groups A and B were eliminated. The remaining eight teams played-off in four matches with the four winners completing the quarter-final line-up. From the quarter-finals onwards all matches were knock-out.[5]

Previous format

The competition began with a round-robin tournament consisting of two groups of six teams. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stages. Four playoff matches were held between the bottom four teams of Group A and Group B to complete the quarter-final lineup.

List of titles by college

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# Team Titles Years won Finalists Years
1 St Colman's College, Newry 20 1949, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960,
1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1975,
1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1988,
1993, 1998, 2010, 2011, 2020*
7 1945, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991
1995, 2017
2 St Patrick's College, Maghera 16 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984,
1985, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995,
1996, 2003, 2013, 2014, 2016,
2020*
9 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1986
1988, 1993, 1998, 2012
3 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh 14 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927,
1928, 1929, 1931, 1944, 1945,
1946, 1947, 1953, 2000
10 1946, 1938, 1943, 1950, 1951
1952, 1957, 1967, 1994, 1997
4 St Patrick's College, Cavan 12 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1943,
1948, 1951, 1955, 1961, 1962,
1972, 2015
8 1941, 1942, 1954, 1958, 1960,
1963, 1964, 1975
5 St Macartan's College, Monaghan 9 1925, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934,
1940, 1942, 1952, 1956
3 1953, 2004, 2007
6 St Michael's College, Enniskillen 7 1973, 1992, 1999, 2001*, 2002,
2012, 2019
7 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970,1974,
2000, 2008
7 Omagh Christian Brothers Grammar School 6 1974, 2001*, 2005, 2007, 2023, 2024 6 1973, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2014,
2019
8 Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School, Newry 5 1954, 1959, 1964, 1987, 2006 9 1944, 1947, 1962, 1971, 1972,
1977, 1980, 1982, 1983
St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon 5 1991, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2009 4 1992, 2011, 2015, 2024
10 St Malachy's, Belfast 2 1925, 1970 3 1948, 1949, 1955
St Mary's College, Dundalk 2 1938, 1941 3 1937, 1939, 1940
St Columb's, Derry 2 1965, 1966
St Marys CBGS Belfast 2 1971, 1986 1 1984
St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt 2 2017, 2022 3 1996, 2003, 2018
15 St Ronan's College, Lurgan 1 2018

List of finals by year

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  • Until 1935 the MacRory Cup was played on a league basis with the league winners claiming the title.
  • The number in brackets is the number of the title win e.g. (15) is that school's 15th title.
  • The 2001 and 2020 titles were shared as neither competition could be completed.
  • Teams in bold went on to win the Hogan Cup in the same year.
  • The Iggy Jones Man of the Match trophy was first awarded in 1993.
Year Winner Score Score Opponent Venue Winning
Captain
Man Of The Match
(Iggy Jones)
2024 Omagh CBS(6) 1-18 1-12 St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon Armagh Callum Daly Brian Gallagher
Omagh CBS
2023 Omagh CBS(5) 0-16 1-06 Holy Trinity College, Cookstown Omagh Eoin McElholm Tomás Haigney
Omagh CBS
2022[6] St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt(2) 2-09 0-08 Holy Trinity College, Cookstown Armagh Eoin McEvoy Niall O'Donnell
St Mary's Magherafelt
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2020 St Patrick's College, Maghera(16)
St Colman's College, Newry(20)
Title shared due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8] Ethan Doherty
Sean O'Hare
N/A
2019[9] St Michael's College, Enniskillen(7) 0-16 2-06 Omagh CBS Armagh Brandon Horan Darragh McBrien
St Michael's College
2018[10] St Ronan's College, Lurgan 1-09 1-07 St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt Armagh Jamie Haughey Rioghan Meehan
St Ronan's College
2017[11] St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt 0-19 0-13 St Colman's College, Newry Armagh Declan Cassidy Declan Cassidy
St Mary's M'Felt
2016[12] St Patrick's College, Maghera(15) 5-07 1-09 St Paul's High School, Bessbrook Armagh Conor Glass Patrick Kearney
St. Patrick's Maghera
2015[13] St Patrick's College, Cavan(12) 2-12 0-08 St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon Armagh Cian McManus
Pierce Smith
Thomas Galligan
St Patrick's Cavan
2014[14] St Patrick's College, Maghera(14) 1-12 1-08 Omagh CBS Armagh Peter Hagan Danny Tallon
St Patrick's Maghera
2013[15] St Patrick's College, Maghera(13) 2-05 0-10 St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook Armagh Connor Carville Cormac O'Doherty
St Patrick's Maghera
2012[16] St Michael's College, Enniskillen(6) 0-09 1-04 St Patrick's College, Maghera Armagh Rory Brennan Eddie Courtney
St Michael's College
2011[17] St Colman's College, Newry(19) 2-09 2-08 St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon Armagh Connor Gough Niall Donnelly
St Colman's Newry
2010[18] St Colman's College, Newry(18) 1-14 1-08 Omagh CBS Casement Park Niall McParland Connor Gough
St Colman's Newry
2009[19] St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon(5) 2-07 1-09 Omagh CBS Omagh David Lavery Niall McKenna
St Patrick's Academy
2008[20] St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon(4) 0-13 1-09 St Michael's College, Enniskillen Omagh Ryan Pickering Gavin Teague
St Patrick's Academy
2007[21] Omagh CBS(4) 0-10 1-06 St Macartan's College, Monaghan Casement Park Gareth Haughey Colm Greenan
St Macartan's
2006[22] Abbey CBS, Newry(5) 2-04 0-09 St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel Casement Park Kevin McKernan Martin Clarke
St Louis
2005 Omagh CBS(3) 2-07
2-09 (R)
0-13
0-11 (R)
St Louis Grammar School, Kilkeel Casement Park
Casement Park
Ronan McRory Joe Ireland
St Louis
2004 St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon(3) 0-08 0-06 St Macartan's College, Monaghan Casement Park Ciaran Donnelly Martin Murray
St Patrick's Academy
2003[23] St Patrick's College, Maghera(12) 1-09 1-04 St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt Casement Park Gerard O'Kane Mark Lynch
St Patrick's Maghera
2002 St Michael's College, Enniskillen(5) 1-12 1-05 Omagh CBS Casement Park Ryan Keenan Shaun Doherty
St Michael's College
2001 St Michael's College, Enniskillen(4)
Omagh CBS(2)
1-11 2-08 (title shared due to outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease) Casement Park Paul Gunn Cormac McAleer Ciaran O'Reilly
St Michael's College
2000 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(14) 3-06 1-09 St Michael's College, Enniskillen Casement Park Kevin Beagan Liam O'Hare
St Patrick's Armagh
1999 St Michael's College, Enniskillen(3) 4-11 0-12 St Colman's College, Newry Casement Park Ciaran Smyth Colm Bradley
St Michael's College
1998 St Colman's College, Newry(17) 2-14 2-07 St Patrick's College, Maghera Casement Park Declan Morgan Aidan Fegan
St Colman's Newry
1997 St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon(2) 2-09 1-10 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Casement Park Paul McGurk Martin Earley
St Patrick's Academy
1996 St Patrick's College, Maghera(11) 0-12 1-06 St Mary's Grammar School, Magherafelt Coalisland John Heaney Niall Farren
St. Patrick's Maghera
1995 St Patrick's College, Maghera(10) 1-15 0-05 St Colman's College, Newry Clones Seán Marty Lockhart Adrian McGuckin
St. Patrick's Maghera
1994 St Patrick's College, Maghera(9) 0-11 0-07 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Armagh Ronan McGuckin Sean McGuckin
St. Patrick's Maghera
1993 St Colman's College, Newry(16) 0-10 1-05 St Patrick's College, Maghera Omagh Ronan Hamill Ronan Hamill
St Colman's Newry
1992 St Michael's College, Enniskillen(2) 1-08 0-09 St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon Omagh Declan O'Brien
1991[24] St Patrick's Academy, Dungannon 2-07 1-09 St Colman's College, Newry Omagh
1990 St Patrick's College, Maghera(8) 0-06
3-06 (R)
0-06
1-05 (R)
St Colman's College, Newry Omagh
Omagh
Patrick McAllister
1989 St Patrick's College, Maghera(7) 4-10 4-09 St Colman's College, Newry Omagh Terry Bradley
1988 St Colman's College, Newry(15) 0-06
2-07 (R)
3-05 (2R)
0-06
2-07 (R)
1-09 (2R)
St. Patrick's College, Maghera Ballybay
Omagh
Dungannon
Ollie Reel
1987 Abbey CBS, Newry(4) 2-06 0-08 St Colman's College, Newry Lurgan
1986 St Mary's CBS, Belfast(2) 1-08 0-06 St Patrick's College, Maghera Omagh Conal Heatley
1985 St Patrick's College, Maghera(6) 2-09 1-01 St Michael's, Lurgan Omagh Danny Quinn
1984 St Patrick's College, Maghera(5) 1-09 0-06 St Mary's CBS, Belfast Casement Park Dermot McNicholl
1983 St Patrick's College, Maghera(4) 2-10 0-08 Abbey CBS, Newry Casement Park Dermot McNicholl
1982 St Patrick's College, Maghera(3) 1-07 1-06 Abbey CBS, Newry Casement Park Martin Tully
1981 St Colman's College, Newry(14) 1-03 0-05 St Patrick's College, Maghera Casement Park Greg Blaney
1980 St Patrick's College, Maghera(2) 3-09 3-06 Abbey CBS, Newry Casement Park Patrick Mackle
1979 St Colman's College, Newry(13) 0-07 0-05 St Patrick's College, Maghera Casement Park Peter Donnan
1978 St Colman's College, Newry(12) 1-10 1-03 St Patrick's College, Maghera Casement Park
1977 St Patrick's College, Maghera 1-07 0-08 Abbey CBS, Newry Casement Park Terence Laverty
1976 St Colman's College, Newry(11) 1-04 0-04 St. Patrick's College, Maghera Dungannon
1975 St Colman's College, Newry(10) 2-07 1-08 St Patrick's College, Cavan Omagh Declan Rodgers
1974 Omagh CBS 0-06
1-11 (R)
0-06
0-12 (R)
St Michael's College, Enniskillen Dungannon
Lisnaskea
Colm McAleer
1973 St Michael's College, Enniskillen 1-10 0-10 Omagh CBS Dungannon Hugh O'Neill
1972 St Patrick's College, Cavan(11) 1-10 2-05 Abbey CBS, Newry Dundalk
1971 St Mary's CBS, Belfast 1-11 1-07 Abbey CBS Lurgan Gerry McHugh
1970 St Malachy's, Belfast(2) 2-06 0-06 St Michael's College, Enniskillen Omagh
1969 St Colman's College, Newry(9) 1-09 1-06 St Michael's College, Enniskillen Omagh
1968 St Colman's College, Newry(8) 6-04 1-03 St Michael's College, Enniskillen Dungannon
1967 St Colman's College, Newry(7) 2-10 1-04 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Dundalk Noel Moore
1966 St Columb's, Derry(2) 3-05 3-03 St Patrick's, Downpatrick Dungannon
1965 St Columb's, Derry 1-03 0-04 St Michael's College, Enniskillen Dungannon Paddy McCotter
1964 Abbey CBS(3) 3-08 2-05 St Patrick's College, Cavan Carrickmacross
1963 St Colman's College, Newry(6) 2-08 0-02 St Patrick's College, Cavan Ballybay L Powell
1962 St Patrick's College, Cavan(10) 2-11 2-07 Abbey CBS Ballybay
1961 St Patrick's College, Cavan(9) 1-13 0-05 St Eunan's, Letterkenny Irvinestown
1960 St Colman's College, Newry(5) 2-06 0-04 St Patrick's College, Cavan Castleblaney
1959 Abbey CBS(2) 3-07 1-03 St Eunan's, Letterkenny Omagh
1958 St Colman's College, Newry(4) 4-11 1-01 St Patrick's College, Cavan Castleblaney
1957 St Colman's College, Newry(3) 0-08 1-02 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Lurgan
1956 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(9) 2-07 2-06 St Eunan's, Letterkenny Omagh
1955 St Patrick's College, Cavan(8) 2-08 0-02 St Malachy's, Belfast Armagh
1954 Abbey CBS (1) 0-05

0-11 (R)

1-03

1-05 (R)

St Patrick's College, Cavan Armagh

Ballybay

Gerry Butterfield
1953 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(13) 2-10 0-06 St Macartan's College, Monaghan Ballybay Patsy Kieran
1952 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(8) 2-08 1-04 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Ballybay
1951 St Patrick's College, Cavan(7) 1-11 2-02 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Ballybay
1950 St Colman's College, Newry(2) 2-11 3-07 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Lurgan Sean Blaney
1949 St Colman's College, Newry 5-11 0-07 St. Malachy's, Belfast Lurgan Sean Blaney
1948 St Patrick's College, Cavan(6) 7-08 1-07 St Malachy's, Belfast Breffni Park
1947 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(12) 5-11 0-02 Abbey CBS Newry
1946 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(11) 4-09 0-03 St Mary's College, Dundalk Armagh
1945 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(10) 4-09 0-12 St Colman's College, Newry Newry
1944 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(9) 5-11 0-02 Abbey CBS Newry
1943 St Patrick's College, Cavan(5) 2-13 1-03 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Armagh
1942 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(7) 3-05 2-05 St Patrick's College, Cavan Monaghan
Inniskeen
1941 St Mary's College, Dundalk(2) 7-06 3-05 St Patrick's College, Cavan Dundalk
1940 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(6) 3-05 2-05 St Mary's College, Dundalk Inniskeen
1939 St Patrick's College, Cavan(4) 2-07 1-01 St Mary's College, Dundalk Breffni Park
1938 St Mary's College, Dundalk 4-06 0-04 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Dundalk
1937 St Patrick's College, Cavan(3) 2-06 1-06 St Mary's College, Dundalk Breffni Park
1936 St Patrick's College, Cavan(2) 3-03 1-07 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh Monaghan
1935 St Patrick's College, Cavan 7-11 0-00 Monaghan CBS Breffni Park T Canning

League Format 1923 - 1934

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Year Winner
1934 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(5)
1933 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(4)
1932 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(3)
1931 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(8)
1930 St Macartan's College, Monaghan(2)
1929 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(7)
1928 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(6)
1927 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(5)
1926 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(4)
1925 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(3)
St Macartan's College, Monaghan (1)
St Malachy's, Belfast (1)
1924 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(2)
1923 St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh(1)

Longest winning streaks

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Team Streak Years
St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh 4 1944–1947
St Patrick's College, Maghera 4 1982–1985
St Patrick's College, Cavan 3 1935–1937
St Colman's College, Newry 3 1967–1969
St Patrick's College, Maghera 3 1994–1996

Most common finals

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Finals Finals Years
St Patrick's College, Maghera v St Colman's College, Newry 11 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2020
St Michael's College, Enniskillen v Omagh Christian Brothers Grammar School 5 2019, 2002, 2001, 1974, 1973
St Patrick's College, Maghera v Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School, Newry 4 1983, 1982, 1980, 1977
St Colman's College, Newry v St Patrick's College, Cavan 4 1975, 1963, 1960, 1958
St Colman's College, Newry v St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh 4 1967, 1957, 1950, 1945

Longest gap between title victories

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Team Years Difference
St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh 1953-2000 47 years
St Patrick's College, Cavan 1972-2015 43 years
Omagh Christian Brothers Grammar School 1974-2001 27 years
Abbey Christian Brothers Grammar School, Newry 1987-2006 19 years

Noted footballers / College All Stars

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In 2000 a Millennium team was selected by the participating schools as a best team 1988–2000.
1. Jonathon Kelly
2. Paddy McGuinness
3. Seán Marty Lockhart - Won consecutive MacRory Cups with St Patrick's College, Maghera
4. Fergal P. McCusker
5. Tony McEntee
6. Kieran McGeeney
7. Karl Diamond - Won consecutive MacRory & Hogan Cups with St Patrick's College, Maghera
8. Paul Brewster
9. Paul McGrane
10. Éamonn Burns - Won consecutive MacRory & Hogan Cups with St Patrick's College, Maghera
11. John Duffy
12. Paddy McKeever
13. Raymond Gallagher
14. James McCartan Jr. - Won MacRory and Hogan Cups with St Colman's College, Newry
15. Oisín McConville played for St Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh.
Other notable players include:

See also

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Schools' Senior A Football
Schools' Senior A Hurling
Schools' Senior B Hurling

References

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