Proud Winners(and losers) in the cup..

**joeSoap** · 10/05/2005, 2:30 PM

Year_____Winner_____Runner-Up.
1922 St James's Gate Shamrock Rovers
1923 Alton United Shelbourne
1924 Athlone Town Fordsons
1925 Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne
1926 Fordsons Shamrock Rovers
1927 Drumcondra Brideville
1928 Bohemians Drumcondra
1929 Shamrock Rovers Bohemians
1930 Shamrock Rovers Brideville
1931 Shamrock Rovers Dundalk
1932 Shamrock Rovers Dolphin
1933 Shamrock Rovers Dolphin
1934 Cork St James's Gate
1935 Bohemians Dundalk
1936 Shamrock Rovers Cork
1937 Waterford St James's Gate
1938 St James's Gate Dundalk
1939 Shelbourne Sligo Rovers
1940 Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers
1941 Cork United Waterford
1942 Dundalk Cork United
1943 Drumcondra Cork United
1944 Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne
1945 Shamrock Rovers Bohemians
1946 Drumcondra Shamrock Rovers
1947 Cork United Bohemians
1948 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra
1949 Dundalk Shelbourne
1950 Transport Cork Athletic
1951 Cork Athletic Shelbourne
1952 Dundalk Cork Athletic
1953 Cork Athletic Evergreen United
1954 Drumcondra St Patrick's Athletic
1955 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra
1956 Shamrock Rovers Cork Athletic
1957 Drumcondra Shamrock Rovers
1958 Dundalk Shamrock Rovers
1959 St Patrick's Athletic Waterford
1960 Shelbourne Cork Hibernians
1961 St Patrick's Athletic Drumcondra
1962 Shamrock Rovers Shelbourne
1963 Shelbourne Cork Hibernians
1964 Shamrock Rovers Cork Celtic
1965 Shamrock Rovers Limerick
1966 Shamrock Rovers Limerick
1967 Shamrock Rovers St Patrick's Athletic
1968 Shamrock Rovers Waterford
1969 Shamrock Rovers Cork Celtic
1970 Bohemians Sligo Rovers
1971 Limerick Drogheda
1972 Cork Hibernians Waterford
1973 Cork Hibernians Shelbourne
1974 Finn Harps St Patrick's Athletic
1975 Home Farm Shelbourne
1976 Bohemians Drogheda
1977 Dundalk Limerick
1978 Shamrock Rovers Sligo Rovers
1979 Dundalk Waterford
1980 Waterford St Patrick's Athletic
1981 Dundalk Sligo Rovers
1982 Limerick United Bohemians
1983 Sligo Rovers Bohemians
1984 UCD Shamrock Rovers
1985 Shamrock Rovers Galway United
1986 Shamrock Rovers Waterford United
1987 Shamrock Rovers Dundalk
1988 Dundalk Derry City
1989 Derry City Cork City
1990 Bray Wanderers St Francis
1991 Galway United Shamrock Rovers
1992 Bohemians Cork City
1993 Shelbourne Dundalk
1994 Sligo Rovers Derry City
1995 Derry City Shelbourne
1996 Shelbourne St Patrick's Athletic
1997 Shelbourne Derry City
1998 Cork City Shelbourne
1999 Bray Wanderers Finn Harps
2000 Shelbourne Bohemians
2001 Bohemians Longford Town
2002 Dundalk Bohemians
2002 Interim season Derry City Shamrock Rovers
2003 Longford Town St Patrick's Athletic
2004 Longford Town Waterford United

**joeSoap** · 10/05/2005, 2:34 PM

Can any one shed some light on the following clubs on the above list, who I've honestly never heard of?:

Alton United
Fordsons
Brideville
Dolphin

I'm thinking that maybe Fordsons had something to do with the Henry Ford & Sons plant???

Dolphin??...any link to the Dolphin Rugby lot in Cork??

**Schumi** · 10/05/2005, 2:37 PM

Fordsons were the first of the multitude of Cork teams. I don't know much about the rest

**pineapple stu** · 10/05/2005, 2:38 PM

Originally Posted by joeSoap

Can any one shed some light on the following clubs on the above list, who I've honestly never heard of?:

Fordsons

Fordsons changed their name to Cork within two years of joining the league...then Cork United, Cork City, Cork Hibernians, Cork Athletic, Cork Celtic, Cork United again, Cork Alberts, Cork City again...!

They were the first LoI team from Cork City anyway!

**joeSoap** · 10/05/2005, 2:44 PM

So Fordsons were from Cork then???

Wonder then if they actually did originate in the Motor factory??

**Macy** · 10/05/2005, 2:49 PM

Originally Posted by joeSoap

Dolphin??...any link to the Dolphin Rugby lot in Cork??

Think Dolphin were from Dublin...

**soccerc** · 10/05/2005, 3:07 PM

Originally Posted by Macy

Think Dolphin were from Dublin...

Yep, played in Dolphin's barn where Synge Street GAA now own the grounds

**paudie** · 10/05/2005, 4:00 PM

Originally Posted by joeSoap

So Fordsons were from Cork then???

Wonder then if they actually did originate in the Motor factory??

I think they did actually. Most of the players had jobs in the factory.

As far as I know Dave Barry's grandad played for them when the won the Cup. Harry Buckle was his name or something like that.

Also I'm 99% sure that Alton Utd were from Belfast but affiliated with the FAI rather than the IFA for some reason.

Brideville were from Dublin I think.

**Troy.McClure** · 10/05/2005, 5:20 PM

Originally Posted by soccerc

Yep, played in Dolphin's barn where Synge Street GAA now own the grounds

Thought that said siringe St there for a second & thought, how appropriate

**Da Real Rover** · 10/05/2005, 10:20 PM

There was 11 years between Rovers winning the 1983 cup and the 1994 cup so i reckon theres a bit of an omen there (1994+11=2005). Could be our year.

**CollegeTillIDie** · 10/05/2005, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by paudie

Also I'm 99% sure that Alton Utd were from Belfast but affiliated with the FAI rather than the IFA for some reason.

Brideville were from Dublin I think.

Alton United were from West Belfast and were direct affiliates to the Football Association down here after the split for a while. Faded from view having won the Cup down here. Not sure if they affiliated to the IFA after or disappeared!

Brideville were from Dublin and from 1927 until they resigned from the League spent most of their time playing home games at the Harold's X Greyhound Stadium, which in the 1970's and 1980's was a home ground for Shelbourne and from 1989 to 1993 I think St. Patrick's Athletic.