The 2006 GAA Interprovincial Championship, (also known as the Railway Cup or The Martin Donnelly Cup was a Gaelic Athletic Association competition between the four provinces of the Island of Ireland. The 2006 football final was held at Boston in the United States of America and the hurling final was played at Pearse Stadium, Galway, Ireland in October 2006. 2006's interprovincial championship finished with Leinster claiming the Martin Donnelly cup in both hurling and Gaelic football.[1]
Leinster made the Boston final due to a win over Ulster at Kingspan Breffni Park. The game was refereed by P. Russell from Tipperary.
Connacht qualified for the Martin Donnelly football final in Boston following a thrilling extra-time victory over Munster at Ballyforan, County Roscommon on Friday, October 6, 2006. The game was refereed by J McKee from Armagh.
| width=33% valign=top | Leinster | width=33% valign=top align=center | 2-14 - 2-11 (final score after 70 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | Connacht | |
| valign=top | Manager: Val Andrews ----Team: G Connaughton (Gk) A Fennelly B Cahill M Ennis C King C Moran K Slattery B Quigley P Clancy (0-1) D Lally J Doyle (0-3, 1 free) M Carpenter (1-2) C Keaney (0-4, 3 frees) J Sheridan (1-2) B Kavanagh (0-1)----Substitutes: A Mangan T Walsh D Clarke | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: Competition: Date: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: John O'Mahony----Team: D Clarke D Heaney (0-1) F Hanley D Burke S Daly D Blake S McDermott P Harte D Brady A Kerins G Brady A Dillon (0-2, 1 free) C Mortimer (0-5, 4 frees) M Mheehan (1-1, 1 '45) D Savage----Substitutes: K Mannion (0-1) S Davey K O'Neill (0-1) |
The game which was played on Saturday, October 14, 2006 was refereed by M Haverty from Galway.
The game which was played on Sunday, October 15, 2006 was refereed by Brian Gavin from Offaly.
The hurling final is to be played as a curtain raiser to the International rules football first test at Pearse Stadium, Galway on October 28.
| width=33% valign=top | Leinster | width=33% valign=top align=center | 1-23 - 0-17 (final score after 70 minutes) | width=33% valign=top | Connacht Galway | |
| valign=top | Manager: John Conron----Team: B Mullins (Offaly) R Mullally (Kilkenny) J Tennyson (Kilkenny) J Ryall (Kilkenny) Diarmuid Lyng (Wexford) R Hanniffy (Offaly) T Walsh (Kilkenny) Derek Lyng (Kilkenny) (0-01) G Hanniffy (Offaly) E Larkin (Kilkenny) (0-02) R Power (Kilkenny) (0-07) D Franks (Offaly) E Brennan (Kilkenny) (0-06) J Bergin (Offaly) (1-03) A Fogarty (Kilkenny) (0-04).----Substitutes: M Jacob (Wexford) M Travers (Wexford) J Young (Laois) D McCormack (Westmeath) J McCaffrey (Dublin) | valign=middle align=center | Half-time: Competition: Date: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Match rules: | valign=top | Manager: John Fahy----Team: L Donoghue D Joyce G Mahon T Og Regan D Collins D Cloonan J Lee R Murray (0-01) D Tierney (0-01) I Tannian (0-03) M Kerins (0-01) A Kerins K Burke E Cloonan (0-09) F Healy (0-02)----Substitutes: D Hayes N Healy MJ Quinn K Broderick G Farragher |