2019 Fitzgibbon Cup Explained

The 2019 Fitzgibbon Cup was the 103rd staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. It was sponsored by Electric Ireland, and known as the Electric Ireland HE GAA Fitzgibbon Cup for sponsorship purposes. The draw for the group stage fixtures took place on 5 December 2018.^[1] It started with the group stage on 20 January 2019 and is scheduled to end on 23 February 2019.

The University of Limerick were the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the "group of death".^{[2] [3]}

On 23 February 2019, University College Cork won the Fitzgibbon Cup after a 2–21 to 0–13 defeat of Mary Immaculate College in the final.^[4] This was their 39th cup title overall and their first title since 2013.

NUI Galway's Evan Niland was the Fitzgibbon Cup top scorer with 0-54.

Group stage

Group A

Table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
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University College Cork	3	3	0	0	3-66	1-48	+24	6
NUI Galway	3	1	1	1	2-52	4-48	-2	3
University College Dublin	3	1	1	1	7-33	3-54	-9	3
University of Limerick	3	0	0	3	0-52	4-53	-13	0

Fixtures and results

Group B

Table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
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Limerick Institute of Technology	3	3	0	0	8-59	1-33	+47	6
Institute of Technology, Carlow	3	2	0	1	4-53	3-29	+27	4
Trinity College	3	1	0	2	2-31	3-58	-30	2
Garda College	3	0	0	3	1-32	8-55	-44	0

Fixtures and results

Group C

Table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
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DCU Dóchas Éireann	2	2	0	0	0-39	0-26	+13	4
Cork Institute of Technology	2	1	0	1	0-27	0-32	-5	2
Waterford Institute of Technology	2	0	0	2	0-23	0-31	-8	0

Fixtures and results

Group D

Table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
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Mary Immaculate College	2	2	0	0	2-41	1-26	+18	4
Dublin Institute of Technology	2	1	0	1	5-26	2-28	+7	2
Maynooth University	2	0	0	2	1-21	5-34	-25	0

Fixtures and results

Knockout stage

Final

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Evan Niland	NUI Galway	0-54	54	5	10.80
2	Aaron Gillane	Mary Immaculate College	2-41	47	4	11.75
3	Peter Duggan	Limerick Institute of Technology	2-28	34	4	8.50
4	Shane Conway	University College Cork	0-32	32	5	6.40
5	James Bergin	DCU Dóchas Éireann	0-28	28	4	7.00
6	Séamus Casey	Institute of Technology, Carlow	2-19	25	4	6.25
7	Shane Kingston	University College Cork	3-15	24	5	4.80
Eoghan Dunne	Dublin Institute of Technology	2-18	24	3	8.00
8	Chris O'Leary	University College Cork	1-20	23	5	4.60
9	Barry Murphy	University of Limerick	0-21	21	3	7.00

Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Aaron Gillane	Mary Immaculate College	1-15	18	Dublin Institute of Technology
1	Aaron Gillane	Mary Immaculate College	1-12	15	NUI Galway
2	Peter Duggan	Limerick Institute of Technology	1-11	14	Garda College
3	Evan Niland	NUI Galway	0-13	13	Mary Immaculate College
3	Evan Niland	NUI Galway	0-12	12	University College Dublin
	Barry Murphy	University of Limerick	0-11	11	NUI Galway
4	Séamus Casey	Institute of Technology, Carlow	1-07	10	Limerick Institute of Technology
	Eoghan Dunne	Dublin Institute of Technology	1-07	10	Mary Immaculate College
	Fionn Ó Riain Broin	Trinity College	0-10	10	Garda College
	James Bergin	DCU Dóchas Éireann	0-10	10	University College Cork

External links

• gaa.ie Higher Education Fixtures

Notes and References

1. Web site: Here are the draws for the 2019 Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup competitions. The 42. 5 December 2018. 23 January 2019. Sinéad. Farrell.
2. Web site: Star-studded UL claim Fitzgibbon Cup despite spirited DCU effort. Irish Independent. 24 February 2018. 23 January 2019.
3. Web site: Fitzgibbon Cup champions UL drawn in 'group of death'. Irish Examienr. 5 December 2018. 23 January 2019. Stephen. Barry.
4. Web site: UCC claim double with emphatic win over Mary I. Irish Examiner. 23 February 2019. 12 January 2020. Therese. O'Callaghan.