HEC O'Connor Cup

The HEC O'Connor Cup, also referred to as the Michael O'Connor Cup, is the senior Ladies' Gaelic football intervarsity cup competition. It features teams representing universities and institutes of technology from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is organised by the Higher Education Colleges committee of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Mary Immaculate College won the inaugural competition in 1987. University of Limerick is the competition's most successful team.^[2][3][4] Since 2018 the O'Connor Cup has been sponsored by Gourmet Food Parlour.^[5] It was previously sponsored by the Irish Examiner.^[6][7][8] During the 2010s, the O'Connor Cup final has been broadcast live by TG4 and/or YouTube.^{[1][9][10][11]} Since 1993 teams knocked out in the early rounds of the O'Connor Cup have subsequently competed in the consolation competition, the O'Connor Shield.^[2][3]

HEC O'Connor Cup
Current season or competition: 2019 HEC O'Connor Cup
Irish	Corn Uí Chonchúir [1]
Code	Ladies' Gaelic football
Founded	1987
Region	Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland (GAA)
Trophy	Michael O'Connor Cup [2]
Title holders	University of Limerick (12th title)
Most titles	University of Limerick (12 titles)
Sponsors	Gourmet Food Parlour Irish Examiner
TV partner(s)	TG4
Official website	www.helgfa.com

Finals

Year	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Host
1987	Mary Immaculate College		UCC
1988	UCC		Mary Immaculate College
1989	Waterford RTC		Mary Immaculate College
1990	UCC		Mary Immaculate College
1991	Thomond College		Mary Immaculate College
1992	Mary Immaculate College		Thomond College
1993	University of Limerick		Mary Immaculate College
1994	University of Limerick		Waterford RTC
1995	University of Limerick		Garda Síochána College
1996	University of Limerick		UUJ
1997	University of Limerick		Garda Síochána College
1998	IT Tralee		IT Sligo
1999	IT Tralee		UCD
2000	IT Sligo		Waterford IT
2001 [12]	UCD	2–8;0–5	IT Tralee	Templemore
2002	UCD		University of Limerick
2003	UCD		UUJ
2004 [13]	University of Limerick	4–9;2–8	NUI Maynooth	NUI Galway
2005	UCD		NUI Galway
2006	UCD		IT Sligo
2007	University of Limerick		UUJ
2008 [14]	UUJ	0–14;1–3	IT Sligo	NUI Galway
2009 [15][16]	DCU	2–11;1–13	University of Limerick	UUJ
2010 [17][18]	DCU	2–12;0–12	UUJ	DCU
2011 [19][20]	DCU	3–8;1–11	UUJ	University of Limerick
2012 [21][22]	UCC	2–14;1–13	UUJ	Queen's University
2013 [23][24]	Queen's University	4–10;1–9	DCU	Waterford IT
2014 [25][26][27]	University of Limerick	3–7;1–9	Queen's University	Queen's University
2015 [8][28][29]	University of Limerick	3–16;0–9	DCU	Cork Institute of Technology
2016 [30][31]	UCD	1–7;0–9	University of Limerick	IT Tralee
2017 [32][33][34]	University of Limerick	2–5;0–8	UCC	MacHale Park
2018 [35][36][37]	DCU	2–12;0–17	University of Limerick	Abbotstown
2019[38][39][40]	University of Limerick	2–16;1–10	UCD	DIT Grangegorman[41]

Source:^[2][3][42]

Winners by team

Winner	Years	Total Titles
University of Limerick/Thomond College	1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019	12
UCD	2001, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2016	6
DCU	2009, 2010, 2011, 2018	4
UCC	1988, 1990, 2012	3
Mary Immaculate College	1987, 1992	2
IT Tralee	1998, 1999	2
University of Ulster, Jordanstown	2008	1
Queen's University	2013	1
IT Sligo	2000	1
Waterford RTC/Waterford IT	1989	1

Source:^[3]

O'Connor Shield

Since 1993 teams knocked out in the early rounds of the O'Connor Cup have subsequently competed in the consolation competition, the Micheal O'Connor Shield.^[2][3] In 2019 the Shield was effectively a 5th/6th place play-off.^[43][44]

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