The Cavan Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Cavan GAA. It is played between the fourteen intermediate-graded clubs in County Cavan. It was first competed for in 1915, before a lapse prior to being revived in 1966. The winners are awarded the Tommy Gilroy Cup and go on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship. The winners are also promoted to the Cavan Senior Football Championship for the following year.

Five different clubs—Arva, Ballinagh, Cuchulainns, Lacken, and Templeport—have won the competition four times. Cuchulainns are the current champions after beating Butlersbridge in the 2025 final.

Format

14 teams contest the O'Reilly Precast Intermediate Football Championship. The championship is run on a league basis up to the quarter-final stage and knock-out thereafter. Each team plays 4 rounds in the league phase with the fixtures decided by a random draw at the conclusion of each round. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams in the league progress to the quarter-finals while the bottom 4 placed teams in the league enter a relegation play-off with 1 team to be relegated to the Cavan Junior Football Championship. The winner is promoted to the Cavan Senior Football Championship.

List of finals

Key to list of winners
†Winning team reached the final of the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship
‡Winning team won the Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship
List of Cavan Intermediate Football Championship finals
YearWinnersScoreOpponentRef.
1915Cornafean
1916Cornafean
1923Templeport1–2 – 1–2Bruskey
3–1 – 2–4 (R)
1–2 – 1–2 (R)
1–2 – 1–0 (R)
1924Templeport
1925Gowna3–1 – 0–1Cootehill
1926Tullyco2–1 – 0–2Virginia Blues
1966Castlerahan1–14 – 0–7Arva
1967Lacken2–7 – 1–7Drumalee
1968Ballyhaise1–5 – 0–5Crosserlough
1969Drumalee1–9 – 1–6Arva
1970Killygarry2–5 – 2–3Cootehill
1971Cootehill2–8 – 1–3Virginia Blues
1972Arva1–10 – 1–4Ballymachugh
1973Redhills3–7 – 3–3Killeshandra
1974Maghera4–6 – 2–4Drumlane
1975Virginia0–12 – 0–9Templeport
1976Kingscourt Stars0–11 – 0–6Arva
1977Templeport2–6 – 0–5Mullahoran
1978Mullahoran2–9 – 1–6Castlerahan
1979Ballinagh1–9 – 0–4Killinkere
1980Munterconnaught2–4 – 0–7Cuchulainns
1981Ballymachugh0–6 – 0–6Redhills
4–5 – 2–7 (R)
1982Killinkere0–10 – 1–4Castlerahan
1983Arva1–11 – 0–7Knockbride
1984Shercock0–8 – 0–8Knockbride
1985Gowna0–14 – 0–4Cuchulainns
1986Killeshandra0–10 – 1–6Cuchulainns
1987Cuchulainns1–10 – 0–12Denn
1988Denn2–7 – 1–8Redhills
1989Bailieborough Shamrocks1–9 – 0–7Lavey
1990Denn2–15 – 1–7Belturbet
1991Killeshandra0–9 – 0–6Munterconnaught
1992Ballinagh0–10 – 0–7Ballymachugh
1993Cuchulainns3–11 – 1–4Lacken
1994Laragh United0–15 – 2–6Cornafean
1995Templeport1–14 – 0–7Arva
1996Belturbet1–5 – 0–5Denn
1997Lacken2–10 – 2–8Knockbride
1998Killygarry0–12 – 0–8Denn
1999Ballymachugh0–8 – 0–6Denn
2000Knockbride2–11 – 0–7Drung
2001Castlerahan1–6 – 0–9Drung
0–10 – 2–2 (R)
2002Drumgoon †0–8 – 0–6Denn
2003Denn1–8 – 0–9Ballinagh
2004Lacken1–9 – 1–8Drung
2005Cuchulainns1–6 – 0–7Drumalee
2006Drumalee0–7 – 0–7Ballinagh
1–5 – 0–4 (R)
2007Ballinagh ‡1–7 – 0–9Lavey
2008Redhills0–14 – 1–8Ballyhaise
2009Lavey †3–9 – 1–8Cootehill
2010Drumalee1–11 – 0–8Drumlane
2011Drumgoon0–11 – 1–7Crosserlough
2012Lacken1–10 – 1–10Cootehill
3–10 – 1–9 (R)
2013Killeshandra1–10 – 1–8Shercock
2014Cootehill3–11 – 0–8Ballyhaise
2015Ballyhaise2–13 – 1–14Arva
2016Arva3–10 – 1–16Killinkere
0–11 – 0–10 (R)
2017Shercock2–11 – 1–9Ballyhaise
2018Mullahoran †2–16 – 0–8Cuchulainns
2019Laragh United2–16 – 1–9Belturbet
2020Ballinagh0–23 – 0–11Butlersbridge
2021Butlersbridge1–12 – 0–14Ballyhaise
2022Castlerahan1–8 – 0–8Ballyhaise
2023Ballyhaise †0–13 – 0–7Denn
2024Arva †3–11 – 0–11Butlersbridge
2025Cuchulainns †0–24 – 0–18Butlersbridge

Performances by club

Performances in the Cavan Intermediate Football Championship by club
ClubTitlesYears won
Templeport41923, 1924, 1977, 1995
Lacken41967, 1997, 2004, 2012
Ballinagh41979, 1992, 2007, 2020
Arva41972, 1983, 2016, 2024
Cuchulainns41987, 1993, 2005, 2025
Drumalee31969, 2006, 2010
Denn31988, 1990, 2003
Killeshandra31986, 1991, 2013
Castlerahan31966, 2001, 2022
Ballyhaise31968, 2015, 2023
Cornafean21915, 1916
Gowna21925, 1985
Killygarry21970, 1998
Ballymachugh21981, 1999
Redhills21973, 2008
Drumgoon22002, 2011
Cootehill21971, 2014
Shercock21984, 2017
Mullahoran21978, 2018
Laragh United21994, 2019
Tullyco11926
Maghera11974
Virginia11975
Kingscourt Stars11976
Munterconnaught11980
Killinkere11982
Bailieborough Shamrocks11989
Belturbet11996
Knockbride12000
Lavey12009
Butlersbridge12021

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