Who won the Sam Maguire Cup the most?
Rachel Ellis
Published Jan 13, 2026
The Sam Maguire Cup has been awarded to Gaelic football's All-Ireland Championship winners since 1928. Kerry have been the most successful team, with 36 wins between 1903 and 2009. Dublin (23 wins) and Galway (nine wins) are their nearest rivals.
Who has won most all Irelands?
As of 2020, Kerry has won the competition on 37 occasions, winning in four consecutive years twice (1929–1932 and 1978–1981) and for three consecutive years twice as well (1939–1941 and 1984–1986).
Who won the most All-Ireland football finals?
Kerry have the most All-Ireland trophy wins with 37, Dublin are next on 28, followed by Galway with nine. The biggest winning margin was in the 1911 final, when Cork defeated Antrim by 19 points.
How many times have Mayo won the Sam Maguire?
How many All-Ireland titles have Mayo won? The football-mad county has only landed Sam Maguire on three occasions. Mayo won the title for the first time in 1936 and put All-Irelands back-to-back in 1950 and 1951. They have been on the losing side in finals 14 times.
Who won the most Liam Mccarthy Cup?
The prize for the All-Ireland champions is the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Kilkenny hold the record for the most victories, winning the competition thirty-six times since its inception.
39 related questions foundWho has lost the most All-Ireland football finals?
Kerry, Cork, Galway and Dublin have lost the most All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals.
- Kerry have lost 22 finals;
- Cork have lost 16 finals;
- Galway have lost 13 finals;
- Dublin have lost 13 finals.
Who won All-Ireland 2021?
The All-Ireland final was played on 11 September 2021 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Tyrone and Mayo, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Tyrone won their 4th title after a 2–14 to 0–15 win against Mayo.
What county has the most All-Ireland football medals?
The All-Ireland Football final is swiftly approaching. Kerry face a monumental challenge in beating Dublin in front of 82,000 spectators on Sunday, even though they are comfortably the more successful country over the past 100 years. Kerry have won 37 All-Ireland Football Championship titles, with the most recent ...
What county has never won an All-Ireland?
Fermanagh (0)
Together with Wicklow, they are the only counties not to have won a senior provincial title. Have had a good decade and were very unlucky not to make the Ulster breakthrough in 2008. Biggest achievement: Reaching the 2004 All-Ireland semi-final.
How many finals Mayo lost?
Most notably, Mayo have appeared in eleven finals since winning their last title in 1951, losing them all (1989, 1996 after a replay, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2016 after a replay, 2017, 2020 and 2021); this is the longest unbroken sequence of losing finals in the history of the competition.
Where is the original Sam Maguire Cup?
The original Sam Maguire Cup is permanently on display in the GAA's museum at Croke Park. In 2010 the GAA asked the same silversmith to produce another replica of the trophy (the third Sam Maguire Cup) although this was to be used only for marketing purposes.
Who won the All-Ireland in 1957?
The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 71st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Cork ended Galway's spell a All Ireland champions by just a point in the All Ireland semi-final. Louth won their third, and so-far last, title.
How many times have Cork won the Sam Maguire?
Cork won the new trophy on consecutive occasions in the late-1980s and early-1990s (1989, 1990), while Kerry did likewise during the mid-2000s (2006, 2007).
Who won Sam Maguire 2021?
Mayo players Aidan O'Shea and Lee Keegan broke an unwanted record of most All-Ireland football final appearances without winning (6), with the duo losing 6 finals in 9 years (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021). Conor McKenna became the fourth former AFL player to win the Sam Maguire Cup.
Who beat Dublin 2021?
Match report and highlights as Mayo defeat Dublin 0-17 to 0-14 after extra-time in the All-Ireland semi-final; Dublin's bid for a seventh consecutive Sam Maguire Cup triumph has come to an end, as the Connacht champions march on to the final.
Who won the sam maguire 2005?
Tyrone has won the All-Ireland senior football championship three times in 2003, 2005 and 2008. They have also lost three times, most recently in 2018. The result was a bitter pill for their opponents - Mayo has waited 70 years to bring the Sam Maguire cup back to the county, but their wait now goes on.
Who has won the Liam Mccarthy?
Kilkenny were the first team to win the "new" MacCarthy Cup. Kilkenny are also the team to have won the new trophy on the most occasions and the only team to have won it four consecutive times (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). They had previously won it on consecutive occasions (2002, 2003).
Who won the first Sam Maguire?
Kildare was the first county to win the Sam Maguire Cup in 1928. The original trophy was retired in 1988 as it had received some damage over the years. Two more have been commissioned since, with the third being made in 2010.
Has Westmeath won an All-Ireland?
County team
Westmeath's history is that of a minor county which only recently rose to the higher ranks of football. Its 2004 Leinster provincial title was presaged by a 1995 All-Ireland Minor title and victory in the 1999 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship.
What county has won the most All-Ireland hurling finals?
The all-time record-holders are Kilkenny, who have won the championship on 36 occasions. Limerick are the current champions.