2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship

2017 Cavan SFC
Tournament details
County	Cavan
Province	Ulster
Year	2017
Trophy	Oliver Plunkett Cup
Sponsor	Hotel Kilmore
Date	23 July - 8 October 2017
Teams	14
Defending champions	Ramor United
Winners
Champions	Cavan Gaels (14th win)
Manager	Jason O'Reilly
Captain	Micheál Lyng
Qualify for	2017 Ulster Club SFC
Runners-up
Runners-up	Castlerahan
Manager	Donal Keogan
Captain	Ronan Flanagan
Promotion/Relegation
Relegated team(s)	Arva ; Cúchulainn's ; Mullahoran
Other
Player of the Year	Seánie Johnston (Cavan Gaels)
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Cavan Senior Football Championship is the 109th edition of Cavan GAA's premier gaelic football tournament for senior graded clubs in County Cavan, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner representing Cavan in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship.

Ramor United were the defending champions after they defeated neighbours Castlerahan in the previous years final, however Castlerahan exacted their revenge when dethroning them at the semi final stage.^[1]

This was Arva's return the senior grade for the first time since 1990 after claiming the 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship title.

The draw for the group stages of the championship were made on 10 April 2017.

Cavan Gaels regained their throne as Cavan kingpins, defeating Castlerahan 0-13 to 0-8 in the final.^[2]^[3]^[4] This was their 14th win,^[5] and also their 10th in 20 years.

Team Changes[]

^[6]

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 championship season.

To S.F.C.[]

Promoted from 2016 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

Arva - (Intermediate Champions)

From S.F.C.[]

Relegated to 2017 Cavan Intermediate Football Championship

Ballyhaise
Denn
Killeshandra

League Stage[]

All 14 teams enter the competition at this stage. A random draw determines which teams face each other in each of the four rounds. No team can meet each other twice in the group stage. The top 8 teams go into a random unseeded draw for the Quarter-Finals while the bottom 6 teams will enter a Relegation Playoff. If teams are level on points and a place in the Quarter-Final is at stake, a Playoff will be conducted to determine who goes through.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PD	Pts
1	Cavan Gaels	4	3	0	1	+29	7
2	Castlerahan	4	3	0	1	+9	7
3	Killygarry	4	3	1	0	+22	6
4	Ramor United	4	3	1	0	+12	6
5	Lavey	4	1	0	3	+1	5
6	Kingscourt Stars (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	+8	4
7	Ballinagh (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	+8	4
8	Cootehill (P.O.)	4	1	1	2	+3	4
9	Crosserlough (P.O.)	4	2	2	0	-2	4
10	Gowna	4	1	2	1	-6	3
11	Lacken	4	1	2	1	-10	3
12	Cúchulainn's	4	1	3	0	-5	2
13	Arva	4	0	3	1	-38	1
14	Mullahoran	4	0	4	0	-31	0

Round 1[]

28 July 2017 Round 1	Ramor United	1-13 – 1-12	Cúchulainn's	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

28 July 2017 Round 1	Cavan Gaels	1-14 – 2-7	Lacken	showBreffni Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

29 July 2017 Round 1	Lavey	2-9 – 1-12	Cootehill	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Jim Giblin

29 July 2017 Round 1	Castlerahan	0-16 – 0-13	Arva	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Noel Mooney

30 July 2017 Round 1	Killygarry	2-9 – 0-9	Gowna	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: John Emmo

30 July 2017 Round 1	Kingscourt Stars	1-15 – 0-4	Mullahoran	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Martin Sexton

30 July 2017 Round 1	Crosserlough	2-13 – 1-13	Ballinagh	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Tony Gregory

Round 2[]

4 August 2017 Round 2	Cavan Gaels	3-15 – 0-9	Arva	showBallinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

4 August 2017 Round 2	Castlerahan	2-8 – 2-8	Lavey	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Gerry Sheridan

5 August 2017 Round 2	Cúchulainn's	2-12 – 3-14	Killygarry	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Harry Conaty

5 August 2017 Round 2	Ramor United	2-12 – 2-11	Kingscourt Stars	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Margaret Farrelly

6 August 2017 Round 2	Crosserlough	0-12 – 2-13	Gowna	showBreffni Park
				Referee: Pat Clarke

6 August 2017 Round 2	Mullahoran	0-8 – 0-13	Cootehill	showBreffni Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

6 August 2017 Round 2	Lacken	1-7 – 2-11	Ballinagh	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: James Clarke

Round 3[]

11 August 2017 Round 3	Ramor United	1-7 – 2-14	Cavan Gaels	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Michael Lee

12 August 2017 Round 3	Killygarry	2-8 – 0-15	Lacken	showBallinagh GAA Grounds
				Referee: Conor Dourneen

12 August 2017 Round 3	Cootehill	2-11 – 3-10	Cúchulainn's	showO'Raghallaigh Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

12 August 2017 Round 3	Arva	1-11 – 0-14	Lavey	showBreffni Park
				Referee: Martin Sexton

13 August 2017 Round 3	Kingscourt Stars	3-16 – 2-12	Gowna	showDolan Park
				Referee: Joey Curley

13 August 2017 Round 3	Ballinagh	1-6 – 1-11	Castlerahan	showBreffni Park
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

13 August 2017 Round 3	Crosserlough	2-17 – 1-17	Mullahoran	showSheelin Park
				Referee: Ollie Donohoe

Round 4[]

26 August 2017 Round 4	Cootehill	2-5 – 0-11	Cavan Gaels	showP. J. Duke Park
				Referee: Oliver Óg O'Reilly

26 August 2017 Round 4	Arva	0-11 – 4-19	Ramor United	showSheelin Park
				Referee: Padraig Sheridan

26 August 2017 Round 4	Crosserlough	0-14 – 0-15	Castlerahan	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Joe McQuillan

26 August 2017 Round 4	Gowna	0-10 – 0-10	Lacken	showPáirc Naomh Fionnán
				Referee: Noel Mooney

26 August 2017 Round 4	Mullahoran	0-11 – 1-17	Ballinagh	showPackie Devlin Park
				Referee: Stephen McKiernan

26 August 2017 Round 4	Kingscourt Stars	0-7 – 1-16	Killygarry	showSt. Anne's Park
				Referee: James Clarke

26 August 2017 Round 4	Lavey	2-16 – 1-18	Cúchulainn's	showJim Smith Park
				Referee: Michael Lee

League Play-Offs[]

Quarter-Final Play-Offs[]

2 September 2017 Quarter-final Play-Off	Cootehill	4-10 – 0-22 (a.e.t.)	Ballinagh	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: John Emmo

3 September 2017 Quarter-final Play-Off	Crosserlough	2-12 – 3-12	Kingscourt Stars	showBreffni Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

6 September 2017 Quarter-final Play-Off replay	Ballinagh	0-11 – 3-12	Cootehill	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Noel Mooney

Quarter-Final/Relegation Play-Off[]

10 September 2017 Quarter-final/Relegation Play-Off	Ballinagh	0-9 – 2-13	Crosserlough	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: James Clarke

Knock-Out Stage[]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Castlerahan

0-18

Cootehill

0-12

Castlerahan

0-10

Ramor United

0-9

Ramor United

3-9

Lavey

1-11

Castlerahan

0-8

Cavan Gaels

0-13

Cavan Gaels

1-14

Crosserlough

3-6

Cavan Gaels

2-10

Kingscourt Stars

0-8

Killygarry GAA

0-12

Kingscourt Stars

1-10

Quarter-Finals[]

9 September 2017 Quarter-final	Killygarry	0-12 – 1-10	Kingscourt Stars	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Martin Sexton

10 September 2017 Quarter-final	Ramor United	3-9 – 1-11	Lavey	showBreffni Park
		Report		Referee: Conor Dourneen

16 September 2017 Quarter-final	Castlerahan	0-18 – 0-12	Cootehill	showLavey GAA Grounds
				Referee: Margaret Farrelly

16 September 2017 Quarter-final	Cavan Gaels	1-14 – 3-6	Crosserlough	showPáirc Naomh Fionnán
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

Semi-Finals[]

23 September 2017 Semi-final	Castlerahan	0-10 – 0-9	Ramor United	showBreffni Park
	C. Mackey 0-6 (0-2f), S. Cooney, C. Daly, C. McEnroe, S. Brady 0-1 each	Report av	S. Monaghan 0-3 (0-1f), C. Maguire, James Brady, A. Cole, Jack Brady, S. Cadden, K. Mulvany 0-1 each	Referee: Michael Lee

24 September 2017 Semi-final	Cavan Gaels	2-10 – 0-8	Kingscourt Stars	showBreffni Park
	P. O'Connor 2-0, S. Johnston 0-4 (0-1f), M. Dunne 0-3 (0-1f, 0-1 '45), M. Lyng 0-2, N. Smith 0-1	Report av	B. Reilly 0-4 (0-4f), P. Faulkner, A. Clarke (0-1f), P. Tinnelly, C. McArdle 0-1 each	Referee: Margaret Farrelly

Final[]

8 October 2017 Final	Castlerahan	0-8 – 0-13	Cavan Gaels	showBreffni Park
	O. Kiernan 0-2 (1 '45), P. Smith, C. Daly, S. Brady, C. Mackey (0-1f), O. O'Connell, C. McEnroe (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report av av	S. Johnston 0-5 (0-2f), R. Maloney-Derham, N. Smith, M. Dunne (0-1f) 0-2 each, B. Fortune, D. Meehan 0-1 each	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Gerry Sheridan Man of the Match: Seánie Johnston (Cavan Gaels)

Relegation Play-Offs[]

The 6 bottom placed teams the league phase will play off against each other. The 3 winners will maintain their senior status for 2018 while the 3 losers will be relegated to the 2018 I.F.C.

10 September 2017 Relegtion Play-off	Gowna	2-8 – 0-7	Arva	showJoe Crowe Park
				Referee: Kieran McCarville

16 September 2017 Relegtion Play-off	Lacken	3-15 – 1-10	Cúchulainn's	showSt. Matthew's Park
				Referee: Brendan Sweeney

23 September 2017 Relegtion Play-off	Ballinagh	2-14 – 1-14 (a.e.t.)	Mullahoran	showGowna GAA Grounds
				Referee: James Clarke

References[]

^ "SFC: Mackey's late free dethrones Ramor". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "Gaels force too much for Castlerahan in Cavan". Irish Times. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "More woe for Castlerahan as Cavan Gaels regain title". RTE.ie. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "Gaels regain SFC crown". Anglo Celt. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ "Cavan SFC final: Johnston inspires Gaels to 14th crown". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ "The Anglo Celt Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

External links[]

[1] "SFC: Mackey's late free dethrones Ramor". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[2] "Gaels force too much for Castlerahan in Cavan". Irish Times. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[3] "More woe for Castlerahan as Cavan Gaels regain title". RTE.ie. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[4] "Gaels regain SFC crown". Anglo Celt. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[5] "Cavan SFC final: Johnston inspires Gaels to 14th crown". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[6] "The Anglo Celt Archives". Irishnewsarchive.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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Stadiums	Breffni Park
Club scene	Clubs Senior Football Championship 19 Senior Hurling Championship 19 Intermediate Football Championship 19 Junior Football Championship 19 Under-20 Football Championship 19 Minor Football Championship 19
Key historical figures	John Joe O'Reilly P. J. Duke Phil Brady Mick Higgins Charlie Gallagher Gabriel Kelly Dermot McCabe
Honours	Football Honours All Stars
All-Ireland Senior Football Championships (5)	1933 1935 1947 1948 1952
Affiliations	Championship: Ulster League: Division 2 Cup: McKenna

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Seasons	2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Clubs	Castlerahan Cavan Gaels Crosserlough Gowna Killygarry Kingscourt Stars Lacken Celtic Laragh United Lavey Mullahoran Ramor United Shercock