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The MacRory Cup is an inter-college (school) Gaelic football tournament in Ulster. It is staged every year with the stipulation that players must be under eighteen-and-a-half at the start of the tournament (that is, be under eighteen at the start of the school year). The holders advance to the All-Ireland colleges "A" senior football championship, where they compete for the Hogan Cup. The tournament has a long, and prestigious history, from when it started in 1925. Many of the biggest names in Ulster Football graduated from playing for their school in the MacRory Cup, such as Stephen O'Neill for CBS Omagh and Oisin McConville for St Patrick's Grammar School Armagh. Dermot McNicholl played in 5 MacRory Cup finals in the early 1980s with St. Patrick's College, Maghera The competition begins with a round-robin tournament consisting of two groups of six teams, and the top four from each group go through to the knockout stages. The final is held every year on St. Patrick's Day, and along with the Ulster Schools Cup Rugby final, is televised live on BBC Northern Ireland. The venue for the last number of years has been Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Martin Clarke of Australian Rules side Collingwood produced a number of memorable displays captaining his school St Louis, Kilkeel in both 2005 and 2006. The current holders are St. Patrick's College, Cavan victors in the 2015 final. ==Roll of honour== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MacRory Cup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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