Irish Corn Uí Riain Founded 1976/77 | Code Hurling Trophy Ryan Cup/Corn Uí Riain | |
Region Universities/Third-Level Colleges (GAA) Title holders Garda Síochána College (2nd title) | ||
The Ryan Cup is the Division II hurling championship for third level colleges, the Fitzgibbon Cup being the Division I hurling championship trophy. The Ryan Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG), the GAA's Higher Education Council. At some time either in the late 1980s or in the early 1990s, the Ryan Cup - the trophy for the Division 1 gaelic football league - was presented to the winners of what was then the Division II Championship (non-university). As a result of this mix-up, the Division II Championship became colloquially known as the 'Ryan Cup'. Unfortunately several other GAA trophy competitions bear this name, including still the Higher Education First-Division football league. The GAA Higher Education Cup Championships are sponsored by the Independent.ie. Prior sponsors include the Irish Daily Mail, Datapac, Ulster Bank and Bus Éireann.
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2016-17 Group A Qualifying
Qualifiers: Cork Education & Training Board; Institute of Technology Sligo
2016-17 Group B Qualifying
Qualifiers: Garda College; Queen's University of Belfast
Ryan Cup Champion Colleges
Compiled from The Cups That Cheered. The current names of academic institutions are shown in parentheses.
Match Details
Under Match Details below, academic institutions are referred to by their names at the time of the competition. References give the current names of the institutions.