The Trench Cup is the second tier Gaelic football

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 competition for third level education colleges and universities in Ireland

Ireland

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 and England

England

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The current champions are St. Patrick's College, Dublin after they narrowly defeated Mary Immaculate College Limerick,0-12 to 0-7.
The competition first game into existence in the 1974/75 season, with Dundalk RTC emerging as the inaugural winners. Sligo RTC have won the Trench Cup the most times, a total of five which were won in 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991.
The Trench Cup is to be held in Cork IT for 2009. This year's semi-finals are a repeat of last years with current holders Mary Immaculate College, Limerick to face John Moore's College, Liverpool in one semi-final, while the other is an all Dublin affair with Trinity College, Dublin facing St. Patrick's.

Top winners

	Team	Winner	Winning Years
1	Sligo RTC	5	1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991
2	NCPE/Thomond	4	1976, 1977, 1982, 1988
3	DIT	3	1987, 1995, 1997
2	Coláiste Phádraig	4	2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
5	Galway RTC	2	1989, 1996
	Garda College	2	1993, 1994
	IT Tallaght	2	2001, 2003
	Polytechnic	2	1980, 1983
	Athlone RTC	2	1992
	Cork RTC	2	1979
	Dundalk RTC	2	1974
	Letterkenny IT	2	2005
	Limerick IT	2	1999
	NIHE Limerick	2	1984
	St Joseph’s	2	1978
	St Mary’s London	2	2004
	Trinity College	2	2006
	UU Coleraine	2	1998
19	Mary Immaculate College, Limerick	1	2008
20	Tralee IT	1	2010

Roll of Honour

Year	Winners	Score	Finalists	Score
2011 St. Pat's Drumcondra 2-11 2010	Tralee IT		Limerick IT
2009	St Pats, Drumcondra	0-12	Mary Immaculate College, Limerick	0-07
2008	Mary Immaculate College, Limerick	1-12	St Pats, Drumcondra	0-09
2007	St Pats, Drumcondra	0-13	John Moores University	0-12
2006	Trinity College
2005	Letterkenny IT
2004	St Mary’s Strawberry Hill
2003	IT Tallaght
2002	Coláiste Phádraig
2001	IT Tallaght
2000	Cadets
1999	Limerick IT
1998	UU Coleraine
1997	DIT
1996	Galway RTC
1995	DIT
1994	Garda College
1993	Garda College
1992	Athlone RTC
1991	Sligo RTC
1990	Sligo RTC
1989	Galway RTC
1988	Thomond
1987	DIT
1986	Sligo RTC
1985	Sligo RTC
1984	NIHE Limerick
1983	Poly
1982	Thomond
1981	Sligo RTC
1980	Poly
1979	Cork RTC
1978	St Joseph's
1977	Thomond
1976	NCPE
1974/1975	Dundalk RTC