{{Short description|Gaelic football competition}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox GAA tournament | name = Frewen Cup | currentlyrunning = | image = | caption = | irish = Corn an Fhriúnnaigh | code = Gaelic football | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1936}} | abolished = | region = Munster | trophy = Frewen Cup | teams = 8 | firstwin = 20px|border Dingle CBS | title holders = 20px|border St Brendan's College | currentordinal = 15 | most titles = 20px|border Coláiste Chríost Rí | mostordinal = 16 | sponsors = TUS | tv = | motto = | website = [http://munstergaapps.ie/ Official website] }} The '''Frewen Cup''' is an annual inter-schools Gaelic Football competition organised by the Munster PPS division of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Sometimes referred to throughout its history as the '''Munster Colleges Junior Football Championship''' or the '''Munster PPS Under-17 A Football Championship''', it has been contested since 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40847600.html|title=Mounthawk show no Mercy with historic first Frewen Cup win|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=8 April 2022|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Mortimer|last=Murphy}}</ref>
The final, typically held in November, serves as the culmination of a knockout series of games played between October and November. Eligible players must be under the age of 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munstergaapps.ie/history/football-cups/corn-an-fhriunnaigh/|title=Corn an Fhriúnnaigh - Under 17 A Football|publisher=Munster GAA PPS website|date=|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
As of 2025, 8 teams participate in the Frewen Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munstergaapps.ie/competitions/under-17-football/junior-a-football/|title=Junior A Football|publisher=Munster PPS GAA website|date=|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> The title has been won at least once by 22 different schools, 13 of which have won the title more than once.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munstergaapps.ie/history/football-cups/corn-an-fhriunnaigh/|title=Frewen Cup Roll of Honour|publisher=Munster PPS GAA website|date=|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Coláiste Chríost Rí are the all-time title record-holders with 16 titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/gaa/st-brendans-killarney-win-munsters-u-17-frewen-cup-thanks-to-two-second-half-goals/a1807398888.html|title=St. Brendan's Killarney win Munster's U-17 Frewen Cup thanks to two second half goals |publisher=The Kerryman|date=8 November 2024|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Jimmy|last=Darcy}}</ref>
St Brendan's College are the 2026 champions, having beaten Clonakilty Community College by 3-07 to 0-15 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41757860.html|title=David Clifford 'delighted' as Sem retain Frewen Cup title with thrilling victory over Clonakilty|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=10 December 2025|access-date=10 December 2025|first=Murt|last=Murphy}}</ref>
==History==
Since 1927, the Munster Cup had been organised by the Munster Colleges Council and contested as a provincial senior Gaelic football competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://munstergaapps.ie/history/football-cups/corn-ui-mhuiri/|title=Corn Uí Mhuirí - Under 19 A Football|publisher=Munster PPS GAA website|date=|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Following the establishment of a provincial junior hurling competition for players under the age of 16 at the annual Munster Colleges Council convention in February 1936, it was later decided to establish a similar competition for Gaelic football.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Fixtures arranged in hurling and football titles|publisher=Irish Press|date=3 February 1936|access-date=19 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> The Fr Lee Cup was the prize for the inaugural competition, before the Frewen Cup was first presented in 1937 and named in honour of Robert J. Frewen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=A new trophy|publisher=The Cork Examiner|date=20 October 1936|access-date=19 February 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> Dingle CBS were the first champions after a 3–07 to 2–00 defeat of Thurles CBS in the inaugural final in May 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Dingle CBS defeat Thurles CBS in final|publisher=The Cork Examiner|date=29 May 1936|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref>
==List of finals==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |+ ! style="background:blue;color:gold;" | Year ! style="background:blue;color:gold;" | Winners ! style="background:blue;color:gold;" | Score ! style="background:blue;color:gold;" | Runners-up ! style="background:blue;color:gold;" | Score ! style="background:blue;color:gold;" | |- | 1948 | Coláiste Íosagáin | | Dungarvan CBS | | |- | 1949 | Coláiste Íosagáin | | | | |- | 1950 | St Francis College Rochestown | 2-07 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 0-03 | |- | 1951 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 3-09 | St Francis College Rochestown | 0-05 | |- | 1952 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 2-09 | St Therese College | 1-04 | |- | 1953 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 2-03 | St Therese College | 0-05 | |- | 1954 | Tralee CBS | 1-04 | St Augustine's College | 0-04 | |- | 1955 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 1-04 | DLS College Waterford | 2-00 | |- | 1956 | St Augustine's College | 1-04 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 0-05 | |- | 1957 | Limerick CBS | 0-06 | St Augustine's College | 1-01 | |- | 1958 | DLS College Waterford | 3-11 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 1-10 | |- | 1959 | St Augustine's College | 2-05 | North Monastery | 0-06 | |- | 1960 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 4-06 | St Brendan's College | 1-01 | |- | 1961 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | w/o | St Brendan's College | scr. | |- | 1962 | DLS College Waterford | 0-07 | St Brendan's College | 0-04 | |- | 1963 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-11 | DLS College Waterford | 0-06 | |- | 1964 | DLS College Waterford | 6-06 | Salesian College, Pallaskenry | 2-02 | |- | 1965 | DLS College Waterford | 6-05 | Salesian College, Pallaskenry | 1-01 | |- | 1966 | St Brendan's College | 3-13 | DLS College Waterford | 1-06 | |- | 1967 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 1-06 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 0-06 | |- | 1968 | St Brendan's College | 0-07 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 0-03 | |- | 1969 | Tralee CBS | 3-05 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-07 | |- | 1970 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 2-11 | DLS College Waterford | 3-07 | |- | 1971 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 1-10 | North Monastery | 1-07 | |- | 1972 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 4-06 | St Brendan's College | 2-08 | |- | 1973 | Coláiste Iognáid Rís | 1-08 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 0-08 | |- | 1974 | St Brendan's College | 2-09 | Coláiste Iognáid Rís | 1-06 | |- | 1975 | Tralee CBS | 1-08 | Coláiste Iognáid Rís | 0-04 | |- | 1976 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-06 | Coláiste Iognáid Rís | 0-07 | |- | 1977 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 3-07 | Coláiste Íosagáin | 1-05 | |- | 1978 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 4-08 | St Flannan's College | 1-10 | |- | 1979 | St Brendan's College | 1-11 | St Flannan's College | 0-08 | |- | 1980 | North Monastery | 1-11 | Coláiste Iognáid Rís | 1-03 | |- | 1981 | Coláiste Iognáid Rís | 0-12 | DLS College Waterford | 0-04 | |- | 1982 | Tralee CBS | 1-11 | DLS College Waterford | 2-01 | |- | 1983 | North Monastery | 2-04 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 0-06 | |- | 1984 | St Brendan's College | 2-06 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 0-10 | |- | 1985 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 6-12 | DLS College Waterford | 1-05 | |- | 1986 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 5-06 | Coláiste Iognáid Rís | 1-06 | |- | 1987 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 1-06 | St Brendan's College | 1-05 | |- | 1988 | Tralee CBS | 2-12 | Midleton CBS | 0-05 | |- | 1989 | North Monastery | 5-05 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-05 | |- | 1990 | St Brendan's College | 4-07 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 1-06 | |- | 1991 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 0-11 | Tralee CBS | 0-08 | |- | 1992 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-08 | St Finbarr's College | 1-09 | |- | 1993 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-05 | St Colman's College | 1-06 | |- | 1994 | Intermediate School Killorglin | 3-07 | St Colman's College | 1-10 | |- | 1995 | St Brendan's College | 3-07 | St Colman's College | 1-09 | |- | 1996 | Tralee CBS | 1-06 | St Colman's College | 1-05 | |- | 1997 | Tralee CBS | w/o | St Flannan's College | scr. | |- | 1998 | St Brendan's College | 3-10 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-11 | |- | 1999 | St Flannan's College | 2-11 | Tralee CBS | 2-05 | |- | 2000 | Intermediate School Killorglin | 2-07 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 0-08 | |- | 2001 | Coláiste Choilm | 3-08 | Intermediate School Killorglin | 1-13 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/heart-breaking-defeat-for-killorglin-in-final-of-the-frewen-cup/27372352.html|title=Heart-breaking defeat for Killorglin in final of the Frewen cup|publisher=The Kerryman|date=18 May 2001|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2002 | Coláiste Choilm | 3-08 | St Brendan's College | 2-09 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/colleges-gaa-munster-u16-fc-final/26047563.html|title=COLLEGES' GAA: Munster U16 FC Final|publisher=The Kerryman|date=10 May 2002|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2003 | Coláiste na Sceilge | 1-07 | St Flannan's College | 0-09 | |- | 2004 | Coláiste na Sceilge | 2-09 | Tralee CBS | 2-08 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/patrick-curran-is-the-na-sceilge-saviour/27366811.html|title=Patrick Curran is the Na Sceilge saviour|publisher=The Kerryman|date=6 May 2004|access-date=14 April 2025|first=John|last=O'Dowd}}</ref> |- | 2005 | Tralee CBS | 5-07 | DLS College Waterford | 1-07 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/tralee-cbs-win-frewen-cup-and-complete-magnificent-double/27362654.html|title=Tralee CBS win Frewen Cup and complete magnificent double|publisher=The Kerryman|date=28 April 2005|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2006 | Tralee CBS | 2-13 | Coláiste Choilm | 0-06 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/tralee-cruise-to-easy-win/26391480.html|title=Tralee cruise to easy win |publisher=The Kerryman|date=11 April 2006|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2007 | St Brendan's College | 3-13 | Tralee CBS | 2-11 | |- | 2008 | Tralee CBS | 2-10 | CBS High School Clonmel | 1-05 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/keane-edge-secures-frewen-win-for-tralee/26436631.html|title=Keane edge secures Frewen win for Tralee|publisher=The Kerryman|date=28 April 2006|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2009 | St Flannan's College | 1-10 | CBS High School Clonmel | 1-09 | |- | 2010 | St Brendan's College | 1-14 | CBS High School Clonmel | 0-11 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/the-sem-comes-good-to-claim-frewen-cup/27394467.html|title=The Sem comes good to claim Frewen Cup|publisher=The Kerryman|date=5 May 2010|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Murt|last=Murphy}}</ref> |- | 2011 | Tralee CBS | 1-11 | St Flannan's College | 1-10 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/news/improved-second-half-seals-frewen-title/27405947.html|title=Improved second half seals Frewen title|publisher=The Kerryman|date=6 April 2011|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2012 | Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 0-08 | CBS High School Clonmel | 0-07 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20191326.html|title=Corca Dhuibhne hold on and close in on clean sweep|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=21 April 2012|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Kieran|last=McCarthy}}</ref> |- | 2013 | Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 0-10 | CBS High School Clonmel | 2-02 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/event/frewen-cup-u16-%C2%BD-a-football-final-ps-chorca-dhuibhne-v-clonmel-cbs/|title=Frewen Cup U/16 ½ A Football Final – PS. Chorca Dhuibhne 0-10 Clonmel CBS 2-2|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=22 May 2013|access-date=14 April 2025|work=Munster GAA - Aras Mumhan |author1=Ed }}</ref> |- | 2014 | St Francis College Rochestown | 3-12 | St Brendan's College | 2-14 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://munster.gaa.ie/event/frewen-cup-final-st-francis-college-rochestown-3-12-st-brendans-killarney-2-14/|title=Frewen Cup – St Francis Rochestown v St Brendan's Killarney|publisher=Munster GAA website|date=19 March 2014|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2015 | St Brendan's College | 1-13 | Tralee CBS | 1-09 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20318885.htmll|title=Late St Brendan's surge too much for battling Tralee CBS|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=17 March 2015|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Murt|last=Murphy}}</ref> |- | 2016 | Coláiste Chríost Rí | 2-10 | St Flannan's College | 2-07 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-20385313.html|title=Coláiste Críost Rí stand firm to bridge long 24-year gap|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=3 March 2016|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Eoin|last=Brennan}}</ref> |- | 2017 | Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne | 1-15 | St Brendan's College | 0-12 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://munstergaapps.ie/2017/03/frewen-cup-16-5-football-final-st-brendans-killarney-v-pobalscoil-corca-dhuibhne/|title=Frewen Cup Under 16.5 A Football Final|publisher=Munster GAA PPA website|date=7 March 2017|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2018 | St Brendan's College | 2-15 | St Flannan's College | 1-08 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/gaa/the-sem-claim-frewen-cup-title/36677690.html|title=The Sem claim Frewen Cup title|publisher=The Kerryman|date=10 March 2018|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Jason|last=O'Connor}}</ref> |- | 2019 | Intermediate School Killorglin | 3-14 | St Flannan's College | 1-09 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/gaa/three-goal-isk-have-too-much-for-battling-flannans/37833544.html|title=Three-goal ISK have too much for battling Flannans|publisher=The Kerryman|date=23 February 2019|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Jason|last=O'Connor}}</ref> |- | 2020 | St Brendan's College | 1-14 | Tralee CBS | 2-07 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://munstergaapps.ie/2020/02/2019-2020-frewen-cup-under-16-5-a-football-final-st-brendans-college-1-14-tralee-cbs-2-7/|title=St Brendan's final triumph foils Tralee clean sweep|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=27 February 2020|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Murt|last=Murphy}}</ref> |- | 2021 | colspan=4 align=center | ''Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic'' |- | 2022 | Mercy Secondary School, Mounthawk | 3-11 | St Flannan's College | 0-07 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/gaa/mercy-mounthawk-cruise-past-st-flannans-to-claim-a-first-frewen-cup-for-tralee-school/41545372.html|title=Mercy Mounthawk cruise past St Flannan's to claim a first Frewen Cup for Tralee school|publisher=The Kerryman|date=12 April 2022|access-date=14 April 2025|first=|last=}}</ref> |- | 2023 | Tralee CBS | 3-11 | St Francis College | 2-09 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41104987.html|title=Tralee CBS late surge edges out Rochestown in Frewen Cup final|publisher=Echo Live|date=29 March 2023|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Murt|last=Murphy}}</ref> |- | 2024 | Tralee CBS | 3-16 | St Patrick's Secondary School | 0-09 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41357437.html|title=Tralee CBS win battle of Kerry schools in Frewen Cup final|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=20 March 2024|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Murt|last=Murphy}}</ref> |- | 2025 | St Brendan's College | 2-13 | Clonakilty Community College | 0-11 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41512991.html|title=Frewen Cup final disappointment for Clonakilty against St Brendan's|publisher=Echo Live|date=8 November 2024|access-date=14 April 2025|first=Murt|last=Murphy}}</ref> |- | 2026 | St Brendan's College | 3-07 | Clonakilty Community College | 0-15 | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41757797.html|title=Frewen Cup final: Brilliant Clonakilty fall agonisingly short against St Brendan's|publisher=Echo Live|date=10 December 2025|access-date=10 December 2025|first=Barry|last=O'Mahony}}</ref> |}
;Notes * 1979 - The first match ended in a draw: St Brendan's College 0-09, St Flannan's College 0-09. * 1985 - The first match ended in a draw: Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-05, DLS College Waterford 2-02.
==See also==
* Corn Uí Mhuirí * Dean Ryan Cup
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:1936 establishments in Ireland Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1936 Category:Minor-level Gaelic football