# 2019 Fitzgibbon Cup

The 2019 Fitzgibbon Cup was the 103rd staging of the Fitzgibbon Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. It was sponsored by Electric Ireland, and known as the Electric Ireland HE GAA Fitzgibbon Cup for sponsorship purposes. The draw for the group stage fixtures took place on 5 December 2018. It started with the group stage on 20 January 2019 and is scheduled to end on 23 February 2019.
The University of Limerick were the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the "group of death".
On 23 February 2019, University College Cork won the Fitzgibbon Cup after a 2–21 to 0–13 defeat of Mary Immaculate College in the final. This was their 39th cup title overall and their first title since 2013.
Evan Niland of NUI Galway was the Fitzgibbon Cup top scorer with 0-54.

## Group stage
### Group A
#### Table

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| University College Cork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3-66 | 1-48 | +24 | 6 |
| NUI Galway | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-52 | 4-48 | -2 | 3 |
| University College Dublin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7-33 | 3-54 | -9 | 3 |
| University of Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0-52 | 4-53 | -13 | 0 |

#### Fixtures and results
### Group B
#### Table

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Limerick Institute of Technology | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8-59 | 1-33 | +47 | 6 |
| Institute of Technology, Carlow | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4-53 | 3-29 | +27 | 4 |
| Trinity College | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2-31 | 3-58 | -30 | 2 |
| Garda College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1-32 | 8-55 | -44 | 0 |

#### Fixtures and results
### Group C
#### Table

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| DCU Dóchas Éireann | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0-39 | 0-26 | +13 | 4 |
| Cork Institute of Technology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-27 | 0-32 | -5 | 2 |
| Waterford Institute of Technology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-23 | 0-31 | -8 | 0 |

#### Fixtures and results
### Group D
#### Table

| Team | Matches | Matches | Matches | Matches | Score | Score | Score | Pts |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff |
| Mary Immaculate College | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2-41 | 1-26 | +18 | 4 |
| Dublin Institute of Technology | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5-26 | 2-28 | +7 | 2 |
| Maynooth University | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1-21 | 5-34 | -25 | 0 |

#### Fixtures and results
## Top scorers
### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Evan Niland | NUI Galway | 0-54 | 54 | 5 | 10.80 |
| 2 | Aaron Gillane | Mary Immaculate College | 2-41 | 47 | 4 | 11.75 |
| 3 | Peter Duggan | Limerick Institute of Technology | 2-28 | 34 | 4 | 8.50 |
| 4 | Shane Conway | University College Cork | 0-32 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
| 5 | James Bergin | DCU Dóchas Éireann | 0-28 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Séamus Casey | Institute of Technology, Carlow | 2-19 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 7 | Shane Kingston | University College Cork | 3-15 | 24 | 5 | 4.80 |
| 7 | Eoghan Dunne | Dublin Institute of Technology | 2-18 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 8 | Chris O'Leary | University College Cork | 1-20 | 23 | 5 | 4.60 |
| 9 | Barry Murphy | University of Limerick | 0-21 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |

### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Aaron Gillane | Mary Immaculate College | 1-15 | 18 | Dublin Institute of Technology |
| 1 | Aaron Gillane | Mary Immaculate College | 1-12 | 15 | NUI Galway |
| 2 | Peter Duggan | Limerick Institute of Technology | 1-11 | 14 | Garda College |
| 3 | Evan Niland | NUI Galway | 0-13 | 13 | Mary Immaculate College |
| 3 | Evan Niland | NUI Galway | 0-12 | 12 | University College Dublin |
| 3 | Barry Murphy | University of Limerick | 0-11 | 11 | NUI Galway |
| 4 | Séamus Casey | Institute of Technology, Carlow | 1-07 | 10 | Limerick Institute of Technology |
| 4 | Eoghan Dunne | Dublin Institute of Technology | 1-07 | 10 | Mary Immaculate College |
| 4 | Fionn Ó Riain Broin | Trinity College | 0-10 | 10 | Garda College |
| 4 | James Bergin | DCU Dóchas Éireann | 0-10 | 10 | University College Cork |

## Awards

Team of the Year
* Eoghan Cahill
* Niall O'Leary
* Eddie Gunning
* Thomas Grimes
* Chris O'Leary
* Paddy O'Loughlin
* Chris Crummey
* Conor Browne
* Jarlath Mannion
* Shane Kingston
* Aaron Gillane
* James Bergin
* Evan Niland
* Shane Conway$^{HOTY}$
* Mark Kehoe