# 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup

The 2005 Tommy Murphy Cup was the 2nd staging of the Tommy Murphy Cup, the Gaelic Athletic Association's secondary inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The draw for the preliminary round fixtures took place on 9 July 2005. The championship began on 16 July 2005 and ended on 4 September 2005.
Clare were the defending champions but they did not enter the championship.
On 4 September 2005, Tipperary won the championship following a 3-10 to 0-15 defeat of Wexford in the final. This was their first Tommy Murphy Cup title.
Wexford's Mattie Forde was the championship's top scorer with 2-14.

## Teams
### Summaries

| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | Sponsor | Manager | All-Ireland | Provincial | League |
| Antrim | Saffron and white | Bushmills Distillery | Michael Culbert | | 1951 | |
| Carlow | Green, red and yellow | Stone Developments | Liam Hayes | | | |
| Fermanagh | Green and white | Tracey Concrete | Charlie Mulgrew | | | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | Avonmore | | | 1911 | |
| Leitrim | Green and yellow | Masonite | Dessie Dolan | | 1994 | |
| London | Blue and green | JCB | Noel Dunning | | | |
| Longford | Blue and gold | Longford Arms Hotel | Luke Dempsey | | 1968 | 1965-66 |
| Roscommon | Yellow and blue | Ballymore Properties | Val Daly | 1944 | 2001 | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | Enfer | Séamus McCarthy | 1920 | 1935 | |
| Waterford | White and blue | Lawlors Hotel | John Kiely | | 1898 | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Wexford Creamery | Michael Furlong | 1918 | 1945 | |
| Wicklow | Blue and gold | White Young Green | Hugh Kenny | | | |

### Withdrawals

In July Carlow manager Liam Hayes was forced to pull his side out of the championship due to the unavailability of the majority of his first-choice squad. Hayes made the decision as 12 of his panel were injured and four dual players decided to line out for the Carlow hurlers.
In August the Antrim County Board took the decision to withdraw from the championship due to a full club hurling fixture list, injuries and players on holidays.

## Preliminary round

Matches

## Quarter-finals

Matches

## Semi-finals

Matches

## Statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Mattie Forde | Wexford | 2-14 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 2 | Declan Browne | Tipperary | 1-14 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 3 | Paul Barden | Longford | 2-7 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 3 | Stephen Lohan | Roscommon | 0-13 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |
| 5 | Damian O'Brien | Tipperary | 2-4 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 |
| 5 | Brian Kavanagh | Longford | 0-10 | 10 | 3 | 3.33 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Declan Browne | Tipperary | 1-7 | 10 | Wexford |
| 2 | Mattie Forde | Wexford | 1-6 | 9 | Longford |
| 3 | John Hudson | Wexford | 1-4 | 7 | Longford |
| 3 | Declan Browne | Tipperary | 0-7 | 7 | Roscommon |
| 3 | Stephen Lohan | Roscommon | 0-7 | 7 | Tipperary |
| 3 | Ger Heneghan | Roscommon | 0-7 | 7 | London |
| 7 | Paul Barden | Longford | 1-3 | 6 | Wicklow |
| 7 | Stephen Lohan | Roscommon | 0-6 | 6 | London |
| 7 | Paul Barden | Longford | 1-3 | 6 | Waterford |
| 10 | Damian O'Brien | Tipperary | 1-2 | 5 | Leitrim |
| 10 | Mattie Forde | Wexford | 1-2 | 5 | Fermanagh |
| 10 | Paddy Colfer | Wexford | 1-2 | 5 | Longford |
| 10 | Damian O'Brien | Tipperary | 1-2 | 5 | Wexford |
| 10 | Niall Curran | Waterford | 0-5 | 5 | Longford |
| 10 | Ciaran O'Reilly | Fermanagh | 0-5 | 5 | Wexford |
| 10 | Brian Kavanagh | Longford | 0-5 | 5 | Wexford |
| 10 | Jamesie Martin | Longford | 0-5 | 5 | Wexford |
| 10 | Benny Hickey | Tipperary | 0-5 | 5 | Roscommon |

## Miscellaneous

* Tipperary win their first championship in 10 years, last winning the 1995 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship