Irish: | An Cabhan | ||
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Province: | Ulster | ||
Nickname(s): | The Breffni Men | ||
County colours: |
Blue, White |
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Ground(s): | Kingspan Breffni Park | ||
Dominant sport: | Gaelic Football | ||
Competitions | |||
NFL: | Division 1 | ||
NHL: | No team | ||
Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | ||
Hurling Championship: | Lory Meagher Cup | ||
Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | ||
Camogie: | Nancy Murray Cup | ||
Standard kit | |||
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Blue, White
The Cavan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Cavan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Cavan.
Cavan GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of County Cavan. There are 8 officers on the Board. For details on the Board's clubs, see Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Cavan and List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland#Cavan. The Board is subject to the Ulster GAA Provincial Council.
The teams of Cavan GAA play home games at Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan. The current football manager is Mattie McGleenan who took over in October 2016, following the resignation of Terry Hyland in August 2016. Previously Hyland had led the under 21 team to two successive Ulster titles in 2011 and 2012. He also led the same team to the All Ireland Under 21 Championship final in 2012 where they lost out to Galway.
The following is a list of sponsors of the Cavan Senior Football team
Cavan have had only 4 sponsorship deals since sponsors on jerseys were permitted by the GAA in 1991. There was no sponsorship on GAA jerseys until the 2nd game of the Meath V Dublin 4 in a row in 1991 so only a handful of teams had sponsorship in 1991. In 1992 Holybrook Construction sponsored the jerseys although it was only for 1 game. For the 1993-94 seasons Cavan Co-op Mart took over sponsorship. Kingspan has continuously sponsored Cavan since 1995.
The first crest that adorned the Cavan jerseys was the Coat of Arms for County Cavan. The crest was split into four quadrants and included
In 2004 Cavan released a new crest for the Breifne County. The crest was designed by the 38th President of the Gaelic Athletic Association Aogán Farrell and Cavan Central Council rep. George Cartwright. The crest draws on cultural, physical and historical influences. The primary colours are blue and white with Ulster's red hand and G.A.A. yellow also prominent. The designers wanted to reflect the following elements