FAI Women's Cup
| Organising body | Women's Football Association of Ireland |
|---|---|
| Founded | unknown |
| Region |
 Ireland
|
| Current champions | Shelbourne |
| Most successful club(s) |
Castle Rovers/ Shamrock Rovers (6) |
| Website | FAI Continental Tyres Senior Cup @ www.fai.ie |
The FAI Women's Cup is the senior cup competition for women's association football in the Republic of Ireland. At various times it has also been referred to as the LFAI Cup, the WFAI Cup, the Ladies FAI Cup or the Women's FAI Cup. It is organized by the Women's Football Association of Ireland. Like the Women's National League, the cup is currently sponsored by Continental Tyres. It has previously been sponsored by Umbro and Brother International.
The early history of the FAI Women's Cup is unclear. The RSSSF archives only list finals from 1989. However a match programme from a 1978 international between the Republic of Ireland and France claims that the Ladies FAI Cup was first played for in 1975 with Limerick defeating C.S.O. (Dublin) 2–1 in the final. Two reports in the Kilkenny People suggest that Evergreen (Kilkenny) defeated Avengers (Dublin) in a 1973 final. Two 1974 articles in the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent report that Anne O'Brien won the cup with All-Stars (Dublin) in 1972. A 1985 article in the Munster Express, marking Benfica's twenty year anniversary, claims the club first played in the LFAI Cup as early as in 1968. Records from the early 1980s are more clear and during this period the three strongest teams were Dublin Castle, Benfica and Rathfarnham United. The former two clubs were both members of the Ladies League of Ireland. Dublin Castle was founded in the mid-1970s as a works team by Margaret Griffin, a former camogie player from Ennis, County Clare who later became a Republic of Ireland international. At the time Griffin was working for the Irish Revenue Commissioners based at Dublin Castle.
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