The FBD League, also called the FBD Insurance League, FBD Connacht League, the Connacht FBD Football League or FBD Insurance Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition, is an annual Gaelic football competition organised by Connacht GAA and sponsored by FBD. The participants are the five county teams of Connacht and (since 2024) .
Formerly several third-level college teams also competed, but from 2018 onward it became an all-county-team tournament. In 2019 and 2020 it was a knockout tournament with no league element, and so it was called the "Connacht GAA Senior Football Competition"; in 2023 and 2024 it was simply referred to as "the FBD." It was cancelled in 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, but returned in January 2022.
Galway lead the way with most titles.
The trophy is named for Paddy Francis Dwyer (1937–1994), a longtime referee and official with Oran and the Roscommon County Board; he was also an activist in the National Farmers' Association in their 1966–67 farmers' rights campaign. He was the manager of FBD Insurance in the Connacht region.
Roll of honour Team Wins Years won Galway 11 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2026 Mayo 8 1995, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2023 Roscommon 6 1997, 1999, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2024 Leitrim 2 2013, 2014 Sligo 1 2004 GMIT 1 2005 IT Sligo 1 2007 No tournament was held in 2021 or 2025.
List of finals YearWinnersRunners-upCountyScoreCountyScore20262-121-142025No competition due to fixture congestion20242-250-1320230-130-920221-181-162021No competition due to Covid-19 pandemic20201-140-1120190-131-520182-163-1220172-140-1520162-80-1320154-80-1220142-51-720130-80-520120-14NUI Galway0-420117-122-820100-120-920092-151-1420084-9NUI Galway2-102007IT Sligo 1-111-920062-80-92005GMIT1-14; 1-19; 0-13 NUI Galway0-17; 2-16; 2-420041-120-820030-140-62002 4-122-1220011-111-1020002-90-1119991-10; 1-121-10; 3-319981-50-719972-60-719961-9 0-919951-9; 0-160-12; 0-15
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