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
TeamColoursSponsorManagerMost recent successAll-IrelandProvincialLeagueAntrimSaffron and whiteBushmills DistilleryMichael Culbert1951CarlowGreen, red and yellowStone DevelopmentsLiam HayesFermanaghGreen and whiteTracey ConcreteCharlie MulgrewKilkennyBlack and amberAvonmore1911LeitrimGreen and yellowMasoniteDessie Dolan1994LondonBlue and greenJCBNoel DunningLongfordBlue and goldLongford Arms HotelLuke Dempsey19681965-66RoscommonYellow and blueBallymore PropertiesVal Daly19442001TipperaryBlue and goldEnferSéamus McCarthy19201935WaterfordWhite and blueLawlors HotelJohn Kiely1898WexfordPurple and goldWexford CreameryMichael Furlong19181945WicklowBlue and goldWhite Young GreenHugh 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
Final
Stadia and locations
Statistics
Top scorers
Overall Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Mattie FordeWexford2-142036.662Declan BrowneTipperary1-141735.663Paul BardenLongford2-71334.33Stephen LohanRoscommon0-131326.505Damian O'BrienTipperary2-41033.33Brian KavanaghLongford0-101033.33
Single game Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition1Declan BrowneTipperary1-710Wexford2Mattie FordeWexford1-69Longford3John HudsonWexford1-47LongfordDeclan BrowneTipperary0-77RoscommonStephen LohanRoscommon0-77TipperaryGer HeneghanRoscommon0-77London7Paul BardenLongford1-36WicklowStephen LohanRoscommon0-66LondonPaul BardenLongford1-36Waterford10Damian O'BrienTipperary1-25LeitrimMattie FordeWexford1-25FermanaghPaddy ColferWexford1-25LongfordDamian O'BrienTipperary1-25WexfordNiall CurranWaterford0-55LongfordCiaran O'ReillyFermanagh0-55WexfordBrian KavanaghLongford0-55WexfordJamesie MartinLongford0-55WexfordBenny HickeyTipperary0-55Roscommon
Miscellaneous
Tipperary win their first championship in 10 years, last winning the 1995 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship
See also
2005 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
References