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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2026 · 57 MIN

What Was The Peak Point Of The Railway Cup?

from Over The Bar - The Gaelic Games History Podcast

In this episode of Over The Bar, Michael Foley and Ciaran O’Hara chart the full arc of one of the GAA’s most intriguing competitions. From its launch in 1926, when the Gaelic Athletic Association introduced an interprovincial showdown to showcase the game’s finest talent, through the years when the Railway Cup was a marquee event in the sporting calendar.The lads explore when the competition truly reached its height — the era when provincial pride, star-studded teams and packed crowds made it unmissable — before tracing the long, gradual decline that followed.

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