The 2018 Ulster Senior Football Championship was the 130th instalment of the annual

Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Senior Football Championship is an inter-county competition for Gaelic football teams in the province of Ulster. It is organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and begins in early May. The final is usu ...

organised by

Ulster GAA The Ulster Council ( ga, Comhairle Uladh) is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in the city o ...

. It is one of the four provincial competitions of the

2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 131st edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition since its establishment in 1887. Thirty-three teams entered the competition – thirty-one of the thirty-tw ...

. The winners receive The Anglo-Celt Cup. The draw for the championship was made on 19 October 2017. Tyrone were the defending champions, though were eliminated in the quarter-finals. The championship was won by

Donegal Donegal may refer to: County Donegal, Ireland * County Donegal, a county in the Republic of Ireland, part of the province of Ulster * Donegal (town), a town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland * Donegal Bay, an inlet in the northwest of Ireland b ...

who defeated

Fermanagh Historically, Fermanagh ( ga, Fir Manach), as opposed to the modern County Fermanagh, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland, associated geographically with present-day County Fermanagh. ''Fir Manach'' originally referred to a distinct kin group of a ...

in the final. Donegal full-forward

Patrick McBrearty Patrick McBrearty (born 5 August 1993) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team. He is usually selected in the full-forward line for his county, often flanking Michael Murphy with Colm McFadden (be ...

suffered a season-ending cruciate ligament injury in the final. DUP leader Arlene Foster notably attended the final.

Teams

The Ulster championship is contested by the nine

county team A county is a geographic region within Gaelic games, controlled by a county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and originally based on the 32 counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the administrative geography of Ireland has ...

s in the province of

Ulster Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...

Championship draw

Preliminary Round

Quarter-Finals

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Semi-Finals

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Final

2018 Irish News Ulster Allstars

Rory Beggan Rory Beggan is a Gaelic footballer from Scotstown, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, who plays at senior level for the Monaghan county team. In November 2018, Beggan won an All-Star award. History Beggan plays his club Gaelic football ...

(Monaghan) #

Pádraig Hampsey Pádraig Hampsey (born 15 April 1994) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for the Coalisland club and the Tyrone county team. He started at corner-back for Tyrone in the 2018 All-Ireland Final defeat to Dublin. In May 2021, he was named c ...

(Tyrone) # Drew Wylie (Monaghan) # Ryan Wylie (Monaghan) # Eoghan Bán Gallagher (Donegal) # Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone) #

Karl O'Connell Karl O'Connell is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Monaghan county team. On 25 October 2017, O'Connell was named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 International Rules Series against Australia Australia, officia ...

(Monaghan) #

Colm Cavanagh Colm Cavanagh is a Gaelic footballer from the Moy club and, previously, for the Tyrone county team. His older brother Seán also played for Tyrone. Playing career Cavanagh played for the University of Ulster team, and in 2007, reached the Sig ...

(Tyrone) #

Michael Murphy Michael, Mick, or Mike Murphy may refer to: Artists and entertainers * Michael Murphy (actor) (born 1938), American actor * Mike Murphy (musician) (1946–2006), American drummer for the Bee Gees and Chicago * Michael Bryan Murphy, lead singer ...

(Donegal) # Ryan McAnespie (Monaghan) #

Niall Sludden Niall Sludden is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Dromore St Dympna's club and the Tyrone county team. On 25 October 2017, Sludden was named in the Ireland squad for the 2017 International Rules Series against Australia in Nov ...

(Tyrone) #

Ryan McHugh Ryan McHugh (born 11 April 1994) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team. He is the brother of Mark and the son of Martin. A former county minor, McHugh propelled himself onto the national stage ...

(Donegal) # Connor McAliskey (Tyrone) #

Seán Quigley Seán Quigley (born 1992) is a Gaelic footballer whose league and championship career at senior level with the Fermanagh county team began with his debut in 2011. He is from Roslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Career Quigley plays his ...

(Fermanagh) #

Conor McManus Conor McManus (born 1987) is a Gaelic footballer who plays at senior level for the Monaghan county team. Often referred to as his county's best ever player, he is Monaghan's top scorer in National Football League history. After winning the 20 ...

(Monaghan)

References

External links

* http://ulster.gaa.ie/ {{GAA 2018 2U 2018 in Northern Ireland sport Ulster Senior Football Championship