The Dublin City cup was contested by all league sides. It was usually run as a knockout competition but was run as a league for a period (see below).
Unusually the final of this competition was twice decided on corners - the team who got the most corners in the final were declared winners in the event of a draw! On both of these occasions the victors were Shamrock Rovers who also won the Belfast-Dublin Inter-City Cup by the same method in 1943.
Season Winner Runner-up Score in Final 1934-35* Dolphin St James’s Gate (league format) 1935-36 Bohemians Dundalk 4-3 [1] 1936-37 Sligo Rovers Dundalk 2-0 [1] 1937-38 Dundalk Cork 2-1 [1] 1938-39 St James's Gate Cork City 6-0 [1] 1939-40 Drumcondra Shelbourne 3-0 [1] 1940-41 Drumcondra Dundalk 3-0 [1] 1941-42 Shelbourne Shamrock Rovers 3-1 [1] 1942-43 Dundalk Drumcondra 4-2 [1] 1943-44 Cork United Drumcondra (league format) 1944-45 Shamrock Rovers Brideville (league format) 1945-46 Cork United Drumcondra (league format) 1946-47 Shelbourne Drumcondra (league format) 1947-48 Shamrock Rovers Dundalk (league format) 1948-49 Dundalk Shamrock Rovers (league format) 1949-50 Drumcondra Sligo Rovers (league format) 1950-51 Drumcondra Shelbourne (league format) 1951-52 Drumcondra Sligo Rovers 4-0 [1] 1952-53 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra 1-0 [1] 1953-54 St Patricks Athletic Shelbourne 4-3 [1] 1954-55 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra 2-0 [1] 1955-56 St Patricks Athletic Waterford 2-1 [1] 1956-57 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra 1-1 [1] [a] 1957-58 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra 4-2 [1] 1958-59 Limerick Drumcondra 4-3 [1] 1959-60 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra 1-1 [2] [a] 1960-61 Drumcondra Cork Celtic 2-1 [2] 1961-62 Cork Celtic Drumcondra 2-2 [2] Replay Cork Celtic Drumcondra 3-3 [2] Replay Cork Celtic Drumcondra 2-0 [3] 1962-63 Shelbourne Cork Hibernians 2-1 [1] 1963-64 Shamrock Rovers Drumcondra 3-1 [1] 1964-65 Shelbourne Drumcondra 3-3 [2] Replay Shelbourne Drumcondra 5-1 [2] 1965-66 Cork Hibernians Dundalk 3-2 [2] 1966-67 Shamrock Rovers Dundalk 2-1 [1] 1967-68 Dundalk Shamrock Rovers 2-2 [1] Replay Dundalk Shamrock Rovers 0-0 [1] Replay Dundalk Shamrock Rovers 1-0 [2] 1968-69 Dundalk Shamrock Rovers 5-2 [2] 1969-70 Limerick Waterford 3-2 [4] 1970-71 Cork Hibernians Dundalk 5-3 [5] 1971-72 Finn Harps Cork Hibernians 1-0 [1] 1972-73 Cork Hibernians Shelbourne 1-0 [1] After being dropped in 1973 the Dublin City Cup was revived twice but dropped again and hasn’t been contested since 1984. In 1975-76 only clubs who failed to reach the quarter-finals of the league cup were eligible. In 1983-84 only the six Dublin clubs (Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne, St Pats, UCD and Home Farm), plus Dundalk and Drogheda were involved. 1975-76 St Patricks Athletic Athlone Town 3-2 [6] 1983-84 Shamrock Rovers Dundalk 0-0 [1] [b] Number of Wins (41) Shamrock Rovers 10 Drumcondra 6 Dundalk 5 Shelbourne 4 Cork Hibernians 3 St. Patricks Athletic 3 Cork United 2 Limerick 2 Bohemians 1 Cork Celtic 1 Dolphin 1 Finn Harps 1 St James's Gate 1 Sligo Rovers 1 [1] Final played at Dalymount Park, Dublin [2] Final played at Tolka Park, Dublin [3] Final played at Turner’s Cross, Cork [4] Final played at Kilcohan Park, Waterford [5] Final played at Flower Lodge, Cork [6] Final played at St Mel’s Park, Athlone [a] Shamrock Rovers won on corners [b] Shamrock Rovers won on penalties
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