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Sam Maguire Cup
The Sam Maguire Cup is presented annually to the winner of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kildare was the first county to win the trophy in 1928. Kerry have won the trophy a total of 23 occasions; more times than any other county. Only six men had the honour of being presented the trophy twice; Joe Barrett, Kerry; Jimmy Murray, Roscommon; John Joe O’Reilly, Cavan; Seán Flanagan, Mayo; Enda Colleran, Galway and Tony Hanahoe, Dublin. Joe Barrett relinquished the captaincy of the Kerry team to Con Brosnan, on what would have been a record third occasion to receive the cup, as a gesture of good will following the Civil War. The trophy was wrought by Hopkins and Hopkins of Dublin to the design of the Ardagh Chalice. The trophy was replaced by a replica in 1988.

Liam MacCarthy Cup
The Liam MacCarthy Cup is awarded annually to the winner of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was presented by Liam MacCarthy who became the President of the London Board of the GAA in 1898 and subsequently President of the first Provincial Council established in Britain. The trophy was made by Edmund Johnson, Jeweller of Grafton Street in 1922 and cost £500, and was first competed for in 1923. Because of the disturbed political situation at the time, the 1921 All-Ireland Final was not played until 1923 when Limerick defeated Dublin to become the first holders of the trophy. The Limerick captain that day was Bob McConkey, who scored four goals in Limerick’s total of 8-5 to Dublin’s 3-2. A replica of the trophy was produced and first presented to the All-Ireland Champions Kilkenny in 1992.