(Northern) Ireland Players in the FAI Cup Final

- English Cup - Scottish Cup - Welsh Cup - FAI Cup -

This FAI Cup trophy was
replaced in 2007

The Irish Free State Cup (now the FAI Cup) was the first major domestic competition founded by the fledgeling Football Association of Ireland. Prior to partition, clubs from "southern" Ireland had competed in the Irish Cup. 

Liam Coyle played in five
finals, winning it three times

Two Dublin-based teams had previously won the Irish Cup, Shelbourne (3 times) and Bohemians (once). 

Two clubs based within Northern Ireland have won the FAI Cup, Belfast-based Alton United and Derry City (6 times).

To date, 33 players capped at senior level by the Irish FA have won the FAI Cup at least once, with Liam Coyle and Paddy Moore the most successful with three wins each. In addition, listed below, are winners capped at Amateur, Victory or Under-21 level, along with players included in Northern Ireland senior squads.

Player	Caps	Club(s)	Finals	Wins				Runners-Up
Liam Coyle	1	Derry City	5	3	1989	1995	2002i	2	1994	1997
Paddy Moore	1	Shamrock Rovers	3	3	1931	1932	1936
Michael Duffy	U21	Dundalk, Derry City	6	3	2018	2020	2022	3	2014	2017	2019
Owen Madden	1	Cork United	5	2	1941	1947		3	1936	1942	1943
Tommy Eglington	6	Shamrock Rvrs, Cork Hibs	4	2	1944	1945		2	1946	1963
Sean McCarthy	Vict	Cork United	4	2	1941	1947		2	1942	1943
Peter Farrell	7	Shamrock Rovers	3	2	1944	1945		1	1946
Jimmy Bermingham	Amat	Bohemians, Drumcondra	2	2	1927	1928
Eddie McCallion	U21	Derry City	2	2	2002 i	2006
Tony O'Doherty	2	Finn Harps, Dundalk	2	2	1974	1981
Gerard Doherty	squad	Derry City	3	1	2012			2	2008	2014
Paddy Duffy	Amat	Cork United	3	1	1941			2	1942	1943
Alan Mannus	9	Shamrock Rovers	3	1	2019			2	2010	2020
Jackie O'Driscoll	3	Waterford, Cork United	3	1	1947			2	1941	1943
Felix Healy	4	Derry City	2	1	1989			1	1988
Ruaidhri Higgins	U21	Derry City	2	1	2006	2012		1	2008
Tommy Jackson	35	Waterford	2	1	1980			1	1979
Dean Jarvis	U21	Dundalk, Derry City	2	1	2018			1	2014
Jack McCarthy	Amat	Bohemians	2	1	1928			1	1929
Johnny McMahon	Amat	Bohemians	2	1	1928			1	1929
Rory Patterson	5	Derry City	2	1	2012			1	2014
Harry Buckle	3	Fordsons	1	1	1926
Liam Burns	U21	Bohemians	1	1	2008
John Carey	Amat	St. James's Gate	1	1	1922
Harry Chatton	3	Cork	1	1	1934
Cameron Dummigan	U21	Dundalk, Derry City	2	2	2020	2022
Jimmy Dunne	7	Shamrock Rovers	1	1	1940
Paddy Farrell	1	Bohemians	1	1	1935
Sean Friars	U21	Derry City	1	1	2002 i
Vincent Gilmore	Amat	Dundalk	1	1	1958
Denis Hannon	6	Athlone Town	1	1	1924
Terry Harkin	5	Finn Harps	1	1	1974
Frank Heaney	Amat	St. James's Gate	1	1	1922
Fred Horlacher	Amat	Bohemians	1	1	1935
Tommy Jackson	35	Waterford	1	1	1980
Peter Kavanagh	1	Bohemians	1	1	1928
Paddy Kelly	1	Fordsons	1	1	1926
Daniel Lafferty	13	Shamrock Rovers	1	1	2019
Johnny Leatham	1	Dundalk	1	1	1942
Con Martin	6	Drumcondra	1	1	1946
Dermot McCaffrey	U21	Derry City	1	1	2012
Pat McCourt	18	Derry City	1	1	2006
Shane McEleney	U21	Derry City	2	2	2012	2022
Jamie McGonigle	U21	Derry City	1	1	2022
Malachy McKinney	Amat	Fordsons	1	1	1926
Jim McLaughlin	12	Dundalk	1	1	1977
Jackie McManus  Billy O'Hagan	Amat 2	Dundalk Fordsons	1 1	1 1	1977 1926
Ned Weir	1	Cork United	2					2	1942	1943
Davy Cochrane	12	Shamrock Rovers	1					1	1946
Martin Donnelly	Amat	Drogheda United	1					1	1976
Bill Hayes	4	Cork United	1					1	1942
Philip Lowry	U21	Derry City	1					1	2014
Jimmy McAlinden	4	Shamrock Rovers	1					1	1946
Kevin McAlinden	Amat	Cork United	1					1	1943
Dan McCaffrey	Amat	Drumcondra	1					1	1961
Niall McGinn	67+	Derry City	1					1	2008
Sam Morrow	U21	Derry City	1					1	2008
Alec Morton	Amat	Bohemians	1					1	1929
Kevin O'Flanagan	Amat	Bohemians	1					1	1945
Alan Paterson	Amat	Sligo Rovers	1					1	1978
Dean Shiels	14	Dundalk	1					1	2016
Alex Stevenson	17	Dolphin	1					1	1932
Tommy Stewart	U21	Shamrock Rovers	1					1	2010
Brendan Tully	Amat	Drogheda United	1					1	1976
Charlie Tully	10	Cork Hibernians	1					1	1960
Chris Turner	U21	Shamrock Rovers	1					1	2010
Paddy Waters	Vict	Bohemians	1					1	1945

i - there were two FAI Cups in the 2002 season as the FAI shifted their season from a "winter" to summer calander. 2002ⁱ refers to the second "inerim" cup.

Managers: (partial)

• Declan Devine [1/?] (Derry City W 2012)
• Felix Healy [1/?] (Derry City W 1995)
• Ruaidhri Higgins [1/?] (Derry City W 2022)
• Tommy Jackson [1/?] (Waterford W 1980)
• Billy Lacey [1/0] (Bohemians W 1935)
• Jimmy McAlinden [0/1] (Drogheda RU 1976)
• Jim McLaughlin [6/?] (Dundalk W 1977, 1979, 1981; Shamrock Rovers W 1985, 1986; Derry City W 1989)
• Michael O'Neill [0/1] (Shamrock Rovers RU 2010)
• Ned Weir [1/0] (Dundalk W 1949)

FAI President of Ireland's Cup

In 2014 the FAI introduced their the President of Ireland's Cup as a curtain-raiser to the League of Ireland season. Similar in format to the FA Community Shield, previous similar tournaments for clubs in the League of Ireland included the Leinster FA President's Cup (1930-2002), Top Four Cup (1955/56-1973/74) and the FAI Super Cup (a warm-up tournament for the UEFA competition qualifiers, 1998-2001).

• Ian Baraclough (manager) [0/1] (Sligo Rovers RU 2014)
• Ben Doherty [1/0] (Derry City 2023)
• Michael Duffy [2/2] (Dundalk RU 2017, RU 2018, W 2019; Derry City W 2023)
• Cameron Dummigan [1/0] (Dundalk W 2021)
• Ruaidhri Higgins (manager) [1/0] (Derry City 2023)
• Dean Jarvis [1/0] (Dundalk W 2019)
• Alan Mannus [1/1] (Shamrock Rovers RU 2021, W 2022)
• Shane McEleney [1/0] (Derry City 2023)
• Jamie McGonigle [1/0] (Derry City 2023)
• Jack Scott [0/1] (St Patrick's Athletic RU 2022)