title: 2019 Croke Cup
text: # 2019 Croke Cup
  
  The 2019 All-Ireland Post Primary Schools Croke Cup was the 68th staging of the Croke Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1944. The competition ran from 2 March to 30 March 2019.
  
  St Kieran's College were the defending champions.
  
  The final was played on 30 March 2019 at O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between St Kieran's College and Presentation College, Athenry, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a second successive meeting. St Kieran's College won the match by 1–15 to 1–12 to claim their 23rd Croke Cup title overall and a second title in succession.
  
  Mark Kennedy was the top scorer with 2–14.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  | Province | Champions | Runners-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | Connacht | Presentation College | Gort Community School |
  | Leinster | St Kieran's College | Coláiste Eoin |
  | Munster | Midleton CBS | Christian Brothers College, Cork |
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Top scorers
  
  **Overall**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mark Kennedy | Presentation College | 1-13 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
  | 2 | Ryan McCarthy | Midleton CBS | 1-13 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
  | 2 | Eoin Cody | St Kieran's College | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
  | 4 | Shane Barrett | CBC Cork | 0-14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
  | 5 | Séamus Ó Fiachna | Coláiste Eoin | 1-03 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
  
  **In a single game**
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Mark Kennedy | Presentation College | 1-08 | 11 | St Kieran's College |
  | 2 | Ryan McCarthy | Midleton CBS | 0-10 | 10 | Coláiste Eoin |
  | 3 | Mark Kennedy | Presentation College | 1-06 | 9 | Midleton CBS |
  | 4 | Eoin Cody | St Kieran's College | 0-08 | 8 | CBC Cork |
  | 4 | Eoin Cody | St Kieran's College | 0-08 | 8 | Presentation College |
  | 6 | Shane Barrett | CBC Cork | 0-07 | 7 | Gort Community School |
  | 6 | Shane Barrett | CBC Cork | 0-07 | 7 | St Kieran's College |
  | 8 | Séamus Ó Fiachna | Coláiste Eoin | 1-03 | 6 | Midleton CBS |
  | 8 | Ryan McCarthy | Midleton CBS | 1-03 | 6 | Presentation College |
  | 10 | Robbie Cotter | CBC Cork | 1-02 | 5 | Gort Community School |
  