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County Pulse · Senior Football · 2026

Cavan

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awaiting editorial read
Ulster · NFL Division 2 · W2-D0-L5 (7 regular rounds) · Manager: Dermot McCabe Still in · Lost R1, dropping to Round 2B

editorial standfirst pending. The data below is verified and ready; this is where the county's story gets told.

Form →
NFL D2 R4
Kildare
W +3
NFL D2 R5
Louth
L -10
NFL D2 R6
Offaly
W +2
NFL D2 R7
Derry
L -4
Ulst QF
Monaghan
L -7
AI R1
Westmeath
L -4
20.8
Avg scored
(season)
24.7
Avg conceded
(season)
7 / 9
Games with a goal
12
Goals scored
(season)
10
Goals conceded
(season)
1-23
Top scorer
(Paddy Lynch)
01

Where the scores come from

Goal = 3 · two-pointer = 2 · point = 1

Scoring source by game

Two-point breakdown, data being verified. Verifying the two-point arc tally per game requires manual checking against the official match reports. Until that's complete this block is intentionally blank rather than estimated.
02

The scoring engine

Season totals across 9 verified games

Top scorers

Paddy Lynch free-taker
1-23 (26)
across 5 games
Gearóid McKiernan free-taker
0-17 (17)
across 4 games
Dara McVeety
1-13 (16)
across 6 games
Tiarnan Madden free-taker
2-09 (15)
across 6 games
Oisín Brady
0-11 (11)
across 4 games
Patrick Lynch
0-11 (11)
across 2 games
03

Results in 2026

League and championship · chronological · 9 games
NFL D2 R12026-01-25
CorkSuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh
2-17 – 0-2423 – 24 ↗
Loss -1
NFL D2 R22026-02-01
MeathKingspan Breffni, Cavan
1-18 – 2-1721 – 23 ↗
Loss -2
NFL D2 R32026-02-15
TyroneO'Neills Healy Park, Omagh
1-14 – 2-2317 – 29 ↗
Loss -12
NFL D2 R42026-02-22
KildareKingspan Breffni, Cavan
0-16 – 0-1316 – 13 ↗
Win +3
NFL D2 R52026-02-28
LouthKingspan Breffni, Cavan
1-12 – 1-2215 – 25 ↗
Loss -10
NFL D2 R62026-03-15
OffalyGlenisk O'Connor Park
2-20 – 3-1526 – 24 ↗
Win +2
NFL D2 R72026-03-22
DerryFind Insurance Celtic Park, Derry
0-19 – 1-2019 – 23 ↗
Loss -4
Ulster QF2026-04-19
MonaghanSt. Tiernach's Park, Clones
2-14 – 0-2720 – 27 ↗
Loss -7
Sam Maguire R12026-05-30
WestmeathTEG Cusack Park, Westmeath
3-21 – 1-3130 – 34 · AET ↗
Loss -4
04

Squad & rotation

Across 7 games with verified line-up data
55
Players used (with lineup data)
1
Started every recorded game
7
Games with lineup data

Rotation matrix, started · benched · missed

NFLUlsterSam Maguire
PlayerR2R3R4R5R7QFR1Starts
Conor Brady7/7
Liam Brady6/7
Peter Corrigan5/7
Cormac Brady5/7
Tiarnan Madden5/7
Dara McVeety5/7
Niall Carolan4/7
Eoin Clarke4/7
Gerard Smith4/7
Jason McLoughlin4/7
Paddy Meade4/7
Ryan Donohoe3/7
Brían O’Connell3/7
Ciaran Brady3/7
Ciaran Brady (Arva)3/7
Emmanuel Shehu3/7
Oisin Brady3/7
Patrick Lynch3/7
Ryan Brady2/7
Cian Shekleton2/7
Ciarán Brady2/7
Oisín Brady2/7
Paddy Lynch2/7
Caoimhan McGovern1/7
Gearoid McKiernan1/7
Evan Crowe1/7
Gearóid McKiernan1/7
Ryan Tobin1/7
Barry Donnelly1/7
Brian O'Connell1/7
Brían O'Connell1/7
Cormac O’Reilly1/7
D McVeety1/7
Fionntán O’Reilly1/7
G McKiernan1/7
G Smith1/7
J McLoughlin1/7
J Meade1/7
Jensen Tynan1/7
L Brady1/7
N Carolan1/7
O Brady1/7
R Donohoe1/7
T Madden1/7
Ciaran Brady (Corofin)0/7
Favour Shehu0/7
B O'Connell0/7
C McGovern0/7
Caoimhán McGovern0/7
Darragh Lovett0/7
F Shehu0/7
P Lynch0/7
R Brady0/7
Thomas Smith0/7
Tristan Noack Hofmann0/7
Started Off the bench Not in squad Right column: starts / games played
05

Discipline

Cards across 2026
Red cards · 1
Favour Shehu
06

Trajectory

'24 → '25 → '26
Trajectory, awaiting editorial read. Two-year arc, what changed, what's coming next. This block is left for Rory to write rather than auto-generated from past-season data we haven't verified to the same standard as 2026.