Year

Champion

Runners-up

Third

Cup Winners

1980

Limerick FC

Dundalk

Athlone Town

Waterford

1981

Athlone Town

Dundalk

Dundalk

1982

Dundalk

Shamrock Rovers

Limerick FC

1983

Athlone Town

Drogheda United

Sligo Rovers

1984

Shamrock Rovers

Bohemians

UCD

1985

Shamrock Rovers

Bohemians

Shamrock Rovers

1986

Shamrock Rovers

Galway United

Shamrock Rovers

1987

Shamrock Rovers

Dundalk

Shamrock Rovers

1988

Dundalk

St. Patrick's Athletic

Dundalk

1989

Derry City

Dundalk

Derry City

1990

St. Patrick's Athletic

Dundalk

Bray Wanderers

1991

Dundalk

Cork City

Galway United

1992

Shelbourne

Derry City

Bohemians

1993

Cork City

Bohemians

Shelbourne

1994

Shamrock Rovers

Cork City

Galway United

Sligo Rovers

1995

Dundalk

Derry City

Shelbourne

Derry City

1996

St. Patrick's Athletic

Bohemians

Sligo Rovers

Shelbourne

1997

Derry City

Bohemians

Shelbourne

Shelbourne

1998

St. Patrick's Athletic

Shelbourne

Cork City

Cork City

1999

St. Patrick's Athletic

Cork City

Shelbourne

Bray Wanderers