The Fergal Maher Cup Championship is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideachais Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG), the Gaelic Athletic Association's Higher Education Council which oversees Third-Level GAA championships.
The GAA Higher Education Cup Championships are currently sponsored by the Electric Ireland[1] following on from the Irish Daily Mail, Ulster Bank, Datapac, Bus Éireann and Independent.ie.
The Cup is named in memory of Fergal Maher, a student and hurler at Dublin City University who hailed from Leixlip.
Fergal was fatally injured when struck by a car near The Sheaf O'Wheat at Bracetown, Clonee, County Meath on 22 March 1998.
[4] The Cup was first presented for the Third Division Championship in 2002, the inaugural winner being Athlone Institute of Technology.