He is chiefly remembered as the eponym of the Sam Maguire Cup, given to the All-Ireland Senior Champions of Gaelic football each year.

This school run by Master Madden specialised in preparing its pupils for the UK Civil Service and Post Office examinations.

Madden was part of a long tradition of Irish nationalism and he had a field next to the school where pupils could play Gaelic football.

Maguire joined and captained the successful London Hibernians Gaelic football team to several All-Ireland finals between 1900 and 1904.

As Collins's chief intelligence officer in London, Maguire became the centre of Scotland Yard's investigation into the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson.

Maguire was tipped off and fled to Dublin in December 1923[5] where he got a job in the newly established Irish civil service.

[citation needed] Cork-based Margaret Walsh, who has written Sam Maguire: The Enigmatic Man Behind Ireland's Most Prestigious Trophy, says that "what became of him was very sad".

A Celtic cross was raised over his grave with a simple inscription Erected to the memory of Samuel Maguire, Mallabraca who died 6th February 1927 by the people of Dunmanway and his numerous friends throughout Ireland and England in recognition of his love for his country.