In the cases of Tyrone and some other weaker counties, the winner of their senior championship will compete in this competition, rather than the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship.
County Tyrone | Tyrone Power | Tyrone | Tyrone GAA | Kerry GAA | GAA | Donegal GAA | Tyrone Guthrie | Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone | Dublin GAA | Meath GAA | Mayo GAA | Monaghan GAA | Tipperary GAA | Kilmurry Ibrickane GAA | Earl of Tyrone | Cork GAA | Armagh GAA | Tyrone Willingham | Tyrone Power, Sr. | Tyrone, Pennsylvania | Tyrone Calico | St Josephs Doora-Barefield GAA | Galway GAA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Assembly constituency) | Waterford GAA | Tyrone Wheatley | Tyrone Power (1795–1841) | St Vincents GAA | St. Martin's GAA |
Although defeated after a replay by Down in the first round of the Ulster Championship, Tyrone emerged as victors in the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, beating Kerry in the 2008 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Club player Martin Penrose is a current member of the Tyrone team and has won All-Ireland championships with the county at Senior & Minor levels, while Ciaran McGarvey was a member of the Tyrone team that faced Kerry in the 1986 All-Ireland final.
Little or no coverage was given to the 2008 club championships or the All-Ireland Minor Championship final replay between Tyrone and Mayo on BBC TV or radio.
However, they went on to reach the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final through the Qualifiers, and notched up a notable victory over 2003 and 2005 champions Tyrone, who had won the Ulster Senior Football Championship.
The manager and several players of Rangers went on to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with their county team in 2002 and reached the final again in 2003, only to lose by 0-12 to 0-9 to neighbours Tyrone.
O'Sullivan won a Munster Minor Football Championship medal with Kerry 2004, and was a member of the Kerry minor side beaten by Laois in the 2003 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship semi-final and of the team which lost to Tyrone in the 2004 final.
Peter McGinnity was the outstanding player of the under-21 team which reached two All Ireland finals and defeated Derry and Tyrone to reach the 1982 Ulster final, Despite a Peter McGinnity goal that put them in the lead with 20 minutes remaining, they lost 0-10 to 1-4 to Armagh.
Events were launched at Croke Park, Dublin, with the opening match of the National Football League 2009 between Dublin and Tyrone on 31 January 2009.