2024 Tailteann Cup

The 2024 Tailteann Cup was the third edition of the Tailteann Cup, a Gaelic football competition contested by the seventeen county teams that did not qualify for the last 16 of the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. made their first appearance. The group draw took place on 30 April 2024.

The final was played on 13 July 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between and . Down won after defeating Laois 0–14 to 2–06, and qualified for the group stage of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Format

The 17 teams who competed in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship but did not qualify for the round-robin group stages compete in the Tailteann Cup. enter the Tailteann Cup for the first time.

advance directly to the preliminary quarter-finals. The other 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Seeding is determined by placing in the 2024 National Football League (after promotion and relegation is applied and after division finals take place).

Each team in a group plays the other teams in their group once; each team gets one home fixture, one away and one neutral. Teams are awarded two points for a win and one point for a draw.

The four preliminary quarter-finals will consist of the second-placed teams receiving home advantage against and the three third-placed teams with the best record. At the quarter-final stage the four group winners play the four preliminary quarter-final winners.

The semi-finals and final are played in Croke Park. All knock-out matches are winner on the day. The winner of the 2024 Tailteann Cup qualify for the group stage of 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship regardless of their league position.

Teams by province Britain (1)

London

Connacht (2)

Leitrim Sligo

Leinster (7)

Carlow Kildare (debut) Laois Longford Offaly Wexford Wicklow

Munster (3)

Limerick Tipperary Waterford

Ulster (3)

Antrim Down Fermanagh

North America (1)

New York

Teams

General information Seventeen county teams compete in the Tailteann Cup: CountyPosition in 2023Appearance Antrim—1951 —3rd Down—199419943rd Carlow—1944 —3rd Fermanagh— — —3rd Kildare—200019281st Laois—2003 —3rd Leitrim—1994 —3rd Limerick—189618962nd London— — —3rd Longford—1968 —3rd Offaly—199719823rd New York— — —3rd Sligo—2007—2nd Tipperary—202019203rd Waterford—1898 —3rd Wexford—194519183rd Wicklow— — —3rd

Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptainSponsors AntrimAndy McEnteeDermot McAleeseFibrus CarlowNiall CarewSean GannonSETU DownConor LavertyPierce LavertyEOS IT Solutions FermanaghKieran DonnellyDeclan McCuskerTracey Concrete KildareGlenn RyanMick O'GradyBrady Family LaoisJustin McNultyTrevor Collins and Evan O’CarrollMW Hire Group LeitrimAndy MoranDonal WrynnJ. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York LimerickJimmy LeeIain CorbettJP McManus LondonMichael MaherLiam GavaghanClayton Hotel LongfordPaddy ChristiePatrick FoxGlennon Brothers New YorkJohnny McGeeneyJohnny GlynnNavillus OffalyDeclan KellyDeclan HoganGlenisk SligoTony McEnteeKeelan CawleyAbbVie TipperaryPaul KellyConor SweeneyFiserv WaterfordEphie FitzgeraldDermot RyanCognizant WexfordJohn HegartyLiam ColemanZurich Insurance Group WicklowOisín McConvillePadraig O’TooleJoule

Draws Group stage seeding Numbers in brackets indicate ranking in the 2024 NFL.

Pot 1 Down Fermanagh Kildare Sligo

Pot 2 Antrim Offaly Laois Leitrim

Pot 3 Wicklow Limerick Wexford Longford

Pot 4 Carlow Tipperary Waterford London

New York enter the Tailteann Cup at the preliminary quarter-final stage.

Knockout stage seeding The preliminary quarter-final draw took place on 2 June 2024.

Seeded into quarter-finals Kildare Sligo Fermanagh Down

Seeded into preliminary quarter-finals Leitrim Antrim Laois Limerick

Unseeded in preliminary quarter-finals London Wicklow Tipperary New York

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Preliminary quarter-finals

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Stadia and locations CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700 Carlow Carlow Leinster Dr Cullen Park 21,000 DownNewryUlsterPáirc Esler20,000 FermanaghEnniskillenUlsterBrewster Park20,000 Kildare Newbridge Leinster Manguard Park 1,200TullamoreLeinsterO'Connor Park20,000 LaoisPortlaoiseLeinsterO'Moore Park27,000 LeitrimCarrick-on-ShannonConnachtPáirc Seán Mac Diarmada9,331 LimerickLimerick MunsterGaelic Grounds44,023 RathkealeMunster Mick Neville Park2,000 LondonSouth RuislipBritainMcGovern Park3,000 LongfordLongfordLeinsterPearse Park10,000 New YorkBronxNorth AmericaGaelic Park2,000 OffalyTullamoreLeinsterO'Connor Park20,000 SligoSligoConnachtMarkievicz Park18,558 TipperaryThurlesMunsterSemple Stadium45,690 WaterfordWaterfordMunsterFraher Field15,000 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park20,000 WicklowAughrimLeinsterAughrim County Ground7,000

Championship statistics

Scoring events As of 24 June (after semi-finals). Widest winning margin: 24 points Waterford 0-06 - 5-15 Kildare (Round 2) Most goals in a match: 6 Antrim 4-12 - 2-13 Tipperary (Round 1) Most points in a match: 40 Sligo 0-20 - 0-20 Antrim (Round 3) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Waterford 0-06 - 5-15 Kildare (Round 2) Most points by one team in a match: 25 Kildare 3-25 - 1-11 Longford (Round 1) Highest aggregate score: 50 points Down 2-22 - 3-13 Offaly (Round 3) Lowest aggregate score: 21 points Laois 0-11 - 0-10 Wicklow (Round 2)

Miscellaneous

Kildare make their debut in the Tailteann Cup. win their first ever Tailteann Cup match after defeating Offaly. and progress past the first round of the Tailteann Cup for the first time, after being knocked out at the initial stage in both 2022 and 2023.

2024 Tailteann Cup

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