The 2026 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2026 iteration of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team received the Nestor Cup. The draw for the competition was made on 27 November 2025. The defending champion is Galway.
Teams
General Information Seven counties will compete in the Connacht Senior Football Championship: CountyLast Provincial TitleLast Championship TitlePosition in 2025 Championship Galway20252001Champions Leitrim1994—Semi-finals London——Quarter-finals Mayo20212026Runners-up New York——Quarter-finals Roscommon20191944Semi-finals Sligo2007—Quarter-finals
Personnel and kits CountyManager(s)Captain(s)Sponsors GalwayPádraic JoyceJohn MaherSupermac's LeitrimSteven PoacherRyan O'RourkeGallagher Group LondonMichael MaherLiam GallagherClayton Hotel MayoAndy MoranJack CoyneIntersport Elverys New YorkRonan McGinleyJamie BoyleNavillus RoscommonMark DowdDiarmuid MurtaghBallymore SligoEamonn O'Hara Dessie SloyanNiall MurphyAbbVie
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
GK 1 Conor Caroll FB 2 Patrick Gavin FB 3 Caelim Keogh FB 4 Eoin McCormackHB 5 Eoin Ward HB 6 Ronan Daly HB 7 Senan Lambe MF 8 Keith Doyle MF 9 Conor Ryan HF 10 Dylan RuaneHF 11 Enda SmithHF 12 Darragh Heneghan FF 13 Diarmuid Murtagh (c)FF 14 Colm Neary FF 15 Robert Heneghan Substitutes: 16 Aaron Brady 17 Niall Higgins 18 Robbie Dolan 19 Ruaidhrí Fallon 20 Brian Stack 21 Jack Duggan 22 Shane Cunnane 23 Daire Cregg 24 Paul Carey 25 Conor Hand 26 Cian McKeon Manager:Mark Dowd
GK 1 Conor Flaherty FB 2 Johnny McGrathFB 3 Seán Kelly FB 4 Jack Glynn HB 5 Dylan McHugh HB 18 Kieran Molloy HB 7 Liam SilkeMF 8 Paul Conroy MF 9 John Maher (c)HF 10 Daniel O'Flaherty HF 11 Cillian McDaid HF 12 Cein DarcyFF 13 Robert Finnerty FF 14 Shane Walsh FF 21 Ryan Roche Substitutes: 16 Conor Gleeson 17 Brian Cogger 6 John Daly 19 Seán Mulkerrin 20 Cian Hernon 15 Liam Ó Conghaile 22 Matthew Tierney 23 Finnian Ó Laoi 24 Ciarán Mulhern 25 Shane McGrath 26 Damien Comer Manager:Pádraic Joyce
Statistics
Scoring Events
Widest winning margin: 24 points Roscommon 5-22 – 1-10 New York (Quarter-finals)
Most goals in a match: 6 Roscommon 5-22 – 1-10 New York (Quarter-finals) Most points in a match: 46 Mayo 0-31 – 1-15 London (Quarter-finals) Most goals by one team in a match: 5 Roscommon 5-22 – 1-10 New York (Quarter-finals) Most points by one team in a match: 31 Mayo 0-31 – 1-15 London (Quarter-finals) Highest aggregate score: 58 points Roscommon 3-21 – 2-22 Galway (Final) Lowest aggregate score: 41 points Galway 1-20 - 2-12 Leitrim (Semi-finals)
Miscellaneous
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games in 2021, it took an extra five years for Roscommon to play New York and Mayo to play London also to be featured on the draws for first since 2016. The Connacht final saw a first home win for Roscommon over Galway since 1990 at the same stage.
See also
2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2026 Leinster Senior Football Championship 2026 Munster Senior Football Championship 2026 Ulster Senior Football Championship
References