2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3

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2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3
Dates18 May - June 2024
Teams13
Sponsor Electric Ireland
Champions Colours of Down.svg Down (1st title)
Barra McEvoy (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath
Cian Whitney (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored51 (4.25 per match)
Points scored293 (24.42 per match)
(Next) 2025

The 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3 was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 3 since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association. [1] [2] The championship ran from 18 May to 8 June 2024. [3]

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The All-Ireland final was played on 8 June 2024 at Kingspan Breffni in Cavan, between Down and Westmeath, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Down won the match by 4-13 to 2-17 to claim their first ever All-Ireland MFC Tier 3 title. [4]

Participating teams

ProvinceChampionshipTeams progressing
Britain n/a London
Connacht Connacht Minor Football Championship Leitrim
Leinster Leinster Minor Football Championship Carlow, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath
Munster Munster Minor Football Championship Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
Ulster Ulster Minor Football Championship Antrim, Down, Fermanagh

Results

All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals

18 May 2024Preliminary quarter-final Westmeath 5-18 - 0-04 Carlow Fr Eamon O'Brien Park
18 May 2024Preliminary quarter-final Offaly 0-13 - 4-11 Waterford Faithful Fields
18 May 2024Preliminary quarter-final Limerick 3-11 - 0-08 Fermaangh Connacht GAA Centre
18 May 2024Preliminary quarter-final Laois 4-16 - 1-09 Antrim Páirc Baile Fiach
18 May 2024Preliminary quarter-final Meath 0-08 - 2-16 Down Páirc Tailteann

All-Ireland quarter-finals

25 May 2024Quarter-final Limerick 0-07 - 3-13 Down St Brendan's Park
25 May 2024Quarter-final Tipperary 0-10 - 3-19 Westmeath Templetuohy Grounds
26 May 2024Quarter-final Leitrim 3-18 - 1-06 London Connacht Centre of Excellence
28 May 2024Quarter-final Waterford 2-08 - 3-11 Laois Carlow Centre of Excellence Fenagh

All-Ireland semi-finals

1 June 2024Semi-final Down 5-19 - 1-12 Leitrim Lavey Grounds
1 June 2024Semi-final Westmeath 4-12 - 1-14 Laois O'Brien Park

All-Ireland final

8 June 2024Final Down 4-13 - 2-17 Westmeath Kingspan Breffni
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References

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