2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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The 2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship is the 2024 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

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7 teams compete in the championship. Galway are the defending champions.

Teams

General Information

Seven counties will compete in the Connacht Senior Football Championship:

County Last Provincial TitleLast Championship TitlePosition in 2023 Championship
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2023 2001 Champions
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 1994 —Quarter-finals
Colours of London.svg London ——Quarter-finals
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2021 1951 Quarter-finals
Colors of New York.svg New York ——Semi-finals
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2019 1944 Semi-finals
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2007 —Runners-up

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Pádraic Joyce Seán Kelly Supermac's
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Andy Moran Donal Wrynn
Mark Diffley		 Gallagher Group
Colours of London.svg London Michael MaherEoin Walsh Clayton Hotel
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Kevin McStay Paddy Durcan Intersport Elverys
Colors of New York.svg New York Alan O’MaraJamie BoyleNavillus
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Davy Burke Bobby Nugent Ballymore
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Tony McEntee Niall Murphy AbbVie

Bracket

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals Final
      
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-06
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-15
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-14
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-13
Colours of London.svg London 0-09
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5-21
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0-16
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-15
Colors of New York.svg New York 2-06
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2-21
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 0-13
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1-15

Quarter-finals

6 April 2024
Report [1]
Colours of London.svg London 0-09 (9)–(36) 5-21 Galway Colours of Galway.svg
McGovern Park , Ruislip
Referee: Liam Devenney (Mayo)
7 April 2024
Report [2]
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-06 (6)–(15) 0-15 Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg
Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada , Carrick-on-Shannon
Referee: Kieran Eannetta (Tyrone)
Attendance: 4,117
7 April 2024
Report [3]
Colors of New York.svg New York 2-06 (12)–(27) 2-21 Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg
Gaelic Park , New York
Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)

Semi-finals

20 April 2024
Report [4]
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0-14 (14)–(16) 1-13 Galway Colours of Galway.svg
(HT: 0-09 – 0-06)

Pts: Niall Murphy 0-3 (1f, 1 m'), Patrick O'Connor 0-3, Alan McLoughlin 0-2, Nathan Mullen 0-1, Darragh Cummins 0-1, Sean Carrabine 0-1, Canice Mulligan 0-1, Cian Lally 0-1, Mikey Gordon 0-1		Gls: Robert Finnerty 1
Pts: Robert Finnerty (0-05, 1f), Céin Darcy (0-02), Damien Comer (0-02), Dylan McHugh (0-01), Johnny Heaney (0-01), Shane Walsh (0-01), Kieran Molloy (0-01)
Markievicz Park , Sligo
Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin)
Attendance: 4,597
21 April 2024
Report [5]
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 0-13 (13)–(18) 1-15 Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg
(HT: 0-08 – 1-06)
Dr Hyde Park , Roscommon
Referee: Séan Hurson (Tyrone)
Attendance: 13,967

Final

Final
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 0–16 – 0–15 Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg
R. Finnerty 0-08 (5f), S. Walsh 0-03 (1f), C. Gleeson 0-02 (2f), D. Comer 0-02, J. Heaney 0-01Report [6] R. O'Donoghue 0-05 (4f), M. Ruane 0-03,T. Conroy 0-02, F. Boland 0-01, D. McHugh 0-01, J. Flynn 0-01, C. O'Connor,
Pearse Stadium , Galway
Attendance: 19,193
Referee: Séan Hurson (Tyrone)

Stadia and locations

County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Galway Connacht Pearse Stadium 26,197
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Connacht Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada 9,331
Colours of London.svg London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Castlebar Connacht MacHale Park 25,369
Colors of New York.svg New York Bronx North America Gaelic Park 2,000
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Roscommon Connacht Dr Hyde Park 18,890
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558

Championship statistics

Scoring events

Miscellaneous

See also

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