2024 Leinster Senior Football Championship

2024 Leinster SFC

Tournament details
Year	2024
Winners
Champions	Dublin (63rd win)
Manager	Dessie Farrell
Captain	James McCarthy
Runners-up
Runners-up	Louth
←  2023 2025  →

The 2024 Leinster Senior Football Championship was the 2024 iteration of the Leinster Senior Football Championship organised by Leinster GAA. Dublin were the defending champions. ^[1]

Dublin retained the title after a 1-19 to 2012 win against Louth in the final on 12 May, it was a 14th Leinster title in a row for Dublin. ^[2]

Teams

General Information

Eleven counties will compete in the Leinster Senior Football Championship:

County	Last Championship Title	Last All-Ireland Title	Position in 2023 Championship	Last losing finalist
Carlow	1944	—	Preliminary round	1942
Kildare	2000	1928	Semi-finals	2022
Dublin	2023	2023	Champions	2001
Laois	2003	—	Quarter-finals	2018
Longford	1968	—	Preliminary round	1965
Louth	1957	1957	Runners-up	2023
Meath	2010	1999	Quarter-finals	2020
Offaly	1997	1982	Semi-finals	2006
Westmeath	2004	—	Quarter-finals	2016
Wexford	1945	1918	Preliminary round	2011
Wicklow	—	—	Quarter-finals	1897

Bracket

	Preliminary round v t e					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Dublin		3-19
	Longford		3-12			Meath		0-12
	Meath		3-19								Dublin		3-22
											Offaly		0-11
						Laois		1-08
						Offaly		2-13
																Dublin		1-19
	Westmeath		1-11													Louth		2-12
	Wicklow		2-09			Kildare		0-16
						Wicklow		1-12
											Kildare		0-13
	Carlow		0-08								Louth		0-17
	Wexford		4-19			Louth		4-10
						Wexford		0-15

Matches

Preliminary round

Wexford v Carlow

7 April 2024Preliminary round	Wexford	4-19 (31)–(8) 0-08	Carlow	Wexford
14:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Wexford Park
		Report [3]		Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary)

Longford v Meath

7 April 2024Preliminary round	Longford	3-12 (21)–(28) 3-19	Meath	Longford
15:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pearse Park
		Report [4]		Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

Westmeath v Wicklow

7 April 2024Preliminary round	Westmeath	1-11 (14)–(15) 2-09	Wicklow	Portlaoise
15:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: O'Moore Park
		Report [5]		Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

Quarter-finals

Laois v Offaly

13 April 2024Quarter-finals	Laois	1-08 (11)–(19) 2-13	Offaly	Portlaoise
19:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: O'Moore Park
		Report

Kildare v Wicklow

14 April 2024Quarter-finals	Kildare	0-16 (16)–(15) 1-12	Wicklow	Portlaoise
13:45 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: O'Moore Park

Louth v Wexford

14 April 2024Quarter-finals	Louth	4-10 (22)–(15) 0-15	Wexford	Portlaoise
16:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: O'Moore Park

Dublin v Meath

14 April 2024Quarter-finals	Dublin	3-19 (28)–(12) 0-12	Meath	Dublin
16:30 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Croke Park

Semi-finals

Kildare v Louth

28 April 2024Semi-finals	Kildare	0-13 (13)– 0-17 (17)	Louth	Dublin
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Croke Park

Dublin v Offaly

28 April 2024Semi-finals	Dublin	3-22 (31)– 0-11 (11)	Offaly	Dublin
16:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Croke Park

Final

Dublin v Louth

RTÉ

12 May 2024 13:45 IST (UTC+1) Final

Report [6]

Dublin	1-19 (22)– 2-12 (18)	Louth
(HT: 0-6 – 0-7)
Gls: O'Callaghan 1 (1m), Pts: Costello 6 (4f), Fenton 3, Basquel 1, Bugler 1, Lahiff 1, Mannion 1, Kilkenny 1, P Small 1		Gls: Keenan & Lennon 1-0, Pts: Mulroy 6 (5f), Grimes 4, Downey & Durnin 1.

Croke Park , Dublin Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan) Attendance: 23,113

GK 1 Stephen Cluxton (Parnells) RCB 2 Cian Murphy (Thomas Davis) FB 3 Michael Fitzsimons (Cuala) LCB 4 Eoin Murchan (Na Fianna) RHB 5 Tom Lahiff (St Jude's) CHB 6 John Small (Ballymun Kickhams) LHB 7 Seán Bugler (St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh) MF 8 Brian Fenton (Raheny) MF 9 James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) (c) RHF 10 Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock) CHF 11 Cormac Costello (St Vincent's) LHF 12 Niall Scully (Templeogue/Synge Street) RCF 13 Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes) FF 14 Con O'Callaghan (Cuala) LCF 15 Colm Basquel (Ballyboden St Enda's) Substitutes: 16 Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf) for Scully 17 Paddy Small (Ballymun Kickhams) for Basquel 18 Brian Howard (Raheny) for Lahiff 19 Ross McGarry (Ballyboden St Enda's) for Bugler 20 Killian McGinnis (Skerries Harps) for Mannion

GK 1 Niall McDonnell (St Fechin's) RCB 2 Dan Corcoran (Geraldines) FB 3 Peter Lynch (Roche Emmets) LCB 4 Donal McKenny (St Mary's) RHB 5 Niall Sharkey (Glyde Rangers) CHB 6 Anthony Williams (Dreadnots) LHB 7 Conal McKeever (Clan na Gael) MF 8 Tommy Durnin (Inniskeen Grattans, Monaghan) MF 9 Bevan Duffy (St Fechin's) RHF 10 Ciarán Downey (Newtown Blues) CHF 11 Ciarán Keenan (St Mary's) LHF 12 Conor Grimes (Glen Emmets) RCF 13 Leonard Grey (St Patrick's) FF 14 Sam Mulroy (Naomh Máirtín) (c) LCF 15 Craig Lennon (St Mochta's) Substitutes: 16 Dermot Campbell (Dreadnots) for Sharkey 17 Conor Early (Na Fianna, Dublin) for Williams 18 Ciarán Byrne (St Mochta's) for Durnin 19 Ryan Burns (Hunterstown Rovers) for Keenan 20 Liam Jackson (St Mary's) for Grey

See also

• 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Munster Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Tailteann Cup (Tier 2)
• 2024 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (Tier 3)

References

1. Manning, Gordon (14 May 2023). "Mickey Harte believes Dublin 'have found an angst in their game again' after 21-point trimming". Irish Times . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
2. "Dublin pushed hard by Louth in adding to Leinster haul". RTE Sport. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
3. Fagan, Ronan (7 April 2024). "In-form Wexford too strong for Carlow in Leinster". RTÉ . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
4. O'Flaherty, Deniese (7 April 2024). "Meath set up Dublin clash after beating Longford". RTÉ . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
5. Buckley, Gerry (7 April 2024). "Wicklow dig deep to surprise Westmeath". RTÉ . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
6. "Dublin given a scare by Louth before winning 14th Leinster title in a rowv". Irish Times. Retrieved 12 May 2024.