2025 Connacht Senior Football Championship

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2025 Connacht SFC
Tournament details
Province Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht
Year2025
TrophyNestor Cup
DateApril – May 2025
Defending champions Colours of Galway.svg Galway
  2024
2026  

The 2025 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2025 iteration of the annual Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA. It was one of the four provincial competitions of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winning team received the Nestor Cup. [1] The draw for the competition was made on 12 October 2024. [2] The defending champion was Galway. [3]

Contents

Teams

General Information

Seven counties competed in the Connacht Senior Football Championship:

County Last Provincial TitleLast Championship TitlePosition in 2024 Championship
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2024 2001 Champions
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 1994 Quarter-finals
Colours of London.svg London Quarter-finals
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2021 1951 Runners-up
Colors of New York.svg New York Quarter-finals
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2019 1944 Semi-finals
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2007 Semi-finals

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 Brian Stack [4] [5] Ballymore
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Tony McEntee Niall Murphy AbbVie

Draw

Predetermined matches

Main draw

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
5 April, Ruislip
 
 
Colours of London.svg London 0-13
 
20 April, Galway
 
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 2-26
 
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 0-18
 
6 April, New York City
 
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-24
 
Colours of New York.svg New York 0-20
 
4 May, Castlebar
 
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 3-28
 
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1-17
 
6 April, Castlebar
 
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1-15
 
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2-20
 
19 April, Carrick-on-Shannon
 
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-17
 
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0-20
 
 
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 0-13
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

Matches

5 April 2025Quarter-final London Colours of London.svg 0-13 2-26 Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg Ruislip  
Venue: McGovern Park

Pts: Eoin Walsh 1, Liam Gallagher 2 (1tp), Daniel Clarke 2 (1tp), Kristian Healy 1, Ciaran Diver 3 (1f), Shay Rafter 4 (2fs)
Report Gls: Diarmuid Murtagh 1, Ciaráin Murtagh 1
Pts: Ruaidhrí Fallon 1, Dylan Ruane 2, Eddie Nolan 1, Keith Doyle 1, Enda Smith 2, Ben O’Carroll 7 (1tp, 1f), Diarmuid Murtagh 1, Cian McKeon 3, Ciaráin Murtagh 5 (1tp), Cathal Heneghan 2 (1tp)
Referee: Thomas Murphy (Galway)


6 April 2025Quarter-final New York Colours of New York.svg 0-20 3-28 Galway Colours of Galway.svg New York  
3pm EST
(Irish time: 8pm GMT)
Venue: Gaelic Park

Pts: C O'Dea 1, J Walsh 2 (1tp), K Murphy 1, F O’Reilly 7 (3tpfs, 1f), J Robinson 5, B O’Regan 4 (2fs, 1tpf)
Report Gls: C Hernon 1, M Tierney 2
Pts: C Flaherty 2 (1tp), K Molloy 1, S Kelly 2, M Tierney 4 (1f, 1 tpf), J Maher 1, M Thompson 3, C McDaid 1, D O’Flaherty 2, Brian Mannion 1, R Finnerty 6 (3fs), F Ó Laoi 1, P Conroy 2 (1tpf), L Ó Conghaile 2
Referee: J McQuillan (Cavan)


6 April 2025Quarter-final Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 2-20 2-17 Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg Castlebar  
Venue: MacHale Park
Gls: Aidan O’Shea 1, Ryan O’Donoghue 1
Pts: Enda Hession 1, Jack Carney 2, Matthew Ruane 1, David Neary 1, Darren McHale 4, Aidan O’Shea 3, Dylan Thornton 1, Ryan O’Donoghue 4 (4f), Fergal Boland 2, Conal Dawson 1
Report Gls: Luke Towey 1, Cian Lally 1
Pts: Cian Lally 1, David Quinn 1, Alan McLoughlin 5 (1tp,1f), Niall Murphy 7 (1tp), Pat Spillane 2, Oisin Flynn 1
Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)


Semi-finals

Matches

19 April 2025Semi-final Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 0-20 0-13 Leitrim Colours of Leitrim.svg Carrick on Shannon  
Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada


20 April 2025Semi-final Roscommon Colours of Roscommon.svg 0-18 1-24 Galway Galway  
Venue: Pearse Stadium


Final

Connacht final

4 May 2025Final Mayo Colours of Mayo.svg 1-15 1-17 Galway Colours of Galway.svg Castlebar  
Venue: McHale Park
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) [6]


Statistics

Scoring events

Miscellaneous

References

  1. "Galway 1-14 Mayo 2-12". RTÉ News . 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. McGovern, Oisin (12 October 2024). "Mayo to face Sligo in 2025 Connacht championship quarter-final". The Mayo News . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. "Connacht SFC Final: Galway finish with a flourish". Gaelic Athletic Association . 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. Cooney, Ian (14 December 2023). "Rossies unveil captain and vice-captain for 2024". Roscommon Herald .
  5. "Roscommon announce senior captain for 2024 season". Western People. 14 December 2023.
  6. "Roscommon referee to take charge of Connacht football final". 16 January 2025.