2025 Tailteann Cup

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2025 Tailteann Cup
Tournament details
LevelTier 2
Year2025
TrophyTailteann Cup
Date10 May – 12 July 2025
Teams17
Winners
Champions Kildare (1st win)
Manager Brian Flanagan
Captain Kevin Feely
Qualify forLast 16 of 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Runners-up
Runners-up Limerick
ManagerJimmy Lee
CaptainCillian Fahy
Other
Matches played35
←  2024
2026  →

The 2025 Tailteann Cup was the fourth edition of the Tailteann Cup, a Gaelic football competition contested by the seventeen county teams that did not qualify for the last 16 of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. [1]

Contents

Kildare were the winners, defeating Limerick in the final. Kildare will thus qualify automatically for the last 16 of the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. [2]

Format

The 17 teams who compete in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship but did not qualify for the round-robin group stages competed in the competition.

New York advanced directly to the preliminary quarter-finals. [3] The other 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. Seeding was determined by placing in the 2025 National Football League (after promotion and relegation was applied and after NFL division finals).

Each team in a group played the other teams in their group once; each team getting one home fixture, one away and one neutral. Teams are awarded two points for a win and one point for a draw. [4]

The four preliminary quarter-finals consisted of:

At the quarter-final stage the four group winners played the four preliminary quarter-final winners. [5]

The semi-finals and final were played in Croke Park. All knock-out matches were "winner on the day". The key prize for the winner of the 2026 Tailteann Cup was to qualify for the group stage of 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship regardless of their league position.

Teams

General information

Seventeen county teams competed in the Tailteann Cup. Only one, Westmeath, does so as a previous winner of the cup.

County TailteannProvincialAll-IrelandPosition in 2024 Appearance
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim — 1951 —Semi-final4th
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow — 1944 —Group stage4th
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh ———Quarter-finals4th
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare — 2000 1928 Quarter-finals2nd
Colours of Laois.svg Laois — 2003 —Final4th
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim — 1994 —Preliminary quarter-finals4th
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick — 1896 1896 Quarter-finals3rd
Colours of London.svg London ———Preliminary quarter-finals4th
Colours of Longford GAA.svg Longford — 1968 —Group stage4th
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly — 1997 1982 Group stage4th
Colors of New York.svg New York ———Preliminary quarter-finals4th
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo — 2007 —Semi-final3rd
Colours of Longford GAA.svg Tipperary — 2020 1920 Preliminary quarter-finals4th
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford — 1898 —Group stage4th
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford — 1945 1918 Group stage4th
Colours of Longford GAA.svg Wicklow ———Quarter-finals4th
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 2022 2004 ——2nd

Draws

Group stage seeding

Numbers in brackets indicate ranking in the 2025 NFL.

Colors of New York.svg New York (did not play in NFL) enter the Tailteann Cup at the preliminary quarter-final stage.

Knockout stage seeding

The preliminary quarter-final draw took place on 1 June 2025. [6] The quarter-final draw is on 9 June. [7] The semi-final draw is on 16 June. [8]

Group stage

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 33009552+436Advance to quarter-final
2 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 32017368+54Advance to preliminary quarter-final
3 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 31025071−212
4 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 30034067−270
Source: GAA

Round 1

10 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 0-36– 0-11 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Newbridge  
Venue: St Conleth's Park
Report Referee: Liam Devenney


11 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2-15– 2-10 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Tubbercurry 
Report Referee: Sean Hurson


Round 2

17 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 1-11 – 3-19 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Clonmel  
16:00Venue: Clonmel GAA Ground
Gls: 1
Pts: 11		Gls: 3
Pts: 19		Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)


18 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 1-18 – 2-19 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Carrick-on-Shannon  
13:30Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Gls: 1
Pts: 18		Gls: 2
Pts: 19		Referee: James Molloy (Galway)


Round 3

31 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 3-09 – 0-10 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Mullingar  
Venue: TEG Cusack Park
Gls: 3
Pts: 09		Gls: 0
Pts: 10		Referee: T Murphy (Galway


1 June 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 4-19 – 1-24 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Roscommon  
Venue: Dr. Hyde Park
Gls: 4
Pts: 19		Gls: 1
Pts: 24		Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon


Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 32017056+144Advance to quarter-final
2 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 32016554+114Advance to preliminary quarter-final
3 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 32017165+64
4 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 30035687−310
Source: GAA

Round 1

10 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Laois.svg Laois 0-28 – 1-16 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Portlaoise  
15:00(HT: 0-19 - 1-7)Venue: Laois Hire O'Moore Park

Pts: Cathal Lee (one two-pointer, one free) 0-5, Mark Barry (one mark, one free) and Killian Roche (two frees, one two-point free) 0-4 each, Brian Byrne and Ronan Coffey (one free) 0-3 each, Niall Corbet and Michael Doran 0-2 each, Ben Dempsey, Damon Larkin, Kevin Swayne, Seamus Lacey and Shaun Fitzpatrick 0-1 each		 Report Gls: Ciaran Walsh
Pts: Jason Curry 0-10 (two frees, three two-point frees), Conor Murray 0-4 (one two-pointer). Michael O’Brien (both frees) 0-2		Referee: Derek O Mahoney (Tipperary)


10 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 2-13 – 0-11 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Tullamore  
13:30(HT: 1-6 - 0-8)Venue: Glenisk O'Connor Park
Gls: Diarmuid Egan, Jack Bryant.
Pts: Jack Bryant 1-5 (1tp), Dylan Hyland 0-4 (0-1f), Diarmuid Egan 1-0, Shane Tierney 0-2, Cathal Flynn 0-1,		 Report
Pts: Oisín McGraynor 0-2f, Mark Kenny 0-2, Kevin Quinn 0-2 (0-1f), Mark Jackson 0-2 (1tpf), Dean Healy 0-1, Cathal Baker 0-1, Cathal Fee 0-1		Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)


Round 2

17 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 1-13 – 1-18 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly Waterford  
13:30Venue: Walsh Park
Gls: 1
Pts: 13		Gls: 1
Pts: 18		Referee: Conor Lane


17 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 0-21 – 0-16 Colours of Laois.svg Laois Aughrim, County Wicklow  
18:00Venue: Aughrim County Ground
Gls: 0
Pts: 21		Gls: 0
Pts: 16		Referee: Fergal Kelly


Round 3

31st May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 3-29 (38) – 0-21 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford  


31 May 2025Tailteann Cup Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 3-16 (25) – 3-18 (27) Colours of Laois.svg Laois  


Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 33006549+166Advance to quarter-final
2 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 32018052+284Advance to preliminary quarter-final
3 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 31025874−162
4 Colours of London.svg London 30034876−280
Source: GAA

Group 4

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 32017454+204Advance to quarter-final
2 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 31117268+43Advance to preliminary quarter-final
3 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 31116769−23
4 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 31025173−222
Source: GAA

Ranking of third-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 2 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 32017160+114Advance to preliminary quarter-final
2 4 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 31116769−23
3 3 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 31025874−162
4 1 Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim 31025071−212
Source: GAA

Knockout stage

Bracket

Preliminary Quarter-Finals Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 2-18
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 3-26 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 2-17
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1-15 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 1-17
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 2-18
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 4-21
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 5-23 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 2-19
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 2-21 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 2-19
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Cup of Silver.svg 1-24
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 0-21
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 1-27 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 1-16
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 2-19 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 0-9
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-13
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-17
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 2-25 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 0-19
Colors of New York.svg New York 1-12

Preliminary quarter-finals

7 June 2025Preliminary quarter-final Offaly Colours of Offaly.svg 2-25 – 1-12 Colors of New York.svg New York Tullamore
14:00 Report Stadium: O'Connor Park
Referee: David Murnane
7 June 2025Preliminary quarter-final Westmeath Colours of Westmeath.svg 3-26 – 1-15 Colours of Laois.svg Laois Mullingar
17:00 Report Stadium: TEG Cusack Park
Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
8 June 2025Preliminary quarter-final Wexford Colours of Wexford.svg 5-23 – 2-21 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim Wexford
13:30 Report Stadium: Wexford Park
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
8 June 2025Preliminary quarter-final Sligo Colours of Sligo.svg 1-27 – 2-19 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow Tubbercurry
14:00 Report Stadium: Kilcoyne Park
Referee: B Cassidy (Derry)

Quarter-finals

14 June 2025Quarter-final Fermanagh Colours of Fermanagh.svg 0-21 – 1-16 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Enniskillen
17:00 Report Stadium: Brewster Park
14 June 2025Quarter-final Kildare Colours of Kildare.svg 1-17 – 0-19 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly Newbridge
18:30 Report Stadium: St Conleth's Park
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Thomas Murphy (Galway)
15 June 2025Quarter-final Wicklow Colours of Wicklow.svg 2-18 – 2-17 Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath Aughrim
13:15 Report Stadium: Echelon Park
15 June 2025Quarter-final Limerick Colours of Limerick.svg 4-21 – 2-19 Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford Limerick
15:45Stadium: TUS Gaelic Grounds

Semi-finals

22 June 2025Semi-Final Wicklow Colours of Wicklow.svg 1-17 - 2-18 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Dublin
14:00D Healy 0-5 (2 tp); M Stone 1-0; M Jackson (2 frees), J Prendergast, E Darcy, K Quinn 0-2 each; C O'Brien, M Kenny, O McGraynor, J Kirwan 0-1 each. Report D Neville 1-2; J Ryan 0-4 (2 tpf); R Childs 1-0; P Nash 0-3 (3 frees); J Naughton, T McCarthy, B Coleman 0-2 each; E Rigter, C Fahy, D Murray 0-1 each.Stadium: Croke Park
Attendance: 13,960
Referee: D Murnan (Cork)
22 June 2025Semi-Final Fermanagh Colours of Fermanagh.svg 0-9 - 1-13 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Dublin
16:00Conor Love 0-2, Darragh McGurn 0-1, Ryan Lyons 0-1, Joe McDade 0-1, Declan McCusker 0-1, Fionan O'Brien 0-1, Sean Cassidy 0-1, Josh Largo Ellis 0-1. Report Brian McLoughlin 0-5 (1 tp), James McGrath 1-0, Colm Dalton 0-2, Kevin Feely 0-2 (1 tp), Daniel Flynn 0-2, Alex Beirne 0-1, Darragh Kirwan 0-1.Stadium: Croke Park
Attendance: 13,960
Referee: Kieran Eanetta (Tyrone)

Final

12 July 2025Final Kildare Colours of Kildare.svg 1-24 – 2-19 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Dublin
14:30Darragh Kirwan 0-8 (2 tp), Alex Beirne 1-2, Ryan Sinkey 0-3, Brian McLoughlin 0-3 (1 tp), Callum Bolton 0-2 (tp), Kevin Feely 0-2 (1f), Colm Dalton 0-2, Tommy Gill 0-1, Daniel Flynn 0-1. Report Cillian Fahy 1-1, Killian Ryan 1-1, Tony McCarthy 0-3, Josh Ryan 0-3 (1tpf, 1 45), Peter Nash 0-3 (1f), Emmet Rigter 0-2, James Naughton 0-2fs, Danny Neville 0-1, Tommie Childs 0-1, Iain Corbett 0-1, Rory O’Brien 0-1Stadium: Croke Park
Referee: Liam Devenney

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Scoring events

In Westmeath's game against Antrim, Luke Loughlin nearly broke Cillian O'Connor's record for the highest individual score in a championship match. [9]

Miscellaneous

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GAA Master Fixtures for 2025 published". 5 December 2024.
  2. ↑ https://www.breakingnews.ie/sport/saturday-sport-kildare-face-limerick-in-tailteann-cup-final-1782799.html
  3. ↑ "New York targeting elusive Tailteann Cup win - HoganStand".
  4. ↑ "Wexford Footballers enter the 2025 Tailteann Cup – here are all the fixture dates | Wexford Weekly".
  5. ↑ "GAA Congress 2025: New-look football championship and provincial final replays - explained". 20 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tailteann Cup Preliminary Quarter Finals draw". www.gaa.ie. 30 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw on Monday". www.gaa.ie. 6 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup draws on Monday". www.gaa.ie. 13 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Cillian O'Connor's scoring record almost went last Sunday". Hogan Stand. 13 May 2025.
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