2025 Tailteann Cup final

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2025 Tailteann Cup final
Event 2025 Tailteann Cup
Kildare win the Tailteann Cup and qualify automatically for the last 16 of the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date12 July 2025 (2025-07-12)
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match Darragh Kirwan (Kildare)
Referee Liam Devenney
WeatherSunny, 27 °C (81 °F)
2024
2026

The 2025 Tailteann Cup final was the fourth final of the Tailteann Cup and the culmination of the 2025 Tailteann Cup, the GAA's second-tier Gaelic football competition for county teams. [1] The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 12 July 2025, between Kildare and Limerick. [2] [3]

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The match was played before the All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Tyrone. Kildare won the game by two points. [4] [5]

Paths to the final

Match

Details

Kildare Colours of Kildare.svg 1-24 (27)(25) 2-19 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick
Darragh 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 0-1
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: Liam Devenney

References

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  9. "Tailteann Cup: Kildare defeat Offaly to secure semi-final place". www.gaa.ie. 14 June 2025.
  10. 1 2 "Kildare and Limerick to battle for Tailteann Cup after wins over Fermanagh and Wicklow". The Irish Times.
  11. "Tailteann Cup: Limerick burn off London". www.gaa.ie. 10 May 2025.
  12. "GAA.ie - GAA Match Video and Highlights, Fixtures and Results, Latest News". Gaa.ie.
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