2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	7 May – 17 September 2017
Teams	33
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Dublin (27th win)
Captain	Stephen Cluxton
Manager	Jim Gavin
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Mayo
Captain	Cillian O'Connor
Manager	Stephen Rochford
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Tyrone
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
Top Scorer	Cillian O'Connor (3-66)
Player of the Year	Andy Moran
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The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 130th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887.

Thirty-three teams took part – thirty-one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland (Kilkenny, as in previous years, do not enter), London and New York. ^[1]

Dublin won their third championship in a row, defeating Mayo in the final on 17 September 2017 by 1–17 to 1–16. ^[2]

Format

Provincial Championships format

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All teams who lose a match in their provincial championship (with the exception of New York) enter the All-Ireland qualifiers. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} All provincial matches are knock-out.

Qualifiers format

Twenty eight of the twenty nine teams beaten in the provincial championships enter the All-Ireland qualifiers, which are knockout. Sixteen of the seventeen teams (New York do not enter the qualifiers) eliminated before their provincial semi-finals play eight matches in round 1, with the winners of these games playing the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2. The eight winning teams from round 2 play-off against each other in round 3, with the four winning teams facing the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4 to complete the double-elimination format. Further details of the format are included with each qualifier round listed below.

All-Ireland format

The four provincial champions play the four winners of round 4 of the qualifiers in the quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out. If a game ends in a draw it is replayed. If a replay ends in a draw, two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way. If extra time ends in a draw, the match is replayed for a third time.

Changes from 2016

On 1 January 2017 the 'mark' was introduced. It is defined as -

When a player catches the ball cleanly from a kick-out without it touching the ground, on or past the 45 metre line nearest the kick out point, he shall be awarded a ‘mark’ by the referee. The player awarded a ‘mark’ shall have the options of (a) taking a free kick or (b) playing on immediately. ^[7]

Provincial Championships

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2017 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The four teams who won the quarter-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's quarter-finals.

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Meath		0-27
	Louth		1-19			Louth		3-9
	Wicklow		1-14								Meath		0-13
											Kildare		2-16
						Kildare		1-21
	Laois		4-15			Laois		1-7
	Longford		0-16													Kildare		1-17
																Dublin		2-23
						Dublin		0-19
	Carlow		2-17			Carlow		0-7
	Wexford		2-13								Dublin		4-29
											Westmeath		0-10
						Westmeath		0-10 3-17 (R)
						Offaly		0-10 0-15 (R)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2017 Munster Senior Football Championship

The two teams who won the semi-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's semi-finals.

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Kerry		1-18
	Limerick		1-12			Clare		1-12
	Clare		1-13								Kerry		1-23
											Cork		0-15
						Tipperary		1-9
	Cork		1-12			Cork		1-10
	Waterford		1-11

The Munster championship differed from the other provincial championships with regard to which teams were designated A or B in the qualifiers -

• the loser of Limerick v Clare went into the B qualifiers, while the loser of Cork v Waterford went into the A qualifiers
• the winner of Limerick v Clare joined Kerry on the A side of the draw, while the winner of Cork v Waterford joined Tipperary on the B side of the draw

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2017 Ulster Senior Football Championship

An un-seeded draw determines the fixtures for all nine teams.

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Derry		0-11
						Tyrone		0-22
											Tyrone		1-21
											Donegal		1-12
						Donegal		3-19
						Antrim		1-9
																Tyrone		2-17
																Down		0-15
						Down		0-15
						Armagh		2-7
											Down		1-14
											Monaghan		0-15
						Cavan		0-15
	Monaghan		1-20			Monaghan		1-15
	Fermanagh		1-11

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Main article: 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship

	Preliminary round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
											Galway		0-15
											Mayo		1-11
						Mayo		2-14
	New York		1-13			Sligo		0-11
	Sligo		1-21													Galway		0-12
																Roscommon		2-15
											Roscommon		2-23
											Leitrim		1-09
						London		0-16
						Leitrim		3-10

All-Ireland Series

Qualifiers

A and B teams

An A and B system for the qualifier draws was introduced in 2014 and was retained. The teams were designated as A or B depending on which half of their provincial championships they played in. Although some teams receive byes in the early provincial rounds, their position in the round in which they entered the competition was usually determined by the provincial draw, resulting in most teams being designated as A or B randomly. For example, each of the four provinces had two semi-finals – one between two teams designated A and one between two teams designated B – and the beaten semi-finalists in each province were always one A team and one B team.

In all qualifier rounds A teams played A teams and B teams played B teams. Usually the A teams played their provincial games before the B teams, which allowed the A qualifier games to be scheduled a week before the B qualifier games. The A and B system attempted to ensure that teams beaten in the provincial championships had a least two weeks before playing their subsequent qualifier match, though this was not always possible.

Round 1

In the first round of the qualifiers sixteen of the seventeen teams beaten in the preliminary rounds or quarter-finals of the provincial championships competed. New York did not enter the qualifiers. Four A teams played four A teams and four B teams played four B teams. The round 1 draw was unrestricted − if two teams had played each other in a provincial match they could be drawn to meet again, with the winner of the provincial match receiving home advantage. The eight round 1 winners played the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists in round 2 of the qualifiers.

The following teams took part in round 1;

Connacht (2) Sligo (A) London (B)

Leinster (7) Laois (A) Longford (A) Louth (A) Wicklow (A) Carlow (B) Offaly (B) Wexford (B)

Munster (2) Waterford (A) Limerick (B)

Ulster (5) Antrim (A) Derry (A) Armagh (B) Cavan (B) Fermanagh (B)

17 June 2017

3.00 PM

Round 1A

Waterford	0-13 – 1-17	Derry
D Breathnach (0-5, 3 frees); G Crotty (0-3); T Prendergast, F Ó Cuirrín (0-2 each), P Whyte (0-1).	Report	D Heavron (1-1); J Kielt (2 frees), D Tallon (0-3 each); N Loughlin (1 free), C McFaul, R Bell (0-2 each); N Keenan, C McKaigue, E McGuckin, M Lynch (0-1 each).

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Attendance: 1, 067

Referee: J Henry (Mayo)

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17 June 2017

5.00 PM

Round 1A

Louth	1-10 – 2-15	Longford
Eoin O’Connor 1-0, James Califf 0-3 (2f), John Bingham 0-2, Ryan Burns 0-2 (1f), Gerard McSorley 0-1 (1free), Tommy Durnin 0-1, Jim McEneaney 0-1.	Report	Robbie Smyth 0-7 (4f, 1sl), Liam Connerton 1-1 (1-0 pen), Barry McKeon 1-0, David McGivney 0-2 (2f), Larry Moran 0-1, Micheal Quinn 0-1, Barry Gilleran 0-1, Dessie Reynolds 0-1, John Keegan 0-1

Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda

Referee: N Mooney (Cavan)

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17 June 2017

5.00 PM

Round 1A

Wicklow	3-10 – 2-16	Laois
S Furlong 0-3 (3f); Paddy Byrne 1-0; P Cunningham 2-3 (1f); J McGrath 0-2; M Kenny 0-2	Report	G Walsh 1-3 (1f, 2 ‘45); D Kingston 0-5; C Begley 0-2; D Conway 0-1; J O’Loughlin 0-1; T Collins 0-1; A Farrell 0-1; R Munnelly 0-1; D O’Connor 0-1

Joule Park, Aughrim

Referee: B Cassidy (Derry)

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17 June 2017

5.00 PM

Round 1A

Sligo	0-22 – 3-7	Antrim
E McHugh (0-1), P O'Connor (0-2), M Breheny (0-1, 0-1f), N Murphy (0-2), S Coen (0-8, 0-4f), P Hughes (0-2), A Marren (0-5, 0-3f), K McDonnell (0-1)	Report	P McBride (1-1), C Murray (0-3), M Fitzpatrick (1-0), CJ McGourty (1-2, 1-0pen, 0-2f), T McCann (0-1)

Markievicz Park, Sligo

Referee: F Kelly (Longford)

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24 June 2017

3.00 PM

Round 1B

Limerick	0-11 – 0-12	Wexford
Seamus O’Carroll 0-2 (1 45), Iain Corbett 0-2 (0-1 pen), Sean O’Dea 0-1, Ger Collins 0-1 (f), Josh Ryan 0-1, Danny Neville 0-1, Sean McSweeney 0-1 (f), Jamie Lee 0-1, Darragh Treacy 0-1.	Report	Ciaran Lyng 0-4 (2fs), PJ Banville 0-4 (1f), Michael Furlong 0-2, Adrian Flynn 0-1, John Tubritt 0-1.

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: Pádraig O’Sullivan (Kerry)

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25 June 2017

1.00 PM

Round 1B

London	0-12 – 0-13	Carlow
J Branagan (0-1), E Murray (0-2), L Gavaghan (0-4, 1f), R Mason (0-4, 4 frees), A Moyles (0-1)	Report	B Murphy (0-1), S Murphy (0-1), D Foley (c) (0-3, 2f), P Broderick (0-6, 6f), J Murphy (0-1), D O’Brien (0-1)

McGovern Park, Ruislip

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25 June 2017

6.30 PM

Round 1B

Offaly	0-16 – 1-17	Cavan
B Darby (0-1), P Cunningham (0-1), G Guilfoyle (0-2), S Doyle (0-1), R McNamee (0-1), M Brazil (0-1), R Allen (0-1), N Dunne (0-5, 2 frees), B Allen (0-2), N McNamee (0-1)	Report	G Smith (0-1), C Moynagh (0-1), C Brady (0-1), L Buchanan (0-2), G McKiernan (1-4), S Johnston (0-2, frees), N McDermott (0-4, 2 frees), R Connolly (0-2 frees)

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Referee: Derek O’Mahoney (Tipperary)

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25 June 2017

6.30 PM

Round 1B

Armagh	0-20 – 0-11	Fermanagh
N Grimley (0-6, 4f, 1 ’45), C O’Hanlon (0-1), R Grugan (0-5, 5f), J Clarke (0-3), A Murnin (0-2), S Campbell (0-2), E Rafferty (0-1)	Report	E Donnelly (0-1), R Lyons (0-2), T Corrigan (0-6, 5f, 1 sideline), S Quigley (0-2)

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Attendance: 10,500

Referee: C Reilly (Meath)

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Round 2

In the second round of the qualifiers the eight winning teams from Round 1A and Round 1B played the eight beaten provincial semi-finalists. The round 2 draw was unrestricted − if two teams had played each other in a provincial match they could be drawn to meet again, with the winner of the provincial match receiving home advantage. The eight winners of these matches played each other in Round 3.

The following teams took part in round 2;

Round 1A Winners (4) Derry Laois Longford Sligo

Beaten Provincial Semi-finalists – A Clare Donegal Mayo Meath

Round 1B Winners (4) Armagh Carlow Cavan Wexford

Beaten Provincial Semi-finalists – B Leitrim Monaghan Tipperary Westmeath

1 July 2017

3.00 PM

Round 2A

Laois	0-14 – 2-18	Clare
Laois: D Kingston 0-8 (7f), S Attride 0-3, G Walsh (f), C Begley, D Conway 0-1 each.	Report	E Cleary 0-9 (3f, 3 45s), K Sexton 1-2 (0-1f), G Brennan, C O'Connor, P Lillis 0-2 each, J Malone 0-1.

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

Referee: J Henry (Mayo)

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1 July 2017 5:00 PM Round 2A	Mayo	2-21 – 1-13 (AET)	Derry	MacHale Park, Castlebar Attendance: 11,433 Referee: M Deegan (Laois) Man of the Match: Conor Loftus
	Cillian O’Connor 0-12 (0-9f, 1 '45); Conor Loftus 1-1, Jason Doherty 1-1, Andy Moran 0-2, Kevin McLoughlin, Aidan O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor, Lee Keegan, Patrick Durcan 0-1 each	Report	Niall Loughlin 0-6 (5f), Mark Lynch 1-1, Ryan Bell 0-3, Benny Heron, James Kielt, Danny Heavron 0-1 each

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1 July 2017

5:00 PM

Round 2A

Donegal	0-12 – 0-7	Longford
Patrick McBrearty 0-5 (4f), Michael Murphy 0-3 (3f), Martin McElhinney 0-2, Jamie Brennan and Eoin McHugh 0-1 each.	Report	David McGivney 0-3 (3f), Robbie Smyth 0-3 (2f), Diarmuid Masterson 0-1.

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Attendance: 9, 915

Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

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1 July 2017

6.00 PM

Round 2A

Meath	0-14 – 1-9	Sligo
Donal Lenihan 0-3 (3f), Sean Tobin 0-3 (0-1 ’45), Graham Reilly 0-2, Michael Newman 0-2 (0-2f), Cillian O’Sullivan 0-1, Ronan Jones 0-1, James McEntee 0-1, Shane McEntee 0-1	Report	Gerard O’Kelly-Lynch 1-1, Adrian Marren 0-4 (0-3f, 0-1 ’45), Neil Ewing 0-1, Pat Hughes 0-1, Niall Murphy 0-1, David Kelly 0-1

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)

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8 July 2017

2.00 PM

Round 2B

Cavan	0-18 – 2-15	Tipperary
Geariod McKiernan 0-3 (1f), Thomas Corr 0-2, Martin Reilly 0-2, Caoimhin O'Reilly 0-2, N McDermott 0-2 (2f), Seanie Johnston 0-2 (1f), Padraig Faulkner, Conor Moynagh, Cian Mackey, D McVeety, Thomas Galligan 0-1 each.	Report	Conor Sweeney 1-5 (1 pen, 5f), Robbie Kiely 1-1, Jack Kennedy 0-3 (2f), Kevin O’Halloran 0-2 (1f), Brian Fox, D Foley, Philip Austin, Michael Quinlivan 0-1 each

Breffni Park, Cavan

Referee: F Kelly (Longford)

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8 July 2017

3.00 PM

Round 2B

Carlow	2-14 – 0-13	Leitrim
Paul Broderick 1-6 (3f), Darragh Foley 0-2 (1f), Ciaran Moran 1-1, Eoghan Ruth, Gary Kelly, Kieran Nolan, Sean Gannon, Shane Clarke 0-1 each	Report	Ryan O’Rourke 0-4, Ronan Kennedy 0-4 (4f), Brendan Gallagher 0-2 (1f), Conor Cullen 0-1, Darragh Rooney 0-1, Keith Beirne 0-1 (f)

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh)

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8 July 2017

3.00 PM

Round 2B

Wexford	1-11 – 3-23	Monaghan
Ben Brosnan 1-5 (3fs, 145), Ciaran Lyng 0-3 (3fs), P J Banville 0-2 (1f), Adrian Flynn 0-1	Report	Kieran Duffy, Owen Duffy 1-1 each, Fintan Kelly 1-0, C McCarthy 0-4 (2fs), D Freeman, S Carey, Jack McCarron (1f) 0-3 each, Kieran Hughes, G Doogan 0-2 each, D Malone, D Ward, Colin Walshe, C McManus 0-1 each

Wexford Park, Wexford

Attendance: 3, 501

Referee: C Lane (Cork)

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8 July 2017

7.00 PM

Round 2B

Westmeath	1-7 – 1-12	Armagh
Paul Sharry 1-0, John Heslin 0-6 (4f), Alan Gaughan 0-1	Report	Ethan Rafferty 1-0, Gavin McParland 0-3, Rory Grugan 0-3 (2f), Oisin O’Neill 0-2, Aidan Forker, Stephen Sheridan, Niall Grimley (f), Stefan Campbell 0-1 each

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Attendance: 5, 012

Referee: P O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Round 3

In the third round of the qualifiers winning teams from round 2A played against winning teams from round 2A, while winning teams from round 2B played against winning teams from round 2B. Round 3 draw rules did not allow two teams that had played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing could be avoided. The four winners of these matches played the four beaten provincial finalists in round 4.

The following teams took part in round 3;

Round 2A Winners (4) Clare Donegal Mayo Meath

Round 2B Winners (4) Armagh Carlow Monaghan Tipperary

8 July 2017

5.00 PM

Round 3A

Clare	0-13 – 2-14	Mayo
David Tubridy 0-4 (4fs), Eoin Cleary 0-3 (2fs), Keelan Sexton 0-2 (1 45), Jamie Malone, Sean Collins, Gary Brennan, and Gearoid O’Brien 0-1 each	Report	Cillian O’Connor 1-5 (5f), Diarmuid O’Connor 1-1, Andy Moran 0-3, Kevin McLoughlin 0-2, Lee Keegan, Keith Higgins, and Aidan O’Shea 0-1 each

Cusack Park, Ennis

Attendance: 11,576

Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

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8 July 2017

6.00 PM

Round 3A

Meath	1-14 – 1-15	Donegal
Donal Lenihan 0-7 (7f), Cillian O'Sullivan 1-1, Graham Reilly 0-1, Ruairi O Coileain 0-1, Donal Keogan 0-1, Shane McEntee 0-1, James McEntee 0-1, Bryan Menton 0-1	Report	Patrick McBrearty 0-7 (3f), Michael Murphy 0-5 (2f), Ryan McHugh 1-0, Jason McGee 0-2, Frank McGlynn 0-1

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

Attendance: 11,100

Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)

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15 July 2017

5.00 PM

Round 3B

Tipperary	1-15 – 1-17	Armagh
Josh Keane 0-4 (2fs), Michael Quinlivan 1-0, Conor Sweeney 0-3 (3fs), Liam Casey, Kevin O’Halloran (1f), Jack Kennedy (2fs) 0-2 each, Brian Fox and Philip Austin 0-1 each	Report	Niall Grimley 0-8 (5fs, 1 45), Jamie Clarke 1-1, Gavin McParland and Rory Grugan (1f) 0-2 each, Aidan Forker, Stephen Sheridan, Gregory McCabe and Stefan Campbell 0-1 each

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Attendance: 6,823

Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)

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15 July 2017

7.00 PM

Round 3B

Carlow	1-7 – 1-12	Monaghan
Paul Broderick 0-5 (5f), Gary Kelly 1-0, Brendan Murphy 0-2	Report	Kieran Hughes 0-3, Conor McManus 0-3 (2f), Fintan Kelly 1-0, Conor McCarthy 0-2 (1f), Rory Beggan 0-1 (1f), Shane Carey 0-1, Ryan McAnespie 0-1. Dermot Malone 0-1

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Attendance: 6,124

Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Round 4

In the fourth round of the qualifiers, the four winning teams from round 3 played the four beaten provincial finalists. Round 4 draw rules did not allow two teams that had played each other in a provincial match to meet again if such a pairing could be avoided. The matches were normally held in neutral venues. The four winners of these matches played the provincial champions in the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

The following teams took part in round 4;

Round 3A Winners Donegal Mayo

Beaten Provincial Finalists – A Cork Galway

Round 3B Winners Armagh Monaghan

Beaten Provincial Finalists – B Down Kildare

• Galway had beaten Mayo in the Connacht semi-final. In order to avoid a repeat pairing of Galway and Mayo, the round 4A fixtures of Galway v Donegal and Mayo v Cork were arranged without the need for a draw.
• Down had beaten both Armagh and Monaghan in the Ulster championship meaning that a repeat pairing was unavoidable in round 4B. A draw held on Monday 17 July 2017 determined that Down would meet Monaghan again.

22 July 5:00pm Round 4A	Mayo	0-27 – 2-20 (AET)	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Attendance: 13,505 Referee: Ciaran Branagan (Down) Man of the Match: Cillian O'Connor (Ballintubber)
	Cillian O’Connor 0-11 (0-4f, 1 '45), Andy Moran 0-4, Aidan O’Shea 0-3, Patrick Durcan and Conor Loftus 0-2 each, Keith Higgins, Lee Keegan, Tom Parsons, Diarmuid O'Connor, Jason Doherty 0-1 each	Report	Donncha O'Connor 0-6 (0-4f), Luke Connolly 1-1 (0-1f), Sean Powter 1-0, John O'Rourke, Paul Kerrigan, Colm O'Neill (0-1f) 0-3 each, Michael Hurley 0-2, Tomas Clancy and Barry O'Driscoll 0-1 each

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22 July 7:00pm Round 4A	Donegal	0-14 – 4-17	Galway	Markievicz Park, Sligo Attendance: 10,564 Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Man of the Match: Johnny Heaney (Killanin)
	Paddy McBrearty 0-6 (2f), Michael Murphy 0-4 (3f, 1 '45), Martin O’Reilly 0-2, Martin McElhinney 0-1, Michael Langan 0-1	Report	Johnny Heaney 2-2, Sean Armstrong 0-6 (4f), Liam Silke 1-0 (pen), Danny Cummins 1-0, Gary O’Donnell 0-2, Shane Walsh 0-1, Paul Conroy 0-1, Ian Burke 0-1, Damien Comer 0-1, Eamonn Brannigan 0-2, Michael Daly 0-1

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29 July 5:00 pm Round 4B	Down	1-16 – 1-24	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois) Man of the Match: Kieran Hughes (Scotstown)
	Connaire Harrison 1-4, Jerome Johnston 0-3 (0-1f), Darragh O'Hanlon (0-2f), Kevin McKernan, Conor Maginn 0-2 each, Caolan Mooney, Shay Millar, David McKibbin 0-1 each	Report	Conor McManus 0-10 (0-8f), Conor McCarthy 0-4, Kieran Hughes (0-1f) and Darren Hughes 0-3 each, Fintan Kelly 1-0, Jack McCarron 0-2, Ryan Wylie and Owen Duffy 0-1 each.

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29 July 7:00 pm Round 4B	Kildare	0-17 – 1-17	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Jamie Clarke (Crossmaglen Rangers)
	Kevin Feely 0-5f, Paddy Brophy 0-3, Keith Cribbin, Fergal Conway, Niall Kelly 0-2, Mark Donnellan (0-1f), Daniel Flynn, Ben McCormack 0-1 each	Report	Andrew Murnin 1-1, Jamie Clarke 0-4, Gavin McParland 0-3, Niall Grimley (0-2f) and Rory Grugan (0-1f) 0-2 each, Brendan Donaghy, Aidan Forker, Stefan Campbell, Joe McElroy, Ethan Rafferty 0-1 each

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	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 July & 7 August, Croke Park
	Roscommon (R)	2-9 0-9
					20 & 26 August, Croke Park
	Mayo (R)	1-12 4-19
					Mayo (R)	2-14 2-16
	30 July, Croke Park
					Kerry (R)	2-14 0-17
	Kerry	1-18
									17 September, Croke Park
	Galway	0-13
									Mayo	1-16
	5 August, Croke Park
									Dublin	1-17
	Tyrone	3-17
					27 August, Croke Park
	Armagh	0-8
					Tyrone	0-11
	5 August, Croke Park
					Dublin	2-17
	Dublin	1-19
	Monaghan	0-12

Quarter-finals

The four provincial champions played the four winners from round 4 of the qualifiers. Draw rules 1) Two teams who met in a provincial final could not meet again 2) If one of the provincial champions had already met one of the qualifiers in an earlier match then those two teams could not be drawn together if such a pairing could be avoided.

This was the final year of the knock-out quarter-finals which began with the introduction of the All-Ireland qualifiers in 2001. Following a vote at the GAA congress on Saturday 25 February 2017, the last eight teams in 2018 competed in two groups of four with the winners and runners-up in each group progressing to the semi-finals. ^[8]

30 July 2:00 pm Quarter-final	Kerry	1-18 – 0-13	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 65,746 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Man of the Match: Paul Murphy (Rathmore)
	Kieran Donaghy 1-1, Paul Geaney 0-4 (0-1f), Paul Murphy, David Moran, Johnny Buckley, Stephen O'Brien, Barry John Keane 0-2 each, Donnchadh Walsh, James O'Donoghue (0-1f), Jack Savage 0-1 each	Report	Ian Burke 0-5 (0-1f), Sean Armstrong 0-4 (0-1f), Johnny Heaney, Michael Daly, Shane Walsh (0-1f), Eamonn Brannigan 0-1 each

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30 July 4:00 pm Quarter-final	Roscommon	2-9 – 1-12	Mayo	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 65,746 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Lee Keegan (Westport)
	Ciaran Murtagh 1-2 (0-2f), Fintan Cregg 1-1, Diarmuid Murtagh and Donie Smith (0-1f) 0-2 each, Enda Smith and Conor Devaney 0-1 each	Report	Lee Keegan 1-3, Cillian O’Connor 0-3 (0-2f), Andy Moran and Paddy Durcan 0-2 each, Colm Boyle and Jason Doherty 0-1 each.

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5 August 4:00 pm Quarter-final	Tyrone	3-17 – 0-8	Armagh	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 82,000 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Peter Harte (Errigal Ciaran)
	David Mulgrew 2-1, Peter Harte 1-2 (1-0 pen), Sean Cavanagh 0-4 (0-3f), Mark Bradley 0-3, Niall Morgan 0-2f, Tiernan McCann, Colm Cavanagh, Declan McClure, Mattie Donnelly, Darren McCurry 0-1 each	Report	Rory Grugan 0-3 (0-2f), Paul Hughes, Mark Shields, Niall Grimley (0-1f), Jamie Clarke, Gavin McParland 0-1 each

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5 August 6:00 pm Quarter-final	Dublin	1-19 – 0-12	Monaghan	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams)
	Dean Rock 1-8 (0-7f, 1 '45), Paul Mannion and Paddy Andrews 0-3 each, James McCarthy, Con O’Callaghan, Jack McCaffrey, Paul Flynn, Eoghan O’Gara 0-1 each	Report	Conor McManus 0-4 (0-3f), Conor McCarthy 0-3, Rory Beggan (0-1f), Colin Walshe, Karl O’Connell, Darren Hughes, Ryan McAnespie 0-1 each

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7 August 2:00 pm Quarter-final Replay	Mayo	4-19 – 0-9	Roscommon	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 39,154 Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Man of the Match: Aidan O'Shea (Breaffy)
	Cillian O’Connor 1-6 (0-5f), Andy Moran 1-1, Keith Higgins and Kevin McLoughlin 1-0 each, Aidan O’Shea, Jason Doherty, Shane Nally 0-2 each, Donal Vaughan, Chris Barrett, Tom Parsons, Diarmuid O’Connor, David Drake, Stephen Coen 0-1 each	Report	Diarmuid Murtagh 0-4 (0-2f), Sean Mullooly, Enda Smith, Niall Kilroy, Conor Devaney, Donie Smith 0-1 each

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Semi-finals

There was no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures were pre-determined on a three yearly rotation. This rotation ensured that a provinces champions played the champions of the other three provinces once every three years in the semi-finals if they each won their quarter-finals and prevented the champions from the same two provinces meeting in the semi-finals in successive years. If a qualifier team were to defeat a provincial winner in a quarter-final, the qualifier team would take that provincial winner's place in the semi-final.

20 August 3:30 pm Semi-final	Mayo	2-14 – 2-14	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 66,195 Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois) Man of the Match: Andy Moran (Ballaghaderreen)
	Andy Moran 1-5, Cillian O’Connor 0-4 (0-1f), Colm Boyle 1-0, Tom Parsons 0-2, Donal Vaughan, Jason Doherty, Patrick Durcan 0-1 each	Report	Paul Geaney 0-7 (0-4f), Johnny Buckley and Stephen O’Brien 1-0 each, James O’Donoghue 0-3 (0-2f), Killian Young, Paul Murphy, Kieran Donaghy, Barry John Keane 0-1 each

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26 August 3:00 pm Semi-final Replay	Mayo	2-16 – 0-17	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 53,032 Referee: David Gough (Meath) Man of the Match: Colm Boyle (Davitts)
	Cillian O'Connor 0-6f, Andy Moran 1-1, Diarmuid O'Connor 1-0, Jason Doherty 0-3 (0-1f, 1 '45), Kevin McLoughlin and Conor Loftus 0-2 each, Chris Barrett and Patrick Durcan 0-1 each	Report	Paul Geaney 0-10 (0-8f), James O'Donoghue 0-3 (0-1f), Jack Barry, Jonathan Lyne, Johnny Buckley, Fionn Fitzgerald 0-1 each

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27 August 4:00 pm Semi-final	Dublin	2-17 – 0-11	Tyrone	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 82,300 Referee: David Coldrick (Meath) Man of the Match: Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf)
	Con O'Callaghan 1-2, Dean Rock 0-5 (0-4f), Eoghan O'Gara 1-1, Paul Flynn 0-3, Paddy Andrews 0-2, Jack McCaffrey, Brian Fenton, Ciaran Kilkenny, Paul Mannion 0-1 each	Report	Peter Harte 0-4 (0-3f), Colm Cavanagh and Niall Sludden 0-2 each, Tiernan McCann, Sean Cavanagh (0-1f), Declan McClure 0-1 each

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Final

Main article: 2017 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

17 September 2017 3:30 pm	Dublin	1-17 – 1-16	Mayo	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 82,243 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: James McCarthy (Ballymun)
	Dean Rock 0-7 (0-3f), Con O’Callaghan 1-0, Paul Mannion 0-3, James McCarthy 0-2, John Small, Brian Fenton, Eoghan O’Gara, Diarmuid Connolly, Kevin McManamon 0-1 each	Report	Cillian O’Connor 0-7 (0-4f), Lee Keegan 1-0, Andy Moran 0-3, Kevin McLoughlin, Jason Doherty 0-2 each, Donal Vaughan, Colm Boyle 0-1 each

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Championship statistics

• All scores correct as of 21 September 2017 ^[9]

Top scorer: overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo	3-66	75	10	7.5
2	Dean Rock	Dublin	3-31	40	6	6.7
3	Conor McManus	Monaghan	2-31	37	7	5.3
4	Paul Broderick	Carlow	1-30	33	5	6.6
	Andy Moran	Mayo	3-24	33	10	3.3
6	Paul Geaney	Kerry	1-29	32	5	6.4
7	Patrick McBrearty	Donegal	1-26	29	5	5.8
8	Con O'Callaghan	Dublin	2-20	26	6	4.3
9	Donal Kingston	Laois	2-19	25	4	6.25
10	Eoin Cleary	Clare	1-22	25	4	6.2
11	James O'Donoghue	Kerry	0-24	24	5	4.8
12	John Heslin	Westmeath	1-20	23	3	7.7
13	Michael Murphy	Donegal	0-21	21	5	4.2
	Robbie Smyth	Longford	0-21	21	3	7
	Donal Lenihan	Meath	0-21	21	4	5.2
16	Conor Sweeney	Tipperary	2-13	19	3	6.3

Top scorer: from play

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Andy Moran	Mayo	3-24	33	10	3.3
2	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo	3-18	27	10	2.7
3	Con O'Callaghan	Dublin	2-12	18	6	3.0
4	Paul Mannion	Dublin	0-17	17	6	2.8
5	Conor McManus	Monaghan	2-10	16	7	2.3
	Paul Geaney	Kerry	1-13	16	5	3.2
	Patrick McBrearty	Donegal	1-13	16	5	3.2
	Daniel Flynn	Kildare	2-10	16	4	4.0

Top scorer: single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	John Heslin	Westmeath	1-10	13	Offaly
2	Con O'Callaghan	Dublin	0-12	12	Kildare
	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo	0-12	12	Derry
4	Robbie Smyth	Longford	0-11	11	Laois
	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo	0-11	11	Cork
	Dean Rock	Dublin	1-8	11	Monaghan
7	Paul Broderick	Carlow	0-10	10	Wexford
	Conor McManus	Monaghan	0-10	10	Down
9	Eoin Cleary	Clare	0-9	9	Laois
	James O'Donoghue	Kerry	0-9	9	Clare
	Paul Broderick	Carlow	1-6	9	Leitrim
	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo	1-6	9	Sligo
	Cillian O'Connor	Mayo	1-6	9	Roscommon
	Paul Cunningham	Wicklow	2-3	9	Laois

Scoring events

• Widest winning margin: 31
  • Dublin 4-29 – 0-10 Westmeath (Leinster SFC semi-final)
• Most goals in a match: 5
  • Wicklow 3-10 – 2-16 Laois (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 1A)
• Most points in a 70-minute match: 40
  • Dublin 2-23 – 1-17 Kildare (Leinster SFC final)
  • Monaghan 1-24 – 1-16 Down (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 4B)
• Most points in a match (including extra-time): 47
  • Mayo 0-27 – 2-20 Cork (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 4A)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 4
  • Laois 4-15 – 0-16 Longford (Leinster SFC quarter-final)
  • Dublin 4-29 – 0-10 Westmeath (Leinster SFC semi-final)
  • Galway 4-17 – 0-14 Donegal (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 4A)
  • Mayo 4-19 – 0-9 Roscommon (All-Ireland SFC quarter-final replay)
• Most goals by a losing team: 3
  • Meath 0-27 – 3-9 Louth (Leinster SFC quarter-final)
  • Wicklow 3-10 – 2-16 Laois (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 1A)
  • Sligo 0-22 – 3-7 Antrim (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 1A)
• Highest aggregate score in a 70-minute match: 51 points
  • Dublin 4-29 – 0-10 Westmeath (Leinster SFC semi-final)
• Highest aggregate score in a match (including extra-time): 53 points
  • Mayo 0-27 – 2-20 Cork (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 4A)
• Lowest aggregate score: 19 points
  • Donegal 0-12 – 0-7 Longford (All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers 2A)

Miscellaneous

• The Dublin-Carlow game was the first championship meeting between the sides since 1988.
• Down beat Armagh for the first time since 1992.
• Kerry won their 5th Munster title in a row for the first time since winning 8 in a row (1975–1982).
• Dublin become the first county to win 7 Leinster titles in a row.
• Mayo defeated Kerry for the first time in 21 years and only their second time in 66 years.
• First-time championship meetings:
  • Waterford vs Derry (Qualifiers Round 1A)
  • Sligo vs Antrim (Qualifiers Round 1A)
  • London vs Carlow (Qualifiers Round 1B)
  • Meath vs Sligo (Qualifiers Round 2A)
  • Westmeath vs Armagh (Qualifiers Round 2B)
  • Carlow vs Leitrim (Qualifiers Round 2B)
  • Clare vs Mayo (Qualifiers Round 3A)
  • Carlow vs Monaghan (Qualifiers Round 3B)
  • Tipperary vs Armagh (Qualifiers Round 3B)
  • Kildare vs Armagh (Qualifiers Round 4B)
• Dublin are the first county since Kerry (1984–1986) to win 3 All Ireland Championships in a row.
• Carlow won three championship games for the first time since 1944. ^[10]

Referees Panel

As announced in May 2017: ^[11]

1. Ciaran Branagan (Down)
2. Barry Cassidy (Derry)
3. David Coldrick (Meath)
4. Niall Cullen (Fermanagh), first year
5. Maurice Deegan (Laois)
6. Marty Duffy (Sligo)
7. David Gough (Meath)
8. Jerome Henry (Mayo), first year
9. Rory Hickey (Clare)
10. Pádraig Hughes (Armagh)
11. Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
12. Fergal Kelly (Longford)
13. Conor Lane (Cork)
14. Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
15. Noel Mooney (Cavan)
16. Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
17. Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
18. Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
19. Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry)
20. Cormac Reilly (Meath)

Cormac Reilly (Meath) returned after missing 2016, while Eddie Kinsella (Laois) retired at the end of 2016.

Linesman Panel

1. James Bermingham (Cork)
2. Brendan Cawley (Kildare)
3. Liam Devenney (Mayo)
4. Paul Faloon (Down)
5. John Hickey (Carlow)
6. Shaun McLaughlin (Donegal)
7. Martin McNally (Monaghan)
8. James Molloy (Galway)

Broadcast rights

Matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ and Sky Sports under a new five-year contract that was agreed in December 2016. ^[12] In the United Kingdom, matches were shown on Sky Sports and worldwide coverage was provided on GAAGO. RTÉ Radio 1 also had full radio rights to all championship games which were previously shared with Newstalk. ^[13]

RTÉ coverage was shown on RTÉ Two on The Sunday Game Live presented by Michael Lyster in high definition. Des Cahill presented The Sunday Game highlights and analysis show on Sunday evening. ^[14]

Live TV coverage

RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, provide the majority of the live television coverage of the football championship in the first year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports also broadcast a number of matches and have exclusive rights to some games including two All-Ireland football quarter-finals. BBC Northern Ireland broadcast all games from the Ulster Championship which are shown live on RTÉ, with full deferred coverage later in the evening of those games not shown live. ^{[15] [16]}

Live Football On TV Schedule
Date	Fixture & Match Details	RTÉ Sky Sports
Provincial and Qualifier Matches
20 May	Monaghan v Fermanagh Ulster Preliminary round	RTÉ BBC NI
21 May	Mayo v Sligo Connacht Quarter-final	RTÉ
28 May	Derry v Tyrone Ulster Quarter-final	RTÉ BBC NI
3 June	Dublin v Carlow Leinster Quarter-final	Sky Sports
4 June	Down v Armagh Ulster Quarter-final	RTÉ BBC NI
10 June	Cork v Tipperary Munster Semi-final	RTÉ
11 June	Cavan v Monaghan Ulster Quarter-final	RTÉ BBC NI
11 June	Galway v Mayo Connacht Semi-final	RTÉ
17 June	Kildare v Meath Leinster Semi-final	Sky Sports
18 June	Tyrone v Donegal Ulster Semi-final	RTÉ BBC NI
24 June	Down v Monaghan Ulster Semi-final	RTÉ BBC NI
25 June	Dublin v Westmeath Leinster Semi-final	RTÉ
1 July	Mayo v Derry Qualifier Round 2A	RTÉ
2 July	Cork v Kerry Munster Final	RTÉ
8 July	Clare v Mayo Qualifier Round 3A	RTÉ
9 July	Galway v Roscommon Connacht Final	RTÉ
15 July	Tipperary v Armagh Qualifier Round 3B	Sky Sports
15 July	Carlow v Monaghan Qualifier Round 3B	Sky Sports
16 July	Tyrone v Down Ulster Final	RTÉ BBC NI
16 July	Dublin v Kildare Leinster Final	RTÉ
22 July	Mayo v Cork Qualifier Round 4A	Sky Sports
22 July	Donegal v Galway Qualifier Round 4A	Sky Sports
29 July	Down v Monaghan Qualifier Round 4B	Sky Sports
29 July	Kildare v Armagh Qualifier Round 4B	Sky Sports
All-Ireland Football Quarter-finals
30 July	Kerry v Galway	RTÉ
30 July	Mayo v Roscommon	RTÉ
5 August	Tyrone v Armagh	Sky Sports
5 August	Dublin v Monaghan	Sky Sports
7 August	Mayo v Roscommon Replay	RTÉ
All-Ireland Football Semi-finals
20 August	Mayo v Kerry	RTÉ & Sky Sports
26 August	Mayo v Kerry Replay	RTÉ & Sky Sports
27 August	Dublin v Tyrone	RTÉ & Sky Sports
All-Ireland Football Final
17 September	Dublin v Mayo	RTÉ & Sky Sports

Awards

The Sunday Game Team of the Year

The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 17 September, the night of the final. Dublin's James McCarthy was named as The Sunday Game player of the year. ^[17]

1. Stephen Cluxton (Dublin)
2. Mick Fitzsimons (Dublin)
3. Chris Barrett (Mayo)
4. Keith Higgins (Mayo)
5. Colm Boyle (Mayo)
6. Cian O'Sullivan (Dublin)
7. Jack McCaffrey (Dublin)
8. Tom Parsons (Mayo)
9. James McCarthy (Dublin)
10. Kevin McLoughlin (Mayo)
11. Aidan O'Shea (Mayo)
12. Con O'Callaghan (Dublin)
13. Paul Mannion (Dublin)
14. Paul Geaney (Kerry)
15. Andy Moran (Mayo)

All Star Team of the Year

Nominations were revealed on 21 September 2017. The football All Stars were revealed on 3 November 2017. Andy Moran was announced as player of the year and Con O'Callaghan as young player of the year.

1. David Clarke
2. Chris Barrett
3. Michael Fitzsimmons
4. Keith Higgins
5. Colm Boyle
6. Cian O'Sullivan
7. Jack McCaffrey
8. Colm Cavanagh
9. James McCarthy
10. Dean Rock
11. Aidan O'Shea
12. Ciaran Kilkenny
13. Paul Mannion
14. Paul Geaney
15. Andy Moran

Nominated Players

GOALKEEPERS

Stephen Cluxton (Dublin), David Clarke (Mayo), Niall Morgan (Tyrone)

DEFENDERS

Jack McCaffrey, Cian O’Sullivan, Michael Fitzsimons, Philip McMahon, John Small, Jonny Cooper (Dublin), Keith Higgins, Lee Keegan, Chris Barrett, Colm Boyle, Brendan Harrison (Mayo), Pádraig Hampsey, Tiernan McCann (Tyrone), Paul Murphy, Tadhg Morley (Kerry), Conor Devanney (Roscommon), Caolan Mooney (Down), Fintan Kelly (Monaghan).

MIDFIELDERS

James McCarthy, Brian Fenton (Dublin), Tom Parsons (Mayo), Colm Cavanagh (Tyrone), Enda Smith (Roscommon), Kevin Feely (Kildare).

FORWARDS

Andy Moran, Kevin McLoughlin, Aidan O’Shea, Jason Doherty, Cillian O’Connor (Mayo), Ciarán Kilkenny, Con O’Callaghan, Paul Mannion, Dean Rock (Dublin), Paul Geaney, Kieran Donaghy, James O’Donoghue (Kerry), Peter Harte, Niall Sludden (Tyrone), Connaire Harrison (Down), Patrick McBrearty (Donegal), Jamie Clarke (Armagh), Daniel Fly

Stadia and locations

Each team has a nominal home stadium, though not all teams are guaranteed a home game over the course of the Championship. In addition, games may be played at a neutral or alternate venue. For example, Dublin have not played a Championship game in Parnell Park, their nominal home, since the 2004 Championship.

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity Antrim Belfast Casement Park 32,500 Armagh Armagh Athletic Grounds 19,500 Carlow Carlow Dr Cullen Park 21,000 Cavan Cavan Breffni Park 32,000 Clare Ennis Cusack Park 14,864 Cork Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh 50,288 Derry Derry Celtic Park 22,000 Donegal Ballybofey MacCumhaill Park 18,000 Down Newry Páirc Esler 25,000 Dublin Dublin Parnell Park 12,000 Fermanagh Enniskillen Brewster Park 20,000 Galway Galway Pearse Stadium 26,197 Kerry Killarney Fitzgerald Stadium 43,180 Kildare Newbridge St Conleth's Park 6,200 Laois Portlaoise O'Moore Park 27,000 Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada 9,331 Limerick Limerick Gaelic Grounds 49,866

Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity London Ruislip Emerald GAA Grounds 5,000 Longford Longford Pearse Park 10,000 Louth Drogheda Drogheda Park 7,000 Mayo Castlebar MacHale Park 42,000 Meath Navan Páirc Tailteann 10,000 Monaghan Clones St Tiernach's Park 36,000 New York Kingsbridge Gaelic Park 2,000 Offaly Tullamore O'Connor Park 20,000 Roscommon Roscommon Dr Hyde Park 25,000 Sligo Sligo Markievicz Park 18,558 Tipperary Thurles Semple Stadium 53,500 Tyrone Omagh Healy Park 26,500 Waterford Waterford Walsh Park 17,000 Westmeath Mullingar Cusack Park 11,000 Wexford Wexford Wexford Park 20,000 Wicklow Aughrim Aughrim County Ground 10,000

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