2025 Tailteann Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Level | Tier 2 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Trophy | Tailteann Cup |
| Date | May – July 2025 |
| Teams | 17 |
The 2025 Tailteann Cup is 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]
Format
[edit]The 17 teams who compete in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship but did not qualify for the round-robin group stages compete in the Tailteann Cup.
New York advance directly to the preliminary quarter-finals.[2] The other 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Seeding is determined by placing in the 2025 National Football League (after promotion and relegation is applied and after division finals take place).
Each team in a group plays the other teams in their group once; each team gets one home fixture, one away and one neutral. Teams are awarded two points for a win and one point for a draw.[3]
The four preliminary quarter-finals consisted of:
- The four second-placed teams (home), against
- New York and the three third-placed teams with the best record (away).
At the quarter-final stage the four group winners played the four preliminary quarter-final winners.[4]
The semi-finals and final are played in Croke Park. All knock-out matches are winner on the day. The winner of the 2025 Tailteann Cup qualify for the group stage of 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship regardless of their league position.
Teams
[edit]General information
[edit]Seventeen county teams compete in the Tailteann Cup. Only one, Westmeath, does so as a previous winner of the cup.
| County | Tailteann | Provincial | All-Ireland | Position in 2024 | Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Antrim
|
— | 1951 | — | Semi-final | 4th |
 Carlow
|
— | 1944 | — | Group stage | 4th |
 Fermanagh
|
— | — | — | Quarter-finals | 4th |
 Kildare
|
— | 2000 | 1928 | Quarter-finals | 2nd |
 Laois
|
— | 2003 | — | Final | 4th |
 Leitrim
|
— | 1994 | — | Preliminary quarter-finals | 4th |
| Limerick
|
— | 1896 | 1896 | Quarter-finals | 3rd |
| London
|
— | — | — | Preliminary quarter-finals | 4th |
 Longford
|
— | 1968 | — | Group stage | 4th |
 Offaly
|
— | 1997 | 1982 | Group stage | 4th |
 New York
|
— | — | — | Preliminary quarter-finals | 4th |
 Sligo
|
— | 2007 | — | Semi-final | 3rd |
| Tipperary
|
— | 2020 | 1920 | Preliminary quarter-finals | 4th |
 Waterford
|
— | 1898 | — | Group stage | 4th |
 Wexford
|
— | 1945 | 1918 | Group stage | 4th |
| Wicklow
|
— | — | — | Quarter-finals | 4th |
 Westmeath
|
2022 | 2004 | — | — | 2nd |
Draws
[edit]Group stage seeding
[edit]Numbers in brackets indicate ranking in the 2025 NFL.
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Pot 1 |
Pot 2 |
Pot 3 |
Pot 4
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New York (did not play in NFL) enter the Tailteann Cup at the preliminary quarter-final stage.
Knockout stage seeding
[edit]The preliminary quarter-final draw took place on 1 June 2025.[5] The quarter-final draw is on 9 June.[6] The semi-final draw is on 16 June.[7]
|
Seeded into quarter-finals |
Unseeded in quarter-finals |
Seeded into preliminary quarter-finals |
Unseeded in preliminary quarter-finals
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Group stage
[edit]Group 1
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kildare
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 52 | +43 | 6 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Sligo
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 68 | +5 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Leitrim
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Tipperary
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 0 |
Round 1
[edit]| 10 May 2025 Tailteann Cup | Kildare
|
0-36 – 0-11 | Leitrim
|
Newbridge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue: St Conleth's Park | |||||
| Report | Referee: Liam Devenney
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Round 2
[edit]| 17 May 2025 Tailteann Cup | Tipperary
|
1-11 – 3-19 | Kildare
|
Clonmel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:00 | Venue: Clonmel GAA Ground | ||||
| Gls: 1 Pts: 11 |
Gls: 3 Pts: 19 |
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
|
| 18 May 2025 Tailteann Cup | Leitrim
|
1-18 – 2-19 | Sligo
|
Carrick-on-Shannon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:30 | Venue: Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | ||||
| Gls: 1 Pts: 18 |
Gls: 2 Pts: 19 |
Referee: James Molloy (Galway)
|
Round 3
[edit]| 31 May 2025 Tailteann Cup | Leitrim
|
3-09 – 0-10 | Tipperary
|
Mullingar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue: TEG Cusack Park | |||||
| Gls: 3 Pts: 09 |
Gls: 0 Pts: 10 |
Referee: T Murphy (Galway
|
| 1 June 2025 Tailteann Cup | Kildare
|
4-19 – 1-24 | Sligo
|
Roscommon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue: Dr. Hyde Park | |||||
| Gls: 4 Pts: 19 |
Gls: 1 Pts: 24 |
Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon
|
Group 2
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wicklow
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 4 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Offaly
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Laois
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 65 | +6 | 4 | |
| 4 | Waterford
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 87 | −31 | 0 |
Round 1
[edit]| 10 May 2025 Tailteann Cup | Laois
|
0-28 – 1-16 | 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 2025 Tailteann Cup | Offaly
|
2-13 – 0-11 | 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)
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Round 2
[edit]| 17 May 2025 Tailteann Cup | Waterford
|
1-13 – 1-18 | Offaly
|
Waterford | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:30 | Venue: Walsh Park | ||||
| Gls: 1 Pts: 13 |
Gls: 1 Pts: 18 |
Referee: Conor Lane
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| 17 May 2025 Tailteann Cup | Wicklow
|
0-21 – 0-16 | Laois
|
Aughrim, County Wicklow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Venue: Aughrim County Ground | ||||
| Gls: 0 Pts: 21 |
Gls: 0 Pts: 16 |
Referee: Fergal Kelly
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Round 3
[edit]Group 3
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Limerick
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 6 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Westmeath
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 52 | +28 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Antrim
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 2 | |
| 4 | London
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 76 | −28 | 0 |
Group 4
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fermanagh
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 54 | +20 | 4 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Wexford
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 68 | +4 | 3 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Carlow
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 69 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Longford
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 73 | −22 | 2 |
Ranking of third-placed teams
[edit]
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Laois
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 60 | +11 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 2 | 4 | Carlow
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 69 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | Antrim
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 74 | −16 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | Leitrim
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 71 | −21 | 2 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Preliminary Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Wicklow
| 2-18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmeath
| 3-26 | Westmeath
| 2-17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laois
| 1-15 | Wicklow
| |||||||||||||||||
| Limerick
| |||||||||||||||||||
| Limerick
| 4-21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wexford
| 5-23 | Wexford
| 2-19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Antrim
| 2-21 | TBD | |||||||||||||||||
| TBD | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fermanagh
| 0-21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sligo
| 1-27 | Sligo
| 1-16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Carlow
| 2-19 | Fermanagh
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| Kildare
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| Kildare
| 1-17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Offaly
| 2-25 | Offaly
| 0-19 | ||||||||||||||||
| New York
| 1-12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary quarter-finals
[edit]| 7 June 2025 Preliminary quarter-final | Offaly | 2-25 – 1-12 | New York | Tullamore |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: O'Connor Park Referee: David Murnane |
| 7 June 2025 Preliminary quarter-final | Westmeath | 3-26 – 1-15 | Laois | Mullingar |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: TEG Cusack Park Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) |
| 8 June 2025 Preliminary quarter-final | Wexford | 5-23 – 2-21 | Antrim | Wexford |
| 13:30 | Report | Stadium: Wexford Park Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) |
| 8 June 2025 Preliminary quarter-final | Sligo | 1-27 – 2-19 | Carlow | Tubbercurry |
| 14:00 | Report | Stadium: Kilcoyne Park Referee: B Cassidy (Derry) |
Quarter-finals
[edit]| 14 June 2025 Quarter-final | Fermanagh | 0-21 – 1-16 | Sligo | Enniskillen |
| 17:00 | Report | Stadium: Brewster Park |
| 14 June 2025 Quarter-final | Kildare | 1-17 – 0-19 | Offaly | Newbridge |
| 18:30 | Report | Stadium: St Conleth's Park Referee: Thomas Murphy (Galway) |
| 15 June 2025 Quarter-final | Wicklow | 2-18 – 2-17 | Westmeath | Aughrim |
| 13:15 | Report | Stadium: Echelon Park |
| 15 June 2025 Quarter-final | Limerick | 4-21 – 2-19 | Wexford | Limerick |
| 15:45 | Stadium: TUS Gaelic Grounds |
Semi-finals
[edit]| 22 June 2025 Semi-Final | Wicklow | v | Limerick | Dublin |
| 14:00 | Stadium: Croke Park |
| 22 June 2025 Semi-Final | Fermanagh | v | Kildare | Dublin |
| 16:00 | Stadium: Croke Park |
Final
[edit]| 12 July 2025 Final | v | Dublin | ||
| Stadium: Croke Park |
Stadia and locations
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Scoring events
[edit]In Westmeath's game against Antrim, Luke Loughlin nearly broke Cillian O'Connor's record for the highest individual score in a championship match.[8]
- Widest winning margin: 25 points
- Most goals in a match: 5
- Most points in a match: 47
- Most goals by one team in a match: 4
- Most points by one team in a match: 36
- Highest aggregate score: 51 points
- Lowest aggregate score: 30 points
Miscellaneous
[edit]- All four semi-finalists had never reached the Tailteann Cup semi-finals before.
See also
[edit]- 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (Tier 1)
- 2025 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (Tier 3)
References
[edit]- ^ "GAA Master Fixtures for 2025 published". 5 December 2024.
- ^ "New York targeting elusive Tailteann Cup win - HoganStand".
- ^ "Wexford Footballers enter the 2025 Tailteann Cup – here are all the fixture dates | Wexford Weekly".
- ^ "GAA Congress 2025: New-look football championship and provincial final replays - explained". 20 February 2025.
- ^ "Tailteann Cup Preliminary Quarter Finals draw". www.gaa.ie. 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Tailteann Cup quarter-final draw on Monday". www.gaa.ie. 6 June 2025.
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC and Tailteann Cup draws on Monday". www.gaa.ie. 13 June 2025.
- ^ "Cillian O'Connor's scoring record almost went last Sunday". Hogan Stand. 13 May 2025.