# 2024 Tailteann Cup

The 2024 Tailteann Cup was the third 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 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Kildare made their first appearance. The group draw took place on 30 April 2024.
The final was played on 13 July 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Down and Laois. Down won after defeating Laois 0–14 to 2–06, and qualified for the group stage of the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

## Format

The 17 teams who competed in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship but did not qualify for the round-robin group stages compete in the Tailteann Cup. Kildare enter the Tailteann Cup for the first time.
New York advance directly to the preliminary quarter-finals. The other 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Seeding is determined by placing in the 2024 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.
The four preliminary quarter-finals will consist of the second-placed teams receiving home advantage against New York and the three third-placed teams with the best record. At the quarter-final stage the four group winners play the four preliminary quarter-final winners.
The semi-finals and final are played in Croke Park. All knock-out matches are winner on the day. The winner of the 2024 Tailteann Cup qualify for the group stage of 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship regardless of their league position.

### Teams by province

Britain (1)
* London
Connacht (2)
* Leitrim
* Sligo
Leinster (7)
* Carlow
* Kildare (debut)
* Laois
* Longford
* Offaly
* Wexford
* Wicklow
Munster (3)
* Limerick
* Tipperary
* Waterford
Ulster (3)
* Antrim
* Down
* Fermanagh
North America (1)
* New York

## Teams
### General information

Seventeen county teams compete in the Tailteann Cup:
| County | Tailteann | Provincial | All-Ireland | Position in 2023 | Appearance |
| Antrim | — | 1951 | — | Semi-final | 3rd |
| Down | — | 1994 | 1994 | Finalists | 3rd |
| Carlow | — | 1944 | — | Quarter-finals | 3rd |
| Fermanagh | — | — | — | Preliminary quarter-finals | 3rd |
| Kildare | — | 2000 | 1928 | — | 1st |
| Laois | — | 2003 | — | Semi-finals | 3rd |
| Leitrim | — | 1994 | — | Group stage | 3rd |
| Limerick | — | 1896 | 1896 | Quarter-finals | 2nd |
| London | — | — | — | Group stage | 3rd |
| Longford | — | 1968 | — | Preliminary quarter-finals | 3rd |
| Offaly | — | 1997 | 1982 | Preliminary quarter-finals | 3rd |
| New York | — | — | — | Preliminary quarter-finals | 3rd |
| Sligo | — | 2007 | — | — | 2nd |
| Tipperary | — | 2020 | 1920 | Group stage | 3rd |
| Waterford | — | 1898 | — | Group stage | 3rd |
| Wexford | — | 1945 | 1918 | Quarter-finals | 3rd |
| Wicklow | — | — | — | Group stage | 3rd |

### Personnel and kits

| County | Manager | Captain | Sponsors |
| Antrim | Andy McEntee | Dermot McAleese | Fibrus |
| Carlow | Niall Carew | Sean Gannon | SETU |
| Down | Conor Laverty | Pierce Laverty | EOS IT Solutions |
| Fermanagh | Kieran Donnelly | Declan McCusker | Tracey Concrete |
| Kildare | Glenn Ryan | Mick O'Grady | Brady Family |
| Laois | Justin McNulty | Trevor Collins and Evan O’Carroll | MW Hire Group |
| Leitrim | Andy Moran | Donal Wrynn | J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York |
| Limerick | Jimmy Lee | Iain Corbett | JP McManus |
| London | Michael Maher | Liam Gavaghan | Clayton Hotel |
| Longford | Paddy Christie | Patrick Fox | Glennon Brothers |
| New York | Johnny McGeeney | Johnny Glynn | Navillus |
| Offaly | Declan Kelly | Declan Hogan | Glenisk |
| Sligo | Tony McEntee | Keelan Cawley | AbbVie |
| Tipperary | Paul Kelly | Conor Sweeney | Fiserv |
| Waterford | Ephie Fitzgerald | Dermot Ryan | Cognizant |
| Wexford | John Hegarty | Liam Coleman | Zurich Insurance Group |
| Wicklow | Oisín McConville | Padraig O’Toole | Joule |

## Draws
### Group stage seeding

Numbers in brackets indicate ranking in the 2024 NFL.
New York (33) enter the Tailteann Cup at the preliminary quarter-final stage.

### Knockout stage seeding

The preliminary quarter-final draw took place on 2 June 2024.

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kildare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 32 | +51 | 6 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Leitrim | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Waterford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 2 | |
| 4 | Longford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 76 | −26 | 0 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sligo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 56 | +22 | 5 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Antrim | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 5 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Tipperary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 4 | Wexford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Fermanagh | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 41 | +20 | 6 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Laois | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 3 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | Wicklow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 4 | Carlow | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Down | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 41 | +37 | 6 | Advance to quarter-final |
| 2 | Limerick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 4 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | London | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 4 | Offaly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 70 | −28 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | 4 | London | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 2 | 3 | Wicklow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 3 | 2 | Tipperary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 2 | Advance to preliminary quarter-final |
| 4 | 1 | Waterford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 66 | −24 | 2 | |

## Knockout stage

| Preliminary quarter-finals | Preliminary quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | Down | 1-18 | | | | |
| Leitrim | 1-11 | Wicklow | 0-12 | | | | |
| Wicklow | 2-15 | | | Down (a.e.t.) | 1-20 | | |
| | | | | Sligo | 2-15 | | |
| | | Sligo | 2-20 | | | | |
| Limerick | 1-18 | Limerick | 0-9 | | | | |
| Tipperary | 1-10 | | | | | Down | 0-14 |
| | | | | | | Laois | 2-06 |
| | | Kildare | 0-12 | | | | |
| Laois | 1-13 | Laois | 2-11 | | | | |
| New York | 1-9 | | | Laois | 3-12 | | |
| | | | | Antrim | 1-13 | | |
| | | Fermanagh | 0-11 | | | | |
| Antrim | 3-11 | Antrim | 1-11 | | | | |
| London | 1-10 | | | | | | |

### Final
## Stadia and locations

| County | Location | Province | Stadium | Capacity |
| Antrim | Belfast | Ulster | Corrigan Park | 3,700 |
| Carlow | Carlow | Leinster | Dr Cullen Park | 21,000 |
| Down | Newry | Ulster | Páirc Esler | 20,000 |
| Fermanagh | Enniskillen | Ulster | Brewster Park | 20,000 |
| Kildare | Newbridge | Leinster | Manguard Park | 1,200 |
| Kildare | Tullamore | Leinster | O'Connor Park | 20,000 |
| Laois | Portlaoise | Leinster | O'Moore Park | 27,000 |
| Leitrim | Carrick-on-Shannon | Connacht | Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada | 9,331 |
| Limerick | Limerick | Munster | Gaelic Grounds | 44,023 |
| Limerick | Rathkeale | Munster | Mick Neville Park | 2,000 |
| London | South Ruislip | Britain | McGovern Park | 3,000 |
| Longford | Longford | Leinster | Pearse Park | 10,000 |
| New York | Bronx | North America | Gaelic Park | 2,000 |
| Offaly | Tullamore | Leinster | O'Connor Park | 20,000 |
| Sligo | Sligo | Connacht | Markievicz Park | 18,558 |
| Tipperary | Thurles | Munster | Semple Stadium | 45,690 |
| Waterford | Waterford | Munster | Fraher Field | 15,000 |
| Wexford | Wexford | Leinster | Chadwicks Wexford Park | 20,000 |
| Wicklow | Aughrim | Leinster | Aughrim County Ground | 7,000 |
* ↑ Kildare's usual home venue, St. Conleth's Park in Newbridge, was under redevelopment.

## Championship statistics
### Scoring events

As of 24 June (after semi-finals).
* Widest winning margin: 24 points
** Waterford 0-06 - 5-15 Kildare (Round 2)
* Most goals in a match: 6
** Antrim 4-12 - 2-13 Tipperary (Round 1)
* Most points in a match: 40
** Sligo 0-20 - 0-20 Antrim (Round 3)
* Most goals by one team in a match: 5
** Waterford 0-06 - 5-15 Kildare (Round 2)
* Most points by one team in a match: 25
** Kildare 3-25 - 1-11 Longford (Round 1)
* Highest aggregate score: 50 points
** Down 2-22 - 3-13 Offaly (Round 3)
* Lowest aggregate score: 21 points
** Laois 0-11 - 0-10 Wicklow (Round 2)

## Miscellaneous

* Kildare make their debut in the Tailteann Cup.
* London win their first ever Tailteann Cup match after defeating Offaly.
* London and Tipperary progress past the first round of the Tailteann Cup for the first time, after being knocked out at the initial stage in both 2022 and 2023.