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. 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 and. 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. enter the Tailteann Cup for the first time.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.
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 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
BritainConnacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
North America
Teams
General information
Seventeen county teams compete in the Tailteann Cup:| County | Position in 2023 | Appearance | |||
| Antrim | — | 1951 | — | 3rd | |
| Down | — | 1994 | 1994 | 3rd | |
| Carlow | — | 1944 | — | 3rd | |
| Fermanagh | — | — | — | 3rd | |
| Kildare | — | 2000 | 1928 | 1st | |
| Laois | — | 2003 | — | 3rd | |
| Leitrim | — | 1994 | — | 3rd | |
| Limerick | — | 1896 | 1896 | 2nd | |
| London | — | — | — | 3rd | |
| Longford | — | 1968 | — | 3rd | |
| Offaly | — | 1997 | 1982 | 3rd | |
| New York | — | — | — | 3rd | |
| Sligo | — | 2007 | — | 2nd | |
| Tipperary | — | 2020 | 1920 | 3rd | |
| Waterford | — | 1898 | — | 3rd | |
| Wexford | — | 1945 | 1918 | 3rd | |
| Wicklow | — | — | — | 3rd |
Draws
Group stage seeding
Numbers in brackets indicate ranking in the 2024 NFL.Pot 1
Pot 2
Pot 3
Pot 4
New York enter the Tailteann Cup at the preliminary quarter-final stage.
Knockout stage seeding
The preliminary quarter-final draw took place on 2 June 2024.Seeded into quarter-finals
Seeded into preliminary quarter-finals
Unseeded in preliminary quarter-finals
Group stage
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Ranking of third-placed teams
Knockout stage
Championship statistics
Scoring events
As of 24 June.- Widest winning margin: 24 points
- * Waterford 0-06 - 5-15 Kildare
- Most goals in a match: 6
- * Antrim 4-12 - 2-13 Tipperary
- Most points in a match: 40
- * Sligo 0-20 - 0-20 Antrim
- Most goals by one team in a match: 5
- * Waterford 0-06 - 5-15 Kildare
- Most points by one team in a match: 25
- * Kildare 3-25 - 1-11 Longford
- Highest aggregate score: 50 points
- * Down 2-22 - 3-13 Offaly
- Lowest aggregate score: 21 points
- * Laois 0-11 - 0-10 Wicklow
Miscellaneous
- Kildare make their debut in the Tailteann Cup.
- win their first ever Tailteann Cup match after defeating Offaly.
- and 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.