The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the 137th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty one of the thirty two Irish counties take part – Kilkenny will not compete, while London and New York complete the lineup.

The draws for the championship took place on October 21, 2023.

The championship will work as a two-tier system for the third time, with the Tailteann Cup being the second-tier competition for those that do not qualify for the Sam Maguire Cup competition.

Format

Provincial Championships

Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. All provincial matches are knock-out.

Group stage format

Sixteen teams progress to the All-Ireland Championship round-robin:

• The 4 provincial champions
• The 4 beaten provincial finalists
• The 2023 Tailteann Cup winners (Meath)
• The 7 next-ranked teams, based on final position in the 2024 National Football League
  • Position is based on standing after promotion and relegation are applied and after finals are played; therefore, the top two teams in Division 2 outrank the bottom two teams in Division 1, and if the 2nd placed team in Division 2 wins the final, they are ranked above the 1st-place finishers who lost the final.
  • If Meath reach the Leinster final, then an 8th team will be chosen based on league position.

The other 17 county teams compete in the 2024 Tailteann Cup.

In the All-Ireland Championship round-robin, 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. Each team plays one home, one away and one neutral fixture.

The top three in each group advance to the knockout stages; first-place teams to the All-Ireland quarter-finals, and second- and third-placed teams to the preliminary quarter-finals.

All-Ireland format

The four second-placed teams play against the third-placed teams in the preliminary quarter-finals. The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals advance to play the group winners in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Two semi-finals and a final follow. All matches are knock-out.

Teams

General Information

Thirty three counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: seven teams in the Connacht Senior Football Championship, eleven teams in the Leinster Senior Football Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Football Championship and nine teams in the Ulster Senior Football Championship.

Personnel and kits

Provincial championships

Connacht Senior Football Championship

In rotation, Galway will play London and Mayo will host New York in the Quarter-finals the other Quarter final will be an open draw between Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. 1 team will go straight to Semi-final as a bye.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Dublin, Kildare, Louth and Offaly seeded into the Quarter-Finals as they were the previous year's Leinster Senior Football Championship Semi-Finalists

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry and Clare are seeded through to Semi-Finals as they were last years Finalists in the Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Ulster Senior Football Championship

2 teams out of this list are drawn for the Preliminary Round

Preliminary round

Quarter-finals

Semi-final

Final

Team allocation and draw

Team allocation

Seven places in the All-Ireland group stage are allocated based on performance in the 2024 National Football League, as detailed below.

Group stage draw

Number in brackets indicates ranking in the 2024 NFL.

All-Ireland group stage

Group 1

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 2

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 3

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Group 4

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

All-Ireland knockout stage

All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals

All-Ireland quarter-finals

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland final

Stadia and locations

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

In a single game

Scoring events

Does not include after extra-time.

• Widest winning margin: 27 points
  • London 0-09 - 5-21 Galway (Connacht quarter-final)
• Most goals in a match: 6
  • Longford 3-12 - 3-19 Meath (Leinster preliminary round)
• Most points in a match: 36
  • Clare 1-13 - 0-23 Kerry (Munster Final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 5
  • London 0-09 - 5-21 Galway (Connacht quarter-final)
• Most points by one team in a match: 23
  • Clare 1-13 - 0-23 Kerry (Munster Final)
• Highest aggregate score: 49 points
  • Longford 3-12 - 3-19 Meath (Leinster preliminary round)
• Lowest aggregate score: 21 points
  • Leitrim 0-06 - 0-15 Sligo (Connacht quarter-final)
  • Waterford 2-07 - 1-05 Tipperary (Munster quarter-final)

Miscellaneous

• Sligo and Leitrim meet in the Connacht Championship for the first time since 2011.
• Waterford beat Tipperary for the first time since 1988 and have their first win in the Munster SFC since 2010.
• Dublin and Offaly meet in the Leinster championship for the first time since 2007.
• Clare appear in consecutive Munster finals for the first time since 1937.
• Ennis hosted the Munster SFC final for the first time since 1919.
• Louth appeared in consecutive Leinster finals for the first time since 1958.
• Louth defeated Meath in the championship for the first time since 1975.
• Galway win the Connacht title third year running for the first time since 1982–84.
• Dublin win a 14th Leinster title in a row.
• Inniskeen hosted its first ever championship game.

See also

• 2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Leinster Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Munster Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Ulster Senior Football Championship
• 2024 Tailteann Cup (Tier 2)
• 2024 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (Tier 3)

Notes

References

External links

• GAA official website

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