The 2022 Tailteann Cup was the inaugural edition of the Tailteann Cup and is the second-tier of Gaelic football for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the first-tier trophy). It was contested by up to sixteen teams from Divisions 3 and 4 of the 2022 National Football League plus New York. Division 3 or 4 teams initially competed in their provincial championship and if they reached their provincial final, they continued in the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, progressing to the All-Ireland Qualifiers, whereas if they were beaten in their provincial final, they did not participate in the 2022 Tailteann Cup.[1]

2022 Tailteann Cup
Tournament details
LevelTier 2
Year2022
TrophyTailteann Cup
Date21 May – 9 July 2022
Teams17
Winners
Champions Westmeath (1st win)
ManagerJack Cooney
CaptainKevin Maguire
Runners-up
Runners-up Cavan
ManagerMickey Graham
CaptainRaymond Galligan
Other
Matches played16
Player of the Year Ronan O'Toole
Top Scorer John Heslin (1–25)
2023 →

The final was played on 9 July 2022 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cavan and Westmeath. Westmeath won after a 2–14 to 1–13 defeat of Cavan.[2]

Format

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The inaugural Tailteann Cup was contested by seventeen teams: the sixteen set to play in Divisions 3 and 4 of the 2023 National Football League, plus New York. These teams could only have qualified for the Tier 1 All-Ireland Championship, the Sam Maguire Cup, if they had reached their provincial final.[1][3] The Sam Maguire Cup was contested by the sixteen teams set to play in Divisions 1 and 2 of the 2023 National Football League.

Louth and Limerick qualified for the Sam Maguire Cup as a result of winning promotion from Division 3 to Division 2 for 2023, while Down and Offaly competed in the Tailteann Cup as a result of being relegated from Division 2 to Division 3 for 2023.

The 2022 Tailteann Cup was a straight knockout format, with two preliminary-round games and seven first-round games followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final.[1] New York received a bye to the quarter-finals. The seventeen teams were organised on a geographical basis, with eight assigned to a northern section and nine to a southern section (including New York). The eight northern teams were drawn against each other in four of the seven first-round games. Four of the southern teams were drawn in two preliminary-round games, with the two winners then joining the remaining four teams in three first-round games.[4] All seven first-round winners joined New York (who were assigned to the southern section) in the quarter-finals, with pairings decided via an open draw within each geographic section. The semi-final pairings were then decided via an open draw.

From 2023, the Tailteann Cup is set to be played on a round-robin basis, with the first round consisting of four groups of four teams with no geographical structure.

Team allocation

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Entry round Counties
Quarter-finals New York
First round Antrim Down Leitrim Sligo
Carlow Fermanagh London Tipperary
Cavan Laois Longford Westmeath
Preliminary round Offaly Waterford Wexford Wicklow

Teams

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None of the seventeen teams qualified for their provincial final. Doing so would have resulted in them competing in the Tier 1 Sam Maguire Cup instead.

Team 2022 League result 2022 Championship result Appearance Best result Date of qualification
  Fermanagh 5th in Division 3 Lost 2-10 – 2–17 to Tyrone
(Ulster preliminary round)
1st n/a 16 April 2022
  New York Did not compete Lost 0-15 – 1–16 to Sligo
(Connacht quarter-finals)
1st n/a 17 April 2022
  London 5th in Division 4 Lost 2-11 – 3–12 to Leitrim
(Connacht quarter-finals)
1st n/a 17 April 2022
  Antrim 4th in Division 3 Lost 1-20 – 0–10 to Cavan
(Ulster quarter-finals)
1st n/a 23 April 2022
  Carlow 7th in Division 4 Lost 5-10 – 0–10 to Louth
(Leinster first round)
1st n/a 24 April 2022
  Laois 7th in Division 3 Lost 5-15 – 4–12 to Wicklow
(Leinster first round)
1st n/a 24 April 2022
  Offaly 7th in Division 2 Lost 1-15 – 1–12 to Wexford
(Leinster first round)
1st n/a 24 April 2022
  Sligo 3rd in Division 4 Lost 0-11 – 0–23 to Roscommon
(Connacht semi-finals)
1st n/a 30 April 2022
  Longford 6th in Division 3 Lost 3-13 – 0–14 to Westmeath
(Leinster quarter-finals)
1st n/a 30 April 2022
  Waterford 8th in Division 4 Lost 2-13 – 1–8 to Tipperary
(Munster quarter-finals)
1st n/a 30 April 2022
  Wexford 6th in Division 4 Lost 1-24 – 0–4 to Dublin
(Leinster quarter-finals)
1st n/a 30 April 2022
  Down 8th in Division 2 Lost 0-23 – 2–7 to Monaghan
(Ulster quarter-finals)
1st n/a 30 April 2022
  Wicklow 8th in Division 3 Lost 4-13 – 1–12 to Meath
(Leinster quarter-finals)
1st n/a 1 May 2022
  Leitrim 4th in Division 4 Lost 4-20 – 0–09 to Galway
(Connacht semi-finals)
1st n/a 8 May 2022
  Cavan 1st in Division 4 Lost 2-16 – 0–16 to Donegal
(Ulster semi-finals)
1st n/a 8 May 2022
  Tipperary 2nd in Division 4 Lost 2-10 – 0–10 to Limerick
(Munster semi-finals)
1st n/a 14 May 2022
  Westmeath 3rd in Division 3 Lost 1-21 – 2–15 to Kildare
(Leinster semi-finals)
1st n/a 15 May 2022

Bracket

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There was an open draw for all rounds, including quarter-finals and semi-finals. It was split into N (north) and S (south) sections until semi finals. Both sections then combined. The first team pulled out received home advantage. The semi-finals and final were played in Croke Park.

Round 1
28/29 May
Quarter-finals
4/5 June
Semi-finals
19 June
Final
9 July
  Leitrim 2–14
  Antrim 1–12
  Leitrim 2–16 (3)
  Sligo 1–19 (4)
  Sligo 3–15
  London 2–16
  Sligo 1–14
  Cavan 0–20
  Longford 0–12
  Fermanagh 1–12
  Fermanagh 0–13
  Cavan 2–16
  Cavan 0–24
  Down 1–12
  Cavan 1–13
  Wexford 2–13   Westmeath 2–14
  Offaly 3–11   Offaly 0–18
  Wicklow 3–16   Wicklow 0–10
  Waterford 1–10   Offaly 3–17
  New York 0–11
  Offaly 2–16
  Westmeath 3–22
  Carlow 1–12
  Tipperary 1–10
  Carlow 2–13
  Westmeath 1–21
  Laois 0–13
  Westmeath 1–13


Preliminary round

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Four teams competed in the preliminary round.

21 May 2022 Preliminary round (S) Wicklow   3-16 – 1-10   Waterford County Grounds, Aughrim
Kevin Quinn 2-1 (1-0 pen), Eoin Darcy 1-3 (0-2f), Mark Jackson 0-4 (0-4f), Mark Kenny 0-4 (0-1m), Dean Healy 0-2, Pádraig O’Toole 0-1, Oisin McGraynor 0-1 Report Jason Curry 0-4 (0-2f), Brian Looby 1-0, Darragh Corcoran 0-2 (0-2f), Brian Lynch 0-2, Dermot Ryan 0-1, Gareth Duffy 0-1 each. Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)
22 May 2022 Preliminary Round (S) Wexford   2-13 – 3-11   Offaly Bellefield, Enniscorthy
Niall Hughes 1-1, Ben Brosnan 0-3 (0-1f, 0-1m), Dylan Furlong 1-0, Kevin O'Grady 0-2, Eoghan Nolan 0-2, Donal Shanley 0-1 (0-1f), Eoin Porter 0-1, Dean O'Toole 0-1, Glen Malone 0-1 Report Niall McNamee 1-5 (0-3f), Diarmuid Egan 1-0, Lee Pearson 1-0, Anton Sullivan 0-2, Niall Darby 0-1 (0-1f), Johnny Moloney 0-1, Bill Carroll 0-1, Keith O'Neill 0-1 Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)

Round 1

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The two preliminary round winners were joined by the other twelve teams.

28 May 2022 Round 1 (N) Longford   0-12 – 1-12   Fermanagh Pearse Park, Longford
Darren Gallagher 0-5 (0-5f), Keelin McGann 0-2, Mark Hughes 0-2, Kevin Diffley 0-1, Ryan Moffat 0-1, Fergal Sheridan 0-1. Report Sean Quigley 0-4 (0-4f), Ryan Jones 0-4, Ultán Kelm 1-1, Ciaran Corrigan 0-1, Darragh McGurn 0-1, Conall Jones 0-1. Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo)
28 May 2022 Round 1 (N) Leitrim   2-14 – 1-12   Antrim Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
Keith Beirne 0-6 (0-3f), Jack Heslin 1-2, Shane Moran 1-0, David Bruen 0-1, Pearce Dolan 0-1, Cillian McGloin 0-1, Evan Sweeney 0-1, Jordan Reynolds 0-1, Mark Plunkett 0-1. Report Pat Shivers 0-4, Peter Healy 1-1, Ruairí McCann 0-2 (0-2f), Dermot McAleese 0-2, Odhrán Eastwood 0-1, Patrick McBride 0-1, Jamie Gribbon 0-1. Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
28 May 2022 Round 1 (N) Sligo   3-15 – 2-16 (a.e.t.)   London Markievicz Park, Sligo
Alan Reilly 1-6, Patrick O'Connor 0-4 (0-1f), Pat Hughes 1-1, Brian Egan 1-0, Aidan Devaney 0-1 (0-1 45), Sean Carrabine 0-1 (1f), Pat Spillane 0-1, Donal Conlon 0-1 Report James Gallagher 1-3, Ferghal McMahon 0-4 (0-4f), Matthew Walsh 1-1, Sean Hickey 0-2, Liam Gavaghan 0-1 (0-1f), Christopher Farley 0-1 (0-1f), James Hynes 0-1, Conal Gallagher 0-1 Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)
28 May 2022 Round 1 (N) Cavan   0-24 – 1-12   Down Breffni Park, Cavan
Raymond Galligan 0-7 (0-4f, 0-3 45), Gearóid McKiernan 0-6 (0-4f), Paddy Lynch 0-4 (0-1f), James Smith 0-2, Gerard Smith 0-2, Oisín Kiernan 0-1, Thomas Edward Donohoe 0-1, Niall Carolan 0-1 Report Liam Kerr 0-3, Ruairi O’Hare 1-0, Andrew Gilmore 0-2 (0-1f), Barry O’Hagan 0-2 (0-1f), Anthony Doherty 0-1, Odhran Murdock 0-1, Ryan Magill 0-1, Ruairi McCormack 0-1 Attendance: 3,616
Referee: David Gough (Meath)
29 May 2022 Round 1 (S) Offaly   0-18 – 0-10   Wicklow O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Niall McNamee 0-5 (0-3f, 0-1m), Ruairí McNamee 0-3, Anton Sullivan 0-2, Keith O’Neill 0-2, Jack Bryant 0-1, Jordan Hayes 0-1, Mark Abbott 0-1, Morgan Tynan 0-1, Niall Darby 0-1, Bill Carroll 0-1 Report Eoin Darcy 0-3 (0-3f), Mark Jackson 0-3 (0-3f), Kevin Quinn 0-2 (0-2m), Mark Kenny 0-2 (0-1m) Referee: Seán Lonergan (Tipperary)
29 May 2022 Round 1 (S) Carlow   1-12 – 1-10   Tipperary Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
Niall Hickey 1-0, Jamie Clarke 0-2, Eoghan Ruth 0-2, Colm Hulton 0-2, Ross Dunphy 0-2, Darragh Foley 0-1 (0-1f), Sean Bambrick 0-1, Conor Doyle 0-1, Conor Crowley 0-1 Report Conor Sweeney 0-3 (0-1f), Martin Kehoe 1-0, Sean O’Connor 0-2 (0-2f), Liam McGrath 0-2, Shane O'Connell 0-1, Sean O’Connell 0-1, Jack Kennedy 0-1 Referee: Cormac Reilly (Meath)
29 May 2022 Round 1 (S) Westmeath   1-13 – 0-13   Laois O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
John Heslin 0-5 (0-4f), Luke Loughlin 0-4 (0-1 45), Sam McCartan 1-1, Ronan O'Toole 0-1, Jonathan Lynam 0-1, Robbie Forde 0-1 Report Mark Barry 0-5 (0-4f), Evan O’Carroll 0-4 (0-1f), Eoin Lowry 0-2 (0-1m), James Finn 0-1 (0-f), Donie Kingston 0-1 Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)

Quarter-finals

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New York joined the seven Round 1 winners:

4 June 2022 Quarter-final (S) Offaly   3-17 – 0-11   New York O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Niall McNamee 0-6 (0-5f), Keith O'Neill 1-1, Cathal Flynn 1-1, Anton Sullivan 1-0, Niall Darby 0-2 (0-1f), Ruairi McNamee 0-2, Jack Bryant 0-2, Paddy Dunican 0-1 (0-1f), Johnny Moloney 0-1, Jack McEvoy 0-1, Report Jack Reilly 0-4 (0-2f), Adrian Varley 0-4 (0-1m), Connell Aherne 0-2, Sean Reilly 0-1 (0-1 45) Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
5 June 2022 Quarter-final (S) Carlow   2-13 – 1-21   Westmeath Dr Cullen Park, Carlow
Darragh Foley 0-5 (0-5f), Niall Hickey 1-0, Josh Moore 1-0, Ross Dunphy 0-2, Colm Hulton 0-2, Jamie Clarke 0-1 (0-1f), Mikey Bambrick 0-1, Shane Clarke 0-1, Conor Doyle 0-1 Report John Heslin 1-9 (0-7f), Luke Loughlin 0-4 (0-1f), Sam McCartan 0-3, Ronan O'Toole 0-2, Lorcan Dolan 0-1 (0-1m), Jamie Gonoud 0-1, Sam Duncan 0-1 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork)
5 June 2022 Quarter-final (N) Fermanagh   0-13 – 2-16   Cavan Brewster Park, Enniskillen
Sean Quigley 0-8 (0-8f), Darragh McGurn 0-2 (0-1f), Ryan Jones 0-2, James McMahon 0-1 Report Thomas Galligan 1-4, Gearóid McKiernan 0-5, Paddy Lynch 0-3 (0-2f), Pádraig Faulkner 1-0, Raymond Galligan 0-1 (0-1 45), Jason McLoughlin 0-1, Conor Brady 0-1, Cormac O’Reilly 0-1 Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)
5 June 2022 Quarter-final (N) Leitrim   2-16 – 1-19 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
  Sligo Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
Keith Beirne 1-6 (1m); Ryan O’Rourke 1-2; Evan Sweeney 0-2; Riordan O'Rourke 0-1, Jack Heslin 0-1, Dean McGovern 0-1, Jordan Reynolds 0-1, Mark Plunkett 0-1, Emlyn Mulligan 0-1 each. Report Alan Reilly 0-6, Patrick O’Connor 0-5 (0-1f, 0-1m), Sean Carrabine 0-5 (0-1f), Mark Walsh 1-0, Darragh Cummins 0-1, Peter Laffey 0-1, Nathan Rooney 0-1 Attendance: 4,231
Referee: Maurice Deegan (Laois)
Penalties
  • Ryan O'Rourke  N
  • Keith Beirne  
  • Jack Heslin  
  • Shane Quinn  
  • Emlyn Mulligan  N
  •   Nathan Rooney
  •   Alan Reilly
  •   Donal Conlan
  •   Brendan Egan

Semi-finals

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19 June 2022 Semi-final Sligo   1-14 – 0-20   Cavan Croke Park, Dublin
Patrick O'Connor 1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1m), Niall Murphy 0-4, Sean Carrabine 0-3 (0-2f), Pat Spillane 0-2, Darragh Cummins 0-1, Alan Reilly 0-1, Pat Hughes 0-1 Report Gearóid McKiernan 0-4 (3f), Gerard Smith 0-4, James Smith 0-2, Cian Madden 0-2, Raymond Galligan 0-1 (0-1f), Killian Brady 0-1, Killian Clarke 0-1, Conor Brady 0-1, Thomas Galligan 0-1, Oisín Kiernan 0-1, Martin Reilly 0-1, Paddy Lynch 0-1 Referee: Fergal Kely (Longford)
19 June 2022 Semi-final Westmeath   3-22 – 2-16   Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
John Heslin 0-8 (0-3f), Lorcan Dolan 2-1, Ronan O'Toole 0-4, Sam McCartan 0-3, Ronan Wallace 1-0, Luke Loughlin 0-2, James Dolan 0-1, Ray Connellan 0-1, Alex Gardiner 0-1, Robbie Forde 0-1 Report Niall McNamee 0-6 (0-6f), Keith O’Neill 1-2, Cathal Flynn 1-0, Dylan Hyland 0-3, Anton Sullivan 0-2, Jack Bryant 0-1, Jack McEvoy 0-1, Mark Abbott 0-1 Referee: Paul Faloon (Down)

Final

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9 July 2022 Final Cavan   1-13 – 2-14   Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
15:00 Gearóid McKiernan 0-3 (0-1f), Gerard Smith 0-3, Paddy Lynch 0-3, Pádraig Faulkner 1-0, Jason McLoughlin 0-1, Oisín Kiernan 0-1, James Smith 0-1, Stephen Smith 0-1 Report Ronan O'Toole 0-5, John Heslin 0-3 (0-2f), Sam McCartan 0-3 (0-1 45), Lorcan Dolan 1-0, Kieran Martin 1-0, Luke Loughlin 0-2, Ronan Wallace 0-1 Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)
Man of the Match: Ronan O'Toole (Westmeath)

Championship statistics

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Top scorer: overall

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Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 John Heslin   Westmeath 1–25 28 4 7.0
2 Niall McNamee   Offaly 1–22 25 4 6.25
3 Gearóid McKiernan   Cavan 0–18 18 4 4.5

Top scorer: single game

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Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 John Heslin   Westmeath 1–9 12   Carlow

Scoring events

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All records exclude extra-time.

  • Widest winning margin: 15 points
    • Offaly 3-17 - 0-11 New York (quarter-final)
  • Most goals in a match: 5
    • Wexford 2-13 - 3-11 Offaly (preliminary round)
    • Westmeath 3-22 - 2-16 Offaly (semi-final)
  • Most points in a match: 38
    • Westmeath 3-22 - 2-16 Offaly (semi-final)
  • Most goals by one team in a match: 3
    • Wicklow 3-16 - 1-10 Waterford (preliminary round)
    • Wexford 2-13 - 3-11 Offaly (preliminary round)
    • Offaly 3-17 - 0-11 New York (quarter-final)
    • Westmeath 3-22 - 2-16 Offaly (semi-final)
  • Most points by one team in a match: 24
    • Cavan 0-24 - 1-12 Down (round 1)
  • Highest aggregate score: 53 points
    • Westmeath 3-22 - 2-16 Offaly (semi-final)
  • Lowest aggregate score: 27 points
    • Longford 0-12 - 1-12 Fermanagh (Round 1)

Miscellaneous

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  • First-time championship meetings:
  • Westmeath won their 1st championship in 19 years, last winning the 2004 Leinster Senior Football Championship.
  • The meeting between Wicklow and Waterford was the first ever game in the Tailteann Cup, with the former winning by 3-16 to 1-10.
  • This meeting between New York and Offaly was the first meeting of a non-Connacht team for New York since their admission to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1999.
  • The meeting of Offaly and New York was New York's first Championship game in Ireland since the 2001 Connacht quarter-final where they lost 3-13 to 1-09 against Roscommon in Dr Hyde Park.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship structure: The formats for Sam Maguire Cup and Tailteann Cup explained". skysports.com/gaa. 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ Keane, Paul (9 July 2022). "Late goal seals inaugural Tailteann Cup for Westmeath". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ Culhane, Darragh (15 April 2022). "GAA All-Ireland Football Championship 2022 format: How will it work?". Irish Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  4. ^ "How to watch Tailteann Cup draw on Monday morning". RTÉ. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
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