Tailteann Cup

The Tailteann Cup is an annual Gaelic football competition for senior county teams of Ireland. The tournament will be first held in 2022.

Tailteann Cup
Current season or competition:
2022 Tailteann Cup
CodeGaelic football
Founded2022
RegionIreland (GAA)
No. of teams16
Official websitewww.gaa.ie

History

Following ongoing one-sided matches in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship between counties of differing standards, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) began considering the addition of a tournament for so-called weaker counties who were usually eliminated in the early stages of their respective provincial championship. At a national conference in November 2018, the GAA found broad support for the introduction of a second-tier championship and canvassed options for its potential structure and future inclusion within the annual calendar.[1] One year later at a specially convened congress, 76% of delegates formally approved of the second-tier tournament.[2] The tournament was named the Tailteann Cup in February 2020 and it was intended it would hold its inaugural season that year,[3] though it ended up being delayed to 2022 due the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic over that period.

Second and third-tier competitions have been incorporated in hurling for several years, such as the Christy Ring Cup and Nicky Rackard Cup.

Format

A total of 16 teams compete in the cup. The teams are drawn from the bottom 16 rankings from that season's National Football League, which is split into four groups of at least eight teams. However, if a team in this position qualifies for the final of their provincial championship they continue to compete in that year's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and do not compete in the Tailteann Cup.[4] The 16 teams that do compete in the cup are evenly split into four round-robin groups, and the top two teams from each group proceed to one of four knockout quarter finals matches, followed by semi-finals and the final.[4][5] The final of the Tailteann Cup is currently scheduled three weeks before the All-Ireland Football Final, and is staged at Croke Park in Dublin.[6] This format was altered slightly for the inaugural edition in 2022, where instead only counties from Divisions 3 and 4 of the league competed in a straight-knockout tournament, owing to the fact that the format for the All-Ireland Championship did not change to reflect its integration with the Tailteann Cup until 2023.[7]

London and New York will be allowed to meet each other in the season not like the main championship.

Comprehensive team results by tournament
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up

For each tournament, the number of teams in each tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2022 (16) Years
Fermanagh 1
London 1
Longford 1
New York 1
Sligo 1
Waterford 1
Wexford 1

Winners
County Wins Runners-up Winning seasons Years runners-up
TBC 0 0
TBC 0 0

See also

References
  1. "Second Tier Championship format to be discussed in January". gaa.ie. 24 November 2018.
  2. Sean Moran (19 October 2019). "Tier 2 football championship gets green light at special congress". The Irish Times.
  3. Kevin O'Brien (29 February 2020). "Tier 2 football championship to be called the Tailteann Cup". the42.ie.
  4. "All-Ireland football championship to be revamped in 2023 as Green Proposal passes Congress". the42.ie. 26 February 2022.
  5. "GAA publish Master Fixtures Schedule for 2022". gaa.ie. 21 December 2021.
  6. "Tailteann Cup decider won't feature on All-Ireland undercard". RTE Sport. 22 December 2021.
  7. Ciarán Murphy (10 March 2022). "Ciarán Murphy: Priorities unclear until the GAA gives the Tailteann Cup some love". The Irish Times.

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