Connacht Senior Football Championship

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The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. All of the counties of Connacht participate in the championship, as well as counties London and New York. The winning team receives the Nestor Cup.[1]

The Connacht Senior Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which they are eliminated from the competition. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in June or July. The winners and runners-up progresses directly to the All-Ireland Group Stage. (before 2020, all losing teams progress to the All-Ireland Qualifiers and before 2001 the All-Ireland was a straight knock-out format meaning all losing teams were eliminated after a single defeat).

Galway are the two time title-holders, defeating Sligo by 2-20 to 0-12 in the 2023 final.

History

Galway are Connacht's most successful county with 9 All Ireland titles. Roscommon have won the competition 24 times, most recently in 2019. Sligo have won the Nestor cup three times, most recently in 2007, while Leitrim have won the competition twice, most recently in 1994. The competing counties play for the JJ Nestor Cup, which is presented to the winning captain on Connacht Final Day.

London have competed in the Connacht Senior Football Championship since 1975, while New York joined in 1999. In this time London have managed three victories: one in 1977 and two in 2013, against Sligo and Leitrim.[2][3][4] New York recorded their first and only victory in the championship over Leitrim in 2023.[5]

Connacht championship moments

  • Leitrim 0-12 - 2-04 Mayo (24 July 1994):
  • Sligo 1-10 - 0-12 Galway (8 July 2007):
  • Mayo 5-11 - 0-10 London (21 July 2013):
  • New York 0-15 pen - 0-15 Leitrim (8 April 2023):

Teams

2024 Championship

Seven counties will compete in the 2024 Connacht Senior Football Championship: the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign-based teams of London and New York.

County Location Stadium Province Pos.
2023 		Champ.
titles 		Last
champ.
title 		All-Ire.
titles 		Last
All-Ire.
title
Galway Galway Pearse Stadium Connacht Champions 49 2023 9 2001
Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada Connacht Quarter-finals 2 1994 0 —
London South Ruislip McGovern Park Britain Quarter-finals 0 — 0 —
Mayo Castlebar MacHale Park Connacht Quarter-finals 48 2021 3 1951
New York Bronx Gaelic Park North America Semi-finals 0 — 0 —
Roscommon Roscommon Dr Hyde Park Connacht Semi-finals 24 2019 2 1944
Sligo Sligo Markievicz Park Connacht Runners-up 3 2007 0 —

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsors
Galway Pádraic Joyce Seán Kelly Supermac's
Leitrim Andy Moran Donal Wrynn J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York
London Michael Maher Liam Gavaghan Clayton Hotel
Mayo Kevin McStay Paddy Durcan Intersport Elverys
New York Johnny McGeeney Johnny Glynn Navillus
Roscommon Davy Burke Brian Stack Ballymore
Sligo Tony McEntee Keelan Cawley AbbVie

Venues

Stadia and locations

County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Galway Galway Connacht Pearse Stadium 26,197
Leitrim Carrick-on-Shannon Connacht Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada 9,331
London South Ruislip Britain McGovern Park 3,000
Mayo Castlebar Connacht MacHale Park 25,369
New York Bronx North America Gaelic Park 2,000
Roscommon Roscommon Connacht Dr Hyde Park 25,000
Sligo Sligo Connacht Markievicz Park 18,558

Managers

See also: List of Gaelic football managers

Managers in the Connacht Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.

Winning managers (1983–2023)

# Manager(s) Winning team(s) Titles(s) Winning years
1 John O'Mahony Mayo
Leitrim
Galway 		8 1988, 1989, 2009
1994
1998, 2000, 2002, 2003
2 James Horan Mayo 6 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021
3 John Maughan Mayo 4 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004
4 Mattie McDonagh Galway 2 1982, 1983
Martin McDermott Roscommon 2 1990, 1991
Jack O'Shea Mayo 2 1992, 1993
Kevin Walsh Galway 2 2016, 2018
Pádraic Joyce Galway 2 2022, 2023
9 Tony Regan Galway 1 1984
Liam O'Neill Mayo 1 1985
Cyril Dunne Galway 1 1986
Willie Joyce Galway 1 1987
Bosco McDermott Galway 1 1995
John Tobin Roscommon 1 2001
Peter Ford Galway 1 2005
Mickey Moran Mayo 1 2006
Tommy Breheny Sligo 1 2007
Liam Sammon Galway 1 2008
Fergal O'Donnell Roscommon 1 2010
Noel Connelly Mayo 1 2015
Pat Holmes
Kevin McStay Roscommon 1 2017
Anthony Cunningham Roscommon 1 2019
Brian McEniff Sligo 1 1975

Roll of honour

  • Golden background – Connacht champions also won the All-Ireland Championship.
County Title(s) Runners-Up Years won Years runners-up
Galway
48
34
 1900, 1902, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922,
1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2018, 2022
, 2023 		1901, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1948, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Mayo
48
34
 1901, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935,
1951, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021
 1903, 1905, 1913, 1917, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008
Roscommon
24
25
 1892, 1903, 1905, 1912, 1914,
1944, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2019
 1906, 1911, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1955, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2022
Sligo
3
16
 1928, 1975, 2007 1920, 1922, 1930, 1932, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1965, 1971, 1981, 1997, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2023
Leitrim
2
9
 1927, 1994 1914, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 2000
London
0
1
 - 2013

List of finals

Year Date Winners Runners-up Venue Winning captain Winning margin Referee Attendance
County Score County Score
2024 5 May
2023[6] 7 May Galway 2-20 Sligo 0-12 MacHale Park Seán Kelly 14 Brendan Cawley (Kildare) 11,867
2022[7] 29 May Galway 2-19 Roscommon 2-16 Pearse Stadium Seán Kelly 3 Joe McQuillan (Cavan) 21,419
2021[8] 25 July Mayo 2-14 Galway 2-08 Croke Park Aidan O'Shea 6 Conor Lane (Cork) 18,000
2020[9] 15 November Mayo 0-14 Galway 0-13 Pearse Stadium Aidan O'Shea 1 Sean Hurson (Tyrone) 0
2019[10] 16 June Roscommon 1-13 Galway 0-12 Pearse Stadium Enda Smith 4 Barry Cassidy (Derry) 17,639
2018[11] 17 June Galway 0-16 Roscommon 2-06 Dr Hyde Park Conor Devaney 4 David Coldrick (Meath) 18,864
2017[12] 9 July Roscommon 2-15 Galway 0-12 Pearse Stadium Ciarán Murtagh 9 David Gough (Meath) 18,287
2016[13] 17 July Galway 0–13
3-16 (R) 		Roscommon 1–10
0-14(R) 		MacHale Park Gary O'Donnell 11 (R) Ciaran Branagan (Down) 24,324

15,960 (R)

2015[14] 19 July Mayo 6-25 Sligo 2-11 Dr Hyde Park Keith Higgins 26 Padraig O'Sullivan (Kerry) 23,196
2014[15] 13 July Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16 MacHale Park 7 R Hickey (Clare) 26,738
2013[16] 21 July Mayo 5-11 London 0-10 MacHale Park 16 Conor Lane (Cork) 21,274
2012[17] 15 July Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-10 Dr Hyde Park 2 Cormac Reilly (Meath) 23,257
2011 17 July Mayo 0-13 Roscommon 0-11 Dr Hyde Park 2 M Collins (Cork) 25,609
2010 18 July Roscommon 0-14 Sligo 0-13 MacHale Park 1 J. White (Donegal) 25,300
2009 Mayo 2-12 Galway 1-14 25,627
2008 Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-14 29,711
2007 Sligo 1-10 Galway 0-12 11,317
2006 Mayo 0-12 Galway 1-08 34,613
2005 Galway 0-10 Mayo 0-08 31,789
2004 Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-09 34,790
2003 Galway 1-14 Mayo 0-13
2002 Galway 1-11 Sligo 0-11
2001 Roscommon 2-10 Mayo 1-12
2000 Galway 1-13 Leitrim 0-08
1999 Mayo 1-14 Galway 1-10
1998 Galway 0–11, 1-17 (R) Roscommon 0–11, 0-17 (R)
1997 Mayo 0-11 Sligo 1-07
1996 Mayo 3-09 Galway 1-11
1995 Galway 0-17 Mayo 1-07
1994 Leitrim 0-12 Mayo 2-04
1993 Mayo 1-05 Roscommon 0-07
1992 Mayo 1-14 Roscommon 0-10
1991 Roscommon 0–14, 0-13 (R) Mayo 0–14, 1-09 (R)
1990 Roscommon 0-16 Galway 1-11
1989 Mayo 0–12, 3-14 (R) Roscommon 1-09, 2-13 (R)
1988 Mayo 1-12 Roscommon 0-08
1987 Galway 0-08 Mayo 0-07
1986 Galway 1-08 Roscommon 1-05
1985 Mayo 2-11 Roscommon 0-08
1984 Galway 2-13 Mayo 2-09
1983 Galway 1-13 Mayo 1-10
1982 Galway 3-17 Mayo 0-10
1981 Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-04
1980 Roscommon 3-13 Mayo 0-08
1979 Roscommon 3-15 Mayo 2-10
1978 Roscommon 2-07 Galway 0-09
1977 Roscommon 1-12 Galway 2-08
1976 Galway 1-08, 1-14 (R) Roscommon 1-08, 0-09 (R)
1975 Sligo 2–10, 2-10 (R) Mayo 1–13, 0-15 (R)
1974 Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-08
1973 Galway 1-17 Mayo 2-12
1972 Roscommon 5-08 Mayo 3-10
1971 Galway 2–15, 1-17 (R) Sligo 2–15, 3-10 (R)
1970 Galway 2-15 (21) Roscommon 1-08 (11)
1969 Mayo 0–11, 1-11 (14) Galway 1-08, 1-08 (11)
1968 Galway 2-10 Mayo 2-09
1967 Mayo 4-15 Leitrim 0-07
1966 Galway 0-12 Mayo 1-08
1965 Galway 1-12 Sligo 2-06
1964 Galway 2-12 Mayo 1-05
1963 Galway 4-11 Leitrim 1-08
1962 Roscommon 3-07 Galway 2-09
1961 Roscommon 1-11 Galway 2-07
1960 Galway 2-05 Leitrim 0-05
1959 Galway 5-08 Leitrim 0-12
1958 Galway 2-10 Leitrim 1-11
1957 Galway 4-08 Leitrim 0-04
1956 Galway 3-12 Sligo 1-05
1955 Mayo 3-11 Roscommon 1-03
1954 Galway 2-10 Sligo 3-04
1953 Roscommon 1-06 Mayo 0-06
1952 Roscommon 3-05 Mayo 0-06
1951 Mayo 4-13 Galway 2-03
1950 Mayo 1-07 Roscommon 0-04
1949 Mayo 4-06 Leitrim 0-03
1948 Mayo 2-04, 2-10 (R) Galway 1-07, 2-07 (R)
1947 Roscommon 2-12 Sligo 1-08
1946 Roscommon 1-04, 1-09* Mayo 0-06, 1-02
1945 Galway 2-06 Mayo 1-07
1944 Roscommon 2-11 Mayo 1-06
1943 Roscommon 2-06 Galway 0-08
1942 Galway 2-06 Roscommon 3-02
1941 Galway 0-08 Roscommon 1-04
1940 Galway 1-07 Mayo 0-05
1939 Mayo 2-06 * Galway 0-03
1938 Galway 0-08 Mayo 0-05
1937 Mayo 3-05 Galway 0-08
1936 Mayo 2-04, 2-07 (R) Galway 1-07, 1-04 (R)
1935 Mayo 0-12 Galway 0-05
1934 Galway 2-04 Mayo 0-05
1933 Galway 1-07 Mayo 1-05
1932 Mayo 2-06 Sligo 0-07
1931 Mayo 2-10 Roscommon 3-02
1930 Mayo 1-07 Sligo 1-02
1929 Mayo 1-06 Galway 0-04
1928 Sligo 1-04 Mayo 0-06
1927 Leitrim 2-04 Galway 0-03
1926 Galway 3-02 Mayo 1-02
1925 Galway 1-05 Mayo 1-03
1924 Mayo 0-01, 2-06 (R) Galway 0-01, 0-05 (R)
1923 Mayo 0-03 Galway 0-02
1922 Galway 1-07, 2-04 * Sligo 3-02, 2-02
1921 Mayo 1-04 Roscommon 0-01
1920 Mayo 2-03 Sligo 1-04
1919 Galway 1-06 Roscommon 0-05
1918 Mayo 0-04 Galway 0-01
1917 Galway 1-04 Mayo 1-01
1916 Mayo 1-05 Roscommon 0-03
1915 Mayo 3-01 Roscommon 1-03
1914 Roscommon 1-02 Leitrim 0-01
1913 Galway 1-02 Mayo 0-03
1912 Roscommon 0-02 Galway 0-00
1911 Galway 1-03 Roscommon 1-02
1910 Mayo 1-04 Galway 0-05
1909 Mayo 1-04 Galway 0-03
1908 Mayo 2-05 Galway 0-04
1907 Mayo 3-09 Galway 0-01
1906 Mayo 2-13 Roscommon 0-05
1905 Roscommon 0-07 Mayo 0-05
1904 Mayo 3-06 Roscommon 0-01
1903 Roscommon 1-02 Mayo 0-04
1902 Galway
1901 Mayo 2-04 Galway 0-03
1900 Galway

Notes:

  • 1888-1891 No Connacht representative in All-Ireland series
  • 1892 Roscommon represented the province
  • 1893-1899 No Connacht representative in All-Ireland series
  • 1900 Galway unopposed
  • 1902 Galway unopposed
  • 1946 Objection and counter-objection. Replay ordered
  • 1939 Game unfinished - awarded to Mayo
  • 1922 Objection - refixed

Team records and statistics

Main article: Connacht Senior Football Championship records and statistics

Team results

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • SF/QF/PR – Semi-Finals/Quarter-Finals/Preliminary round
County 2013 (7) 2014 (7) 2015 (7) 2016 (7) 2017 (7) 2018 (7) 2019 (7) 2020 (4) 2021 (5) 2022 (7) 2023 (7) Years
Galway QF 2nd SF 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 11
Leitrim SF QF QF QF SF SF QF QF SF SF QF 11
London 2nd QF QF QF QF QF QF — — QF QF 9
Mayo 1st 1st 1st SF SF QF SF 1st 1st QF QF 11
New York QF QF PR PR PR QF QF — — QF SF 9
Roscommon SF SF SF 2nd 1st 2nd 1st SF SF 2nd SF 11
Sligo QF SF 2nd SF QF SF SF — QF SF 2nd 10

Debut of counties

Year Debutants Total
1900 Galway 1
1901 Mayo, Roscommon 2
1902-04 None 0
1905 Sligo 1
1906 Leitrim 1
1907-74 None 0
1975 London 1
1976-98 None 0
1999 New York 1
2000- None 0
Total 7

List of Connacht Senior Football Championship counties

The following teams have competed in the Connacht Championship for at least one season.

County Total years First year in Championship Most recent year in Championship Championship titles Last Championship title Most recent championship finish Best Connacht SFC finish Current

Championship

Lvl
Galway — 1900 2024 49 2022 Champions 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1
Leitrim — 1906 2024 2 1994 Quarter-finals 1st Tailteann Cup 2
London — 1975 2024 0 — Quarter-finals 2nd Tailteann Cup 2
Mayo — 1901 2024 48 2021 Quarter-finals 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1
New York 24 1999 2024 0 — Semi-finals Semi-finals Tailteann Cup 2
Roscommon — 1901 2024 24 2019 Semi-finals 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1
Sligo — 1905 2024 3 2007 Runners-up 1st All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1

Winning teams

Main article: List of Connacht Senior Football Championship winners

Most recent championship meetings

Galway Leitrim London Mayo New York Roscommon Sligo
Galway - 2022 2019 2022 2015 2022 2023
Leitrim - - 2022 2021 2023 2019 2011
London - - - 2016 - 2015 2023
Mayo - - - - 2019 2023 2021
New York - - - - - 2016 2023
Roscommon - - - - - - 2022
Sligo - - - - - - -
  • COVID-19 caused the following games to be cancelled in 2020: Galway's games against both New York and Sligo, Roscommon's game against London, and in 2021: Mayo playing London and Roscommon playing New York meant that 2021 was a fresh draw.
  • In 2024, Galway vs London, Mayo vs New York.
  • In 2025, Roscommon vs London, Galway vs New York.
  • In 2026, Mayo vs London, Roscommon vs New York.
  • In 2027, Sligo vs New York, Leitrim vs London.
  • In 2028, Sligo vs London, Leitrim vs New York same as 2023.

Consecutive titles

Quintuple

  • Mayo (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910)
  • Galway (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960)
  • Mayo (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

Quadruple

  • Mayo (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932)
  • Mayo (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951)
  • Galway (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
  • Roscommon (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980)

Treble

Double

Single

  • Galway (1900, 1902, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1938, 1945, 1954, 1968, 1976, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2016, 2018)
  • Mayo (1901, 1904, 1918, 1939, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1981, 1985, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2009)
  • Roscommon (1892, 1903, 1905, 1912, 1914, 1972, 2001, 2010, 2017, 2019)
  • Sligo (1928, 1975, 2007)
  • Leitrim (1927, 1994)

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Connacht Senior Football Championship titles, is as follows:

  • 1900s: 6 for Mayo (1901, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09)
  • 1910s: 4 each for Mayo (1910, 15, 16, 18) and Galway (1911, 13, 17, 19)
  • 1920s: 5 for Mayo (1920, 21, 23, 24, 29)
  • 1930s: 7 for Mayo (1930, 31, 32, 35, 36, 37, 39)
  • 1940s: 4 each for Mayo (40, 41, 42, 45) and Roscommon (1943, 44, 46, 47)
  • 1950s: 5 for Galway (1954, 56, 57, 58, 59)
  • 1960s: 6 for Galway (1960, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68)
  • 1970s: 5 for Galway (1970, 71, 73, 74, 76)
  • 1980s: 5 for Galway (1982, 83, 84, 86, 87)
  • 1990s: 5 for Mayo (1992, 93, 96, 97, 99)
  • 2000s: 5 for Galway (2000, 02, 03, 05, 08)
  • 2010s: 5 for Mayo (2011, 12, 13, 14, 15)
  • 2020s: 2 each for Mayo (2020, 21) and Galway (2022, 23)

Other records

Final success rate

No counties have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions.

On the opposite end of the scale, one county has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

Gaps

  • Longest gaps between successive Connacht titles:
  • Longest gaps between successive Connacht finals:

Active gaps

  • Longest active gaps since a championship title:
  • Longest active gap since a championship final appearance:

See also

References

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