| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Level | Tier 2 |
| Year | 2022 |
| Trophy | Tailteann Cup |
| Date | 21 May – 9 July 2022 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Winners | |
| Champions |  Westmeath (1st win) |
| Manager | Jack Cooney |
| Captain | Kevin Maguire |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up |  Cavan |
| Manager | Mickey Graham |
| Captain | Raymond Galligan |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Player of the Year | Ronan O'Toole |
| Top Scorer | John Heslin (1–25) |
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]
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
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
| 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
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
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
New York were granted a bye to the quarter-finals. Fourteen teams competed in round one to complete the quarter-final line-up. A preliminary round was held to reduce the number of eligible teams from sixteen to fourteen.
| 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
| 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
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) | |
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Semi-finals
| 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
| 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
Top scorer: overall
| 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
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Heslin | Westmeath |
1–9 | 12 | Carlow |
Scoring events
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
- 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
References
- 1 2 3 "2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship structure: The formats for Sam Maguire Cup and Tailteann Cup explained". skysports.com/gaa. 15 April 2022.
- ↑ Keane, Paul (9 July 2022). "Late goal seals inaugural Tailteann Cup for Westmeath". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ↑ Culhane, Darragh (15 April 2022). "GAA All-Ireland Football Championship 2022 format: How will it work?". Irish Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ↑ "How to watch Tailteann Cup draw on Monday morning". RTÉ. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.