2025 Tailteann Cup final

2025 Tailteann Cup final

Event	2025 Tailteann Cup
Kildare Limerick 1–24(27) 2–19(25)
Kildare win the Tailteann Cup and qualify automatically for the last 16 of the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date	12 July 2025 (2025-07-12)
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match	Darragh Kirwan (Kildare)
Referee	Liam Devenney
Weather	Sunny, 27 °C (81 °F)

The 2025 Tailteann Cup final was the fourth final of the Tailteann Cup and the culmination of the 2025 Tailteann Cup, the GAA's second-tier Gaelic football competition for county teams.^[1] The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 12 July 2025, between Kildare and Limerick.^[2][3]

The match was played before the All-Ireland semi-final between Kerry and Tyrone. Kildare won the game by two points.^[4][5]

Paths to the final

Kildare Round Date Opponent Venue (H/A/N) Result Victorymargin Score Ref Group game 10 May 2025 Leitrim St Conleth's Park (H) Win 25 0-36 to 0-11 [6] Group game 17 May 2025 Tipperary Clonmel (A) Win 14 3–19 to 1-11 [7] Group game 1 June 2025 Sligo Dr. Hyde Park (N) Win 4 4-19 to 1-24 [8] Quarter-final 14 June 2025 Offaly St Conleth's Park (H) Win 1 1-17 to 0-19 [9] Semi-final 22 June 2025 Fermanagh Croke Park (N) Win 7 1-13 to 0-9 [10]

Limerick Round Date Opponent Venue (H/A/N) Result Victorymargin Score Ref Group game 10 May 2025 London Newcastle West (H) Win 7 0-25 to 1-15 [11] Group game 17 May 2025 Antrim Corrigan Park (A) Win 8 1-18 to 1-10 [12] Group game 31 May 2025 Westmeath O'Moore Park (N) Win 1 0-19 to 0-18 [13] Quarter-final 15 June 2025 Wexford Gaelic Grounds (H) Win 8 4-21 to 2-19 [14] Semi-final 22 June 2025 Wicklow Croke Park (N) Win 4 2-18 to 1-17 [10]

Match

Details

12 July 2025

14:30 IST(UTC+1)

Kildare	1–24 (27) – (25) 2–19	Limerick
Darragh Kirwan 0-8 (2 tp), Alex Beirne 1-2, Ryan Sinkey 0-3, Brian McLoughlin 0-3 (1 tp), Callum Bolton 0-2 (tp), Kevin Feely 0-2 (1f), Colm Dalton 0-2, Tommy Gill 0-1, Daniel Flynn 0-1.	Report	Cillian Fahy 1-1, Killian Ryan 1-1, Tony McCarthy 0-3, Josh Ryan 0-3 (1tpf, 1 45), Peter Nash 0-3 (1f), Emmet Rigter 0-2, James Naughton 0-2fs, Danny Neville 0-1, Tommie Childs 0-1, Iain Corbett 0-1, Rory O’Brien 0-1

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Liam Devenney

References

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7. "2025 Tailteann Cup Football – KIldare 3-19 Tipperary 1-11 - Munster GAA". 7 May 2025.
8. "Tailteann Cup: Flynn stars for Kildare". www.gaa.ie. 1 June 2025.
9. "Tailteann Cup: Kildare defeat Offaly to secure semi-final place". www.gaa.ie. 14 June 2025.
10. "Kildare and Limerick to battle for Tailteann Cup after wins over Fermanagh and Wicklow". The Irish Times.
11. "Tailteann Cup: Limerick burn off London". www.gaa.ie. 10 May 2025.
12. "GAA.ie - GAA Match Video and Highlights, Fixtures and Results, Latest News". Gaa.ie.
13. Buckley, Gerry (31 May 2025). "Limerick strike late to stun Westmeath in Tailteann Cup" – via www.rte.ie.
14. "Tailteann Cup: Limerick defeat Wexford". www.gaa.ie. 15 June 2025.