Tailteann Cup 2025

[SLIGONIAN]

I look at Longford the last few years and just wonder what is going? Shamrock shore, ye have had some decent underage teams but seniors seem to be underperforming? curious as to why. Some show by Carey 0-15.

Bambrick 2-4 v Fermanagh, no score yesterday? Strange.

We are decent but defensively inconsistent. Carlow will cause us issues but we have the firepower to win this one.

[FermGael]

I look at Longford the last few years and just wonder what is going? Shamrock shore, ye have had some decent underage teams but seniors seem to be underperforming? curious as to why. Some show by Carey 0-15.

Bambrick 2-4 v Fermanagh, no score yesterday? Strange.

We are decent but defensively inconsistent. Carlow will cause us issues but we have the firepower to win this one.

Fermanagh didn't man mark him
It's that simple .
We were shocking

[thejuice]

Hoping Wicklow or Antrim go all the way in this. Shame to see the poor turnout for some of these games. It deserves support as a competition.

[Rossfan]

No attempt at marketing or promotion.
Charging children €5 for the group games...

[From the Bunker]

No attempt at marketing or promotion.
Charging children €5 for the group games...

You'd be thinking kids would be for free. Encourage parents to bring their kids and their kids friends, whose family may not interested in Football. It's all about fostering the future.

24 games to get rid of 4 teams. It's a bit of a farce really.

Don't get me started on the pre-quarter final knockout games. Talk about giving teams little or no chance.

[Blowitupref]

Don't get me started on the pre-quarter final knockout games. Talk about giving teams little or no chance.

Down 2023 and Laois last year reached the Tailteann Cup final off the back of playing in a pre-quarter finals.

[Laois Rising]

Midlands derby between Laois and Westmeath could be a humdinger. One game from each knock out round of competition should be shown on national tv and give it the promotion it deserves. I still think that the Joe McD and Tailteann Cup should be handed to TG4 with even one game from each competition shown live each week. Carlow and Laois last week was a proper knock out game of hurling with a real local rivalry thrown in to boot and it got all of thirty seconds air time on Sunday Game with presenter and panel having a joke about the commentary of the last minute goal instead of providing any insight into the game. These competitions are not being provided with the oxygen needed to ignite and grow. 

[Rossfan]

They should indeed be given to TG4.

[Blowitupref]

Teams for the Four Preliminary Quarter Finals

OFFALY: Paddy Dunican; Lee Pearson, David Dempsey, Daire McDaid; Aidan Bracken, John Furlong, Rory Egan; Jack McEvoy, Jordan Hayes; Kyle Higgins, Cathal Flynn, Cillian Bourke; Keith O'Neill, Jack Bryant, Shane Tierney.

Subs: Sean O'Toole, Marcas Dalton, Cormac Egan, Robbie Gallagher, Dylan Hyland, Oisin Keenan-Martin, Aaron Kellaghan, Aaron Leavy, Shane O'Toole Greene, Ruairi McNamee, Morgan Tynan.

NEW YORK: Joey Grace; Cian O'Dea, Sean Wilson, Shane Bolger; Bill Maher, Rob Wharton, Tiarnan Mathers; Kieran Murphy, Gavin O'Brien; Shane Brosnan, Eoghan McElligott, Adam Loughlin Stones; Frank O'Reilly, Bobby O'Regan, Killian Butler.

Subs: Ryan Corrigan, Tadhg O'Riordan, Matthew Queenan, Mike McCarthy, Jack McKenna, Michael Argue, Conall Kennedy, Jack Robinson, Joe Hagan, Morgan Garry, Mickey Brosnan.



WESTMEATH: Conor McCormack; Daniel Scahill, Sam Smyth, Jamie Gonoud; Joseph Moran, Ronan Wallace, Sam McCartan; Ray Connellan, Eoghan McCabe; Matthew Whittaker, Kevin O'Sullivan, Nigel Harte; Luke Loughlin, Stephen Smith, Brandon Kelly.

Subs: Joe Hyland, Kieran Martin, Tadhg Baker, Robbie Forde, Danny McCartan, Lorcan Dolan, Shane Allen, Shane Ormsby, Jack Geoghegan, Brian Guerin, Brian Cooney.

LAOIS: Killian Roche; Ben Dempsey, Trevor Collins, Liam Knowles; Pa Kirwan, Patrick O'Sullivan, Aaron McEvoy; Seamus Lacey, Damon Larkin; Mark Barry, Ronan Coffey, Conor Heffernan; Niall Corbet, Kevin Swayne, Brian Byrne.

Subs: Conor Brown, John Brennan, Jamie Conway, Jake Darcy, Michael Doran, Josh Hogan, Jonah Kelly, Cathal Lee, Jack Lennon, Sean O'Neill, Cian Ryle.



WEXFORD: Darragh Brooks; Michael Furlong, Gavin Sheehan, Liam O'Connor; Eoin Porter, Glen Malone, Pairic Hughes; Liam Coleman, Niall Hughes; Martin O'Connor, Tom Byrne, Mark Rossiter; Kevin O'Grady, Robbie Brooks, Sean Nolan.

Subs: Colum Feeney, Sean Barden, Ruairi Martin, Dylan Furlong, Cathal Kehoe, Cathal Walsh, Jack Higgins, Conor Carty, Michael Kinsella, Ben Brosnan, Sean Ryan.

ANTRIM: Michael Byrne; Eoghan McCabe, Eunan Walsh, Kavan Keenan; James McAuley, Dermot McAleese, Patrick Finnegan; Conor Hand, Marc Jordan; Ronan Boyle, Adam Loughran, Patrick McBride; Ryan McQuillan, Ruairi McCann, Dominic McEnhill.

Subs: Luke Mulholland, Calum Higgins, Conor Stewart, Daniel McNicholl, Eunan Quinn, Fionn Nagle, James McDonnell, John Morgan, Joseph Finnegan, Niall Burns, Ryan Murray.



SLIGO: Aidan Devaney; Evan Lyons, Eddie McGuinness, Paul McNamara; Brian Cox, Darragh Cummins, Jack Lavin; Canice Mulligan, Patrick O'Connor; Alan Reilly, David Quinn, Cian Lally; Alan McLoughlin, Niall Murphy, Shane Deignan.

Subs: Daniel Lyons, Ross Doherty, Lee Deignan, Mikey Gordon, Paul Kilcoyne, Eoghan Smith, Donal Conlon, Pat Spillane, Luke Towey, Peter Laffey, Ciaran O'Dowd.

CARLOW: Johnny Furey; Paddy McDonnell, Mark Furey, Colin Byrne; John Phiri, Niall Hickey, John Murphy; Kyle Nolan, Conor Doyle; Ross Dunphy, Darragh Foley, Mikey Bambrick; Conor Crowley, Kevin Murphy, Sean Murphy.

Subs: Ben McCarron, Paddy Regan, Lee Moore, Shane Clarke, Ciaran Moran, Liam Brennan, Mark Mullen, Aaron Amond, Liam Gavin, Jamie Clarke, Adam Burgess.



Quarter-final draw will take place Monday morning and It will be broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 as part of Morning Ireland after the news at 8.30am

[Blowitupref]

Half time in O'Connor Park one way traffic.  Offaly 1-14 New York 0-2.   

Result Offaly 2-25 New York 1-12.   Dylan Hyland scored 1-12 for Offaly.

[Captain Scarlet]

Hope the second GAA+ game is a bit better. New York being eaten alive.

[Orior]

Hope the second GAA+ game is a bit better. New York being eaten alive.

Wait till they implement the tariffs.

[Rossfan]

Hope the second GAA+ game is a bit better. New York being eaten alive.

Did anyone expect anything else?

[Blowitupref]

Half time Westmeath 2-12 Laois 0-7

Result Westmeath 3-26 Laois 1-15.  Last score of the game after the hooter a Laois goal.

[ONARAGGATIP]

Weastmeath running away with it. Westmeath. Meath. Down have won this competition. No lower tier county are realistically going to win it. It's not working. On a straight knockout competition westmeath could give any team in the country a serious go. Sam maguire series is too elitist.