The 2024–25 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 54th staging of the
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament which began in season 1970–71. It is the top-tier competition for the senior football clubs of Ireland and London.
The current champions are Cuala of D ...
, the
Gaelic Athletic Association
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's premier
inter-county
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club
Gaelic football
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tournament. The competition ran from November 2024 to January 2025.
The
defending champion was
Glen
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; however, that club lost the
Derry SFC final.
The
final
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was played on 19 January 2025 at
Croke Park
Croke Park (, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic At ...
in
Dublin
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, between
Cuala and
Errigal Ciarán, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Cuala won the match by 3–14 to 1–16 to claim a first title.
Format
Each Irish county plays a county championship, with one club from each county progressing to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. In this, each province plays their own championship (all being
straight knockout) with the four provincial champions qualifying for the All-Ireland semi-finals.
The
Kilkenny champion did not compete in Leinster, instead playing in the
2024–25 All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship, while the
London champion competed in the
Connacht Club SFC.
Teams
Connacht
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Leinster
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Semi-finals
Final
Bracket
Awards
Team of the Year
# Keelan Harte (
Coolera–Strandhill)
# Seán Taylor (
Coolera–Strandhill)
#
Michael Fitzsimons (
Cuala)
# Charlie McMorrow (
Cuala)
# Peter Óg McCartan (
Errigal Ciarán)
#
Brian Looney (
Dr Crokes
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper, Eoin Brosnan, Johnny Buckley and Tony Brosnan.
Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the ...
)
# David O'Dowd (
Cuala)
#
Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne (
Cuala)
# Joe Oguz (
Errigal Ciarán)
#
Micheál Burns (
Dr Crokes
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper, Eoin Brosnan, Johnny Buckley and Tony Brosnan.
Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the ...
)
#
Peter Harte
Peter Harte is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for the Errigal Ciarán club and the Tyrone county team.
He has played for Ireland in the 2015 International Rules Series and won an All Star Awards in 2016 and 2021.
He is the nephew of ...
(
Errigal Ciarán)
#
Ruairí Canavan
Ruairí Canavan (born 2003) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Errigal Ciarán and the Tyrone county team. His father, Peter Canavan, is a former All-Ireland winning captain with Tyrone, and his brother Darragh is also an inter-county footbal ...
(
Errigal Ciarán)
# Niall O'Callaghan (
Cuala)
#
Con O'Callaghan (
Cuala)
#
Darragh Canavan
Darragh Canavan (born 2000) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Errigal Ciarán and the Tyrone county team. His father, Peter Canavan, is a former All-Ireland winning captain with Tyrone, and his brother Ruairí is also an inter-county footbal ...
(
Errigal Ciarán)
Footballer of the Year
*
Con O'Callaghan (
Cuala)
Also nominated:
Micheál Burns (
Dr Crokes
Dr Crokes is a Gaelic football and hurling club based in Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. Notable players include Colm Cooper, Eoin Brosnan, Johnny Buckley and Tony Brosnan.
Founded in 1886, the club's successes include the capture of the ...
) &
Ruairí Canavan
Ruairí Canavan (born 2003) is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Errigal Ciarán and the Tyrone county team. His father, Peter Canavan, is a former All-Ireland winning captain with Tyrone, and his brother Darragh is also an inter-county footbal ...
(
Errigal Ciarán)
See also
*
2024–25 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 2024–25 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship is the 54th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The competition ran from 3 Novemb ...
References
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2024 GAA Football Club Championships
All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship