Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Leinster Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Leinster Senior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsir Peile Laighean
Code	Gaelic football
Founded	1888; 136 years ago (1888)
Region	Leinster (GAA)
Trophy	Delaney Cup
No. of teams	11
Title holders	Dublin (63rd title)
Most titles	Dublin (63 titles)
Sponsors	SuperValu, Eir, AIB
TV partner(s)	RTÉ GAAGO
Motto	Be there. All the way
Official website	Official website

The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship.

The final, currently held on the fourth Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Delaney Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis, whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship.

The Leinster SFC is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. The winners of the Leinster SFC final, like their counterparts in Connacht, Munster and Ulster, are rewarded by advancing directly to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals. Depending on results earlier in the season and elsewhere, some of the defeated teams may advance to the All-Ireland SFC, while other defeated teams play any further games they may have in the Tailteann Cup.

11 teams currently participate in the Leinster SFC. One of the most successful team in Gaelic football, namely Dublin, play their provincial football in this competition, and have won the title on a record 60 occasions, while they have also claimed 30 All-Ireland SFC titles.

The Leinster SFC title has been won at least once by 11 of the Leinster counties, eight of which have won the title more than once. Wicklow are the only team never to have won the title, while three-time winner Kilkenny no longer participate.^[1] Dublin, who are also the current champions, have dominated the competition since its beginning.^{[needs update][2]}

Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. In 1886, county committees began to be established, with several counties affiliating over the next few years. The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1887. The decision to establish that first championship was influenced by several factors. Firstly, inter-club contests in 1885 and 1886 were wildly popular and began to draw huge crowds. Clubs started to travel across the country to play against each other and these matches generated intense interest as the newspapers began to speculate which teams might be considered the best in the country. Secondly, although the number of clubs was growing, many were slow to affiliate to the Association, leaving it short of money. Establishing a central championship held the prospect of enticing GAA clubs to process their affiliations, just as the establishment of the FA Cup had done much in the 1870s to promote the development of the Football Association in England. The championships were open to all affiliated clubs who would first compete in county-based competitions, to be run by local county committees. The winners of each county championship would then proceed to represent that county in the All-Ireland series.^[3] For the first and only time in its history the All-Ireland Championship used an open draw format. 12 teams entered the first championship, however, this number increased to 15 in 1888. Because of this, and in an effort to reduce travelling costs, the GAA decided to introduce provincial championships.

The inaugural Leinster Championship featured Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Louth, Meath, Queen's County, Wexford and Wicklow. Dublin and Kildare contested the very first match on Sunday 3 June 1888. Wicklow beat Wexford in the third quarter-final a month later, however, a replay was ordered after the game was stopped with ten minutes to go as a result of a pitch invasion, and it was also revealed that Wicklow had played a number of illegal player. Postponements, disqualifications, objections, withdrawals and walkovers were regular occurrences during the initial years of the championship. The inaugural Leinster final between Kilkenny and Wexford was played on Sunday 23 September 1888, with Kilkenny claiming a 1–4 to 0–2 victory.

The first years of the Leinster Championship saw one of the most equitable eras in terms of titles won, with five different teams claiming their inaugural titles between 1888 and 1895. In winning the 1892 Leinster final, Dublin, as well as becoming the first team to retain the title, also set in train a level of championship dominance that continues to the present day. After two decades of dominance, Wexford broke the hegemony by setting a new record of six successive titles between 1913 and 1918. Dublin remained the standard-bearers of the province, however, Kildare emerged as a new force, winning eight titles between 1919 and 1935. Since winning their second ever title in 1939, Meath enjoyed some brief periods of dominance and claimed titles in each of the decades that followed to eventually become second only to Dublin in the all-time roll of honour by 1970. A Dublin resurgence in the 1970s was followed by Meath's most successful era, winning eight titles between 1986 and 2001 under Seán Boylan. In the 21st century Dublin set a new record of fourteen-in-a-row between 2011 and 2024. Hopefully in 2025 the long era of Dublin will end and other teams will win the title or start of a new difficult era.

• Meath 1–12 – 1–10 Louth (11 July 2010): Meath won the Leinster SFC final, due to a controversial late goal they scored. Many observers, particularly Louth supporters, believed that the goal should have been disallowed due to a foul. This incident led to debate regarding officiating standards and fair play.
• Carlow 2–14 – 1–10 Kildare (27 May 2018): In a quarter-final clash, Carlow pulled off a notable upset by defeating Kildare. Carlow's victory surprised many, as Division 1 Kildare were the favorites going into the game against their Division 4 opponents. The result marked the rise of Carlow football.

The Leinster Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. The draw is seeded, with the previous year's semi-finalists receiving byes to the quarter-finals. Six of the remaining seven teams are drawn together in three first round matches, while the seventh team also receives a bye to the quarter-finals.

In September 2019, the Leinster Council decided against awarding champions Dublin a bye into the semi-final stage; instead deciding to retain the status quo. The Leinster Council did, however, introduce a semi-final draw scheduled for the Sunday night when all quarter-final winners were confirmed, meaning that semi-finalists would not know if they were on the champions' side of the draw until two weeks before the game.^[4]

		Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from previous round
First round (6 teams)		6 teams drawn at random
Quarter-finals (8 teams)		4 seeded teams 1 team drawn at random	3 winners from the first round
Semi-finals (4 teams)			4 winners from the quarter-finals
Final (2 teams)			2 winners from the semi-finals

• The winners and runners-up of the championship qualify to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship group stage. The remaining nine Leinster teams may also qualify to the all-Ireland group stage via the National Football League. Those who fail to do so qualify to the Tailteann Cup.^[5]
• Before the introduction of the qualifiers in 2001, the winners of the Leinster Championship went straight to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland Championship, along with the winners of the Connacht, Munster and Ulster Championships.

Eleven counties will compete in the 2025 Leinster Senior Football Championship: System changes has been ruled out in fact Dublin have won too much other teams are overdue to win the title.

County	Location	Stadium	Position in 2024 Leinster SFC	Leinster SFC titles	Last Leinster SFC title	All-Ireland SFC titles	Last All-Ireland SFC title
Carlow	Carlow	Dr Cullen Park	Preliminary round exit	1	1944	0	—
Dublin	Donnycarney	Parnell Park	Winner	63	2024	30	2023
Kildare	Newbridge	St Conleth's Park	Semi-finalist	13	2000	4	1928
Laois	Portlaoise	O'Moore Park	Quarter-finalist	6	2003	0	—
Longford	Longford	Pearse Park	Preliminary round exit	1	1968	0	—
Louth	Drogheda	Drogheda Park	Runner-up	8	1957	3	1957
Meath	Navan	Páirc Tailteann	Quarter-finalist	21	2010	7	1999
Offaly	Tullamore	O'Connor Park	Semi-finalist	10	1997	3	1982
Westmeath	Mullingar	Cusack Park	Quarter-finalist	1	2004	0	—
Wexford	Wexford	Chadwicks Wexford Park	Preliminary round exit	10	1945	5	1918
Wicklow	Aughrim	Aughrim County Ground	Quarter-finalist	0	—	0	—

County	Manager	Captain	Sponsors
Carlow	Niall Carew	Sean Gannon	SETU
Dublin	Dessie Farrell	James McCarthy	Staycity
Kildare	Vacant	Mick O'Grady	Brady Family
Laois	Justin McNulty	Trevor Collins and Evan O'Carroll	MW Hire Group
Longford	Vacant	Patrick Fox	Glennon Brothers
Louth	Ger Brennan	Sam Mulroy	STATSports
Meath	Colm O'Rourke	Shane McEntee	Bective Stud, Tea Rooms and Apartments
Offaly	Vacant	Declan Hogan	Glenisk
Westmeath	Vacant	Kevin Maguire	Renault
Wexford	John Hegarty	Liam Coleman	Zurich Insurance Group
Wicklow	Oisín McConville[6]	Padraig O'Toole	Joule

At the end of the Leinster SFC final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Delaney Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally, the presentation is made at a special rostrum in the Hogan Stand of Croke Park, where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match.

The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team and management then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup.

The current cup was first presented after the 1953 final, however, it would be another 50 years before it was named the Delaney Cup.^[7] The Delaney brothers were a famous Gaelic football family from Portlaoise who lined out at club, county and provincial level.^[8]

In accordance with GAA rules, the Leinster Council awards up to twenty-six gold medals to the winners of the Leinster SFC final.

Year	Date	Winner		Runner-up		Venue	Winning captain(s)	Winning margin	Referee
		County team	Score	County team	Score
1888		Kilkenny		Wexford
1889		Laois		Louth
1890		Wexford		Dublin
1891		Dublin		Kildare
1892		Dublin		Louth
1893		Wexford		Kilkenny
1894		Dublin		Meath
1895		Meath		Dublin
1896		Dublin		Meath
1897		Dublin		Wicklow
1898		Dublin		Wexford
1899		Dublin		Wexford
1900		Kilkenny		Louth
1901		Dublin		Wexford
1902		Dublin*		Wexford
1903		Kildare		Kilkenny
1904		Dublin		Kilkenny
1905		Kildare		Louth
1906		Dublin		Kildare
1907		Dublin		Offaly
1908		Dublin		Kildare
1909		Louth		Kilkenny
1910		Louth		Dublin
1911		Kilkenny		Meath
1912		Louth		Dublin
1913	21 September	Wexford	2–03	Louth	2–02	Croke Park		1
1914	16 August	Wexford	3–06	Louth	0–01	Croke Park		14
1915	10 October (replay)	Wexford	2–05	Dublin	1–04	Croke Park		4
1916	15 October	Wexford	1–07	Kildare	1–00	Croke Park		7
1917	14 October	Wexford	1–03	Dublin	1–01	Croke Park		2
1918	19 January 1919	Wexford	2–05	Louth	1–04	Croke Park		4
1919	7 September	Kildare	1–03	Dublin	1–02	Croke Park		1
1920	29 August	Dublin	1–03	Kildare	0–03	Croke Park		3
1921	18 September (replay)	Dublin	3–03	Kildare	1–02	Croke Park		7
1922	5 November	Dublin	1–07	Kilkenny	0–02	Croke Park		8
1923	12 August	Dublin	3–05	Meath	0–00	Croke Park		14
1924	30 November (replay)	Dublin	3–05	Wexford	2–03	Croke Park		5
1925	23 August	Wexford	2–07	Kildare	0–03	Croke Park		10
1926	1 August	Kildare	2–08	Wexford	1–05	Croke Park		6
1927	14 August	Kildare	0-05	Dublin	0-03	Croke Park		2
1928	22 July	Kildare	0–10	Dublin	1–06	Croke Park		1
1929	21 July	Kildare	2–03	Laois	0–06	Croke Park		3
1930	17 August (replay)	Kildare	2–06	Meath	1–02	Croke Park		7
1931	9 August	Kildare	2–09	Westmeath	1–06	Croke Park		6
1932	14 August (replay)	Dublin	4–06	Wexford	1–05	Croke Park		10
1933	30 July	Dublin	0–09	Wexford	1–04	Croke Park		2
1934	19 August (2nd replay)	Dublin	2–09	Louth	1–10	Croke Park		2
1935	28 July	Kildare	0–08	Louth	0–06	Croke Park		2
1936	19 July	Laois	3–03	Kildare	0–08	Croke Park		4
1937	25 July	Laois	0-12	Louth	0–04	Croke Park		8
1938	7 August	Laois	2–08	Kildare	1–03	Croke Park		8
1939	30 July	Meath	2–07	Wexford	2–03	Croke Park	Matt Gilsenan	4
1940	28 July	Meath	2–07	Laois	1–07	Croke Park	Matt Gilsenan	3
1941	9 November	Dublin	4–06	Carlow	1–04	Dr Cullen Park, Carlow		8
1942	19 July	Dublin	0–08	Carlow	0–06	Geraldine Park, Athy	Joe Fitzgerald	2
1943	25 July	Louth	3–16	Laois	2–04	Croke Park	Jack Regan	10
1944	30 July	Carlow	2–06	Dublin	1–06	Geraldine Park, Athy		3
1945	22 July	Wexford	1–09	Offaly	1–04	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise		5
1946	14 July	Laois	0–11	Kildare	1–06	Croke Park		2
1947	20 July	Meath	3–07	Laois	1–07	Croke Park		6
1948	11 July	Louth	2–10	Wexford	2–05	Croke Park	Jim Quigley	5
1949	31 July	Meath	4–5	Westmeath	0–6	Croke Park	Brain Symth	11
1950	6 August (replay)	Louth	3–5	Meath	0–13	Croke Park	Tom Conlon	4	J. Conroy (Laois)
1951	5 August	Meath	4–9	Laois	0–3	Croke Park	Séamus Heery	18	Paddy Mythen (Wexford)
1952	13 July	Meath	1–6	Louth	0–8	Croke Park	Paddy Meegan	1	Bill Delaney (Laois)
1953	26 July	Louth	1–7	Wexford	0–7	Croke Park	Jack Regan	3	Bill Delaney (Laois)
1954	25 July	Meath	4–7	Offaly	2–10	Croke Park	Peter McDermott	3	Bill Goodison (Wexford)
1955	24 July	Dublin	5–12	Meath	0–7	Croke Park	Denis Mahony	20	Bill Goodison (Wexford)
1956	22 July	Kildare	2–11	Wexford	1–8	Croke Park		6	Mick McArdle (Louth)
1957	7 July	Louth	2–9	Dublin	1–7	Croke Park	Dermot O'Brien	5	Eamonn Moules (Wicklow)
1958	20 July	Dublin	1–11	Louth	1–6	Croke Park	Kevin Heffernan	5	John Dowling (Offaly)
1959	2 August	Dublin	1–18	Laois	2–8	Croke Park		7	John Dowling (Offaly)
1960	31 July	Offaly	0–10	Louth	1–6	Croke Park	Donie Hanlon	1	Brian Smyth (Meath)
1961	23 July	Offaly	1–13	Dublin	1–8	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise	Willie Nolan	5	J. Kavanagh (Kildare)
1962	15 July	Dublin	2–8	Offaly	1–7	Croke Park	Kevin Heffernan	4	Eamonn Moules (Wicklow)
1963	14 July	Dublin	2–11	Laois	2–9	Croke Park	Des Foley	2	Brian Smyth (Meath)
1964	26 July	Meath	2–12	Dublin	1–7	Croke Park		8	John Dowling (Offaly)
1965	25 July	Dublin	3–6	Longford	0–9	Croke Park		6	Paddy Hughes (Louth)
1966	24 July	Meath	1–9	Kildare	1–8	Croke Park	Dave Carty	1	John Dowling (Offaly)
1967	23 July	Meath	0–8	Offaly	0–6	Croke Park	Peter Darby	2	Jim Shannon (Dublin)
1968	21 July	Longford	3–9	Laois	1–4	Croke Park		11	John Dowling (Offaly)
1969	27 July	Offaly	3–07	Kildare	1–8	Croke Park	Johnny Egan	5	Brendan Hayden (Carlow)
1970	19 July	Meath	2–22	Offaly	5–12	Croke Park	Jack Quinn	1	Brendan Hayden (Carlow)
1971	18 July	Offaly	2–14	Kildare	0–6	Croke Park	Willie Bryan	14	P. Kelly (Dublin)
1972	23 July	Offaly	1–18	Kildare	2–8	Croke Park	Tony McTague	7	George Hoey (Louth)
1973	22 July	Offaly	3–21	Meath	2–12	Croke Park	Pat Keenan	12	Brendan Hayden (Carlow)
1974	28 July	Dublin	1–14	Meath	1–9	Croke Park	Seán Doherty	5	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1975	27 July	Dublin	3–13	Kildare	0–8	Croke Park	Seán Doherty	14	Brendan Hayden (Carlow)
1976	25 July	Dublin	2–8	Meath	1–9	Croke Park	Tony Hanahoe	2	Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
1977	31 July	Dublin	1–9	Meath	0–8	Croke Park	Tony Hanahoe	4	Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
1978	30 July	Dublin	1–17	Kildare	1–6	Croke Park	Tony Hanahoe	11	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1979	29 July	Dublin	1–8	Offaly	0–9	Croke Park	Tony Hanahoe	2	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1980	27 July	Offaly	1–10	Dublin	1–8	Croke Park	Richie Connor	2	Paddy Kavanagh (Meath)
1981	26 July	Offaly	1–18	Laois	3–9	Croke Park	Richie Connor	3	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1982	1 August	Offaly	1–16	Dublin	1–7	Croke Park	Richie Connor	9	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1983	31 July	Dublin	2–13	Offaly	1–11	Croke Park	Tommy Drumm	5	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1984	22 July	Dublin	2–10	Meath	1–9	Croke Park	Tommy Drumm	4	J. Gunning (Offaly)
1985	28 July	Dublin	0–10	Laois	0–4	Croke Park	Brian Mullins	6	Paddy Kavanagh (Meath)
1986	27 July	Meath	0-9	Dublin	0-7	Croke Park	Joe Cassells	2	Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
1987	26 July	Meath	1-13	Dublin	0-12	Croke Park	Mick Lyons	4	Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
1988	31 July	Meath	2-05	Dublin	0-9	Croke Park	Joe Cassells	2	Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
1989	30 July	Dublin	2-12	Meath	1-10	Croke Park	Gerry Hargan	5	S. Kelly (Carlow)
1990	29 July	Meath	1-14	Dublin	0-14	Croke Park	Colm O'Rourke	3	Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
1991	10 August	Meath	1-11	Laois	0-8	Croke Park	Liam Hayes	6	Tommy Howard (Kildare)
1992	26 July	Dublin	1-13	Kildare	0-10	Croke Park	Tommy Carr	6	Brian White (Wexford)
1993	25 July	Dublin	0-11	Kildare	0-7	Croke Park	John O'Leary	4	T. McDermott (Cavan)
1994	31 July	Dublin	1-9	Meath	1-8	Croke Park	John O'Leary	1	Brian White (Wexford)
1995	30 July	Dublin	1-18	Meath	1-8	Croke Park	John O'Leary	10	P. Casserly (Westmeath)
1996	28 July	Meath	0-10	Dublin	0-8	Croke Park	Tommy Dowd	2	Brian White (Wexford)
1997	16 August	Offaly	3-17	Meath	1-15	Croke Park		8	Brian White (Wexford)
1998	2 August	Kildare	1-12	Meath	0-10	Croke Park	Glenn Ryan	5	John Bannon (Longford)
1999	1 August	Meath	1-14	Dublin	0-12	Croke Park	Graham Geraghty	5	Mick Curley (Galway)
2000	12 August (replay)	Kildare	2-11	Dublin	0-12	Croke Park		5	Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
2001	15 July	Meath	2-11	Dublin	0-14	Croke Park	Trevor Giles	3	Mick Curley (Galway)
2002	14 July	Dublin	2-13	Kildare	2-11	Croke Park	Coman Goggins	2	Michael Collins (Cork)
2003	20 July	Laois	2-13	Kildare	1-13	Croke Park		3	S. McCormack (Meath)
2004	24 July (replay)	Westmeath	0-12	Laois	0-10	Croke Park	David O'Shaughnessy	2	Michael Monahan (Kildare)
2005	17 July	Dublin	0-14	Laois	0-13	Croke Park	Paddy Christie	1	Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
2006	16 July	Dublin	1-15	Offaly	0-9	Croke Park	Colin Moran	9	M. Duffy (Sligo)
2007	15 July	Dublin	3-15	Laois	1-15	Croke Park	Colin Moran	6	Michael Hughes (Tyrone)
2008	20 July	Dublin	3-23	Wexford	0-9	Croke Park	Alan Brogan	23	Gearoid Ó Conamha (Galway)
2009	12 July	Dublin	2-15	Kildare	0-18	Croke Park	Paul Griffin	3	Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
2010	11 July	Meath	1-12	Louth	1-10	Croke Park	Nigel Crawford	2	Martin Sludden (Tyrone)
2011	10 July	Dublin	2-12	Wexford	1-12	Croke Park	Bryan Cullen	3	Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
2012	22 July	Dublin	2-13	Meath	1-13	Croke Park	Bryan Cullen	3	Marty Duffy (Sligo)
2013	14 July	Dublin	2-15	Meath	0-14	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	7	Eddie Kinsella (Laois)
2014	20 July	Dublin	3-20	Meath	1-10	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	16	Pádraig Hughes (Armagh)
2015	12 July	Dublin	2-13	Westmeath	0-6	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	13	Joe McQuillan (Cavan)
2016	17 July	Dublin	2-19	Westmeath	0-10	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	15	Fergal Kelly (Longford)
2017	16 July	Dublin	2-23	Kildare	1-17	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	9	Anthony Nolan (Wicklow)
2018	24 June	Dublin	1-25	Laois	0-10	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	18	Barry Cassidy (Derry)
2019	23 June	Dublin	1-17	Meath	0-4	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	16	Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
2020	21 November	Dublin	3-21	Meath	0-9	Croke Park	Stephen Cluxton	21	Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)
2021	1 August	Dublin	1-20	Kildare	0-9	Croke Park	Johnny Cooper	14	Martin McNally (Monaghan)
2022	28 May	Dublin	5-17	Kildare	1-15	Croke Park	James McCarthy	14	Paddy Neilan (Roscommon)
2023	14 May	Dublin	5-21	Louth	0-15	Croke Park	James McCarthy	21	Conor Lane (Cork)
2024	12 May	Dublin	1-19	Louth	2-12	Croke Park	James McCarthy	4	Noel Mooney (Cavan)

2024	Dublin	1-19 – 2-12	Louth	Croke Park Attendance: 23,113 Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan)
	O'Callaghan 1,	Report[9]	Keenan & Lennon 1-0

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2023	Dublin	5-21 - 0-15	Louth	Croke Park Attendance: 40,115 Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Man of the Match: Sean Bugler (St. OP/ER)
	Sean Bugler 1-3, Cormac Costello 0-5 (0-3f, 1 '45), Paul Mannion 1-1 (0-1f), Con O'Callaghan 0-4 (0-2m), James McCarthy, Paddy Small, Colm Basquel 1-0 each, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-3, Jack McCaffrey 0-2, John Small, Dean Rock, Sean McMahon 0-1 each	Report	Sam Mulroy 0-10 (0-7f, 1 '45), Conor Grimes 0-2, Ciaran Downey, Liam Jackson, Craig Lennon 0-1 each

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2022	Dublin	5-17 - 1-15	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 38,000 (est.) Referee: Paddy Neilan (Roscommon) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
	Con O'Callaghan 1-5 (0-1m), Cormac Costello 2-1, Dean Rock 0-4f, John Small and Ciaran Kilkenny 1-0 each, Brian Fenton 0-3, Lee Gannon 0-2, Niall Scully and Aaron Byrne 0-1 each	Report	Jimmy Hyland 1-4 (0-3f), Ben McCormack 0-5 (0-1m), Kevin Feely 0-2 (0-1m), Kevin Flynn, Paul Cribbin, Darragh Kirwan, Paddy Woodgate (0-1f) 0-1 each

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2021	Dublin	0-20 - 1-9	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan) Man of the Match: Daniel Flynn (Johnstownbridge)
	Dean Rock 0-5 (0-3f), Ciaran Kilkenny (0-1m) and Cormac Costello 0-4 each, Niall Scully 0-2 (0-1m), James McCarthy, Brian Howard, Paddy Small, Con O'Callaghan, Ryan Basquel 0-1 each	Report	Daniel Flynn 1-2 (0-1m), Jimmy Hyland 0-4 (0-1m, 0-1f), Neil Flynn, Alex Beirne, Brian McLoughlin 0-1 each

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2020	Dublin	3–21 – 0–9	Meath	Croke Park Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary) Man of the Match: Dean Rock (Ballymun Kickhams)
	Dean Rock 1–7 (0-5f, 1 '45), Sean Bugler 1–2, Niall Scully 1–1, Ciaran Kilkenny 0–4, Paddy Small 0–3 (0-2m), Con O'Callaghan 0–2, John Small and Paul Mannion (0-1f) 0–1 each	Report	Jordan Morris 0–4 (0-1f), Bryan Menton, Cillian O'Sulivan, Thomas O'Reilly (0-1f), Joey Wallace, Jason Scully 0–1 each

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2019	Dublin	1–17 – 0–4	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 47,027 Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Paul Mannion (Kilmacud Crokes)
	Dean Rock 0–4 (0-1f), Con O'Callaghan 1–0, Cormac Costello (0-2f, 1 '45) and Paul Mannion 0–3 each, Jack McCaffrey 0–2, Philly McMahon, Brian Fenton, Brian Howard, Ciaran Kilkenny, Paddy Andrews 0–1 each	Report	Michael Newman 0–3 and Bryan Menton 0–1

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2018	Dublin	1–25 – 0–10	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 41,728 Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry) Man of the Match: Ciaran Kilkenny (Castleknock)
	Dean Rock 0–8 (0-5f, 1 '45), Ciaran Kilkenny 1–4, Cormac Costello 0–4, Brian Fenton, Con O'Callaghan, Paddy Andrews 0–2 each, Brian Howard, Niall Scully, Paul Mannion 0–1 each	Report	Donie Kingston 0–4 (0-2f), Alan Farrell and Gary Walsh 0–2 each, Kieran Lillis and Evan O'Carroll 0–1 each

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2017	Dublin	2–23 – 1–17	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 66,734 Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow) Man of the Match: Con O'Callaghan (Cuala)
	Con O'Callaghan 0-12 (0-6f), Bernard Brogan 0-5, James McCarthy and Dean Rock 1-0 each, Ciaran Kilkenny 0-2, Paul Mannion, Paddy Andrews, Shane B. Carthy, Brian Howard 0-1 each	Report [1]	Paddy Brophy 1-3 (0-1f), Kevin Feely 0-5 (0-4f), Daniel Flynn and Cathal McNally 0-2 each, Johnny Byrne, Keith Cribbin, Niall Kelly, David Slattery, Fionn Dowling 0-1 each

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2016	Dublin	2–19 – 0–10	Westmeath	Croke Park Attendance: 38,885 Referee: Fergal Kelly (Longford) Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. OP/ER)
	Dean Rock 0-8f, Bernard Brogan 1–4, Kevin McManamon 1–2, Paddy Andrews 0–2, John Small, Paul Flynn, Diarmuid Connolly 0–1 each	Report	John Heslin 0–6 (0-5f), Ger Egan 0–2, Denis Corroon, Callum McCormack 0–1 each

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2015	Dublin	2–13 – 0–6	Westmeath	Croke Park Attendance: 47,840 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Diarmuid Connolly (St Vincents)
	Bernard Brogan 1-1, Jack McCaffrey 1-0, Ciaran Kilkenny and Diarmuid Connolly 0-3 each, Dean Rock 0-2f, Philly McMahon, James McCarthy, Michael Darragh Macauley, Alan Brogan 0-1 each.	Report	John Heslin 0-3 (0-2f), Kieran Martin 0-2, Francis Boyle 0-1

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2014	Dublin	3–20 – 1–10	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 62,660 Referee: Padraig Hughes (Armagh) Man of the Match: Kevin McManamon (St. Judes)
	Bernard Brogan 1–6 (0-4f), Kevin McManamon 1–5, Eoghan O’Gara 1–1, Diarmuid Connolly, Stephen Cluxton (1 '45), Cian O’Sullivan, Alan Brogan, Jack McCaffrey, Paul Flynn, Dean Rock, Cormac Costello 0–1 each	Report [2]	Mickey Newman 1–2 (0-1f), Shane O’Rourke (0-2f), Andy Tormey, Stephen Bray 0–2 each, Damien Carroll and David Bray 0–1 each

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2013	Dublin	2–15 – 0–14	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 54,485 Referee: Eddie Kinsella (Laois) Man of the Match: Ciaran Kilkenny (Castleknock)
	Paul Mannion 1-4 (0-2f), Paul Flynn 1-1, Stephen Cluxton (0-2f, 1 '45) and Ciaran Kilkenny 0-3 each, Dean Rock 0-2 (0-1f), Diarmuid Connolly and Bernard Brogan (0-1f) 0-1 each	Report	Michael Newman 0-8 (0-6f), Stephen Bray and Eamonn Wallace 0-2 each, Brian Meade and Joe Sheridan 0-1 each

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2012	Dublin	2–13 – 1–13	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 69,657 Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo) Man of the Match: Bernard Brogan (St. OP/ER)
	Bernard Brogan 1–7 (0-4f), Denis Bastick 1–0, Alan Brogan and Eoghan O'Gara 0–2 each, James McCarthy and Kevin McManamon 0–1 each	Report	Brian Farrell 0–7 (0-6f), Jamie Queeney 1–0, Graham Reilly 0–3, Donnacha Tobin, Joe Sheridan (1 '45), Stephen Bray 0–1 each

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2011	Dublin	2–12 – 1–12	Wexford	Croke Park Attendance: 43,983 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Alan Brogan (St. OP/ER)
	James McCarthy 1–0, Alan Brogan and Bernard Brogan (0-1f) 0–3 each, Stephen Cluxton (1 '45), Denis Bastick, Paul Flynn, Bryan Cullen, Kevin McManamon, Ross McConnell 0–1 each, Graeme Molloy 1–0 o.g.	Report	Ben Brosnan 0–9 (0-5f, 2 '45), Redmond Barry 1–0, Ciaran Lyng 0–2, Adrian Flynn 0–1

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2010	Meath	1–12 – 1–10	Louth	Croke Park Attendance: 48,875 Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Eamonn McAuley (Na Piarsaigh)
	Graham Reilly and Cian Ward (0-4f) 0–4 each, Joe Sheridan 1–0, Stephen Bray 0–2, Anthony Moyles and Nigel Crawford 0–1 each	Report	JP Rooney 1–1, Brian White 0–4 (0-1f), Colm Judge 0–2 (0-1f), Paddy Keenan, Andy McDonnell, Adrian Reid 0–1 each

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2009	Dublin	2–15 – 0–18	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 74,573 Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
	Bernard Brogan 0–7 (0-2f), Barry Cahill and Jason Sherlock 1–1 each, Conal Keaney 0–3 (0-2f), Alan Brogan 0–2, Ciaran Whelan 0–1	Report	Ken Donnelly 0–3, Mikey Conway, James Kavanagh, Padraig O'Neill, Ronan Sweeney, Alan Smith, John Doyle 0–2 each, Dermot Earley, Robert Kelly, Eamon Callaghan 0–1 each

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2008	Dublin	3–23 – 0–9	Wexford	Croke Park Attendance: 80,112 Referee: Gearoid Ó Conamha (Galway)
	Alan Brogan 1–4 (1 '45), Diarmuid Connolly 1–3, Conal Keaney 0–6 (0-4f), Tomás Quinn 0-4f, Mark Vaughan 1–0, Jason Sherlock 0–3, Collie Moran, Barry Cahill, Shane Ryan 0–1 each	Report	Ciarán Lyng 0-4f, Eric Bradley and Matty Forde 0–2 each, Redmond Barry 0–1

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2007	Dublin	3–14 – 1–14	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 81,394 Referee: Michael Hughes (Tyrone)
	Mark Vaughan 1–6 (0-5f), Alan Brogan and Bernard Brogan 1–1 each, Ciaran Whelan and Conal Keaney (0-1f) 0–2 each, Tomás Quinn and Ger Brennan 0–1 each	Report	MJ Tierney 0–7 (0-6f, 1 '45), Ross Munnelly 1–1, Colm Parkinson 0–3, Brian McCormack, Peter O'Leary, Billy Sheehan 0–1 each

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2006	Dublin	1–15 – 0–9	Offaly	Croke Park Attendance: 81,754 Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
	Tomás Quinn 0–7 (0-3f), Jason Sherlock 1–1, Alan Brogan 0–4, Conal Keaney 0–3 (0-1f)	Report	Niall McNamee 0–4 (0-1f), Ciaran McManus (0-2f) and Thomas Deehan 0–2 each, Alan McNamee 0–1

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2005	Dublin	0–14 – 0–13	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 81,025 Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan) Man of the Match: Bryan Cullen (Skerries Harps)
	Tomás Quinn 0–4 (0-3f, 1 '45), Bryan Cullen 0–3, Jason Sherlock 0–2, Stephen O'Shaughnessy, Ciaran Whelan, Collie Moran, Alan Brogan, Conal Keaney 0–1 each	Report	Ross Munnelly 0–5 (0-2f), Chris Conway 0–4 (0-2f), Noel Garvan and Donie Brennan 0–2 each

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2004	Westmeath	0–13 – 0–13	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
	Denis Glennon 0–5, Dessie Dolan 0–4 (0-3f), Fergal Wilson (0-2f) and Joe Fallon 0–2 each	Report	Brian McDonald 0–4 (0-2f), Ross Munnelly, Chris Conway, Shane Cooke (0-2f) 0–2 each, Darren Rooney, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Mick Lawlor 0–1 each

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2004 Replay	Westmeath	0–12 – 0–10	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 38,300 Referee: Mick Monahan (Kildare)
	Alan Mangan 0–4, Dessie Dolan 0–3 (0-1f), Denis Glennon 0–2, Michael Ennis, Brian Morley, Fergal Wilson (0-1f) 0–1 each	Report	Ross Munnelly 0-3f, Kevin Fitzpatrick 0–2, Tom Kelly, Padraig Clancy, Brian McDonald, Donie Brennan, Colm Parkinson 0–1 each

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2003	Laois	2–13 – 1–13	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 61,786 Referee: Seamus McCormack (Meath)
	Brian McDonald 1–2, Ross Munnelly 1–1, Ian Fitzgerald 0–4, Tom Kelly 0–2, Padraig Clancy, Gary Kavanagh, Barry Brennan, Donal Miller 0–1 each	Report	John Doyle 0–5 (0-4f), Patrick Murray 0–4 (0-3f), Ronan Sweeney 1–0 pen, Stuart McKenzie-Smith 0–2, Glenn Ryan and Padraig Brennan 0–1 each

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2002	Dublin	2–13 – 2–11	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 78,033 Referee: Michael Collins (Cork)
	Ray Cosgrove 1–4 (0-2f), Alan Brogan 1–2, John McNally 0–3 (1 '45), Senan Connell 0–2, Paddy Christie and Ciaran Whelan 0–1	Report	Tadhg Fennin 2–2, John Doyle 0–7 (0-5f), Karl O'Dwyer and Patrick Murray 0–1 each

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2001	Meath	2–11 – 0–14	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 66,275 Referee: Michael Curley (Galway)
	Richie Kealy 1–1, Graham Geraghty 1–0, Evan Kelly and Trevor Giles (1 '45) 0–3 each, Donal Curtis 0–2, Ollie Murphy and Ray Magee 0–1 each	Report	Collie Moran 0–4, Ciaran Whelan, Dessie Farrell, Wayne McCarthy (0-3f) 0–3 each, Jason Sherlock 0–1

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2000	Kildare	0–14 – 0–14	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 50,066 Referee: Paddy Russell (Tipperary)
	Padraig Brennan 0–5 (0-4f), John Doyle (0-2f) and Tadhg Fennin 0–3 each, Anthony Rainbow, Martin Lynch, Ronan Sweeney 0–1 each	Report	Brian Stynes, Collie Moran, Jason Sherlock 0–3 each, Johnny Magee, Ciaran Whelan, Dessie Farrell, Jim Gavin (0-1f), Vinnie Murphy 0–1 each

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2000 Replay	Kildare	2–11 – 0–12	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 51,156 Referee: Pat McEnaney (Monaghan)
	Padraig Brennan 0–5 (0-4f), Dermot Earley and Tadhg Fennin 1–0 each, Willie McCreery and John Doyle (0-2f) 0–2 each, Martin Lynch and Bryan Murphy 0–1 each	Report	Collie Moran 0–3, Ciaran Whelan, Jim Gavin (0-2f), Dessie Farrell 0–2 each, Brian Stynes (0-1f), Jason Sherlock, Vinnie Murphy (0-1f) 0–1 each

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1999	Meath	1–14 – 0–12	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 56,315 Referee: Michael Curley (Galway)
	Ollie Murphy 1–5, Trevor Giles 0–5 (0-4f), Graham Geraghty 0–2, Hank Traynor and Nigel Nestor 0–1 each	Report	Declan Darcy 0-6f, Jim Gavin 0–5 (0-3f), Ciaran Whelan 0–1

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1998	Kildare	1–12 – 0–10	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 62,504 Referee: John Bannon (Longford)
	Padraig Graven 0-4f, Bryan Murphy 1–0, Willie McCreery, Eddie McCormack, Karl O'Dwyer 0–2 each, Anthony Rainbow and Declan Kerrigan 0–1 each	Report	Trevor Giles (0-2f) and Ray Magee (0-2f) 0–3 each, John McDermott, Tommy Dowd, Ollie Murphy, Jody Devine 0–1 each

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1997	Offaly	3–17 – 1–15	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 46,047 Referee: Brian White (Wexford) Man of the Match: Vinny Claffey (Doon)
	Roy Malone 2–0, Vinny Claffey 1–5, Colm Quinn 0–4, David Reynolds (0-1f) and Peter Brady 0–3 each, Ciaran McManus (0-1f) and Ronan Mooney 0–1 each		Brendan Reilly 0–7 (0-3f, 1 '45), Jimmy McGuinness 1–2, Trevor Giles and Ollie Murphy 0–3 each

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1996	Meath	0–10 – 0–8	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 55,182 Referee: Brian White (Wexford) Man of the Match: John McDermott (Skryne)
	Trevor Giles 0–4 (0-3f), Tommy Dowd and Brendan Reilly 0–2 each, Evan Kelly and Barry Callaghan 0–1 each		Charlie Redmond 0–4 (1f, 1'45), Ciaran Whelan 0–2, Eamon Heery and Brian Stynes 0–1 each

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1995	Dublin	1–18 – 1–8	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 63,000 Referee: Pat Casserly (Westmeath)
	Charlie Redmond 0–7 (0-6f), Paul Clarke 1–2, Dessie Farrell 0–3 (0-1f), Paul Curran and Jason Sherlock 0–2 each, Jim Gavin and Mick Galvin 0–1 each	Report	Evan Kelly 1–0, Trevor Giles 0-3f, Colm O'Rourke 0–2 (0-1f), Graham Geraghty, Jody Devine, Brian Stafford (0-1f) 0–1 each

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1994	Dublin	1–09 – 1–08	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 50,172 Referee: Brian White (Wexford)
	Charlie Redmond 1–4 (0-4f), Brian Stynes 0–2, Niall Guiden, Dessie Farrell, Paul Clarke 0–1 each	Report	Graham Geraghty 1–2, Jimmy McGuinness, Brendan Reilly, Colm O'Rourke, Bernard Flynn, Tommy Dowd, PJ Gillic 0–1 each

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1993	Dublin	0–11 – 0–7	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 59,696 Referee: Tommy McDermott (Cavan) Man of the Match: Jack Sheedy (Lucan Sarsfields)
	Charlie Redmond 0–5 (0-3f, 1 '45), Pat Gilroy, Dessie Farrell, Paul Bealin, Vinnie Murphy, Mick Galvin, Johnny Barr 0–1 each	Report	Niall Buckley 0-4f, Sean McGovern, Johnny McDonald, Declan Kerrigan 0–1 each

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1992	Dublin	1–13 – 0–10	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 60,271 Referee: Brian White (Wexford) Man of the Match: Keith Barr (Erin's Isle)
	Charlie Redmond 0–5 (0-4f,1'45), Keith Barr 1–0, Vinnie Murphy 0–3, Paul Curran, Eamon Heery, Paul Clarke, Dessie Farrell, Mick Galvin 0–1 each	Report	Niall Buckley 0–4 (0-3f), Martin Lynch and Paul McLoughlin 0–2, Brian Fahy and Johnny McDonald 0–1 each

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1991	Meath	1–11 – 0–8	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 28,157 Referee: Tommy Howard (Kildare) Man of the Match: Martin O'Connell (St. Michaels)
	Brian Stafford 0–5 (0-4f), David Beggy 1–0, Bernard Flynn 0–3, Colm Coyle 0–2, Colm O'Rourke 0–1		Michael Turley 0–4 (0-3f), Leo Turley 0–2, Pat Roe and Colm Maher 0–1 each

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1990	Meath	1–14 – 0–14	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 53,847 Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath) Man of the Match: Dave Foran (Thomas Davis)
	Brian Stafford 0–8 (0-6f), Colm O'Rourke 1–1, Bernard Flynn 0–2, Martin O'Connell, David Beggy, PJ Gillic 0–1 each	Report	Barney Rock 0-5f, Paul Clarke and Kieran Duff (0-2f) 0–2 each, Keith Barr, Vinnie Murphy, Charlie Redmond, Joe McNally, Leo Close 0–1 each

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1989	Dublin	2–12 – 1–10	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 56,839 Referee: S Kelly (Carlow)
	V Murphy 1-2, K Duff 1-2, B Rock 0-5, P Curran 0-2, J McNally 0-1.		B Stafford 0-5, B Flynn 0-4, M McCabe 1-0, C O'Rourke 0-1.

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1988	Meath	2–05 – 0–09	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 42,302 Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
	PJ Gillic 1-3 (0-2f), Mattie McCabe 1-1, Liam Hayes 0-1		Declan Sheehan 0-3 (0-1f), Vinnie Murphy 0-2, Noel McCaffrey, Charlie Redmond (0-1 pen), Barney Rock (0-1f), Mick Galvin 0-1 each

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1987	Meath	1–13 – 0–12	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 48,122 Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
	Brian Stafford 0-6 (0-5f) Mattie McCabe 1-2, Colm O'Rourke and Finian Murtagh 0-2 each, David Beggy 0-1.		Barney Rock 0-4 (0-3f), Noel McCaffrey and Joe McNally 0-2 each, Declan Bolger, Charlie Redmond, Mick Gavin, Anto McCaul 0-1 each

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1986	Meath	0–09 – 0–07	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 43,763 Referee: Seamus Aldridge (Kildare)
	Finian Murtagh (0-1f) and Colm O'Rourke 0-3 each, Liam Hayes (0-1f), David Beggy, Bernard Flynn (0-1f) 0-1 each		Barney Rock 0-3 (0-2f, 1 '45), Kieran Duff (0-1f) and Charlie Redmond (0-1f) 0-2 each

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1985	Dublin	0–10 – 0–04	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 33,425 Referee: Paddy Kavanagh (Meath)
	Barney Rock 0-6 (0-4f), Anto McCaul 0-2, Jim Ronayne and Tommy Carr 0-1 each		Liam Irwin (0-1f), Willie Brennan, Christy Maguire (0-1f), Gerry Browne 0-1 each

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1984	Dublin	2–10 – 1–09	Meath	Croke Park Attendance: 56,051 Referee: J Gunning (Offaly)
	Barney Rock 1-4 (0-3f), Kieran Duff 1-4, Anton O'Toole and Joe McNally 0-1 each		Ben Tansey 1-0, Liam Smith 0-3f, Mattie McCabe 0-2, Martin O'Connell (1 '50), Liam Hayes, Colm O'Rourke, Bernard Flynn 0-1 each

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1983	Dublin	2–13 – 1–11	Offaly	Croke Park Attendance: 36,912 Referee: P Collins (Westmeath)
	Joe McNally 1-2, Barney Rock 0-5f, John Caffrey 1-0, Tommy Conroy and Kieran Duff 0-2 each, Anton O'Toole and John Kearns 0-1 each		Matt Connor 1-7 (0-6f), Brendan Lowry 0-2, Tomas O'Connor and Martin Fitzpatrick 0-1 each

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1982	Offaly	1–16 – 1–07	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 32,50 Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
	Séamus Darby 1-3, Gerry Carroll, John Guinan, Matt Connor (0-1f, 1 '50), Liam O'Mahony 0-3 each, Brendan Lowry 0-1		Niall Gaffney 1-1, Barney Rock 0-2, John Kearns 0-2, Anto McCaul 0-1, Kieran Duff 0-1.

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1981	Offaly	1–18 – 3–09	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 28,398 Referee: Paddy Collins (Westmeath)
	Brendan Lowry 1-4, Matt Connor 0-5 (0-3f), Tomas O'Connor, Pat Fitzgerald, Gerry Carroll, Sean Lowry 0-2 each, Aidan O'Halloran 0-1		Willie Brennan 1-3 (0-2f), Mick Moore 1-2, Tom Prendergast 1-1, John Costello, Eamon Whelan, Declan O'Loughlin 0-1 each

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1980	Offaly	1–10 – 1–08	Dublin	Croke Park Attendance: 50,276 Referee: Paddy Kavanagh (Meath)
	Matt Connor 1-7 (0-3f), Aiden O'Halloran 0-2, Gerry Carroll 0-1.		Bobby Doyle 1-1, Barney Rock 0-3f, Tommy Drumm, Anton O'Toole, David Hickey, John Caffrey 0-1 each

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• Golden background – Leinster SFC winner or runner-up also won the All-Ireland SFC that year.

County team	Title(s)	Runner-up	Winning years	Losing years
Dublin	63	23	1891, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024	1890, 1895, 1910, 1912, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1944, 1957, 1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001
Meath	21	22	1895, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2010	1894, 1896, 1911, 1923, 1930, 1950, 1955, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020
Kildare	13	23	1903, 1905, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1956, 1998, 2000	1891, 1906, 1908, 1916, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2017, 2021, 2022
Wexford	10	16	1890, 1893, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1945	1888, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1924, 1926, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1956, 2008, 2011
Offaly	10	9	1960, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997	1907, 1945, 1954, 1962, 1967, 1970, 1979, 1983, 2006
Louth	8	16	1909, 1910, 1912, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1957	1889, 1892, 1900, 1905, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1952, 1958, 1960, 2010, 2023, 2024
Laois	6	15	1889, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 2003	1929, 1940, 1943, 1947, 1951, 1959, 1963, 1968, 1981, 1985, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2018
Kilkenny	3	5	1888, 1900, 1911	1893, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1922
Westmeath	1	4	2004	1931, 1949, 2015, 2016
Carlow	1	2	1944	1941, 1942
Longford	1	1	1968	1965
Wicklow	0	1	—	1897

Below is a record of each county's performance following the introduction of the qualifier system to the All-Ireland series in 2001. Before 2001 only the Leinster SFC title winner contested the All-Ireland SFC. Qualifiers did not occur from 2020–2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. They are no longer held, with weaker teams, such as Carlow, Longford, Meath and Wicklow, most of Leinster really, moving aside, to instead play in the Tailteann Cup.

Winner

Finalist

Semi-finalist

Quarter-finalist / Super 8s

Qualifier Rounds 1–4 / Tommy Murphy Cup

Championship	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Carlow	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	TM	TM	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q1
Dublin	QF	SF	Q3	QF	QF	SF	SF	QF	QF	SF	W	SF	W	SF	W	W	W	W	W
Kildare	Q3	Q4	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q2	QF	QF	SF	QF	QF	Q3	Q4	QF	Q3	Q4	S8s	Q3
Laois	Q3	Q3	QF	Q4	QF	QF	Q4	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q2	QF	Q4	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q4	Q4
Longford	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q4	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q3	Q2	Q2	Q1
Louth	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1
Meath	F	Q4	Q3	Q2	Q3	Q3	SF	Q1	SF	QF	Q3	Q4	Q4	Q4	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q1	S8s
Offaly	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q4	TM	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q3
Westmeath	QF	Q2	Q1	QF	Q2	QF	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q4	Q4	Q2	Q1	Q3
Wexford	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q2	Q3	Q1	SF	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q2	Q3	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1
Wicklow	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	TM	TM	Q4	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q1

Legend

• 1st – Winner
• 2nd – Runner-up
• SF/QF/PR – Semi-finalist / Quarter-finalist / Preliminary round exit

For each year, the number of competing teams is shown (in brackets).

Team	2022 (11)	2023 (11)	2024 (11)	Years
Carlow	PR	PR	PR	3
Dublin	1st	1st	1st	3
Kildare	2nd	SF	SF	3
Laois	PR	QF	QF	3
Longford	QF	PR	PR	3
Louth	QF	2nd	2nd	3
Meath	SF	QF	QF	3
Offaly	PR	SF	SF	3
Westmeath	SF	QF	PR	3
Wexford	QF	PR	QF	3
Wicklow	QF	QF	QF	3

	Car	Dub	Kil	Lao	Lon	Lou	Mea	Off	Wes	Wex	Wic
Carlow	—					2022					2023
Dublin		—	2023	2023			2022			2022
Kildare			—			2022			2022		2023
Laois				—						2023	2022
Longford					—			2023	2022
Louth						—		2023	2023
Meath							—	2023			2022
Offaly								—		2022
Westmeath									—
Wexford										—
Wicklow											—

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Leinster SFC titles, is as follows:

• 1880s: 1 each for Kilkenny (1888) and Laois (1889)
• 1890s: 7 for Dublin (1891-92-94-96-97-98-99)
• 1900s: 6 for Dublin (1901-02-04-06-07-08)
• 1910s: 6 for Wexford (1913–14-15-16-17-18)
• 1920s: 5 for Dublin (1920-21-22-23-24)
• 1930s: 3 each for Kildare (1930-31-35), Dublin (1932-33-34) and Laois (1936-37-38)
• 1940s: 3 for Meath (1940-47-49)
• 1950s: 3 each for Louth (1950-53-57), Meath (1951-52-54) and Dublin (1955-58-59)
• 1960s: 3 each for Offaly (1960-61-69), Dublin (1962-63-65) and Meath (1964-66-67)
• 1970s: 6 for Dublin (1974-75-76-77-78-79)
• 1980s: 4 for Dublin (1983-84-85-89)
• 1990s: 4 each for Meath (1990-91-96-99) and Dublin (1992-93-94-95)
• 2000s: 6 for Dublin (2002-05-06-07-08-09)
• 2010s: 9 for Dublin (2011-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19)
• 2020s: 5 for Dublin (2020-21-22-23-24)

• Longest gaps between successive Leinster SFC titles:
  • 57 years: Laois (1946–2003)
  • 44 years: Meath (1895–1939)
  • 42 years: Kildare (1956–1998)
  • 31 years: Louth (1912–1943)
  • 20 years: Wexford (1925–1945)

• Longest gaps since last Leinster SFC title:
  • 113 years: Kilkenny (1911–)
  • 80 years: Carlow (1944–)
  • 79 years: Wexford (1945–)
  • 67 years: Louth (1957–)
  • 56 years: Longford (1968–)
  • 27 years: Offaly (1997–)
  • 24 years: Kildare (2000–)
  • 21 years: Laois (2003–)
  • 20 years: Westmeath (2004–)
  • 14 years: Meath (2010–)
  • 0 years: Dublin (2024–)

• Longest gaps since last Leinster SFC final appearance:
  • 127 years: Wicklow (1897–)
  • 102 years: Kilkenny (1922–)
  • 80 years: Carlow (1944–)
  • 56 years: Longford (1968–)
  • 18 years: Offaly (2006–)
  • 13 years: Wexford (2011–)
  • 8 years: Westmeath (2016–)
  • 6 years: Laois (2018–)
  • 4 years: Meath (2020–)
  • 2 years: Kildare (2022–)
  • 0 years: Dublin (2024–)
  • 0 years: Louth (2024–)

• Dublin - 42 matches (2011–present): The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 39 games held by Dublin. It began with a 1–16 to 0–11 win over Laois on 5 June 2011. Dublin completed a provincial 10 in a row with a 3–21 to 0–9 win over Meath on 21 November 2020.^[10] The streak is still running at 42 matches, after Dublin won the 2024 Leinster SFC title.

Pairing	Meeting	Last meeting
Dublin v Meath	25	2020
Dublin v Kildare	18	2022
Dulbin v Wexford	12	2011
Dublin v Louth	8	2024
Dublin v Offaly	8	2006
Dublin v Laois	6	2018
Kildare v Laois	5	2003
Louth v Wexford	5	1953
Meath v Offaly	5	1997
Kildare v Wexford	4	1956
Laois v Meath	4	1991
Carlow v Dublin	3	1944
Kildare v Meath	3	1998
Kildare v Offaly	3	1972
Laois v Louth	3	1943
Louth v Meath	3	2010
Dublin v Kilkenny	2	1922
Dulbin v Westmeath	2	2016
Kildare v Louth	2	1935
Kilkenny v Louth	2	1909
Kilkenny v Wexford	2	1893
Dublin v Longford	1	1965
Dublin v Wicklow	1	1897
Kildare v Kilkenny	1	1903
Kildare v Westmeath	1	1931
Kilkenny v Meath	1	1911
Laois v Longford	1	1968
Laois v Offaly	1	1981
Laois v Westmeath	1	2004
Louth v Offaly	1	1960
Meath v Westmeath	1	1949
Meath v Wexford	1	1939
Offaly v Wexford	1	1945

As of 2020 championship

Pos.	Name	Team	Goals	Points	Total
1	Brian Stafford	Meath	9	152	179
2	Barney Rock	Dublin	10	136	166
3	Tony McTague	Offaly	3	149	158
4	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	10	125	155
5	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	6	124	142

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1968	John Lalor	Laois	1–22	25
1969	Jack Berry	Wexford	2–18	24
1970	Jim Hanniffy	Longford	1–21	24
	Tony Brennan	Meath	0–21
1971	Tony McTague	Offaly	1–20	23
1972	Tony McTague	Offaly	0–14	14
1973	Tony McTague	Offaly	0–22	22
1974	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	1–24	27
1975	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	1–23	26
1976	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	4–11	23
1977	Vincent Henry	Offaly	1–18	21
1978	John McCarthy	Dublin	4-09	21
1979	Seán Lowry	Offaly	0–21	21
1980	Matt Connor	Offaly	3–22	31
1981	Tom Prendergast	Laois	6-05	23
	Matt Connor	Offaly	1–20
1982	Barney Rock	Dublin	1–18	21
1983	Matt Connor	Offaly	3–19	28
1984	Matt Connor	Offaly	2–17	23
1985	Barney Rock	Dublin	2–13	19
1986	Robert McHugh	Wicklow	0–16	16
1987	Barney Rock	Dublin	0–23	23
1988	John McCormack	Longford	1–21	24
1989	Brian Stafford	Meath	1–19	22
1990	Mick Turley	Laois	2–12	18
1991	Brian Stafford	Meath	4–48	60
1992	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	1–20	23
1993	Niall Buckley	Kildare	1–17	20
1994	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	3–20	29
1995	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	0–23	23
1996	Anthony Keating	Carlow	1–19	22
1997	Trevor Giles	Meath	2–18	24
1998	Ger Heavin	Westmeath	2–14	20
1999	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	2–13	19
2000	Leigh O'Brien	Wexford	0–21	21
2001	Trevor Giles	Meath	1–14	17
2002	Ray Cosgrove	Dublin	3–12	21
2003	Brian McDonald	Laois	2–13	19
2004	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	1–23	26
2005	Tomás Quinn	Dublin	0–20	20
2006	Mattie Forde	Wexford	1–19	22
2007	Mark Vaughan	Dublin	2–17	23
2008	Alan Brogan	Dublin	2–12	18
2009	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	2–17	23
2010	Cian Ward	Meath	1–21	24
2011	Ben Brosnan	Wexford	0–29	29
2012	Brian Farrell	Meath	0–29	29
2013	Michael Newman	Meath	0–22	22
2014	Michael Newman	Meath	4-04	16
	Ross Munnelly	Laois	0–16
2015	John Heslin	Westmeath	1–23	26
2016	Dean Rock	Dublin	1–28	31
2017	Dean Rock	Dublin	2–11	17
	Con O'Callaghan	Dublin	0–17
2018	Dean Rock	Dublin	2–16	22
2019	Cormac Costello	Dublin	1–24	27
2020	Jordan Morris	Meath	4-09	21

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1995	Damien Delaney	Laois	2-05	11
1996	Dessie Barry	Longford	2-05	11
1997	Trevor Giles	Meath	2-08	14
1998	Dessie Barry	Longford	0-09	9
1999	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	1-07	10
2000	Tommy Gill	Wicklow	1-06	9
	Pádraig Davis	Longford	0-09
2001	Ollie Murphy	Meath	2-02	8
	Pádraig Davis	Longford	1-05
	Pádraig Davis	Longford	1-05
	Ger Heavin	Westmeath	1-05
	Trevor Giles	Meath	1-05
	Pádraig Brennan	Kildare	0-08
2002	Ray Cosgrove	Dublin	2-03	9
	Ciaran McManus	Offaly	1-06
2003	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	1-07	10
2004	Dessie Dolan	Westmeath	1-07	10
2005	Tomás Quinn	Dublin	0–10	10
2006	Mattie Forde	Wexford	0–12	12
2007	Brian Kavanagh	Longford	2-06	12
2008	Alan Brogan	Dublin	1-07	10
2009	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	2-08	14
2010	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	2-04	10
2011	Shane Roche	Wexford	2-04	10
	Ciarán Lyng	Wexford	0–10
2012	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	2-05	11
2013	Michael Newman	Meath	0-09	9
2014	Michael Newman	Meath	3-02	11
2015	John Heslin	Westmeath	1-09	12
2016	Dean Rock	Dublin	1–10	13
2017	Con O'Callaghan	Dublin	0–12	12
2018	Ciarán Kilkenny	Dublin	1-07	10
2019	Cormac Costello	Dublin	1–12	15
2020	Jordan Morris	Meath	3-04	13

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1966	Murty O'Sullivan	Meath	0-05	5
	Jack Donnelly	Kildare
1967	Tony Brennan	Meath	0-04	4
1968	Seán Donnelly	Longford	2-01	7
1969	Jack Donnelly	Kildare	0-05	5
1970	Tony Brennan	Meath	0–10	10
1971	Tony McTague	Offaly	0-09	9
1972	Tony McTague	Offaly	0-06	6
1973	Tony McTague	Offaly	0–11	11
1974	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	1-08	11
1975	Brian Mullins	Dublin	2-00	6
1976	Colm O'Rourke	Meath	1-01	4
	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	0-04
1977	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	0-06	6
1978	Jimmy Keaveney	Dublin	0-07	7
1979	Seán Lowry	Offaly	0-06	6
1980	Matt Connor	Offaly	1-07	10
1981	Willie Brennan	Laois	1-03	6
	Brendan Lowry	Offaly
	Matt Connor	Offaly	0-06
1982	Séamus Darby	Offaly	1-03	6
1983	Matt Connor	Offaly	1-07	10
1984	Kieran Duff	Dublin	1-04	7
1985	Barney Rock	Dublin	0-06	6
1986	Finian Murtagh	Meath	0-03	3
	Colm O'Rourke	Meath
	Barney Rock	Dublin
1987	Mattie McCabe	Meath	1-02	5
	Brian Stafford	Meath	0-05
1988	P. J. Gillic	Meath	1-03	6
1989	Vinnie Murphy	Dublin	1-02	5
	Brian Stafford	Meath	0-05
1990	Brian Stafford	Meath	0-08	8
1991	Brian Stafford	Meath	0-05	5
1992	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	0-05	5
1993	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	0-05	5
1994	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	1-04	7
1995	Charlie Redmond	Dublin	0-07	7
1996	Trevor Giles	Meath	0-04	4
1997	Vinny Claffey	Offaly	1-05	8
1998	Pádraig Graven	Kildare	0-04	4
1999	Ollie Murphy	Meath	1-05	8
2000	Pádraig Brennan	Kildare	0-05	5
2001	Richie Kealy	Meath	1-01	4
	Collie Moran	Dublin	0-04
2002	Tadhg Fennin	Kildare	2-02	8
2003	Brian McDonald	Laois	1-02	5
	John Doyle	Kildare	0-05
2004	Denis Glennon	Westmeath	0-05	5
2005	Ross Munnelly	Laois	0-05	5
2006	Tomás Quinn	Dublin	0-07	7
2007	Mark Vaughan	Dublin	1-06	9
2008	Alan Brogan	Dublin	1-04	7
2009	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	0-07	7
2010	Brian White	Louth	0-04	4
	Graham Reilly	Meath
	Cian Ward	Meath
2011	Ben Brosnan	Wexford	0-09	9
2012	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	1-07	10
2013	Michael Newman	Meath	0-08	8
2014	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	1-06	9
2015	Bernard Brogan Jnr	Dublin	1-01	4
2016	Dean R