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2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2

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2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2
Dates23 May - 15 June 2024
Teams11
SponsorElectric Ireland
Champions Kildare (1st title)
Evan Boyle (captain)
Ruaidhrí Lawlor (captain)
Niall Cronin (manager)
Runners-up Cavan
Conor Doyle (captain)
Seánie Smith (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored30 (3 per match)
Points scored208 (20.8 per match)
(Next) 2025

The 2024 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2 was the inaugural staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship Tier 2 since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association.[1][2] The championship ran from 23 May to 15 June 2024.[3]

The All-Ireland final was played on 15 June 2024 at Páirc Tailteann in Navan, between Down and Kildare and Cavan, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Down won the match by 2-12 to 1-10 to claim their first ever All-Ireland MFC Tier 2.title.[4]

Participating teams

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Province Championship Teams progressing
Connacht Connacht Minor Football Championship Galway, Sligo
Leinster Leinster Minor Football Championship Kildare, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow
Munster Munster Minor Football Championship Clare
Ulster Ulster Minor Football Championship Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Tyrone

Results

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All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals

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23 May 2024 Preliminary quarter-final Monaghan 0-09 - 2-07 Wexford National Sports Campus
Report
25 May 2024 Preliminary quarter-final Clare 1-07 - 2-10 Sligo Cusack Park
25 May 2024 Preliminary quarter-final Cavan 2-09 - 2-05 Wicklow Kingspan Breffni Park

All-Ireland quarter-finals

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1 June 2024 Quarter-final Galway 1-09 - 1-13 Kildare Pearse Stadium
1 June 2024 Quarter-final Sligo 0-07 - 1-14 Donegal Markievicz Park
1 June 2024 Quarter-final Louth 1-09 - 4-14 Cavan Páirc Baile Fiach
3 June 2024 Quarter-final Tyrone 4-16 - 1-06 Wexford Garvaghey Centre

All-Ireland semi-finals

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8 June 2024 Semi-final Kildare 3-12 - 1-13 Donegal St Tiernach's Park
P Ryan 2-1; R Kelly 0-5,4f; F Dowling 1-0; E Boyle, C McKevitt (m), D O'Dwyer, A Donegan, H Donnelly, O Deller 0-1 each. Report C McCahill 1-3,1f; T Carr 0-3,1f; D O Baoighill 0-2,1f; C O Gallachoir, M Campbell, A Cunnea, C O Baoill, C Doyle 0-1.
8 June 2024 Semi-final Tyrone 1-10 - 0-16 Cavan St Tiernach's Park
E Long 1-1, D Devlin 0-2, P McGoldrick 0-2, L McMurray 0-2, S Corry 0-1, P Colton 0-1. N Quigley 0-7, O Madden 0-2, U O'Reilly 0-2, C Fallon 0-2, A Hill 0-1, F Brady 0-1, F Crowe 0-1.

All-Ireland final

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15 June 2024 Final Kildare 2-12 - 1-10 Cavan Páirc Tailteann
R Kelly 1-1, H Donnelly 1-0, A Donegan 0-3, D O'Dwyer 0-2 (1 free), E Boyle 0-1, R Lawlor 0-2, P Ryan 0-1, F Dowling 0-1, O Deller 0-1. Report N Quigley 1-3 (2 frees), J Shehu 0-3 (2 frees), O Madden 0-3 (3 frees), U O'Reilly 0-1. Referee: A Coyne (Westmeath)

References

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  1. ^ "Congress: Structural changes made to All-Ireland minor championships". Hogan Stand. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Revealed: how next year's three-tier All-Ireland minor football championship will look". Irish Examiner. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  3. ^ "EXPLAINED: How the new All-Ireland Minor football championship Tier 1, 2 and 3 competitions will work". Laois Today. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Second-half goals steer Kildare to All-Ireland MFC Tier 2 title". Hogan Stand. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.