Roll of honour

Performances by county

County	Title(s)	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Westmeath	1	0	2022	—
Meath	1	0	2023	—
Cavan	0	1	—	2022
Down	0	1	—	2023

Performances by province

Province	Winners	Runners-up	Total
Leinster	2	0	2
Ulster	0	2	2

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Semi-Final
• PR/R1/GS/PQF/QF – Preliminary Round/Round 1/Group Stage/Preliminary Quarter-Final/Quarter-Final
• AI – All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

For each year, the number of teams in each championship (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2022 (17)	2023 (17)	2024 (17)	Years
Antrim	R1	SF		2
Carlow	QF	QF		2
Cavan	2nd	QF		2
Down	R1	2nd		2
Fermanagh	QF	PQF		2
Laois	R1	SF		2
Leitrim	QF	GS		2
Limerick	AI	QF		1
London	R1	GS		2
Longford	R1	PQF		2
Meath	AI	1st	AI	1
New York	QF	PQF		2
Offaly	SF	PQF		2
Sligo	SF	AI		1
Tipperary	R1	GS		2
Waterford	PR	GS		2
Westmeath	1st	AI		1
Wexford	PR	QF		2
Wicklow	R1	GS		2

By Semi-Final Appearances

Team	No.	Years in Semi-finals
Cavan	1	2022
Westmeath	1	2022
Down	1	2023
Meath	1	2023
Offaly	1	2022
Sligo	1	2022
Antrim	1	2023
Laois	1	2023

Seasons in Tailteann Cup

The number of years that each county has played in the Tailteann Cup between 2022 and 2023. A total of 19 counties have competed in at least one season of the Tailteann Cup. 15 counties have participated in the most championships. The counties in bold participate in the 2023 Tailteann Cup.

Debut of counties

Year	Debutants	Total
2022	Antrim, Carlow, Cavan, Down, Fermanagh, Laois, Leitrim, London, Longford, New York, Offaly, Sligo, Tipperary, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow	17
2023	Limerick, Meath	2
Total		19

Participation by province

Province	No.	County	No.	Years
Leinster	8	Carlow	2	2022, 2023
		Laois	2	2022, 2023
		Longford	2	2022, 2023
		Offaly	2	2022, 2023
		Wexford	2	2022, 2023
		Wicklow	2	2022, 2023
		Westmeath	1	2022
		Meath	1	2023
Ulster	4	Antrim	2	2022, 2023
		Cavan	2	2022, 2023
		Down	2	2022, 2023
		Fermanagh	2	2022, 2023
Munster	3	Tipperary	2	2022, 2023
		Waterford	2	2022, 2023
		Limerick	1	2023
Connacht	2	Leitrim	2	2022, 2023
		Sligo	1	2022
Britain	1	London	2	2022, 2023
North America	1	New York	2	2022, 2023

By decade

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

• 2020s: 1 each for Meath (2023) and Westmeath (2022)

Match records

• Most matches played
  • 8, Cavan
  • 8, Down
  • 8, Offaly

• Most wins
  • 6, Cavan
  • 6, Meath

• Most losses
  • 4, Leitrim
  • 4, Longford
  • 4, Waterford

• Most draws
  • 2, Laois

Finishing positions

• Most championships
  • 1, Westmeath (2022)
  • 1, Meath (2023)

• Most second-place finishes
  • 1, Cavan (2022)
  • 1, Down (2023)

• Most semi-final finishes
  • 1, Offaly (2022)
  • 1, Sligo (2022)
  • 1, Antrim (2023)
  • 1, Laois (2023)

• Most quarter-final finishes
  • 2, Carlow (2022, 2023)

• Most preliminary quarter-final finishes
  • 1, Fermanagh (2023)
  • 1, Longford (2023)
  • 1, New York (2023)
  • 1, Offaly (2023)

• Most group stage finishes
  • 1, Leitrim (2023)
  • 1, London (2023)
  • 1, Tipperary (2023)
  • 1, Waterford (2023)
  • 1, Wicklow (2023)

Unbeaten sides

• One team have won the Tailteann Cup unbeaten:
  • Westmeath had 4 wins in 2022.
  • Meath had 6 wins in 2023.

Beaten sides

On one occasion a team was defeated twice but have remained in the knockout championship:

• Longford (2023) were beaten by Carlow and Limerick but still qualified for the knockout stage.

Final success rate

Only one county have appeared in the final, being victorious on all occasions:

• Westmeath (2022)
• Meath (2023)

On the opposite end of the scale, only one county has appeared in the final, losing on each occasion:

• Cavan (2022)
• Down (2023)

Consecutive participations

• 2, Antrim (2022-2023)
• 2, Carlow (2022, 2023)
• 2 Cavan (2022-2023)
• 2, Down (2022-2023)
• 2, Fermanagh (2022-2023)
• 2, Laois (2022-2023)
• 2, Leitrim (2022-2023)
• 2, London (2022-2023)
• 2, Longford (2022-2023)
• 2, New York (2022-2023)
• 2, Offaly (2022-2023)
• 2, Tipperary (2022-2023)
• 2, Waterford (2022-2023)
• 2, Wexford (2022-2023)
• 2, Wicklow (2022-2023)

15 counties have the record number of consecutive participations in the Tailteann Cup, taking part in the all 2 seasons.

Winning other trophies

Although not an officially recognised achievement, no teams have ever achieved the distinction of winning the Tailteann Cup and their respective Division in the National Football League.

Biggest wins

• The most one sided finals:
  • 5 points – 2023: Meath 2-13 - 0-14 Down
  • 4 points – 2022: Westmeath 2-14 - 1-13 Cavan
• The most one sided matches:
  • 22 points – 2023: Down 8-16 - 2-12 Laois

Scoring Events

• Most goals in a match:
  • 10 – 2023: Down 8-16 - 2-12 Laois
• Most points in a match:
  • 38 – 2022: Westmeath 3-22 - 2-16 Offaly
• Most goals by one team in a match:
  • 8 – 2023: Down 8-16 - 2-12 Laois
• Most points by one team in a match:
  • 25 – 2023: Cavan 2-25 - 2-09 Offaly
• Highest aggregate score:
  • 58 points – 2023: Down 8-16 - 2-12 Laois
• Lowest aggregate score:
  • 25 points – 2023: Carlow 0-15 - 0-10 New York

Successful defending

Defending champions are promoted and a number of teams survived the first year of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. These are:

• Westmeath TBD attempts out of 1 (2023)
• Meath TBD attempts out of 1 (2024)

Gaps

• Longest gaps between successive cup titles:
  • 0 years: N/A
• Longest gaps between successive Tailteann Cup final appearances:
  • 0 years: N/A
• Longest gap between successive championship appearances
  • 0 years: N/A

Active gaps

• Longest active gaps between since last title:
  • 2 years: Westmeath (2022–)
  • 1 year: Meath (2023–)
• Longest active gaps since last cup final appearance:
  • 2 years: Westmeath (2022–)
  • 2 years: Cavan (2022–)
  • 1 year: Down (2023–)
  • 1 year: Meath (2023–)
• Longest active gap since last cup appearance
  • 1 year: Meath (2023–)

Provinces

• On 0 occasions has the Tailteann Cup final involved two teams from the same province.
• The province providing the highest number of different winning teams is Leinster, with two:
  • Meath
  • Westmeath
• Province success rates
  • Leinster 17% (2 out of 12 counties)
  • Connacht 0% (0 out of 5 counties)
  • Munster 0% (0 out of 6 counties)
  • Ulster 0% (0 out of 9 counties)

Longest undefeated run

The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 6 games held by Meath (2023-).

Miscellaneous

• Best finish by a debuting team
  • Champions, Westmeath (2022)
• Best finish by a debuting team (after 2022)
  • Champions, Meath (2023)
• Highest winning record
  • 100%, Meath (6 wins in 6 matches)
  • 100%, Westmeath (4 wins in 4 matches)
• Lowest winning record
  • 0%, London (0 wins in 4 matches)
  • 0%, New York (0 wins in 2 matches)
  • 0%, Waterford (0 wins in 4 matches)
• Most played match
  • 2, Antrim vs Leitrim (2022, 2023)
  • 2, Cavan vs Down (2022, 2023)
  • 2, Down vs Meath (2023 (2x))
  • 2, Offaly vs Wexford (2022, 2023)

Overall

Year	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
2022	John Heslin	Westmeath	1–25	28	4	7.0
2023	Pat Havern	Down	1–34	37	7	5.3

Final

Year	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
2022	Ronan O'Toole	Westmeath	0–05	5	Cavan
2023	Jack O'Connor	Meath	1–02	5	Down