2022 Connacht Senior Football Championship

2022 Connacnt SFC

Tournament details
Year	17.04.2022. - 29.05.2022.
Trophy	J. J. Nestor Cup
Winners
Champions	Galway (48th win)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Roscommon
Other
Matches played	6

The 2022 Connacht Senior Football Championship was the 2022 iteration of the Connacht Senior Football Championship organised by Connacht GAA.

London and New York were withdrawn from the 2020 and 2021 Connacht championships as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, due to international travel restrictions, but both returned for the 2022 season.

Galway won the competition.^[1]

Teams

The 2022 Connacht championship is contested by the five counties in the Irish province of Connacht and the two foreign-based teams of London and New York.

County	Sponsor	Manager	Captain	Last Connacht Title
Galway	Supermac's	Pádraic Joyce	Seán Kelly[2]	2018
Leitrim	J. P. Clarke's Saloon, New York	Andy Moran	Wayne McKeon	1994
London	-	Michael Maher	-	-
Mayo	Intersport Elverys	James Horan	Stephen Coen[3]	2021
New York	-	Johnny McGeeney[4]	-	-
Roscommon	Ballymore	Anthony Cunningham	Enda Smith[5]	2019
Sligo	AbbVie	Tony McEntee	Keelan Cawley[6]	2007

Draw

One team received a bye to the semi-finals. London and New York had home advantage in the quarter-finals.

Predetermined Match A	Predetermined Match B	Unseeded
New York Sligo	Leitrim London	Galway Mayo Roscommon

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Mayo	0–16
	Galway	1–14
					Galway	4–20
					Leitrim	0–09
	London	2–11
	Leitrim	3–12
									Galway	2–19
									Roscommon	2–16
	New York	0–15
	Sligo	1–16
					Sligo	0–11
					Roscommon	0–23

Quarter-finals

17 April 2022 Quarter-final	New York	0-15 - 1-16	Sligo	Gaelic Park, New York Attendance: 4,000[7] Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)
	A Varley 0-6 (0-3f), N Madine 0-4 (0-2f), D O’Sullivan 0-2, P Fox 0-2, M Brosnan 0-1.	Report	S Carrabine 1-3 (0-2f), N Murphy 0-5 (0-4f), P O’Connor 0-3, N Mullen 0-1, B Gorman 0-1, K Cawley 0-1, C Griffin 0-1, A Devanney 0-1.

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17 April 2022 Quarter-final	London	2-11 - 3-12	Leitrim	McGovern Park, Ruislip Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan)
	H Walsh (0-2), C Farley (0-2, frees 0-2), T Lenihan (0-1), L Gavaghan (0-4, frees 0-4), S Dornan (0-1), S Hickey (1-0), F McMahon (1-0), J Hynes (0-1)	Report	R O’Rourke (2-2), D Wrynn (1-3, 0-1 45'), P Dolan (0-3), D Rooney (0-2, 0-1 free), C Dolan (0-1), E Sweeney (0-1),

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24 April 2022

Quarter Final

Mayo	0-16 - 1-14	Galway
Cillian O'Connor 0-6f, Ryan O'Donoghue 0-4 (0-1m), James Carr 0-2, Lee Keegan, Eoghan McLaughlin, Diarmuid O'Connor, Kevin McLoughlin 0-1 each	Report	Shane Walsh 0-5 (0-3f, 2 '45), Johnny Heaney 1-1, Paul Conroy 0-3, Kieran Molloy, Niall Daly, Robert Finnerty, Damien Comer, Cillian McDaid 0-1 each

MacHale Park, Castlebar

Attendance: 24,557^[8]

Referee: David Coldrick (Meath)

Semi-finals

30 April 2022

Semi Final

Sligo	0-11 - 0-23	Roscommon
	Report

Markievicz Park, Sligo

Attendance: 6,059^[9]

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8 May 2022

Semi Final

Galway	4-20 - 0-09	Leitrim
	Report

Pearse Stadium, Galway

Attendance: 4,749^[10]

Referee: P Faloon (Down)

Final

29 May 2022

Final

Galway	2-19 - 2-16	Roscommon
Shane Walsh 1-6 (1f, 245s), Rob Finnerty 0-5, Patrick Kelly 1-0, Damien Comer 0-3, Johnny Heaney 0-2, Kieran Molloy, Cillian McDaid, and Paul Conroy 0-1 each.	Report	Conor Cox 0-5 (3fs), Conor Daly and Diarmuid Murtagh (1f) 1-1 each, Ultan Harney 0-3, Donie Smith 0-2 (1f), Ciaráin Murtagh, Cian McKeon, Cathal Heneghan, and Enda Smith 0-1 each.

Pearse Stadium, Galway

Attendance: 21,419 ^[1]

Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

Galway advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals, while Roscommon advanced to the 2022 All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.

All-Ireland/Tailteann Cup qualification

NFL Rank	Team	Championship	Qualification Method
2	Mayo	Advance to the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship	Via the 2022 National Football League
7	Roscommon		Via Provincial Final
8	Galway
27	Sligo	Advance to the 2022 Tailteann Cup	Via the 2022 National Football League
28	Leitrim
29	London
-	New York

See also

• 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
• 2022 Leinster Senior Football Championship
• 2022 Munster Senior Football Championship
• 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship

References

1. Fallon, John (29 May 2022). "Galway gain revenge over Roscommon to land Connacht SFC title". RTE. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
2. Keys, Colm (10 January 2022). "Sean Kelly takes the Galway captain's armband for 2022". Irish Independent. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
3. "Stephen Coen handed Mayo captaincy for 2022". RTÉ. 2 January 2022.
4. "New York set for novel trip to Offaly in Tailteann Cup, Fermanagh to host Cavan". RTÉ. 30 May 2022.
5. "Roscommon captain says players very disappointed at prospect of no GAA action until May". Shannonside Northern Sound. 11 February 2021.
6. "Cawley named as Sligo football captain". Hogan Stand. 13 May 2021.
7. "Sligo survive almighty scare in New York". Irish Examiner. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
8. "Brave and convincing Galway make statement with Mayo win". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
9. "Sligo no match for Roscommon". 30 April 2022.
10. "Galway thrash Leitrim as gap between elite and rest shown in Salthill". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2022.