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All-Ireland Football 2026
Below are the odds for the 2026 Sam Maguire Cup. Reigning champions Kerry are the hot favourites to win their 40th All-Ireland title:
All-Ireland 2026: Quarter-Finals
The quarter-finals will take place on the 27th and 28th of June:
- Mayo v Cork
- Tyrone v Kerry
- Louth v Monaghan
- Galway v Dublin
The third round of the All-Ireland Championship was played on the 20th and 21st of June:
- Monaghan 1-28 Westmeath 2-18
- Dublin 2-26 Donegal 2-22 (after extra-time)
- Mayo 0-22 Meath 2-13
- Kerry 4-18 Armagh 0-17
All-Ireland 2026: Second Round
The second round of the All-Ireland Championship took place on the 13th and 14th of June
Round 2A
- Donegal 1-13 Cork 0-17
- Louth 2-20 Armagh 2-19
- Galway 3-21 Westmeath 2-21
- Tyrone 0-22 Mayo 1-18
Round 2B
- Monaghan 1-20 Roscommon 0-14
- Kildare 0-17 Kerry 3-22
- Derry 1-20 Meath 1-24
- Cavan 0-16 Dublin 1-24
All-Ireland 2026: First Round
The sixteen teams that qualfied for the All-Ireland Championship played their first round games between May 23rd and May 31st:
The tie of the round saw the two outright favourites, Kerry and Donegal, face-off at the Fitzgerald Stadium in Kilkenny:
- Kerry 0-16 Donegal 2-20
- Cork 0-30 Meath 1-24
- Galway 3-21 Kildare 0-17
- Roscommon 2-18 Tyrone 3-16
- Westmeath 1-31 Cavan 3-21 (after extra-time)
- Armagh 1-18 Derry 1-13
- Dublin 1-24 Louth 4-18
- Monaghan 2-20 Mayo 1-24
All-Ireland Football Championship Past Winners
The first All-Ireland Football Final took place in 1887 when Limerick beat Louth 1-4 to 0-3 in Donnybrook, Dublin.
Nineteen different teams have taken the title with Kerry winning the most championships with 39 wins.
Dublin won six consecutive titles between 2015 and 2020 and has also won nine of the last fifteen championships!
Head over to the Gaelic Football predictions to see which teams the OLBG Gaelic Football tipsters are picking daily.
Last Ten All-Ireland Football Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Runners-Up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kerry | 1-26 (29) | Donegal | 0-19 (19) |
| 2024 | Armagh | 1-11 (14) | Galway | 0-13 (13) |
| 2023 | Dublin | 1-15 (18) | Kerry | 1-13 (16) |
| 2022 | Kerry | 0-20 (20) | Galway | 0-16 (16) |
| 2021 | Tyrone | 2-14 (20) | Mayo | 0-15 (15) |
| 2020 | Dublin | 2-14 (20) | Mayo | 0-15 (15) |
| 2019 | Dublin | 1-18 (21) | Kerry | 0-15 (15) |
| 2018 | Dublin | 2-17 (23) | Tyrone | 1-14 (17) |
| 2017 | Dublin | 1-17 (20) | Mayo | 1-16 (19) |
| 2016 | Dublin | 1-15 (18) | Mayo | 1-14 (17) |
All-Ireland Football Championship: Record of winners
The dominance of two counties in All-Ireland Football can be seen below with Kerry and Donegal winning 70 of the 138 completed finals in the history of the sport:
| County | Wins | Runners-Up | Date of last title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry | 39 | 24 | 2025 |
| Dublin | 31 | 13 | 2023 |
| Galway | 9 | 15 | 2001 |
| Cork | 7 | 16 | 2010 |
| Meath | 7 | 9 | 1999 |
| Cavan | 5 | 6 | 1952 |
| Wexford | 5 | 3 | 1918 |
| Down | 5 | 1 | 1994 |
| Kildare | 4 | 5 | 1928 |
| Tyrone | 4 | 3 | 2021 |
| Tipperary | 4 | 1 | 1920 |
| Mayo | 3 | 15 | 1951 |
| Offaly | 3 | 3 | 1982 |
| Louth | 3 | 3 | 1957 |
| Armagh | 2 | 3 | 2024 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 3 | 1944 |
| Donegal | 2 | 2 | 2012 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 1896 |
| Derry | 1 | 1 | 1993 |
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