County Championships All thirty-two
counties in Ireland and
London play their
county senior championships between their top
gaelic football clubs. Each county decides the format for their county championship. The format can be straight knockout,
double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination. Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team that is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the championship at the highest stage.
Provincial championships Connacht,
Leinster,
Munster and
Ulster each organise a
provincial championship for their participating county champions. The
Kilkenny senior champions play in the
Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship.
London continue to compete in the Connacht championship – in previous years they played one of the provincial champions in a single match in December referred to as a quarter-final. All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.
All-Ireland In a bid to shorten the break between the provincial finals and the All-Ireland semi-finals, the two semi-finals between the four provincial champions were played in late January – previously they were held in mid-February. Traditionally, the All-Ireland Club SFC final was played in Croke Park on 17 March (
St Patrick's Day), but it was also moved to mid-February in 2022. ==County Finals==