2025 Westmeath Senior Football Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| County | Westmeath |
| Province | Leinster |
| Year | 2025 |
| Trophy | Flanagan Cup |
| Sponsor | Shay Murtagh Precast |
| Date | 25 July 2025 - 26 October 2025 |
| Teams | 12 |
| Defending champions | |
| Winners | |
| Champions | |
| Manager | Dermot Power |
| Captain | Luke Loughlin & Ian Martin |
| Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | |
| Manager | Jack Cooney |
| Captain | Darren Giles |
| Promotion/Relegation | |
| Relegated team(s) | |
| Other | |
| Matches played | 36 |
| Website | Meath GAA |
The 2025 Westmeath Senior Football Championship was the 121st edition of Westmeath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Westmeath, Ireland. The tournament consisted of 12 teams, with the winner going on to represent Westmeath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship started with a group-stage and then progressed to a knock-out stage.
St Loman's were the defending champions after they defeated The Downs on penalties in the 2024 final. It was their 2nd Senior title in a row and was their 8th title in 12 years.[1]
Garrycastle won the 2024 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship after defeating Milltown in the final to return straight back to the senior grade after being relegated in 2023.[2]
St Malachy's were relegated after losing on penalties to Tang in a relegation play-off.[3]
The Downs won their first senior championship since 2022 and their 11th in their history after they beat Coralstown-Kinnegad in the final.[4]
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2024 championship season:
To S.F.C.Promoted from 2024 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship
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From S.F.C.Relegated to 2025 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship
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Participating teams
The teams that participated in the 2025 Westmeath S.F.C are:
| Club | Location | 2024 Championship Position | 2025 Championship Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athlone | Quarter-Finalist | Non-Qualifier (Section A) | |
| Moate | Non-Qualifier (Section A) | Quarter-Finalist | |
| Kinnegad | Semi-Finalist | Runners-Up | |
| Athlone | 2024 I.F.C Champions | Quarter-Finalist | |
| Killucan and Rathwire | Non-Qualifier (Section B) | Non-Qualifier (Section B) | |
| Moate | Non-Qualifier (Section B) | Non-Qualifier (Section B) | |
| Mullingar | Quarter-Finalist | Semi-Finalist | |
| Mullingar | Champions | Semi-Finalist | |
| Castletown Geoghegan | Non-Qualifier (Section B) | Relegated to 2026 I.F.C | |
| Tang | Non-Qualifier (Section A) | Relegation Finalist | |
| Mullingar | Runners-Up | Champions | |
| Tyrrellspass | Semi-Finalist | Non-Qualifier (Section A) |
Group stage
The competition is split into two sections, based on their performance in the 2024 group stages. Section A consists of the teams who reached at least the Quarter-Finals last year. Section B consists of the two bottom placed finishers in Section A the previous year as well as the 3rd and 4th placed teams in Section B the previous year, the 2024 Relegation Play-off winners and the 2024 I.F.C champions.
The top two teams in Section A advance straight to the Semi-Finals, while the 3rd and 4th-place finishers in Section A and the 1st and 2nd-placed finishers in Section B advance to the Quarter-Finals. The last place team in Section B is relegated to the 2026 I.F.C unless 2 teams finish bottom on points, where a relegation play-off will decide to will stay in the S.F.C
Section A
Advance to Semi-Finals Advance to Quarter-Finals
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 49 | +62 | 10 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 93 | 81 | +12 | 5 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 97 | -9 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 95 | -14 | 4 | |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 99 | -36 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 79 | 94 | -15 | 3 | |
Round 1
| 26 July 2025 Round 1 | St Loman's |
0-16 (16) – (16) 0-16 | Mullingar | ||
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| 17:00 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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| 26 July 2025 Round 1 | Mullingar Shamrocks |
3-16 (25) – (14) 0-14 | Rochfortbridge | ||
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| 19:00 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
| Report |
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Round 2
| 9 August 2025 Round 2 | Athlone |
1-17 (20) – (15) 1-12 | Tang | ||
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| 19:00 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 9 August 2025 Round 2 | Tyrrellspass |
0-07 (7) – (24) 4-12 | Mullingar | ||
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| 19:00 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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| 10 August 2025 Round 2 | Coralstown-Kinnegad |
0-11 (11) – (20) 1-17 | Mullingar | ||
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| 17:45 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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Round 3
| 23 August 2025 Round 3 | Athlone |
0-15 (15) – (17) 1-14 | Ballynacargy | ||
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| 19:00 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 24 August 2025 Round 3 | Coralstown-Kinnegad |
3-20 (29) – (19) 2-13 | Mullingar | ||
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| 16:45 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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| 24 August 2025 Round 3 | St Loman's |
1-10 (13) – (25) 3-16 | Mullingar | ||
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| 18:00 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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Round 4
| 7 September 2025 Round 4 | The Downs |
2-19 (25) – (10) 0-10 | Rochfortbridge | ||
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| 15:00 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 7 September 2025 Round 4 | Tyrrellspass |
1-13 (16) – (10) 0-10 | Mullingar | ||
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| 16:15 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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| 7 September 2025 Round 4 | Mullingar Shamrocks |
2-14 (20) – (19) 1-16 | Mullingar | ||
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| 18:00 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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Round 5
| 20 September 2025 Round 5 | Coralstown-Kinnegad |
0-21 (21) – (18) 2-12 | Moate | ||
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| 17:30 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 20 September 2025 Round 5 | St Loman's |
3-16 (25) – (9) 1-06 | Castletown Geoghegan | ||
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| 17:30 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 20 September 2025 Round 5 | The Downs |
0-15 (15) – (9) 1-06 | Mullingar | ||
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| 17:30 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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Section B
Advance to Quarter-Finals Advance to relegation play-off
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 106 | 77 | +29 | 8 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 92 | +3 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 81 | +9 | 6 | |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 89 | +2 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 96 | --16 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82 | 109 | -27 | 2 | |
Round 1
| 25 July 2025 Round 1 | Caulry |
2-09 (15) – (17) 0-17 | Tyrrellspass | ||
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| 19:15 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 25 July 2025 Round 1 | Garrycastle |
1-13 (16) – (15) 0-15 | Tubberclare | ||
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| 19:15 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 26 July 2025 Round 1 | Tang |
1-13 (16) – (20) 2-14 | Tyrrellspass | ||
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| 19:00 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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Round 2
| 8 August 2025 Round 2 | Moate All Whites |
2-11 (17) – (14) 0-14 | Tubberclare | ||
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| 20:00 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
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| 9 August 2025 Round 2 | Killucan |
2-06 (12) – (16) 1-13 | Mullingar | ||
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| 17:15 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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Round 3
| 23 August 2025 Round 3 | Killucan |
0-18 (18) – (24) 1-21 | Mullingar | ||
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| 19:00 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
| Report |
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| 24 August 2025 Round 3 | St Malachy's |
0-14 (14) – (30) 4-18 | Moate | ||
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| 15:30 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
| Report |
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Round 4
| 6 September 2025 Round 4 | Garrycastle |
2-19 (25) – (15) 0-15 | Mullingar | ||
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| 16:30 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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| 6 September 2025 Round 4 | Moate All Whites |
3-10 (19) – (17) 0-17 | Mullingar | ||
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| 18:15 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
| Report |
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| 7 September 2025 Round 4 | Tang |
1-10 (13) – (18) 4-06 | Rochfortbridge | ||
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| 13:30 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
| Report |
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Round 5
| 21 September 2025 Round 5 | Caulry |
2-18 (24) – (16) 1-13 | Mullingar | ||
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| 17:15 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
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| 21 September 2025 Round 5 | St Malachy's |
1-10 (13) – (25) 1-22 | Rochfortbridge | ||
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| 17:15 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
| Report |
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| 21 September 2025 Round 5 | Tang |
1-18 (21) – (19) 1-16 | Newtowncashel | ||
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| 17:15 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: Páirc Chiaran | ||||
| Report |
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Relegation play-off
Knock-out stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 28 September, Kinnegad | ||||||||||
| | 1-17 | |||||||||
| 11 October, Mullingar | ||||||||||
| | 0-15 | |||||||||
| | 1-20 | |||||||||
| | 1-16 | |||||||||
| 26 October, Mullingar | ||||||||||
| | 1-15 | |||||||||
| 27 September, Mullingar | ||||||||||
| 4-12 | ||||||||||
| | 2-16 | |||||||||
| 12 October, Mullingar | ||||||||||
| | 1-17 | |||||||||
| | 1-09 | |||||||||
| | 1-20 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| 27 September 2025 Quarter-Finals | Mullingar Shamrocks |
2-16 (22) – (20) 1-17 | Mullingar | ||
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| 16:15 IST (UTC+1) | |||||
| Report |
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Semi-finals
| 11 October 2025 Semi-Finals | Coralstown-Kinnegad |
1-20 (23) – (19) 1-16 | Mullingar | ||
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| 15:45 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
| Report |
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| 12 October 2025 Semi-Finals | Mullingar Shamrocks |
1-09 (12) – (23) 1-20 | Mullingar | ||
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| 15:45 IST (UTC+1) | Venue: TEG Cusack Park | ||||
| Report |
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Final
References
- ↑ "St Loman's retain Westmeath SFC title with penalty shootout win over The Downs - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Garrycastle are back in senior ranks after final win". Westmeath Independent. 2024-10-28. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "High drama as Tang complete the great escape". Westmeath Independent. 2025-10-04. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ "Dominant first-half sets up The Downs for 11th Westmeath SFC crown - HoganStand". hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2026-06-26.