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The following is a summary of Galway county football team's 2024 season.

Competitions

FBD

Galway began the season with an FBD semi-final against Leitrim.

Fixtures

12 January 2024 (2024-01-12) Semi-final	Leitrim	1–17 (20) – (24) 2–18	Galway	Bekan
19:00 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 0–9 – 0–10)		Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
		Report

19 January 2024 Final	Galway	0–13 (13) – (31) 2–25	Roscommon	Bekan
19:30 GMT (UTC±0)		(HT: 0–6 – 1–14)		Venue: Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence
		Report

National Football League Division 2

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Derry	7	6	0	1	138	100	+38	12	Advance to NFL Final
2	Dublin	7	5	0	2	154	105	+49	10
3	Kerry	7	5	0	2	124	113	+11	10
4	Mayo	7	4	0	3	115	108	+7	8
5	Tyrone	7	3	0	4	104	126	−22	6
6	Galway	7	2	1	4	94	109	−15	5
7	Roscommon	7	1	1	5	92	115	−23	3	Relegation to 2025 NFL Division 2
8	Monaghan	7	1	0	6	103	148	−45	2

1. ^ Dublin are ranked ahead of Kerry because they won the head-to-head game between the teams

Fixtures

28 January 2024 (2024-01-28) Round 1	Galway	0–10 (10) – (18) 2–12	Mayo	Salthill
13:45 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
	Pts: Shane Walsh 4 (2f), Liam Ó Conghaile 2, Cathak Sweeney 1, Dylan McHugh 1, Cillian Ó Curraoin 1, Matthew Tierney 1	Report	Gls: Eoghan McLaughlin 1, Cillian O'Connor 1 (1 pen) Pts: Fergal Boland 3, Ryan O'Donoghue 2 (2f), Paul Towey 2, Jordan Flynn 2, Paddy Durcan 1, Bob Tuohy 1, Jack Carney 1	Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

4 February 2024 (2024-02-04) Round 2	Roscommon	0–9 (9) – (9) 0–9	Galway	Roscommon
14:00 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Dr Hyde Park
	Pts: Conor Cox 5 (4f), Ruaidhrí Fallon 1, Daire Cregg 1, Ben O'Carroll 1, Diarmuid Murtagh 1 (1f)	Report	Pts: Cillian Ó Curraoin 3 (2f), Robert Finnerty 2 (2f), Matthew Tierney 2 (1f), Paul Conroy 1 (1f), Kieran Molloy 1	Referee: Conor Lane (Cork) Attendance: 6,128

18 February 2024 (2024-02-18) Round 3	Tyrone	0–12 (12) – (13) 1–10	Galway	Omagh
13:45 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Healy Park
	Pts: N Morgan 2 (1f), C Devlin 1, M McKernan 1, P Harte 1, C Kilpatrick 1, D Canavan 3 (1f), C Daly 3 (1 m)	Report	Gls: C Sweeney 1 Pts: C Gleeson; J McGrath 1, P Conroy 1, J Heaney 2, M Tierney 1, R Finnerty 4 (1f, 1 m), D O'Flaherty 1	Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan)

25 February 2024 (2024-02-25) Round 4	Galway	1–11 (14) – (19) 3–10	Derry	Salthill
13:45 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
	Gls: C Darcy 1 Pts: J Daly 1, K Molloy, D O’Flaherty 1, J Heaney 1f, R Finnerty 5 (4fs), N Daly 1, C Ó Curraoin 2 (1f)	Report	Gls: E McEvoy 1, Paul Cassidy 1, S McGuigan 1 (pen) Pts: C Glass 3 (1 m), B Rogers 1, C McFaul 1, Paul Cassidy 1f, N Loughlin 1, S McGuigan 2fs	Referee: Derek O'Mahoney (Tipperary)

3 March 2024 (2024-03-03) Round 5	Monaghan	0–14 (14) – (21) 3–12	Galway	Clones
15:15 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: St Tiernach's Park
	Pts: Ryan O'Toole 1, Michael Hamill 2, Mícheál Bannigan 2 (1f, 1 m), Dessie Ward 2, Jack McCarron 4 (2f, 1 m), Conor McCarthy 2, Conor McManus 1f	Report	Gls: John Maher 1, Cathal Sweeney 1, Rory Cunningham 1 Pts: Seán Kelly 1, Rob Finnerty 2f, Rory Cunningham 3, Cillian Ó Curraoin 5 (4f, 1 m)	Referee: Barry Cassidy (Derry)

16 March 2024 (2024-03-16) Round 6	Galway	0–14 (14) – (22) 0–22	Dublin	Salthill
15:15 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Pearse Stadium
	Pts: J McGrath 1, J Maher 1, C Sweeney 1, C Ó Curraoin 8 (5fs), R Cunningham 1, L Ó Conghaile 1, J McCabe 1	Report	Pts: E Comerford 1f, T Lahiff 2, K McGinnis 2, B Fenton 1, R McGarry 2, S Bugler 3, C Kilkenny 1, C O'Callaghan 9 (5fs, 1 m), C Basquel 1	Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

24 March 2024 (2024-03-24) Round 7	Kerry	0–15 (15) – (13) 1–10	Galway	Killarney
13:45 IST (UTC+1)				Venue: Fitzgerald Stadium
	Pts: A Heinrich 1, J O'Connor 1, P Geaney 1, S O'Brien 1, K Spillane 4 (1f), D Roche 1, S O'Shea 4 (2f), P Clifford 1, D Clifford 1f	Report	Gls: T Culhane 1 Pts: D McHugh 1, John Daly 1, Paul Conroy 2, Johnny Heaney 2, C Sweeney 1, R Finnerty 2 m, C Ó Curraoin 1	Referee: Séamus Mulhare (Laois)

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Bracket

	Quarter-finals v t e				Semi-finals				Final
	Leitrim	0-06
	Sligo	0-15
					Sligo	0-14
					Galway	1-13
	London	0-09
	Galway	5-21
									Galway	0-16
									Mayo	0-15
	New York	2-06
	Mayo	2-21
					Roscommon	0-13
					Mayo	1-15

Fixtures

London	0–9 (9) – (36) 5–21	Galway

Sligo	0–14 (14) – (16) 1–13	Galway
(HT: 0-9 – 0-6)
Pts: Niall Murphy 0-3 (1f, 1 m'), Patrick O'Connor 0-3, Alan McLoughlin 0-2, Nathan Mullen 0-1, Darragh Cummins 0-1, Seán Carrabine 0-1, Canice Mulligan 0-1, Cian Lally 0-1, Mikey Gordon 0-1		Gls: Robert Finnerty 1 Pts: Robert Finnerty (0-05, 1f), Céin Darcy (0-02), Damien Comer (0-02), Dylan McHugh (0-01), Johnny Heaney (0-01), Shane Walsh (0-01), Kieran Molloy (0-01)

Galway	0–16 – 0–15	Mayo
R. Finnerty 0-08 (5f), S. Walsh 0-03 (1f), C. Gleeson 0-02 (2f), D. Comer 0-02, J. Heaney 0-01	Report	R. O'Donoghue 0-05 (4f), M. Ruane 0-03, T. Conroy 0-02, F. Boland 0-01, D. McHugh 0-01, J. Flynn 0-01, C. O'Connor,

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway were drawn into Group 1.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Armagh	3	2	1	0	57	41	+16	5	Advance to quarter-final
2	Galway	3	2	1	0	50	41	+9	5	Advance to preliminary quarter-final
3	Derry	3	1	0	2	43	55	−12	2
4	Westmeath	3	0	0	3	31	44	−13	0

Fixtures

18 May 2024 Round 1	Galway	2–14 – 0–15	Derry	Salthill
17:30	Finnerty 0-4 (2f), Conroy 0-3, Darcy 1-0, Kelly 1-0, Daly 0-2, Walsh 0-2, Heaney 0-1, Ó Curraoin 0-1, Tierney 0-1	Report	McGuigan 0-4 (1f), Murray 0-3, McFaul 0-2, Bradley 0-1, Cassidy 0-1, Doherty 0-1, Gilmore 0-1, Glass 0-1, Rogers 0-1	Stadium: Pearse Stadium Attendance: 7,602 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare)

2 June 2024 Round 2	Westmeath	0–11 – 1–12	Galway	Mullingar
15:00	Heslin 0-5f, Wallace 0-2, Connellan 0-1, Forde 0-1, Lynch 0-1, McCartan 0-1	Report	Walsh 1-4 (3f), Gleeson 0-2 (2'45), Tierney 0-2, Darcy 0-1, Hernon 0-1, McDaid 0-1, Molloy 0-1	Stadium: TEG Cusack Park Referee: Niall Cullen (Fermanagh)

16 June 2024 Round 3	Armagh	1–12 – 0–15	Galway	Sligo
13:45	Kelly 1-1, Turbitt 0-4 (1f), R O'Neill 0-3, Murnin 0-2, Campbell 0-1, Crealey 0-1	Report	Walsh 0-5 (3f), Finnerty 0-3 (2f), Conroy 0-2, Maher 0-1, McDaid 0-1, McHugh 0-1, Silke 0-1, Tierney 0-1	Stadium: Markievicz Park Attendance: 8,870 Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

Galway advanced to a preliminary quarter-final against Monaghan.

22 June 2024 Preliminary quarter-final	Galway	0–14 – 0–11	Monaghan	Salthill
16:00	Finnerty 0-5 (3f), Conroy 0-3, Tierney 0-2f, Comer 0-1, Maher 0-1, Ó'Conghaile 0-1, Walsh 0-1f	Report	McCarron 0-3 (2f), Bannigan 0-2 (1f), McManus 0-2f, O'Hanlon 0-2, McCarthy 0-1, Mohan 0-1	Stadium: Pearse Stadium Attendance: 6,768 Referee: Sean Lonergan (Tipperary)

29 June 2024 Quarter-final	Dublin	0–16 – 0–17	Galway	Dublin
18:15	Costello 0-4 (2f, 1'45), O'Callaghan 0-4 (2m, 1f), Bugler 0-2, Kilkenny 0-2, Fenton 0-1, Mannion 0-1, McGarry 0-1, Small 0-1m	Report	Walsh 0-7 (4f), McDaid 0-3, Conroy 0-1, Culhane 0-1, Darcy 0-1, Heaney 0-1, Maher 0-1, McHugh 0-1, Tierney 0-1m	Stadium: Croke Park Attendance: 49,896 Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone) Man of the Match: Cillian McDaid (Galway)

14 July 2024 Semi-final	Donegal	0–15 – 1–14	Galway	Dublin
16:00	Langan 0-4, Gallen 0-3, McBrearty 0-3 (1f), S. O'Donnell 0-2, Thompson 0-2 (1m), McGonagle 0-1	Report	Conroy 1-1, Finnerty 0-4 (2f), Walsh 0-3 (2f), McHugh 0-2, Silke 0-2, Maher 0-1, McDaid 0-1	Stadium: Croke Park Attendance: 67,002 Referee: Brendan Cawley (Kildare) Man of the Match: Dylan McHugh (Galway)

28 July 2024 Final	Armagh	1–11 – 0–13	Galway	Dublin
15:30	Conaty 0-3, McKay 1-0, Crealey 0-2, Forker 0-1, Grimley 0-1, Kelly 0-1, McCambridge 0-1, O. O'Neill 0-1, R. O'Neill 0-1	Report	Conroy 0-3, Darcy 0-3, McDaid 0-2, Walsh 0-2 (1f), Finnerty 0-1f, Maher 0-1, Silke 0-1	Stadium: Croke Park Referee: Sean Hurson (Tyrone)

References

1. "Galway to start FBD League with Leitrim clash". Galway Bay FM. 1 November 2023.
2. "Details confirmed for the 2024 Connacht GAA FBD league". Midwest Radio. 26 October 2023.
3. Martin, Conor (6 April 2024). "Galway rack up five goals in Ruislip massacre" – via www.rte.ie.
4. "Last-gasp Rob Finnerty goal breaks Sligo hearts as Galway squeeze through". RTE. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
5. "Galway v Mayo score recap and result from the Connacht Football Final". Irish Mirror. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

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