2019 National Football League (Ireland)
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The 2019 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Allianz National Football League, was the 88th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for Gaelic Athletic Association county teams. Thirty-one county teams from the island of Ireland, plus London, competed; Kilkenny do not participate.
League details | |
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Dates | 26 January – 6 April 2019 |
Teams | 32 |
League champions | |
Winners | Mayo (12th win) |
Captain | Diarmuid O'Connor |
Manager | James Horan |
League runners-up | |
Runners-up | Kerry |
Captain | Paul Murphy |
Manager | Peter Keane |
Other division winners | |
Division 2 | Donegal |
Division 3 | Westmeath |
Division 4 | Derry |
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The GAA announced a new broadcast agreement on 10 January 2019, expected to run from 2019 until 2022. Eir Sport and RTÉ provided live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights. TG4 broadcast Sunday afternoon games. The highlights programmes were RTÉ2's League Sunday on Sunday evenings, TG4's GAA 2019 on Monday evenings and Eir Sport's Allianz Leagues Reloaded on Wednesday evenings.[1][2]