It was won by Roscommon who defeated Sligo in the final.
[2] Donie Shine dominated the scoring in the final.
[4] They overcame the province's traditional big two - Mayo in the quarter-final, then Galway in the semi-final with the aid of a replay - only for Roscommon to defeat them by a single point.
[5] The winning Roscommon team received the J. J. Nestor Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Sligo entered the All-Ireland Qualifiers but soon exited.