[1] John Heslin overtook Dessie Dolan as Westmeath's all-time championship top scorer in this game.

[7] Westmeath became the inaugural winners of the Tailteann Cup, scoring 1–4 without reply in the final 13 minutes to take the trophy.

[8] A red card for Cavan's Thomas Galligan in the 58th minute was the turning point of the game.

Cavan were leading by two, 1–13 to 1–11, when Galligan caught Westmeath's Ronan O'Toole with a high frontal shoulder.

[11] The winning Westmeath players received their medals at the Mullingar Park Hotel on 2 December 2022, alongside medals given to the winners of the 2008 National Football League Division 2 title (they had not received them for 14 years) and the hurlers who won the 2021 Joe McDonagh Cup.