THE GAA HAVE tonight confirmed the fixtures for Round 2 of the All-Ireland senior football championship on the June Bank Holiday weekend.
The throw-in times and venues have been revealed with three group games on the Saturday, and the remaining five pencilled in for the Sunday.
The next round of games for the Tailteann Cup have also been finalised, along with the All-Ireland U20 hurling final involving newly-crowned Leinster champions Offaly and the winners of Friday’s Munster decider as Cork face Tipperary.
The live coverage of the games will see GAAGO screen Roscommon v Mayo and Dublin v Cavan on the Saturday. The RTÉ Sunday Game fixtures will be Meath against Kerry, and Derry meeting Armagh, while GAAGO also have Sligo against Antrim in the Tailteann Cup.
Here’s the full list of what’s in store:
Saturday 1 June
All-Ireland senior football championship
Group 3: Cork v Donegal, Páirc Uí Rinn, 2.30pm.
Group 2: Roscommon v Mayo, Dr Hyde Park, 5pm - GAAGO
Group 2: Cavan v Dublin, Kingspan Breffni, 7pm – GAAGO
Tailteann Cup
Group 4: Limerick v London, Parnell Park, 1.30pm.
Group 1: Longford v Waterford, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, Portlaoise, 2pm.
Group 3: Fermanagh v Laois, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford, 3.45pm.
Group 4: Wicklow v Carlow, Parnell Park, 3.45pm.
Group 1: Kildare v Leitrim, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford, 6pm.
All-Ireland U20 hurling final
Offaly v Cork/Tipperary, UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, 7.15pm.
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Sunday 2 June
All-Ireland senior football championship
Group 3: Tyrone v Clare, O’Neills Healy Park, Omagh, 1.30pm.
Group 4: Meath v Kerry, Páirc Tailteann, Navan, 2pm – RTÉ.
Group 1: Westmeath v Galway, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar, 3pm.
Group 4: Monaghan v Louth, Clones, 3.30pm.
Group 1: Derry v Armagh, Celtic Park, 4pm – RTÉ.
Tailteann Cup
Group 4: Down v Offaly, Kingspan Breffni, 1.45pm.
Group 2: Wexford v Tipperary, Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow, 2pm.
Group 2: Sligo v Antrim, Kingspan Breffni, 4pm - GAAGO.
Christy Ring Cup
Final: Kildare v Derry, Croke Park, 2.15pm - Spórt TG4.
Nickey Rackard Cup
Final: Donegal v Mayo, Croke Park, 4.15pm - Spórt TG4.
Lory Meagher Cup
Final: Fermanagh v Longford, Croke Park, 12.15pm - Spórt TG4.
It’s good to see the under 21s doing well. But I would personally prefer to see more players from loi clubs getting a chance. Irish underage teams seem to be picked only from Dublin and England. There should be a quota from all parts of the country. How else will the game progress.
@prop joe: wasn’t a Derry city striker playing in this game for the under 21s ?
@Joey McCarthy: one out of how many?
Apparently there are signs of some good things now starting to happen in Irish youths again & some grassroots investment is paying off. Be great if it was true but be greater if we got Brian Kerr going again. He is the Eddie O’Sullivan of Irish soccer