FIVE SENIOR PROVINCIAL finals will be broadcast live next weekend as the GAA club championships reach a crucial stage.
The Leinster finals on Saturday are covered live with the football game pitting Louth’s St Mary’s Ardee against Dublin’s Cuala on RTÉ Player, followed by the hurling showdown involving Dublin’s Na Fianna and Offaly’s Kilcormac-Killoughey.
Then on Sunday there are three finals on TG4, with the Connacht football tie first up as Roscommon’s Padraig Pearses play Sligo’s Coolera-Strandhill. That’s followed by the Munster hurling decider between Waterford’s Ballygunner and Cork’s Sarsfields, and the Ulster hurling final sees Down’s Portaferry play Derry’s Slaughtneil.
It’s also a key weekend at the All-Ireland final semi-final stage in the camogie and ladies football club championships, along with provincial finals at other grades.
Here’s the full list of what’s in store:
Saturday 30 November
Leinster senior football final
- St Mary’s Ardee (Louth) v Cuala (Dublin), Croke Park, 5.40pm - RTÉ Player.
Leinster senior hurling final
- Na Fianna (Dublin) v Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly), Croke Park, 7.40pm - RTÉ 2 and RTÉ Player.
Munster intermediate hurling final
- Watergrasshill (Cork) v Cashel King Cormacs (Tipperary), TUS Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 6pm - Clubber.
Munster junior hurling final
- Russell Rovers (Cork) v Kilrossanty (Waterford), Páirc Uí Rinn, 1pm - Clubber.
Connacht junior football final
- An Cheathrú Rua (Galway) v Ballymote Round Towers (Sligo), Tuam Stadium, 1.30pm.
Leinster junior hurling semi-final
- St Fechin’s (Louth) v Castletown Liam Mellows (Wexford), Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda, 1.30pm.
Ulster intermediate hurling final
- Carey Faughs (Antrim) v Swatragh (Derry), Loughgiel Shamrocks, 1pm.
All-Ireland ladies football semi-finals
Senior
- Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) v Castleisland Desmonds (Kerry), Páirc de Búrca, Stillorgan, 2pm.
Intermediate
- Mullahoran (Cavan) v Bennekenny/Tinryland (Carlow), Kingspan Breffni, Cavan, 2.30pm.
Junior
- Coolera-Strandhill (Sligo) v Mungret St Paul’s (Limerick), Coolera-Strandhill GAA, 1.30pm.
All-Ireland camogie junior semi-finals
- Granemore (Armagh) v Oran (Roscommon), Ballyshannon, Donegal, 1.30pm.
- Modeligo (Waterford) v Knockananna (Wicklow), Rathdowney, Laois, 1.30pm.
Sunday 1 December
Connacht senior football final
- Coolera-Strandhill (Sligo) v Padraig Pearses (Roscommon), Markievicz Park, 1.15pm – TG4.
Munster senior hurling final
- Ballygunner (Waterford) v Sarsfields (Cork), FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles, 3.15pm - TG4.
Ulster senior hurling final
- Portaferry (Down) v Slaughtneil (Derry), BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh, 5pm - TG4.
Leinster intermediate hurling final
- Rathnure St Anne’s (Wexford) v Lisdowney (Kilkenny), Chadwicks Wexford Park, 1.30pm.
Leinster intermediate football final
- Naomh Mearnóg (Dublin) v Caragh (Kildare), Parnell Park, 1.30pm.
Leinster junior football final
- Dunsany (Meath) v Ballinagar (Offaly), Páirc Tailteann, Navan, 1.30pm.
Ulster junior hurling twinning final
- Ballinascreen (Derry) v Father Murphy’s (London), Owenbeg, 1pm.
All-Ireland ladies football semi-final
Senior
- Clann Éireann (Armagh) v Kilkerrin-Clonberne (Galway), Clann Éireann GAA, Armagh, 2.30pm.
Intermediate
- Annaghdown (Galway) v O’Donovan Rossa (Cork), Annaghdown GAA, 1pm.
Junior
- Na Dúnaibh (Donegal) v Kilcock (Kildare), Na Dúnaibh GAA, Letterkenny, Donegal, 1pm.
All-Ireland camogie semi-finals
Senior
- Sarsfields (Galway) v Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim), Kingspan Breffni, 2pm.
- St Vincent’s (Dublin) v Truagh Clonlara (Clare), Walsh Park, Waterford, 1pm.
Intermediate
- Ahascragh Caltra (Galway) v Eglish (Tyrone), Kinnegad, 2pm.
- Clanmaurice (Kerry) v St Brigid’s (Laois), Galtee Rovers GAA, Tipperary, 2pm.
Good article with the exception of “Frank Murphy..top class ref”…not sure if thats anywhere true!!
Good article. Hopefully we can buck the trend on Saturday, but it’ll be tough with some of the names that will be missing.
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