All-Ireland SFC quarter-final pairings:
Saturday, June 28th
Monaghan v Donegal, Croke Park, 4pm (GAA+)
Tyrone v Dublin, Croke Park, 6.15pm (GAA+)
Sunday, June 29th
Meath v Galway, Croke Park 1.45pm (RTÉ)
Armagh v Kerry, Croke Park, 4pm (RTÉ)
Key Reads
- Malachy Clerkin: Football prelims had a whiff of predictability, but it’s anyone’s guess from here to the final
- The Schemozzle: Dublin’s win over Limerick may be the greatest upset in championship history
- Denis Walsh: The GAA is in a strange spot in relation to people being paid legitimately
There we have it, our four quarter-final pairings are now known.
Here’s Gordon Manning with the news in full:
They’re on this weekend’s agenda in addition to the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final between Waterford and Clare which will be played at Semple Stadium on Saturday (throw-in 5.15pm).
Keep an eye on irishtimes.com for confirmation of the fixture and broadcast details for the quarter-finals, as well as some reaction from our writers.
But that’s all from me. Have a lovely day.
Some enticing matchups there, but the most intriguing is the one we already knew – Armagh v Kerry.
And confirmation the CCCC will have the fixture details for those games ready for us this afternoon, landing around 2.30pm.
Here we go.
As I’ve said, we already know Armagh will play Kerry, so just three pairings to be confirmed.
Tyrone first up, they’ll face Dublin.
Meath next, they’re drawn against Galway.
That leaves an Ulster derby between Monaghan and Donegal.
GAA president Jarlath Burns and Director of Player, Club and Games Administration Feargal McGill are in studio with Des Cahill for the draw.
Some niceties about the weekend that was before they get the show on the road.
Morning Ireland has just passed over to Brian Jennings for the news. The draw is up after the bulletin.
Among one of the stranger stories of the weekend cropped up ahead of Donegal’s game against Louth.
Louth, having stayed overnight in the Killyhevlin Hotel in Enniskillen, took a wrong turn on the way to Ballybofey and managed to end up in Sligo.
“The honest to God truth was human error in our navigation,” Louth manager Ger Brennan said after his side’s defeat.
“But the Atlantic Way looks good. We’ll chance that the next day.”
Now, back to the football.
The four quarter-finals will be played as two double-headers at Croke Park this weekend.
The day and throw-in time for each fixture will be confirmed by the GAA later today. We’ll keep you posted on that front.
Just a word on the hurling semi-finals.
In order to avoid repeats of provincial pairings we know Cork will now face Dublin at Croke Park on July 5th, followed by Kilkenny v Tipperary on July 6th.
What a win for the Dublin hurlers on Saturday, seeing John Kiely’s Limerick out of the championship. The Dubs for the double perhaps?
[ Nicky English: I have never seen Dublin hurl better in adversityOpens in new window ]
For anyone who was out enjoying the sunshine over the weekend and missed the preliminary quarter-final action, here’s a quick recap.
On Saturday, Kerry took a comfortable win over Cavan down in Killarney, David Clifford supplying 3-7, including two two-pointers, to help the Kingdom to their 3-20 to 1-17 win at Fitzgerald Stadium.
[ David Clifford hat-trick helps Kerry beat CavanOpens in new window ]
In the second of Saturday’s double-header at Croke Park, the Dublin footballers followed in the style of their hurlers, eking out a 1-19 to 1-16 win over Cork.
[ Dublin get there in the end against battling CorkOpens in new window ]
Sunday sent proceedings northward, starting in Newry where Shane Walsh was again Galway’s man of the hour in their 2-26 to 3-21 victory over Down, before Donegal got past Louth in Ballybofey, where it ended 2-22 to 0-12 in favour of Jim McGuinness’s charges.
[ Donegal charge through Louth to reach All-Ireland quarter-finalOpens in new window ]
And while we’re at it, there were wins for Limerick and Kildare in the Tailteann Cup semi-finals on Sunday, so they’ll now meet in the final at Croke Park on Saturday, July 12th.
Once again, Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1 will air the draw shortly after 8.30am.
While we want on that, we’ll have a run through of the weekend that was and Gordon Manning will have some reaction for us after the draw is made.
Good morning everyone. Welcome along to The Irish Times live blog for the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final draw.
Preliminary quarter-final winners Kerry, Dublin, Galway and Donegal have joined round-robin group toppers Meath, Tyrone, Monaghan and Armagh in the last eight, and we’ll find out shortly who’ll be facing off in this weekend’s quarter-finals.
Each of the four group winners will be drawn against one of the preliminary quarter-final winners. The draw will avoid repeats of provincial final pairings and, where possible, repeat pairings from the groups.
With that in mind, we know Armagh can’t be drawn against Donegal as the counties met in the Ulster final, nor can they meet fellow Group of Death survivors Dublin and Galway. That only leaves Kerry, so the Munster champions will face the reigning All-Ireland champions.
Of the rest, Meath can’t play Kerry, Tyrone can’t play Donegal, and Monaghan can’t play Down.
