GAA coach Steven Poacher and former Mayo star Enda Varley get stuck into the week’s big Gaelic football talking points.
EIGHT REMAIN IN RACE FOR LIAM MacCARTHY CUP
And then there were eight! Kilkenny and Limerick are through to the All-Ireland Senior
Hurling Championship semi-finals as Leinster and Munster champions, respectively,
where they will be joined by two from the following: Carlow, Clare, Dublin, Galway,
Offaly, Tipperary.
The preliminary quarterfinals take centre-stage on Saturday, followed a week later by the quarterfinals.
The preliminary quarter-final pairings as follows:
- Offaly v Tipperary, Glenisk OโConnor Park, 4.00pm (Winner plays Galway)
- Carlow v Dublin, Netwatch Cullen Park, 5.00pm (Winner plays Clare)
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Preliminary quarter-finals: June 17: Carlow v Dublin, Netwatch Cullen Park; Offaly v
Tipperary, Glenisk OโConnor Park. - Quarter-finals: June 24: Galway v Offaly/Tipperary; Clare v Carlow/Dublin.
- Semi-finals: July 8: Limerick v quarter-final winners; July 9; Kilkenny v quarter-final
winners. Both in Croke Park. - Final: July 23, Croke Park.
CRUCIAL WEEKEND IN ALL-IRELAND FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Itโs decision time! The twelve counties who will contest the knock-out stages of the 2023 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship will be known by this Sunday evening when the four groups complete their โRound Robinโ schedule.
Galway, Mayo, Derry, Monaghan and Donegal are already through to the last twelve, with the other seven slots, plus the top four who will qualify directly for the quarterfinals, to emerge from the games on Saturday and Sunday. Clare are the only county in any of the groups who cannot make the knock-out stages.
The Tailteann Cup has reached the quarter-final stage, with the four games spread across Saturday and Sunday:
SATURDAY
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP
- Group 4: Clare v Derry, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 6.00pm; Donegal v
Monaghan, Omagh, 6.00pm.
TAILTEANN CUP
- Limerick v Laois, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 3.00pm
- Meath v Wexford, Pairc Tailteann, 4.00pm
- Cavan v Down, Kingspan Breffni, 5.15pm
SUNDAY
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP
- Group 1: Kerry v Louth, Laois Hire OโMoore Park, 2.00pm; Cork v Mayo, TUS Gaelic
Grounds, 2.00pm. - Group 2: Armagh v Galway, Carrick-on-Shannon, 4.00pm; Westmeath v Tyrone,
Kingspan Breffni , 4.00pm - Group 3: Dublin v Sligo, Kingspan Breffni, 1.45pm; Kildare v Roscommon, Glenisk
OโConnor Park, 1.45pm.
TAILTEANN CUP (Preliminary quarter-final)
- Antrim v Carlow, Corrigan Park, 1.00pm
