The fixture details for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Finals have been confirmed by the CCCC this afternoon.
Saturday 25th June
Clare v Derry at 3:45pm in Croke Park
Cork v Dublin at 6:00pm in Croke Park
Sunday 26th June
Armagh v Galway at 1:45pm in Croke Park
Kerry v Mayo at 4:00pm in Croke Park
The draw has taken place this morning for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Final.
Kerry will play old rivals Mayo, while Galway will meet Armagh.
Clare face a repeat of a Division 2 game from the spring, they will play Derry. Derry defeated Clare in the league earlier in the spring on a scoreline of 2-13 to 0-10 .
The remaining game will see Dublin take on Cork, victors over Limerick yesterday.
The four games will take place the weekend 25th/26th June with fixture details to be confirmed later today by the GAA’s CCCC.
Semi-Finals
Based on a rota, the potential Semi-Final pairings are as follows.
Galway/Armagh v Derry/Clare
Dublin/Cork v Kerry/Mayo
The draws for the quarter-finals of the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior championship will take place next Monday morning on RTÉ Radio 1 just after 8.30am as part of Morning Ireland.
The draw will involve the four provincial champions Galway, Dublin, Kerry, and Derry drawn to play one of the four Round 2 Qualifier winners from this weekend; Mayo, Clare, Cork, and Armagh.
The draw is subject to Provincial Final Winners avoiding defeated finalists from their own province, and to the avoidance of any other repeat pairings. Possible repeat pairings are Galway v Mayo and Kerry v Cork. If a repeat pairing is drawn, the Round 2 team will be moved to the next line of the draw and another Round 2 team will be drawn to play the relevant Provincial winner.
Venues and dates will be confirmed later by CCCC with matches scheduled to take place across the weekend of June 25/26.
Semi-Finals
Based on a rota, the potential Semi-Final pairings will be known after the Quarter-Final draw.
Galway/Round 2 Winner v Derry/Round 2 Winner
Dublin/Round 2 Winner v Kerry/Round 2 Winner
All Ireland SFC Round Two
Cork 2-18 Limerick 1-16
Ultimately Cork did what was required to eke out a win earning an All Ireland SFC quarter-final berth.
John Cleary’s outfit enjoyed some encouraging moments at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh and were sufficiently durable to deal with a Limerick second half burst.
The fact that Cork substitute Paul Walsh was sent off in the closing stages offered another test, but Cork were able to find the answers.
Initially Steven Sherlock’s accuracy was a critical factor as six opening period points from the St Finbarr’s clubman ensured the locals led 0-8 to 0-7 at the interval.
After the restart it remained hard fought as Hugh Bourke levelled from a free for Limerick.
Cork edged 0-10 to 0-9 ahead and then Limerick’s Gordon Brown was black carded before Bourke restored parity again.
Eoghan McSweeney and Brian Hurley landed vital points and then Cathail O’Mahony planted a 50th minute major for Cork. It was a critical moment.
John O’Rourke and Sherlock added further points for Cork, but Limerick summoned a response.
Brian Donovan netted a goal for Limerick, who narrowed the gap to two with Walsh subsequently sent off.
Cork, though, remained cool with Hurley converting a penalty with ice cool precision following a foul on Kevin O’Donovan. Limerick, who had such a productive 2022 campaign, just couldn’t recover on this occasion.
Scorers for Cork: Steven Sherlock 0-8 (5fs, 145), Brian Hurley 1-2 (1-0 pen), Cathail O’Mahony 1-0, John O’Rourke 0-3, Eoghan McSweeney 0-2, Kevin O’Donovan, Colm O’Callaghan, and Damien Gore 0-1 each.
Scorers for Limerick: Hugh Bourke 0-5 (4fs), Adrian Enright 0-4, Brian Donovan 1-0, Josh Ryan and Gordon Brown 0-2 each, Cian Sheehan, Robbie Burke, and James Naughton 0-1 each.
Cork: Micheal Martin; Seán Powter, Maurice Shanley, Kevin O’Donovan; John Cooper, Rory Maguire, Mattie Taylor; Ian Maguire, Colm O’Callaghan; Eoghan McSweeney, John O’Rourke, Daniel Dineen; Steven Sherlock, Brian Hurley, Cathail O’Mahony.
Subs: Jack Cahalane for Dineen (53), Paul Walsh for McSweeney (60), Cian Kiely for Sherlock (68).
Limerick: Donal O’Sullivan; Seán O’Dea, Brian Fanning, Jim Liston; Cian Sheehan, Iain Corbett, Gordon Brown; Darragh Treacy, Cillian Fahy; Adrian Enright, Brian Donovan, Pádraig De Brún; Peter Nash, Robbie Burke, Hugh Bourke.
Subs: James Naughton for De Brún (HT), Josh Ryan for Nash (56), Paul Maher for Brown (56), Michael Donovan for Liston (56), Killian Ryan for Burke (66).
Referee: Jerome Henry (Mayo).
Extra Panel Members; Conor Corbett (Clyda Rovers), Luke Fahy (Ballincollig), Shane Merritt (Mallow), Paudie Allen (Newmarket), Killian O’Hanlon (Kilshannig) Joe Grimes (Clonakilty), Kieran Histon (Nemo Rangers), Dylan Foley (Éire Óg), Kevin Flahive (Douglas), Cillian O’Donovan (Macroom), Fionn Herlihy (Dohenys), Kevin Cremin (Boherbue), Briain Murphy (Nemo Rangers), Alan Walsh (Kanturk), Daniel O’Connell (Kanturk), Darragh Cashman (Millstreet), David Buckley (Newcestown), Chris Óg Jones (Iveleary), Liam O’Donovan, Gavin Creedon (Kilshannig), Daniel Meaney (St Michael’s) Aidan Browne (Newmarket) Daniel O’Mahony (Knocknagree) Sean Meehan (Kiskeam) Nathan Walsh (Douglas) Conor O’Callaghan (Dromtarriffe)
