When is the draw for the All-Ireland Football Championship?
The draw for the All-Ireland Football Championship preliminary quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals will take place on Monday morning, 16 June.
Both draws will take place on RTE Radio 1's Morning Ireland at 8.35am on Monday.
The draws will be governed by Central Competitions Control Committee chairman Brian Carroll and Feargal McGill, the GAA's director of Player, Club and Games Administration.
The four second-placed counties from the All-Ireland SFC group stages - Donegal, Kerry, Down, Dublin - will have home advantage against the four third-placed counties - Cavan, Cork, Louth and Galway.
These preliminary quarter-finals will take place on Saturday, 21 June or Sunday, 22 June. The sides will look to join Tyrone, Meath, Monaghan and Armagh, who have already secured their place in the last eight.
The draw will avoid any repeats of provincial final pairings, and, where possible, repeat matchups from the group stages.
Similarly, in the Tailteann Cup, repeat pairings will also be avoided as Fermanagh, Kildare, Wicklow and Limerick go into the hat for the last four clashes.
The semi-finals are set to be played at Croke Park the weekend after next.
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