Cork march on past Mayo to set up All-Ireland last eight clash with Dublin
Goals in each half from Katie Quirke sent Cork into the All-Ireland quarter-finals as they held off a late Mayo fightback in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park in Castlebar.
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- Irish Times
Cork to play Dublin in quarter-finals after they overcome Mayo
Goals in each half from Katie Quirke sent Cork into the All-Ireland quarter-finals as they held off a late Mayo fightback in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park in Castlebar. Máire O'Callaghan's early goal set Cork on their way as Quirke struck twice to hold off Mayo. Despite a late rally and a disallowed goal, Cork advance, while Mayo face Leitrim in a relegation playoff. Tipperary never trailed as they beat Donegal by two points at Bansha to book a place in the quarter-finals. Tipperary produced their best display of the season, dominating early to lead 0-8 to 0-3 at half-time. Despite a spirited Donegal comeback, including a Jodie McFadden goal, Tipp held firm, with Aisling Moloney's late free sealing a deserved win. READ MORE Kildare caused a massive upset by knocking Ulster champions Armagh out of the competition at the Box-IT Athletic Grounds to book their spot in the last eight. The visitors were sharper from start to finish and withstood a late Armagh onslaught to complete a famous victory. Armagh were without captain Clodagh McCambridge and Aoife McCoy, but Kildare were full value for their win. Waterford advanced to the quarter-final with victory over Leitrim in Avant Money Páirc Seán MacDiarmada. The Deise were made work hard for the win against a battling Leitrim who never gave up. Results: Cork 3-8 Mayo 1-10 Tipperary 0-11 Donegal 1-6 Kildare 1-12 Armagh 1-10 Waterford 6-16 Leitrim 3-4 The draw for the quarter-finals was as follows: Kerry v Kildare Dublin v Cork Meath v Tipperary Galway v Waterford The first team named in each instance will have home advantage – with ties to be played on the weekend of Saturday/Sunday July 5th and 6th. Semi-finals: Winner QF 1 v winner QF 3 Winner QF 2 v winner QF 4 Relegation Mayo v Leitrim Donegal v Armagh The winners of the above relegation fixtures, to be played on Saturday, July 5th at neutral venues, will play Senior Championship Football in 2026. The losers of the above games will play off against each other, with the losers of the final relegation play-off, to be played on Saturday July 12th, relegated to the Intermediate Championship for 2026.
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‘He should be good for the next day' – Dessie Farrell eases Dublin's Con O'Callaghan fears after victory over Cork
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John Kiely: Today should be a Dublin story, not a Limerick one
Limerick manager John Kiely has said that the post-mortem of their shock All-Ireland quarter-final defeat must not ignore the brilliance of a Dublin side who rocked the championship despite playing with a man less for over 55 minutes. Despite a bright start from Niall Ó Ceallacháin's heavy underdogs at Croke Park, they looked in real trouble as Chris Crummey was red carded for a high tackle on Gearóid Hegarty just 15 minutes in. However, backed by an increasingly vociferous crowd, they earned a famous 2-24 to 0-28 success to set up a semi-final date with Cork. "Listen, I think it's more about the Dublin performance than it is about ours, to be honest," Kiely told RTÉ Sport afterwards. "They were super. Even at 14 men, you wouldn't have missed the 15th man not being on the field being honest about it. "Breaking ball, they were there, their aggression levels were brilliant, they were super in the tackle, they were accurate – they were just at a higher level of performance than us today. "They deserved their win completely and hats off to Niall and his team, they had them absolutely on the money. Congratulations to them." The defeat means that Kiely's side will be absent from two All-Ireland finals in a row, the first time that has happened in his nine-year rein. For the manager, the signs were there from early on. "Our energy levels were that bit down, I could see it after 10 minutes, I could feel it from the group after 10 minutes," said Kiely, who said that the pre-match noise of an excepted comfortable Treaty win never seeped into the dressing room. "They deserved their win completely" A magnanimous John Kiely praises Dublin before giving his take on where it went wrong for his Limerick side in the All-Ireland quarter-final: — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) June 21, 2025 "It's hard to know why that is because everything we did for the last two weeks and this morning would have led us to be very happy with where we were in our preparations. "Ultimately, I think it's not about us today, it's about Dublin." Opposite number Ó Ceallacháin's golden run continues. Having guided Dublin club Na Fianna to a first-ever All-Ireland title at the same venue in January, he now has the chance to bring the county to a first final since 1961. However, he cut a composed figure afterwards despite the possibilities that have opened up for his side. "To win that game against a team like Limerick, with the level they have been at for so long, is an incredible achievement. "To do so having obviously gone down to 14 so early in a game like that and on a day like that with the sun beating down – the energy expended from the boys and the lads who went in from the line, I'm just very, very proud." "Absolutely delighted and very proud" Dublin hurling manager Niall Ó Ceallacháin reacts to his Dublin side's famous win over Limerick at Croke Park: — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) June 21, 2025 On losing Crummey, the manager said that tactics didn't get them through their numerical disadvantage, instead pointing to good old values like desire and work-rate. "It's not tactical, what it comes down to is the boys inside, how deep they dug, the hunger that was there, ground ball after ground ball. "It looked like our boys wanted it more even with four on three or three on two at times in rucks on the ground. "It's a complicated game, we've worked a lot on the small bit but in the cold light of day it's that stuff that the whole thing comes down to." The Dublin boss also sounded off by adding that their eyes would not be taken off the task at hand by the goodwill coming their way after the result. "Once we were out of Leinster it's a new competition. Four games, two down, two to go."
