Details confirmed for All-Ireland SFC semi-finals
Kerry and Tyrone will meet at Croke Park on Saturday, July 12th at 5pm.
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The Tailteann Cup final between Kildare and Limerick is on before that at 2.30pm.
On the Sunday, Donegal and Meath gets underway at 4pm.
The curtain raiser at Croke Park that day will be All-Ireland Junior final.
Meath will face Donegal on Sunday, July 13th at 4pm. Photo: James Crombie/Inpho
A remarkable
third quarter from Kerry
, where they hit 14 unanswered points, saw them overcome reigning champions Armagh by 0-32 to 1-21.
Seán O'Shea scored 12 points for the Kingdom with David Clifford scoring seven.
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Speaking after the game, man of the match O'Shea said: "We were written off. People weren't giving us a chance, even down at home. People don't know what goes on in our dressing room.
"We just said we'd throw the shackles off. We were coming in as underdogs. I thought Joe O'Connor really stood up in the second-half. We really turned the screw. People have talked about our squad, that we don't have strength and depth. We know the standard of our squad."
Meath
are into the last four for the first time since 2009, after Jordan Morris' 1-6 helped them defeat Galway by 2-16 to 2-15.
The crucial score of the game came eight minutes from time with Jordan Morris scoring Meath's second goal, and he finished with 1-6.
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