Live All-Ireland football draw: Dublin, Kerry and Galway to learn their opponents
All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final & Tailteann Cup semi-final draws to take place at 8.30am
-35 minutes ago
Good morning, after a dramatic weekend of gaelic football which saw
Mayo
knocked out of the All-Ireland series, the draw for the preliminary quarter-finals takes place this morning.
Kerry
,
Dublin
,
Donegal
and
Galway
are all in the hat after failing to top their groups.
All the teams that came second in their round-robin group will play at home this weekend to whichever team from the third-placed pot they are drawn against.
Kerry's David Clifford with Meath's Seán Rafferty and Seán Coffey. Photograph: INPHO/Tom O'Hanlon
The draw for the Tailteann Cup semi-finals will also take place this morning. Follow live updates throughout the morning here.
All-Ireland second placed teams:
Dublin, Donegal, Down, Kerry.
All-Ireland third placed teams:
Cavan, Cork, Galway, Louth.
Key Reads
Malachy Clerkin:
Mayo exit championship in most Mayo way possible after survival instincts let them down
Read Paul Fitzpatrick's weekend round-up here
as he says Meath are officially back at the top table.
Donegal's Jim McGuinness criticises choice of Dr Hyde Park as neutral venue against Mayo
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