Two Croke Park double headers as hurling and football fixtures confirmed
Limerick have agreed to travel to the capital for their clash with Dublin, which will precede the Dublin-Cork football preliminary quarter-final.
The other hurling quarter-final between Galway and Tipperary has been fixed for the TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Saturday evening.
There will be one other football preliminary quarter-final on Saturday, with Cavan making the long trip to Killarney to face Kerry, just six days after their heavy defeat to Tyrone in the last round of Group 1 games.
The remaining football quarter-finals will take place on Sunday afternoon as Down host Galway and Louth travel to Donegal.
The Fermanagh-Kildare and Wicklow-Limerick Tailteann Cup semi-finals take centre stage at Croke Park on Sunday, with both games live on RTE, as are the hurling quarter-finals on Saturday.
The four football preliminary quarter-finals will all be broadcast live on GAA+.
Saturday, June 21
All-Ireland SFC Preliminary Quarter-Finals
Kerry v Cavan, Fitzgerald Stadium, 3.30pm, live on GAA+
Dublin v Cork, Croke Park, 6.15pm, live GAA+
All-Ireland SHC Quarter-Finals
Dublin v Limerick, Croke Park, 4pm, live RTE
Galway v Tipperary, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 6.15pm, live RTE
Sunday, June 22
Down v Galway, Páirc Esler, 1.45pm, live on GAA+
Donegal v Louth, MacCumhaill Park, 4pm, live on GAA+
Tailteann Cup Semi-Finals
Wicklow v Limerick, Croke Park, 2pm, RTE
Kildare v Fermanagh, Croke Park, 4pm, RTE
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