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Irish Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- General
- Irish Daily Mirror
Venues for All-Ireland SFC group games announced as Donegal face longer trek
The final round of fixtures for the All-Ireland SFC group stage have been confirmed, with Donegal-Mayo fixed for Dr Hyde Park. Derry-Dublin, one of the other eye-catching ties as the group stages come to a climax, will be played at Newry's Páirc Esler, with no games for Croke Park, as expected. Mayo will be quietly pleased to be going to Roscommon, which is hardly a halfway house for the fixture, as it's a shorter trek, they play at the venue on a much more regular basis and have a good record there. Donegal boss Jim McGuinness had said that he didn't want the game to be played at Croke Park as 'our supporters have been through the ringer financially up to this point', though the alternative won't have taken much of the edge off in that respect. Sligo's Markievicz Park is a more natural neutral venue but it was off the table as works are being carried out on the playing surface there, though the game will be live on RTE on Sunday week. Both sides need a result to be sure of extending their season, with all four teams in Group One currently on two points each. The other game in the group, between Cavan and Tyrone, will be in Brewster Park in Enniskillen, also throwing in a 4pm. Earlier that afternoon, Group Three will see Louth-Clare take place in Portlaoise and Monaghan-Down in Armagh, both at 2pm. It will be a GAA+ live double header on Saturday week in Group Four, with Armagh and Galway facing off in Breffni Park at 6.30pm, while Dublin and Derry meet in a winner-takes-all tie in Newry. Earlier that day, Kerry and Meath will clash in Tullamore, while the Roscommon-Cork tie is fixed for Portlaoise and will also be live on GAA+. Saturday, June 14 Group Two Kerry v Meath, Glenisk O'Connor Park, 4.15pm Roscommon v Cork, Laois Hire O'Moore Park, 4.15pm, live on GAA+ Armagh v Galway, Breffni Park, 6.30pm, live GAA+ Dublin v Derry, Páirc Esler, 6.30pm, live GAA+ Sunday, June 15 Donegal v Mayo, King & Moffatt Dr Hyde Park, 4pm, live on RTE Tyrone v Cavan, Brewster Park, 4pm Louth v Clare, Laois Hire O'Moore Park, 2pm Monaghan v Down, BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, 2pm, live on RTE
Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Hyde Park under consideration for one of this weekend's big All-Ireland SFC games
King & Moffatt Dr Hyde Park is a leading consideration to host one of the big All-Ireland SFC final round games on Saturday or Sunday week. The Roscommon town grounds, which staged the Dublin-Mayo final round match 12 months ago, could be the venue for either the Donegal-Mayo or Armagh-Galway fixture. Armagh and Galway faced off at the same stage of the competition in Markievicz Park last year but the Sligo town stadium has since been closed due to pitch reconstruction. Carrick-on-Shannon's Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada is another alternative. The Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) will meet on Tuesday to confirm the neutral venues, while they must also consider the Joe McDonagh Cup finalists Laois and Kildare will be at home to Dublin and Tipperary in Saturday week's All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-finals. This Saturday's Joe McDonagh Cup winners will play host to Dublin, while Tipperary will travel to face the runners-up. Portlaoise's Laois Hire O'Moore Park has held Kerry's last two final round matches against Louth and their top-of-the-table Group 2 clash with Meath could be organised for there. For the other game in Group 2, either Limerick's TUS Gaelic Grounds or Ennis's Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg would seem appropriate for the meeting of Cork and Roscommon. In Group 4, the likes of Newry's Páirc Esler and Clones's St Tiernach's Park may stage the Dublin-Derry clash. The latter Monaghan venue was the scene for the counties's 2003 qualifier. The final two games in each group usually throw in at the same time in the interests of fairness although the CCCC may have some wiggle room in Group 3 as neither Clare nor Louth, who face each other, can catch Down and Monaghan. Along with two Tailteann Cup quarter-finals, GAA+ is set to show two final round games on Saturday with RTÉ televising another two on Sunday. Meanwhile, GAA president Jarlath Burns will attend a Munster hurling development roadshow on the eve of the provincial hurling final in Limerick this Friday. Providing the keynote address entitled Vision For The Future of Hurling, Burns will be joined in Mary Immaculate College by Munster GAA CEO Kieran Leddy and newly-appointed national head of hurling Willie Maher. The presentation comes at a time when Kerry have been relegated to the Christy Ring Cup and Waterford failed to qualify from the Munster SHC round-robin for the sixth consecutive time. The roadshow in MIC is one of eight the GAA have scheduled. Already, there have been meetings in Antrim, Mayo and Tyrone with the latest taking place in Kilkenny on Wednesday. In September, the roadshow will conclude with visits to SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Croke Park.
