Croke Park to host two double-headers as weekend fixture details confirmed

The draws for the weekend’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals have been made with Dublin to face Cork and Down to play Galway, while Donegal take on Louth and Kerry have Cavan.

The four second-placed counties from the round-robin stages – Donegal, Down, Dublin and Kerry – will have home advantage for the games.

On Saturday, Kerry and Cavan are first up, their game at Fitzgerald Stadium throwing in at 3.30pm before Dublin play Cork at Croke Park, throw-in at 6.15pm.

That game will serve as the second fixture in Saturday’s double-header at GAA HQ, coming after Limerick meet Dublin in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final, which gets under way at 4pm.

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On Saturday evening, Galway will face Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds in the second hurling semi-final, throw-in at 6.15pm.

Sunday brings the remaining two preliminary quarter-finals in the football championship – Down hosting Galway in Newry from 1.45pm before Louth travel to Ballybofey to face Donegal at 4pm – while there’s a Tailteann Cup semi-final double-header at Croke Park, Wicklow v Limerick up first at 2pm, followed by Kildare v Fermanagh at 4pm.

The four SFC preliminary quarter-finals will be shown live on GAA+, while the hurling quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals will be televised live on RTÉ.