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Fogarty Forum: All-Ireland draw overshadows provincial finals

There are pros and cons to the new system that sees Kerry and Donegal meet already.

Fogarty Forum: All-Ireland draw overshadows provincial finals — MEETING AGAIN: Kerry's Sean O'Shea is policed by Donegal's Finbarr Roarty. Pic: Oliver McVeigh/Sportsfile

Tue, 05 May, 2026 - 07:15

John Fogarty is the Irish Examiner’s GAA correspondent, with unique insights into the action on the pitch and in the Gaelic games’ corridors of power.

Well, that escalated quickly. Say nine weeks and five rounds earlier than most people would have expected.

Previous All-Ireland finalists have met early in the following championship. Cork and Kerry renewed acquaintances in June 2010 as they did in July ’07 but nothing as soon as Kerry v Donegal in May.

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