All-Ireland SFC Round 3 draw: Kerry to face Armagh at Fitzgerald Stadium
TRICKY DRAW: Kerry’s David Clifford surrounded by fans after their win over Kildare. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie.
Another blockbuster in Killarney. Kerry will host Armagh in their All-Ireland SFC Round 3 game in Fitzgerald Stadium this weekend, while Dublin will take on Donegal in the capital.
In a repeat of the 2024 All-Ireland semi-final and last year’s quarter-final, Kerry coach Kieran Donaghy will face the team he assisted the previous five seasons. The two counties played out a humdinger of a final round game in Box-It Athletic Grounds in March.
Dublin manager Ger Brennan had called for their game to take place in Parnell Park as opposed to Croke Park had they been drawn at home in the de facto All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final.
Whether that is possible due to the popularity of the game and the facilitation of season ticket holders remains to be seen. It would Dublin's first SFC game in the Donnycarney venue in 22 years.
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Brennan will share the sideline with Jim McGuinness who avoided a ban for a push on Kerry’s Diarmuid O’Connor, while the St Vincent’s man incurred a 12-week penalty for an altercation with a Galway coach in March.
After their agonising defeat to Tyrone in Omagh on Sunday, Mayo entertain Meath in Castlebar, while Monaghan have home advantage for the third game in a row and the fourth of five occasions in this championship when Westmeath come to Clones’ St Tiernach’s Park.
GAA president Jarlath Burns confirmed the Tailteann Cup semi-final double-header in Croke Park have been moved from a Sunday to Saturday, June 20. Offaly will meet Wicklow and favourites Down will meet Fermanagh.
The GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee will confirm times and dates for the games later Monday.
Monaghan v Westmeath
Dublin v Donegal
Mayo v Meath
Kerry v Armagh
Offaly v Wicklow
Down v Fermanagh.
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