September date confirmed for next year’s All-Ireland football final

The weekend of August 26 has been left vacant in the event of Pope Francis visiting.

The 2018 All-Ireland senior football final date has been confirmed as September 2 with the hurling decider, as was explained after Special Congress last Saturday week, set to be staged on August 19, writes John Fogarty.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner yesterday, GAA director of games administration and player welfare Feargal McGill said those Sundays had been pencilled in as the ultimate days of each competition next year.