County-first split season gets official GAA go-ahead from 2022

There have also been restrictions put on senior inter-county hurlers lining out for their county’s U20 teams in the same year

The All-Ireland senior hurling and football finals will be played in July.

The county-first split season has been given the official go-ahead after the motion to bring forward the All-Ireland senior finals to July was passed without a vote at a virtual Annual Congress this afternoon.

It paves the way for the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) to devise a 2022 masters fixtures calendar with the inter-county season concluding by the 29th Sunday of the year, which next year falls on July 18.