Provincial football championship draws revealed

Mickey Harte's Derry are set up to meet Jim McGuinness' Donegal in the Ulster quarter-final.

Sat, 21 Oct, 2023 - 15:35

Shane Donovan

Pre-draw lay of the land:

The football draws, as they were in 2023, consist of provincial knockout faces before teams advance to either the All-Ireland or the Tailteann Cup.

Meath, as 2023 Tailteann Cup champions, will automatically qualify for the Sam Maguire alongside each of the eight provincial finalists, with final league positions determining the remaining spots.

In Munster, Last year's finalists Kerry and Clare are automatically through to the semi-finals, where they will await the winners of two quarter-finals between Cork, Tipperary, Waterford and Limerick.

Defending Leinster champions Dublin will be seeded alongside 2023 semi-finalists Louth, Kildare and Offaly, while in Connacht, Mayo are set to travel to New York for their quarter-final tie and Galway face a trip to London.

A third quarter-final will feature two of Leitrim, Sligo, and Roscommon, with the county not drawn out of the hat receiving a bye to the semis.

In Ulster, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Armagh and Antrim, having contested the preliminary round over the last two seasons, cannot do so again this term.

Full draw is as follows:

Ulster

Preliminary round: Monaghan v Cavan

Quarter-finals: Down v Antrim; Fermanagh v Armagh; Derry v Donegal; Tyrone v Monaghan/Cavan

Munster

Quarter-finals: Tipperary v Waterford; Limerick v Cork

Semi-finals: Clare v Tipperary/Waterford Limerick/Cork v Kerry

Leinster

Round 1: Westmeath v Wicklow; Carlow v Wexford; Longford v Meath

Quarter-finals: Kildare v Westmeath/vWicklow; Louth v Carlow/Wexford; Dublin v Longford/Meath; Offaly v Laois