GAA body considering August All-Ireland football final in 2027

Hurling decider would be played a week later than currently

SUNDAY BEST: The action during the All-Ireland Senior Football final between Kerry and Donegal at Croke Park in July. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The GAA’s leadership is giving serious consideration to moving the All-Ireland senior football final into August from 2027.

A sub-committee put together by and including GAA president Jarlath Burns, which also features former director general Páraic Duffy, is looking at the All-Ireland hurling and football finals being staged on the weekends either side of the August Bank Holiday, which in 2027 would be Sundays July 25 and August 8.