Next weekend will be the busiest of the season so far in the GAA football All-Ireland championships, with three provincial semi-finals and eight All-Ireland qualifiers on the packed schedule.
SATURDAY
All-Ireland SF Qualifiers
Round 1:
Wexford v Waterford, Innovate Wexford Park, 2.0;
Derry v Kildare, Owenbeg, 3.0;
Meath v Tyrone, Pairc Tailteann, 5.0
Wicklow v Cavan, Joule Park, Aughrim, 6.0;
Offaly v Antrim, Bord na Mona, Tullamore, 6.0;
Limerick v Mayo, Gaelic Grounds ,6.0;
Westmeath v Armagh, TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar, 7.0;
SUNDAY
Leinster SF semi-finals: Carlow v Laois, Croke Park, 2.0; Dublin v Longford, Croke Park, 4.0
Ulster SF semi-final: Donegal v Down, Clones, 4.0
All-Ireland SF Qualifier – Round 1: London v Louth, McGovern Park, Ruislip, 2.0
2018 GAA FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
CONNACHT
May 6: Quarter-finals: Leitrim 0-19 New York 1-15 (aet), Gaelic Park; Sligo 1-21 London 1-11, McGovern Park, Ruislip.
May 13: Quarter-final: Galway 1-12 Mayo 0-12, Elverys Mac Hale Park.
May 26: Semi-final: Roscommon 0-24 Leitrim 0-10, Carrick-on-Shannon.
June 3: Semi-final: Galway 4-24 Sligo 1-12, Pearse Stadium
June 17: Final: Roscommon v Galway.
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 9/10:
Qualifiers – Round 1:
Derry v Kildare
Meath v Tyrone
London v Louth
Limerick v Mayo
Westmeath v Armagh
Wexford v Waterford
Wicklow v Cavan
Offaly v Antrim.
June 23: Qualifiers – Round 2:
Round 1 winners v beaten provincial semi-finalists (Clare, Tipperary, Sligo, Leitrim, Monaghan, Donegal or Down, Longford or Dublin, Carlow or Laois)
June 30: Round 2 winners – four games
July 7/8: Round 2 winners v beaten provincial finalists
QUARTER-FINALS
July 14/15: Phase 1:
Group 1: Connacht winners v Munster winners; Ulster runners-up/Round 4 winner v Leinster runner-up/Round 4 winner.
Group 2: Leinster winners v Ulster winners; Munster runners-up/Round 4 winners v Connacht runners-up/ Round 4 winners.
July 21/22: Phase 2:
Group 1: Connacht winners v Ulster runners-up/ Round 4 qualifier; Munster winners v Leinster runners-up/ Round 4 qualifier;
Group 2: Ulster winners v Munster runners-up/Round 4 qualifier; Leinster winners v Connacht runners-up/Round 4 winner.
August 4/5/6: Phase 3:
Group 1: Munster winners v Ulster runners-up/Round 4 winners; Connacht winners v Leinster runners-up/Round 4 winners;
Group 2: Leinster winners v Munster runners-up/Round 4 winners; Ulster winners v Connacht runners-up/Round 4 winner.
August 11: All-Ireland semi-final.
August 12: All-Ireland semi-final.
September 2: All-Ireland final
