Fans of Cork and Laois will have to get along to Thurles on Saturday evening.
The eight counties remaining in the qualifiers section of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship learned their fate on Monday morning.
- Cavan v Tyrone
- Meath v Clare
- Galway v Mayo
- Cork v Laois
The county boards, GAA officials and the TV broadcasters have got together and we now have more details on the four games that will provide the final four counties to join the provincial winners in the Super 8s.
Three of the four games will take place on Saturday, July 6 with Meath’s fixture against Clare taking place on Sunday, and getting aired on RTE from 2pm.
Not for the first time this summer [most likely as they have dibs on the qualifiers], Sky Sports have the pick of the football games.
DOUBLE HEADER CONFIRMED ⚪️🔴
Our Senior & Under 20 Footballers will both play Cavan as part of a double header this Saturday in St. Tiernach's Park, Clones.
The Under 20 game will throw in at 2.45pm followed by the Senior game at 5.00pm. pic.twitter.com/pLWgRDuXdm
— Tyrone GAA (@TyroneGAALive) July 1, 2019
Sky will kick off their Saturday coverage at 5pm in Clones, Co. Monaghan for the clash between Cavan and Tyrone. Cavan lost the Ulster Final to Donegal while Tyrone have accounted for Longford and Kildare in rounds two and three.
From Clones, coverage switches to the LIT Gaelic Grounds for the whopper clash of Mayo and Galway. Both counties were hobbled by Roscommon in the Connacht senior championship but can get right back into the mix with a victory.
Mayo and Galway Ladies will replay their Connacht SFC final as the curtain-raiser for the men’s games, down in Limerick.
CONFIRMED…..@Galway_GAA v @MayoGAA at 7pm in Limerick preceded by @GalwayLgfa and @Mayo_LGFA at 4!
— John Mulligan (@Mulliganj) July 1, 2019
That leaves the 5pm throw-in, on Saturday, for Cork and Laois, in Thurles, Tipperary. No TV coverage for this one so best get the ham sandwiches and flasks of tea ready for a road-trip.
