All Ireland Club Championships 2024

[Rossfan]

Ros 3 main Football Championships start this weekend.
Hurley stuff a few weeks ago.

[ClubScene13]

Club Championships starting all over the country in the next week or two. So said I'd get a thread going.

My Predictions for each championship below for what its worth.

Antrim - Cargin
Armagh - Crossmaglen
Cavan - Gowna
Down - Kilcoo
Derry - Glen
Donegal - Glenties
Fermanagh - Enniskillen Gaels
Tyrone - Errigal Ciaran
Monaghan - Scotstown

Galway - Corofin
Mayo - Castlebar Mitchell's
Leitrim - St Mary's Carrick
Sligo - Tourlestrane
Roscommon - St Brigid's

Kerry - Dingle and East Kerry
Cork - St Finbarrs
Clare - Eir Og Ennis
Waterford - The Nire
Tipp - Clonmel
Limerick - Newcastle West

Dublin - Kilmacud
Kildare - Naas
Meath - Ratoath
Offaly - Tullamore
Westmeath - St Lomans
Longford - Clonguish
Carlow - Eir Og
Wicklow -Rathnew
Wexford - Shelmaliers
Louth - Ardee
Laois - Portarlington

All Ireland intermediate - Austin Stacks (Kerry)
All Ireland Junior - Ballymacelliot (Kerry) or Knockbride (Cavan)

What league are Knockbride in in Cavan?

Senior 

So are Ballymacelliot.

In fact Ballymacelliot came 3rd or 4th in Kerry division 1 last year and still couldn't win Junior in Kerry.

Knockbride got relegated from division 1 this year

Way too early to get stuck into this Kerry / Cavan carry on again, looking forward to it all the same.

A lot of people tipping Magherafelt to upset Glen this year as people feel Glen's bellies may be full from recent AI win. Few men travelling but the gap looked significant last few Glen games I watched within the Derry championship

[brokencrossbar1]

On paper Clann Éireann are a shoe-in for Armagh. They walked the league minus county players, as mentioned above Shea Heffron is back and he's county standard. Cross not far behind, I'd have Clans a distant third along with Armagh Harps, Killeavy, Bridge & Madden - all similar level capable of beating each other.

CE will win with a bit to spare. Think they will come off the AI win better than us. Rian will party hard. Watched the seniors against Madden and whilst they are in a decent place they are still a bit off the top. CE will give Ulster a fair rattle

[David McKeown]

On paper Clann Éireann are a shoe-in for Armagh. They walked the league minus county players, as mentioned above Shea Heffron is back and he's county standard. Cross not far behind, I'd have Clans a distant third along with Armagh Harps, Killeavy, Bridge & Madden - all similar level capable of beating each other.

CE will win with a bit to spare. Think they will come off the AI win better than us. Rian will party hard. Watched the seniors against Madden and whilst they are in a decent place they are still a bit off the top. CE will give Ulster a fair rattle

At this stage you should be adopted by Kerry with your cute hoorism. Whoever beats Cross will win Armagh.

[Armagh18]

Yous are sleeping on Cullyhanna. If they can get themselves close to the levels of last winter they're a match for anyone.

[Blowitupref]

From the Irish Examiner

Club GAA window is not yet being maximised
Of the 16 Sam Maguire Cup teams, only Cork and Westmeath held championship fixtures in July


Fifteen years ago, then GAA chief executive Páraic Duffy sat down with his erstwhile counterparts, the FAI's John Delaney and IRFU's Philip Browne, for a joint interview.
Duffy admitted to being jealous of the power the other two commanded. "Well, John and Philip have a huge international dimension to their work whereas I have 32 independent republics," he told the Irish Times. "That is the big difference."
He added: "Sometimes I envy the two lads here over the control they appear to have of their organisations."
Nowhere is that confederate nature of the GAA more illustrated than in when and how those republics run their club championships. GAA president Jarlath Burns, who counts Duffy as his counsel, realised that earlier this year when he championed a uniform club championship format allowing for September All-Ireland finals only to receive short shrift from counties.
Yet it's evident not all of them maximise their exclusive window. None of the four All-Ireland quarter-finalists beaten on the last weekend in June – Derry, Dublin, Louth and Roscommon – staged a single senior championship game in July. Nearly two full months will have passed between Louth going out to Donegal and their SFC starting on August 25, while Derry's and Roscommon's breaks amount to five weeks and Dublin's is six.
Of the four beaten preliminary quarter-finalists whose Sam Maguire Cup hopes ended on June 22 or 23, only Cork staged championship action last month. Of the entire 16 in that top tier, just Cork and Westmeath were championship active last month. Eight weeks will have passed by the time the Mayo SFC gets underway and it will be seven for Monaghan.
Tyrone's senior football championship does not begin until the first weekend in September, although that is two weeks earlier than last year and the robustness of their league is well-known, as is Mayo and Monaghan's. Nevertheless, the 11 weeks between their championship exit to Roscommon and the first round of their knock-out SFC is gaping.
On the flipside, three weeks after their hurlers' Joe McDonagh Cup campaign concluded, the Kerry senior championship commenced and wraps up in Austin Stack Park this Sunday.
It's not the first senior championship of the year to finish. In May, Dicksboro beat Lisdowney to win the Kilkenny SFC title. Carlow (June 21) and Wexford (July 5) began their senior hurling championships early.
Carlow are two games away from completion – Mount Leinster Rangers await the winners of the semi-final replay between St Mullin's and Bagenalstown Gaels.
In a change from the past four seasons, Wexford's championships are running concurrently this year. The first two rounds of both took place last month and hurling returns this weekend.
Tipperary have organised their championships over alternate weekends. The first round of their SHC began last weekend and the opening games of their SFC take place over the forthcoming days.
As in 2023, Cork and Limerick's hurling championships kick into gear this Bank Holiday weekend as does the Clare SFC. Clare hurling begins the week after. Football winners Armagh's blue riband football competitions will fire up in the middle of this month, three weeks after beating Galway.
The Donegal and Monaghan SFCs start the weekend after next and Mayo's seven days later – Castlebar Mitchels face off against Westport in the Division 1 final on Saturday.
Following a decision last year, Leinster have given two more weeks to counties to complete their championships. Their provincial competitions are due to commence in November, the SFC on the weekend of November 2 and their SHC on November 16.
The Kilkenny senior hurling league, which feeds into the championships, gets going on Friday when Dicksboro face Tullaroan. The opening round of the Dublin SFC is the weekend after next, the SHC having started on July 13. Other provinces may follow suit, especially if the entire All-Ireland club programme moves into January and/or the inter-county calendar is shifted to finish in August.

Fastest championship turnaround from inter-county exit: Cork hurling, Kerry club football (2 weeks).
Slowest turnaround: Fermanagh and Tyrone football (11 weeks).
Longest senior championship: Wexford hurling (38 games).
Longest including divisions: Tipperary hurling (58 games).
Shortest: Tyrone football (15 games).

[Goals_Will_Come]

Club Championships starting all over the country in the next week or two. So said I'd get a thread going.

My Predictions for each championship below for what its worth.

Antrim - Cargin
Armagh - Crossmaglen
Cavan - Gowna
Down - Kilcoo
Derry - Glen
Donegal - Glenties
Fermanagh - Enniskillen Gaels
Tyrone - Errigal Ciaran
Monaghan - Scotstown

Galway - Corofin
Mayo - Castlebar Mitchell's
Leitrim - St Mary's Carrick
Sligo - Tourlestrane
Roscommon - St Brigid's

Kerry - Dingle and East Kerry
Cork - St Finbarrs
Clare - Eir Og Ennis
Waterford - The Nire
Tipp - Clonmel
Limerick - Newcastle West

Dublin - Kilmacud
Kildare - Naas
Meath - Ratoath
Offaly - Tullamore
Westmeath - St Lomans
Longford - Clonguish
Carlow - Eir Og
Wicklow -Rathnew
Wexford - Shelmaliers
Louth - Ardee
Laois - Portarlington

All Ireland intermediate - Austin Stacks (Kerry)
All Ireland Junior - Ballymacelliot (Kerry) or Knockbride (Cavan)

Be surprised to see Errigal win Tyrone. Dungannon or Trillick for me.

[RandyDupree]

Down - Burren
Armagh - Clann Eireann
Tyrone - Dungannon
Derry - Magherafelt
Antrim - Creggan
Fermanagh - Derrygonnelly

[general_lee]

Yous are sleeping on Cullyhanna. If they can get themselves close to the levels of last winter they're a match for anyone.

Not convinced by Cullyhanna as genuine contenders. Just off a home defeat to St Peter's last night. Them, Maghery and Ballymacnab won't be easy bate in the groups though.

[Armagh18]

Yous are sleeping on Cullyhanna. If they can get themselves close to the levels of last winter they're a match for anyone.

Not convinced by Cullyhanna as genuine contenders. Just off a home defeat to St Peter's last night. Them, Maghery and Ballymacnab won't be easy bate in the groups though.

They'd a good few injuries lately I think plus obviously the county lads to come back. Suppose it depends on if they can reach last years levels which is a big ask to be fair.

[general_lee]

Yous are sleeping on Cullyhanna. If they can get themselves close to the levels of last winter they're a match for anyone.

Not convinced by Cullyhanna as genuine contenders. Just off a home defeat to St Peter's last night. Them, Maghery and Ballymacnab won't be easy bate in the groups though.

They'd a good few injuries lately I think plus obviously the county lads to come back. Suppose it depends on if they can reach last years levels which is a big ask to be fair.

That's fair. Still think with a full compliment and all guns blazing they're not at the same level as Clann Eireann or Cross.

Still can't believe people are backing Burren in Down. The only way they'll win Down is if Carryduff topple Kilcoo for them and that's a big if.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

Can Slaughtneil v Glen be watched anywhere tonight?

[DuffleKing]

Can Slaughtneil v Glen be watched anywhere tonight?

What's the Derry club championship structure - does this game matter?

[RedHand88]

Can Slaughtneil v Glen be watched anywhere tonight?

What's the Derry club championship structure - does this game matter?

No I heard Glen are resting players. In a championship game which is a mad structure.

[Milltown Row2]

That structure seems to work for them, 2 club final appearances in a row