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with the draw being made before provincial finals how will that affect the potential groups? Can donegal be with Derry for example?

Not sure why I bother...go up 2 posts tonto

[Round 1]

Dates for the group stages of the Sam Maguire Cup will be:

Round 1 Seeds 1 & 2 will have home venue

18/19 May:

Seed 1 (Munster/Connacht Champions) v Seed 3

Seed 2 (Munster/Connacht Runners Up) v Seed 4

25/26 May:

Seed 1 (Leinster/Ulster Champions) v Seed 3

Seed 2 (Leinster/Ulster Runners Up) v Seed 4

Round 2 Seeds 3 & 4 will have home venue

1/2 June:

Seed 3 v Seed 2

Seed 4 v Seed 1

Round 3 Neutral venues

15/16 June

Seed 1 v Seed 2

Seed 3 v Seed 4


Tailteann Cup

Round 1 Seeds 1 & 2 will have home venue

11/12 May:

Seed 1 v Seed 3

Seed 2 v Seed 4


Round 2 Seeds 3 & 4 will have home venue

18/19 May:

Seed 3 v Seed 2

Seed 4 v Seed1

Round 3 Neutral venues
 
1/2 June:

Seed 1 v Seed 2

Seed 3 v Seed 4

[Sam Maguire Cup]

The Group Stage Draws for the Sam Maguire and Tailteann Cups will take place at 3pm on Tuesday 30 April.


Sam Maguire Cup

Seed 1: the 4 Provincial Champions (winners of Galway/Mayo, Clare/Kerry, Dublin/Louth and Armagh/Donegal)

Seed 2: the 4 Provincial Runnersup: (losers of Galway/Mayo, Clare/Kerry, Dublin/Louth and Armagh/Donegal)

Seed 3: the next 4 teams in finishing order of the National League...Derry, Tyrone, Roscommon, Monaghan

Seed 4: the next 4 teams in finishing order of the National League...Cavan, Cork, Meath, Westmeath

Teams who are due to meet in a Provincial Final (Seeds 1 and 2) cannot be in the same group. However, teams who have already played each other earlier in this year's championships can be drawn to the same groups.


Tailteann Cup

Seed 1: Down, Fermanagh, Kildare, Sligo

Seed 2: Antrim, Offaly, Laois, Leitrim

Seed 3: Wicklow, Limerick, Wexford, Longford

Seed 4: Carlow, Tipperary, London, Waterford

New York will enter the Tailteann Cup at the Preliminary Quarter-Final stage, taking the place of the lowest third place finisher after the Group Stage is complete.

[Leinster Senior Football Championship]

Results from 27/28 April...25 of 29 Provincial games complete

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Louth 0-17 Kildare 0-13
Dublin 3-22 Offaly 0-11



Ulster Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

Armagh 0-13 Down 2-6
Donegal 0-18 Tyrone 0-16 AET

4 provincial finals remain...Munster (Kerry v Clare) and Connacht (Mayo v Galway) on 5 May with Leinster (Dublin v Louth) and Ulster (Donegal v Armagh) on 12 May.

[Minor Football Standings after 20 April games:]

Minor Football Standings after 20 April games:

Group A

Donegal    played 2, 4pts, +22 scoring diff 
Monaghan  played 2, 4pts, +18
Tyrone    played 3, 4pts, +10   
Down      played 2, 0pts, -7   
Fermanagh  played 3, 0pts, -43


Group B

Derry played 2, 4 pts, +27
Armagh played 2, 4 pts, +18
Cavan played 2, 0pts, -8
Antrim played 2, 0pts, -37

Group A round 4 results 27 April

Down 3-9 Donegal 1-6
Tyrone 4-13 Monaghan 0-10


Tyrone     played 4, 6pts, +25
Donegal    played 3, 4pts, +13 scoring diff   
Monaghan   played 3, 4pts, +3 
Down       played 3, 2pts, +2   
Fermanagh  played 3, 0pts, -43

Last Round of fixtures:

Group A Round 5 on 4 May
Down v Fermanagh in Newry
Donegal v Monaghan in Ballybofey



Group B Round 3 on 4 May
Cavan v Antrim in Kingspan Breffni
Derry v Armagh in Owenbeg

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[Down]

We are left with 3 of the Bottom 16 counties that still have a chance to play in the Sam Maguire after 21 April games:

Down - must beat Armagh in Ulster semi-final on 27 April, otherwise stay in Tailteann Cup
Kildare - must beat Louth in Leinster semi-final on 28 April, otherwise stay in Tailteann Cup
Offaly - must beat Dublin in Leinster semi-final on 28 April, otherwise stay in Tailteann Cup

If one of the above three (Down, Kildare or Offaly) win their semi-final, Westmeath will drop to the Tailteann Cup. 

If Kildare and one other win, Westmeath and Louth will drop to the Tailteann Cup.

If Down and Offaly win, but Kildare lose, Westmeath and Cork will drop to the Tailteann Cup.

If Down, Kildare and Offaly win, Westmeath, Louth and Cork will drop to the Tailteann Cup. 



After 21 April, the following 14 counties are confirmed to play in the Tailteann Cup 2024.



Fermanagh
Sligo
Antrim
Laois
Leitrim
Wicklow
Limerick
Wexford
Longford
Carlow
London
Tipperary
Waterford
New York

Edit:  Down, Kildare and Offaly all lost their respective semi-final games, meaning all 3 will play in the Tailteann Cup in 2024.  The teams under threat - Westmeath, Louth and Cork - will all play in the Sam Maguire competition.  See following posts for seeding plans for both competitions.

[Sligo will play in Tailteann Cup, Galway will be a 1 or 2 seed in Sam Maguire]

Results from this weekend (20/21 April):

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals
20-Apr  Galway 1-13 Sligo 0-14...Sligo will play in Tailteann Cup, Galway will be a 1 or 2 seed in Sam Maguire
21-Apr  Mayo 1-15 Roscommon 0-13...Mayo will be a 1 or 2 seed in Sam Maguire


Munster Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals
20-Apr  Clare 2-20 Waterford 1-9...Waterford will play in Tailteann Cup, Clare will be a 1 or 2 seed in Sam Maguire
20-Apr  Kerry 0-18 Cork 1-12...Kerry will be a 1 or 2 seed in Sam Maguire


Ulster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals
20-Apr  Donegal 4-11 Derry 0-17...Derry will be a 3 seed in Sam Maguire
21-Apr  Tyrone 1-23 Cavan 3-16

[Leinster Senior Football Championship]

Week 4 27/28 April has 4 games...25 of 29 games will be complete, with the 4 provincial finals remaining for the first two weekends in May

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals 
28-Apr  Dublin v Offaly
28-Apr  Kildare v Louth
 

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals 
27-Apr  Down v Armagh
28-Apr  Donegal v Tyrone

Results from this weekend (20/21 April):

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals
20-Apr  Galway 1-13 Sligo 0-14
21-Apr  Mayo 1-15 Roscommon 0-13


Munster Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals
20-Apr  Clare 2-20 Waterford 1-9
20-Apr  Kerry 0-18 Cork 1-12


Ulster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals
20-Apr  Donegal 4-11 Derry 0-17
21-Apr  Tyrone 1-23 Cavan 3-16

Opening post has also been edited if you want to see the entire fixture list for each province.

[Minor Football Standings after 20 April games:]

Minor Football Standings after 20 April games:

Group A

Donegal    played 2, 4pts, +22 scoring diff   
Monaghan   played 2, 4pts, +18
Tyrone     played 3, 4pts, +10   
Down       played 2, 0pts, -7   
Fermanagh  played 3, 0pts, -43


Group B

Derry played 2, 4 pts, +27
Armagh played 2, 4 pts, +18
Cavan played 2, 0pts, -8
Antrim played 2, 0pts, -37

[Remaining Minor Group Fixtures:]

Minor Championship 2024 - 2 groups, top team in each group straight to semi-final, second and third in each group to 2 quarterfinals.


Group A - Games on Saturdays 6, 13, 20, 27 April and 4 May

Rd 1
Fermanagh 1-4 Donegal 3-13
Tyrone 2-7 Down 1-7
Monaghan a bye

Group B - Games on Saturdays 6, 20 April and 4 May

Rd 1
Armagh 2-9 Antrim 0-2
Derry 1-8 Cavan 1-5

Group A Rd 2 Results from 13 April

Monaghan 4-10 Fermanagh 0-8
Donegal 2-12 Tyrone 1-8

Remaining Minor Group Fixtures:

Group A

Round 3 on 20 April
Monaghan 1-17 Down 1-13
Tyrone 2-12 Fermanagh 0-4

Round 4 on 27 April
Down v Donegal in Newry
Tyrone v Monaghan in Ardboe

Round 5 on 4 May
Down v Fermanagh in Newry
Donegal v Monaghan venue TBC


Group B

Round 2 on 20 April
Armagh 2-11 Cavan 1-9
Derry 2-24 Antrim 1-3

Round 3 on 4 May
Cavan v Antrim in Kingspan Breffni
Derry v Armagh in Owenbeg

Edit to include 20 April results.

[Ulster U20 Football quarter-final results:]

Ulster U20 Football quarter-final results:

Derry 1-11 Cavan 0-7
Monaghan 1-15 Armagh 0-13

Semi-finals on 24 April 7:30pm:

Tyrone v Monaghan in Omagh
Donegal v Derry in Ballybofey

Final on 1 May.

[Down]

6 of the Bottom 16 counties that still have a chance to play in the Sam Maguire are:

Down - must beat Armagh in Ulster semi-final on 27 April, otherwise stay in Tailteann Cup
Kildare - must beat Louth in Leinster semi-final on 28 April, otherwise stay in Tailteann Cup
Sligo - must beat Galway in Connacht semi-final on 20 April, otherwise stay in Tailteann Cup
Offaly - must beat Dublin in Leinster semi-final on 28 April, otherwise stay in Tailteann Cup
Clare/Waterford – play each other in Munster semi-final on 20 April, loser stays in Tailteann Cup, winner goes to Sam Maguire.


After 2 weeks the following 12 counties are confirmed to play in the Tailteann Cup 2024.

Clare or Waterford – whichever does not get to the Munster final.

Fermanagh
Antrim
Laois
Leitrim
Wicklow
Limerick
Wexford
Longford
Carlow
London
Tipperary
New York

[Connacht Senior Football Championship]

Week 3 of the Provincial Championships has 6 games, which will see 21 of the 29 games played.

Connacht Senior Football Championship
 
Semi-finals 
20-Apr  Sligo v Galway
21-Apr  Mayo v Roscommon
 
 
Munster Senior Football Championship
 
Semi-finals 
20-Apr  Clare v Waterford
20-Apr  Kerry v Cork
 
 
Ulster Senior Football Championship
 
Quarter-finals 
20-Apr  Derry v Donegal
21-Apr  Cavan v Tyrone