Oct 13,2024
Reigning Ulster champions Donegal will take on Derry in the preliminary round of next year's Ulster Senior Football Championship, with All-Ireland champions Armagh pitted against Antrim at the quarter-final stage.
After facing each other in last year's quarter-final, Donegal and Derry, the latter without a manager following the departure of Mickey Harte after one season at the helm, are set for another provincial showdown, 12 months on from Jim McGuinness' side firing in four goals en route to a famous win at Celtic Park.
Monaghan will await the winners at the last-eight stage. On the same side of the draw are Fermanagh and Down.
Armagh, should they get past Antrim, will take on either Tyrone or Cavan in the other semi-final.
Elsewhere, in Connacht, holders and beaten All-Ireland finalists Galway as part of the rota are heading to New York, while Roscommon take on London in Ruislip. The winners will meet in the semis. On the other side, Mayo will meet Sligo in the quarters, with Leitrim awaiting the victors in the other semi.
Cork ran Kerry close in the 2024 Munster semi-final and the pair could collide again at the same stage next spring should the Rebels overcome Limerick in the quarter-final. Managerless Clare will face either Waterford or Limerick in their quest to reach a successive decider.
And in Leinster, Dublin's quest for a 15th consecutive title begins with a game against Wicklow or Longford. Louth, beaten finalists in the last two seasons, will face either Laois or Wexford in the quarters and are on the opposite side of the draw to Dublin.
Westmeath, another county searching for a new manager after Dessie Dolan stepped down, meet Kildare, now under new boss Ronan Flanagan in the quarters.
A preliminary round clash sees new managers Shane Curran and Robbie Brennan face off as Carlow take on Meath.
CONNACHT
Quarter-finals:
New York v Galway
Mayo v Sligo
London v Roscommon
Semi-finals:
Leitrim v Mayo/Sligo
New York/Galway v London/Roscommon
LEINSTER
Preliminary round
Wexford v Laois;
Carlow v Meath,
Wicklow v Longford
Quarter-finals
Offaly v Carlow/Meath, Dublin v Wicklow/Longford, Kildare v Westmeath, Louth v Wexford/Laois
Semi-finals
Offaly/Carlow/Meath v Dublin/Wicklow/Longford
Kildare/Westmeath v Louth/Longford/Laois
MUNSTER
Quarter-finals
Waterford v Tipperary
Limerick v Cork
Semi-finals
Limerick/Cork v Kerry
Waterford/Tipperary v Clare
ULSTER
Preliminary round
Donegal v Derry
Quarter-finals
Monaghan v Donegal/Derry
Antrim v Armagh
Tyrone v Cavan
Fermanagh v Down
Semi-finals
Antrim/Armagh v Tyrone/Cavan
Monaghan/Donegal/Derry v Fermanagh/Down
