There won\u2019t be a fourth consecutive Clare-Kerry Munster SFC final in 2026 after the counties were paired to meet each other in Clare at the semi-final stage on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
Tailteann Cup runners-up Limerick and Cork face off in a quarter-final as was the case this past season. However, the game will be played in Cork and the victors will meet Waterford or Tipperary in the other semi-final.<\/p>\n
Leinster winners Louth are on the same side of the draw as Dublin and they will meet in a semi-final should they come through their respective semi-finals against Wexford and Carlow\/Wicklow.<\/p>\n
On the other side, Kildare and Meath will be fancied to face off in a semi-final. Brian Flanagan\u2019s side face Offaly or Laois in the last-eight game while All-Ireland semi-finalists and provincial runners-up Meath await the victors of Westmeath and Longford.<\/p>\n
In Connacht, Roscommon and Mayo looked destined to meet in a semi-final in Castlebar providing they come through their trips to New York and London. Galway meet Sligo or Leitrim in the other last-four fixture.<\/p>\n
In an appetising Ulster preliminary round, Armagh and Tyrone face off in Box-IT Athletic Grounds with the winners meeting Fermanagh in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
Anglo-Celt Cup holders Donegal take on Down in their quarter-final while Derry entertain Antrim and Monaghan host Cavan in a derby.<\/p>\n
\n Quarter-finals, April 11.\n <\/p>\n
Waterford v Tipperary, Waterford venue\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cork v Limerick, Cork venue\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Semi-finals, April 25.\n <\/p>\n
Waterford\/Tipperary v Cork\/Limerick, TBC.<\/p>\n
Clare v Kerry, Clare venue.<\/p>\n
\n Final, May 9\/10.\n <\/p>\n
\n Quarter-finals, April 10\/11.\n <\/p>\n
London v Mayo\u00a0<\/p>\n
New York v Roscommon\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sligo v Leitrim.<\/p>\n
\n Semi-finals, April 25\/26.\n <\/p>\n
London\/Mayo v New York\/Roscommon.<\/p>\n
Sligo\/Leitrim v Galway.<\/p>\n
\n Final, May 9\/10.\n <\/p>\n
\n First round, April 10\/11.\n <\/p>\n
Carlow v Wicklow\u00a0<\/p>\n
Westmeath v Longford\u00a0<\/p>\n
Offaly v Laois.<\/p>\n
\n Quarter-finals, April 18\/19.\n <\/p>\n
Kildare v Offaly\/Laois\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meath v Westmeath\/Longford\u00a0<\/p>\n
Louth v Wexford\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dublin v Carlow\/Wicklow.<\/p>\n
\n Semi-finals, May 2\/3.\n <\/p>\n
Kildare\/Offaly\/Laois v Meath\/Westmeath\/Longford\u00a0<\/p>\n
Louth\/Wexford v Dublin\/Carlow\/Wicklow.<\/p>\n
\n Final, May 16\/17.\n <\/p>\n
\n Preliminary Round, April 11\/12.\n <\/p>\n
Armagh v Tyrone, Box-It Athletic Grounds\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Quarter-finals, April 18\/19, 25\/26.\n <\/p>\n
Derry v Antrim, Derry venue\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monaghan v Cavan, Monaghan venue\u00a0<\/p>\n
Donegal v Down, Donegal venue\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fermanagh v Armagh\/Tyrone, Fermanagh venue\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Semi-finals, May 2\/3.\n <\/p>\n
Derry\/Antrim v Monaghan\/Cavan, neutral venue\u00a0<\/p>\n
Donegal\/Down v Armagh\/Tyrone, neutral venue.<\/p>\n
\n Final, May 16\/17.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There won\u2019t be a fourth consecutive Clare-Kerry Munster SFC final in 2026 after the counties were paired to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5658,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-163312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-irish-examiner-instagram","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}