Tailteann Cup newcomers Clare will host Offaly in Round 1 as the draw for the 2026 competition was made this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Paul Madden’s side, who performed creditably against Kerry on Saturday, will host Offaly in their first ever Tailteann Cup game.<\/p>\n
The Banner have reached the last three Sam Maguire competitions via the Munster finals, having beaten Cork in the semi-final in 2023 but missed out on this occasion after drawing Kerry in this year’s semi-final.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in Round 1, Division 3 finalists Wexford face last year’s Tailteann Cup runners-up Limerick.<\/p>\n
The draw paired Division 2 bound Wexford against a Limerick side who toppled them in last year’s Division 4 decider, Jimmy Lee’s side subsequently embarking on a run to the Tailteann decider where they were narrowly beaten by Kildare.<\/p>\n
Ois\u00edn McConville’s Wicklow, who came so close to a seismic shock against Dublin, are away to Laois.<\/p>\n
Whichever one of Westmeath, Down or Cavan winds up in the Tailteann Cup will host Steven Poacher’s Leitrim, who made life extremely uncomfortable for Galway in Carrick-on-Shannon on Saturday.<\/p>\n
If Westmeath fail to beat Kildare in next weekend’s Leinster semi-final, they will face Leitrim in the Tailteann. Should they win and reach the Leinster decider then Down come up short against Armagh in the Ulster semi-final, then Conor Laverty’s team will once again be in the Tailteann, despite their stunning upset of Donegal in Letterkenny on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Should both Westmeath and Down win their provincial semi-finals, then Cavan – who finished sixth in Division 2 – will enter the Tailteann and face Leitrim in Kingspan Breffni.<\/p>\n
Fermanagh host Longford in Brewster Park, while Carlow are at home to Antrim.<\/p>\n
Sligo, who narrowly survived in Division 3 before their defeat to Leitrim, are at home to Tipperary.<\/p>\n
London travel to Fraher Field to take on Waterford.<\/p>\n
The winners of the eight ties will progress to Round 2A, with four teams from that stage advancing to the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
The eight losers of the ties will face off in Round 2B, after which the four losers of those ties will exit the championship.<\/p>\n
The four winners of the Round 2B ties will face the four losers of the Round 2A ties, the winners of those ties advancing to the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
TAILTEANN CUP <\/p>\n
Fermanagh v Longford
Laois v Wicklow
Clare v Offaly
Carlow v Antrim
Wexford v Limerick
Westmeath\/ Down\/ Cavan v Leitrim
Sligo v Tipperary
Waterford v London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tailteann Cup newcomers Clare will host Offaly in Round 1 as the draw for the 2026 competition was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420067,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-420066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420066","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=420066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}