{"id":479128,"date":"2026-06-02T12:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479128\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:28:13","slug":"all-ireland-sfc-round-2a-draw-cork-to-face-donegal-in-ballybofey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479128\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Ireland SFC Round 2A draw: Cork to face Donegal in Ballybofey\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Cork footballers have learned their next destination following Tuesday morning\u2019s draw on RT\u00c9 Radio 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">They\u2019re set to travel to Ballybofey to face Donegal in the All-Ireland SFC Round 2A game on the weekend after next.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the Rebels, it\u2019s a long trip north, and the stakes are clear: the winner heads straight to the All-Ireland quarter-final, while the loser will have a second chance the following week in Round 3. It&#8217;s the toughest draw the Rebels could have got.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5102973_20_articleinlinemobile_94842_2964382.jpg\" alt=\"Cork manager John Cleary. Picture: Tom O'Hanlon\/INPHO\" title=\"Cork manager John Cleary. Picture: Tom O'Hanlon\/INPHO\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork manager John Cleary. Picture: Tom O&#8217;Hanlon\/INPHO<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s a familiar matchup. Cork and Donegal last met in the championship two years ago at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn, where Cork emerged victorious.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The last time Cork traveled to Ballybofey was in 2024, marking Jimmy McGuinness\u2019s first game back in charge of Donegal as the Ulster side won well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, the Cork minor footballers&#8217; venue for their Electric Ireland All-Ireland quarter-final against Meath this Saturday has been confirmed for FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles with throw-in at 2pm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cork footballers have learned their next destination following Tuesday morning\u2019s draw on RT\u00c9 Radio 1.\u00a0 They\u2019re set&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-479128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479128","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=479128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}