{"id":482017,"date":"2026-06-04T03:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482017\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T03:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T03:45:21","slug":"time-and-date-confirmed-for-corks-clash-against-donegal-but-no-tv-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/482017\/","title":{"rendered":"Time and date confirmed for Cork&#8217;s clash against Donegal but no TV coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cork\u2019s All-Ireland SFC Round 2A clash with Donegal has now been fully fixed, with the counties to meet in Ballybofey on Saturday week at 3pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The confirmation on Wednesday afternoon follows Tuesday morning\u2019s draw on RT\u00c9 Radio 1, where Cork were handed one of the toughest assignments in the championship, a trip to MacCumhaill Park, long regarded as one of the most unforgiving away venues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">John Cleary\u2019s side will come into the game with confidence after their Round 1 win over Meath, but Donegal in Ballybofey represents a very different challenge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5104638_20_articleinlinemobile_2500358-FF_AZ0I6509.jpg\" alt=\"Cork manager John Cleary. Picture: Nick Elliott\/INPHO\" title=\"Cork manager John Cleary. Picture: Nick Elliott\/INPHO\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork manager John Cleary. Picture: Nick Elliott\/INPHO<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jim McGuinness\u2019s team have been resurgent this season, and their home record in Ballybofey speaks for itself. The last time Cork travelled up there, in 2024, it was McGuinness\u2019s first game back in charge, and his side won 1-20 to 2-6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A win would send Cork straight into the All-Ireland quarter-finals, a defeat would push them into Round 3 the following weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Elsewhere, Louth will play Armagh in Round 2A in Inniskeen at 1pm on June 14. There had been uncertainty around where the game would be played. That game, along with Tyrone&#8217;s Omagh clash with Mayo later in the afternoon at 3.30pm, will be shown live by RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">GAA+ will have three live games: Monaghan v Roscommon (4.30pm) and Derry v Meath (7pm) in Round 2B on June 13, and Galway v Westmeath (2pm) in Round 2A on June 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">All-Ireland SFC\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Saturday, June 13\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2A:\u00a0Donegal v Cork, MacCumhaill Park, 3pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2B:\u00a0Monaghan v Roscommon, St Tiernach&#8217;s Park, 4.30pm, GAA+\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2B:\u00a0Kildare v Kerry, Cedral St Conleth&#8217;s Park, 5.30pm\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2B:\u00a0Derry v Meath, Celtic Park, 7pm, GAA+\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Sunday, June 14\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2A:\u00a0Louth v Armagh, P\u00e1irc Grattan, Inniskeen, 1pm, RT\u00c9\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2B: Cavan v Dublin, Kingspan Breffni, 2pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2A:\u00a0Galway v Westmeath, Pearse Stadium, 2pm, GAA+<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Round 2A:\u00a0Tyrone v Mayo, O&#8217;Neill&#8217;s Healy Park, 3.30pm, RT\u00c9\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork\u2019s All-Ireland SFC Round 2A clash with Donegal has now been fully fixed, with the counties to meet&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4365,1964,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-482017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-gaelic-football","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482017","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=482017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}