{"id":512280,"date":"2026-06-22T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/512280\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:26:11","slug":"cork-to-face-mayo-in-all-ireland-sfc-quarter-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/512280\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork to face Mayo in All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cork\u2019s reward for their stirring return to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals is a meeting with Mayo, after Monday morning\u2019s draw on RT\u00c9 Radio 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Croke Park showdown will take place this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For a Cork group that has rebuilt steadily across the campaign, the sight of their name in the last eight for the first time since 2023 is a marker of genuine progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The manner in which they arrive here \u2013 that superb victory over Donegal in Ballybofey last Saturday week \u2013 has injected real belief into John Cleary\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5127939_22_articleinlinemobile_94989_2979137.jpg\" alt=\"Cork's Tommy Walsh celebrates after victory over Donegal. Picture: Laszlo Geczo\/INPHO\" title=\"Cork's Tommy Walsh celebrates after victory over Donegal. Picture: Laszlo Geczo\/INPHO\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork&#8217;s Tommy Walsh celebrates after victory over Donegal. Picture: Laszlo Geczo\/INPHO<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The draw itself carried a brief twist. Cork were initially pulled out alongside Kerry, a repeat of the Munster final, before the correction was made and Mayo were confirmed as their opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Rebels avoided a second championship meeting with Kerry this year at the moment and instead face a Mayo team who, like themselves, have been gathering momentum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Andy Moran\u2019s side defeated Meath in Castlebar on Saturday evening in Round 3. They are spearheaded by Kobe McDonald, whose pace, movement and finishing have been central to their run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork and Mayo are no strangers at this stage of the summer. Their most recent championship meeting came in 2023, when the sides faced off in Limerick in a group game in the All-Ireland series. Cork produced one of their standout displays of that campaign, winning by three points<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5127954_11_articleinlinemobile_95051_2983728.jpg\" alt=\"Mayo\u2019s Kobe McDonald in action against Jack Flynn of Meath. Picture: Ryan Byrne\/INPHO\" title=\"Mayo\u2019s Kobe McDonald in action against Jack Flynn of Meath. Picture: Ryan Byrne\/INPHO\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Mayo\u2019s Kobe McDonald in action against Jack Flynn of Meath. Picture: Ryan Byrne\/INPHO<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Fixture details will be confirmed in due course, but the Rebels know they will be back on the Croke Park stage this weekend with a place in the semi-finals on the line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            All-Ireland SFC quarter-final draw:\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Galway v Dublin, Cork v Mayo, Tyrone v Kerry, Louth v Monaghan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork\u2019s reward for their stirring return to the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals is a meeting with Mayo, after Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1964,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-512280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512280","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=512280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}