THE final pairings for the 2026 TG4 All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate Championships will be confirmed on Sunday.<\/p>\n
All four semi-finals are down for decision \u2013 with double-headers fixed for St Tiernach\u2019s Park in Clones and Cavan\u2019s Kingspan Breffni.<\/p>\n
Antrim, Sligo, Carlow and Derry are chasing Junior final slots, with Down, Fermanagh, Roscommon and Westmeath the last four standing in the race for Intermediate glory.<\/p>\n
There are two big games fixed for Saturday, with the inaugural All-Ireland U-20 final between Donegal and Galway fixed for Tubbercurry.<\/p>\n
In the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship, Munster rivals Tipperary and Waterford go head to head in Mallow in a relegation playoff. The winners will retain Senior status for 2027, while the losers will be relegated to the Intermediate grade.<\/p>\n
All six of the weekend fixtures will be shown live on the Sp\u00f3rt TG4 YouTube channel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SportTG4\/streams<\/a><\/p>\n Saturday July 11<\/p>\n All-Ireland U-20 Championship final<\/p>\n Donegal v Galway; Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry, 1pm \u2013\u00a0Live on Sp\u00f3rt TG4 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n The inaugural All-Ireland U-20 final pits Donegal against Galway.<\/p>\n To qualify for the final, Galway topped a group that also contained Dublin, Cork, Mayo and Meath.<\/p>\n Donegal finished as Ulster champions and that guaranteed them a safe passage to the final.<\/p>\n DONEGAL: E McGarvey; N Devlin, R Doherty, S Ryan; M Diver, T Rose Mahon (capt.), R McLaughlin; L Ward, K McMullin; C Costello, M Brady, A Boyle; C Fletcher, A O\u2019Neill, S Thomas.<\/p>\n GALWAY: E Ryan; E Jordan, L Seoighe, S Coleman; R Quinn, C McCabe, A Madden; K Slattery, S Murray; A Murray, S Banks, K Banek (capt.); I Murray, A O\u2019Malley, A Heneghan.<\/p>\n TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship \u2013 Relegation playoff<\/p>\n Tipperary v Waterford; Mallow Sports Complex, 2pm \u2013\u00a0Live on Sp\u00f3rt TG4 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n A huge game for both counties, who will feel they are too good to go down.<\/p>\n Both teams achieved victories over Cork in the TG4 Munster Senior Championship \u2013 and Waterford contested a provincial final \u2013 but they found the going tough in the All-Ireland series.<\/p>\n Tipp finished bottom of the pile in a group that also contained Kerry and Kildare, as Waterford lost out to Armagh and Cork in the group stages.<\/p>\n In the relegation qualifiers, Waterford were defeated by Donegal, as Tipp lost out to Tyrone.<\/p>\n The winners of this one will stay alive in the Senior grade, with the losers facing Intermediate Championship football in 2027.<\/p>\n TIPPERARY: L Fitzpatrick; T Hoare, L Spillane, E Cronin; K Cashman, M Curley, S English; L Morrissey, A Kennedy (capt.); A Ryan, L Cunningham, H Spillane; A Carey, E Morrissey, K Crotty Ryan.<\/p>\n WATERFORD: K Gardner; C Murray, L Mulcahy, R Casey; R Browne, K McGrath, L Cusack; E Power, \u00c1 O\u2019Neill; K Murray (capt.), C Walsh, K Hogan; M Daly, B McMaugh, L McGregor.<\/p>\n Sunday July 12\u00a0<\/p>\n TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship semi-finals<\/p>\n Antrim v Sligo; St Tiernach\u2019s Park, Clones, 2pm \u2013\u00a0Live on Sp\u00f3rt TG4 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n ANTRIM were beaten finalists last year and will be keen to get back to Croke Park.<\/p>\n But they\u2019ll face stiff opposition from Sligo in what is a repeat of last year\u2019s semi-final.<\/p>\n Sligo haven\u2019t contested a Junior decider since winning the competition back in 2006 \u2013 and they\u2019ll be keen to bridge a 20-year gap.<\/p>\n Antrim, who have the country\u2019s leading scorer, Maria O\u2019Neill, in their ranks, finished on top of Group A to reach the semi-finals, with Sligo second behind Carlow in Group B.<\/p>\n ANTRIM: A Devlin; E Kearns, M Blaney, M Mulholland; L Agnew, D Coleman, C McKenna; L Dahunsi, \u00c1 Tubridy; T Mellon, B Devlin (capt.), A Davidson; E Louise McAreavey, M O\u2019Neill, O Prenter.<\/p>\n SLIGO: E McGuire; H Gilligan, C Dunne, A Durcan; C King, C Walsh, T Breheny (capt.); S Regan, S Cunney; A McDaniel, D McGrath, S Feeney; L Duffy, R McGoldrick, B Lavin.<\/p>\n Carlow v Derry; Kingspan Breffni, 2pm \u2013\u00a0Live on Sp\u00f3rt TG4 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n Carlow have been knocking at the door for a number of years and will hope that it will finally open.<\/p>\n Following a series of semi-final near misses, Carlow missed out on a last-four spot last year but they\u2019re back at the penultimate stage as they aim to qualify for a very first final.<\/p>\n Opponents Derry have shown good form in the All-Ireland series, with victory over Antrim a stand-out result.<\/p>\n They have Annie N\u00ed Lochlainn in exceptional form, with the free-scoring star earning The Croke Park Hotel\/LGFA Player of the Month award for June.<\/p>\n A Derry win would see them back in a TG4 All-Ireland Junior final for the first time since 2017.<\/p>\n CARLOW: N Hanley; A Carroll, A Roche, S O\u2019Neill; A Webb, N Forde, R Bermingham; R Bailey (capt.), C O\u2019Neill; E Hayden, C N\u00ed Sh\u00e9, A Hanley; B Nolan, S Doyle, A Kiernan.<\/p>\n DERRY: T Cassidy; L Brewster, S Hargan, J Corr; A Donnelly, S Heron, S Duggan; C Donnelly, K Hargan; B Donnelly (capt.), O McGeough, A N\u00ed Lochlainn; N Hannon, J Shivers, J Slevin.<\/p>\n TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship semi-finals<\/p>\n