Meath v Clare at O'Moore Park
Meath will face Clare in the eagerly-awaited All-Ireland SFC round four qualifier on Sunday next at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise, 2pm.
The venues were agreed by CCCC today and the game in Portlaoise will the first in a double-header that will see laois play Dublin in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final at 4.15pm.
The game between Cavan and Tyrone will take place at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones on Saturday at 5pm and will be preceded by the Ulster u-20 FC
tie between Cavan and Tyrone at 2.45pm.
The Cork v Laois Qualifier will be played at Semple Stadium in Thurles on Saturday at 5pm and will be preceded at 3pm by the All-Ireland
MHC quarter-final between Kilkenny and Clare.
Galway and Mayo has been scheduled for the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick at 7pm on Saturday.
It will be preceded by the LGFA TG4 Connacht Senior final replay between Galway and Mayo at 4pm.
Efforts to fix the Galway-Mayo game for a Connacht venue were not feasible as there was no agreement between the counties to toss for home advantage, and
there was no other Connacht venue deemed capable of catering for the expected interest in the tie.
Both counties were consulted and agreed to the Limerick venue which has a capacity of 43,000 with 20,000 seats.
The Cavan-Tyrone and Galway-Mayo matches will be broadcast live by Sky Sports.
On Sunday, O’Moore Park in Portlaoise will host a double header of Meath v Clare at 2pm and will be shown live by RTÉ television.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final between Laois and Dublin will then take place at 4.15pm.
The second Preliminary Quarter-Final will take place at TEG Cusack Park on Sunday with Westmeath and Cork meeting at 3pm.
FOOTBALL QUALIFIER FIXTURES
SATURDAY 6th JULY
Semple Stadium, Thurles - Cork v Laois, 5pm.
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones - Cavan v Tyrone, 5pm.
Gaelic Grounds, Limerick - Galway v Mayo, 7pm.
SUNDAY 7th JULY
O’Moore Park, Portlaoise - Meath v Clare live on RTE
No word yet on the date or venue for the All-Ireland JFC semi-final (should be 6th July) between Meath and Galway.