The 2022 Championship season comes into the business end of things this weekend as several Ulster counties face pivotal games across the country.
Derry and Monaghan go head-to-head in the Athletic Grounds on Sunday to see who will join Donegal in the Ulster Senior Football Championship final later this month.
Derry’s hurlers also face a huge game as they bid to reach the Christy Ring Cup final at Mayo’s expense. The counties meet in what is effectively an All-Ireland semi-final at Castlebar with Kildare already through to the final.
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It is a similar scenario for Tyrone and Donegal who meet in the Nickey Rackard Cup to see who will face Roscommon in Croke Park next weekend.
It is a big weekend for the Red Hands as their U20 footballers also take on Kildare in Saturday’s All-Ireland final at Carrick-on-Shannon. That game will be broadcast live on TG4 while there are a host of other live games across the weekend.
The Leinster Hurling Championship clash between Dublin and Kilkenny will be shown live on Sky Sports Arena on Saturday evening while Sunday’s Munster Hurling Championship games between Waterford and Cork as well as Clare versus Limerick will be broadcast live on RTE.
Saturday
Ulster Minor Football Championship Qualifier round three
Cavan v Antrim (Kingspan Breffni Park, 3pm)
Monaghan v Donegal (Clones, 3pm)
Ulster Ladies Junior Football Championship final
Antrim v Fermanagh (O’Neills Healy Park, 6pm)
Ulster Ladies Intermediate Football Championship final
Down v Tyrone (O’Neills Healy Park, 8pm)
Joe McDonagh Cup round four
Kerry v Offaly (Tralee, 1pm)
Carlow v Down (Netwatch Cullen Park, 2pm)
Munster Senior Football Championship semi-final
Tipperary v Limerick (FBS Semple Stadium, 7pm)
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship round four
Laois v Galway (MW Hire O’Moore Park, 5pm)
Westmeath v Wexford (TEG Cusack Park, 6.30pm)
Dublin v Kilkenny (Parnell Park, 7pm, live on Sky Sports Arena)
Christy Ring Cup round five
Kildare v Sligo (Newbridge, 12pm)
London v Wicklow (Ruislip, 1pm)
Mayo v Derry (Hasting Insurance MacHale Park, 1pm)
Nickey Rackard Cup round five
Tyrone v Donegal (Carrickmore, 3.30pm)
Fermanagh v Roscommon (Brewster Park, 3.30pm)
Warwickshire v Armagh (Páirc na hÉieann, 3.30pm)
Lory Meagher Cup round five
Cavan v Longford (Kingspan Breffni Park, 12.30pm)
Leitrim v Louth (Ballinamore, 12.30pm)
Monaghan v Lancashire (Inniskeen, 12.30pm)
EirGrid All-Ireland U20 Football Championship final
Kildare v Tyrone (Carrick-on-Shannon, 5pm, Live on Tg4)
Sunday
Joe McDonagh Cup round four
Meath v Antrim (Páirc Tailteann, 1pm)
Leinster Senior Football Championship semi-final
Kildare v Westmeath (Croke Park, 2.15pm, live on GAAGO)
Dublin v Meath (Croke Park, 4.30pm, live on GAAGO)
Ulster Senior Football Championship semi-final
Derry v Monaghan (Athletic Grounds, 4pm, live on BBC)
Munster Senior Hurling Championship round four
Waterford v Cork (Walsh Park, 2pm, Live on RTE)
Clare v Limerick (Cusack Park, 4pm, Live on RTE)
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