GAA weekend preview: What is on and where to watch the action?
There is a great mix of football and hurling action on this weekend with both Championships reaching the quarter-final stage.
On Saturday, Kerry face Cavan while Dublin take on Cork at Croke Park. Prior to that, the Dublin hurlers will take on Limerick, while Galway take on Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds.
Sunday continues the football action with Down taking on Galway and Donegal facing Louth in Ballybofey.
The Tailteann Cup is also on the docket as Wicklow take on Limerick and Kildare face Fermanagh.
Wondering when all the games are on and where to watch them? Here is everything you need to know:
Saturday, June 21st
GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Kerry vs Cavan, Fitzgerald Stadium, 3:30pm on GAA+.
Team news
Elsewhere, Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Diarmuid O’Connor and Seán O’Shea return to the Kerry team for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final against Cavan in Killarney.
In all, Jack O’Connor makes five personnel changes from the team that started last Saturday’s final round game defeat to Meath. Conor Geaney also included along with Seán O’Brien. Tadhg Morley, Mark O’Shea, Micheál Burns and Killian Spillane move to the bench but Tony Brosnan is absent from the squad.
Diarmuid O’Connor has missed the last two games having returned from a shoulder injury to face Roscommon in Fitzgerald Stadium. He had been unavailable for two months before that comeback following a stunning run of form in the league.
Paudie Clifford served a one-match suspension in the Munster final but did not feature until the second round All-Ireland SFC win over Cork when he was replaced prior to half-time with a muscle strain.
: S. Ryan; P. Murphy, J. Foley, T. O’Sullivan; B. Ó Beaglaoich, M. Breen, G. White (c); J. O’Connor, S. O’Brien; D. O’Connor, S. O’Shea, G. O’Sullivan; D. Clifford, C. Geaney, D. Geaney.
: S. Murphy, D. Casey, K. Spillane, T. Morley, A. Heinrich, M. Burns, E. Looney, T.L. O’Sullivan, M. O’Shea, P. Clifford, D. Moynihan.
GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Dublin vs Cork, Croke Park, 6:15pm on GAA+.
Team news
Captain Brian Hurley is set to lead Cork on the field for the third consecutive game as John Cleary has named the same team that began last weekend’s win over Roscommon for tomorrow’s All-Ireland preliminary football quarter-final against Dublin.
Paul Walsh went off injured with a muscle issue after scoring a point in Portlaoise, but he is included to begin the knock-out game in Croke Park.
Cork have been known to make 11th-hour changes to teams, but the team announced for that final round group win over Roscommon commenced that match.
From last year’s preliminary quarter-final defeat to Louth, there are six changes to the starting side. Rory Maguire and Ruairí Deane, who began that loss in Inniskeen, are on the bench.
Meanwhile, Dublin have also named an identical team to the one that started their previous game against Derry last weekend.
M.A. Martin; S. Meehan, D. O’Mahony, M. Shanley; B. O’Driscoll, S. Brady, M. Taylor; I. Maguire, C. O’Callaghan; P. Walsh, S. Walsh, S. McDonnell; M. Cronin, B. Hurley (c), C. Jones.
S. Cluxton; T. Clancy, S. MacMahon, D. Byrne; B. Howard, J. Small, L. Gannon; P. Ó Cofaigh-Byrne, C. Kilkenny; K. McGinnis, S. Bugler, N. Scully; P. Small, C. O’Callaghan (c), C. Costello.
Dessie Farrell has named his Dublin Senior Football panel for Saturday’s All-Ireland Preliminary Quarter Final against Cork at Croke Park 👕#UpTheDubs pic.twitter.com/Nz6C2a1VkZ
— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) June 19, 2025
GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, Dublin vs Limerick, Croke Park, 4pm on RTÉ Two.
GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, Galway vs Tipperary, Gaelic Grounds, 6:15pm on RTÉ Two.
Team news
In the hurling championship, Peter McGarry is a surprise inclusion in the Tipperary team to play Galway in Saturday's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final. He made his first senior hurling championship appearance as a substitute against Laois last weekend.
Jake Morris returns to the Tipp attack at wing forward, with Andrew Ormond remaining at 11. Eoghan Connolly also returns after missing the Laois game, with Seamus Kennedy, Joe Caesar and Alan Tynan dropping to the bench.
Meanwhile, Shane O’Brien is the only player missing from Limerick’s Munster SHC final squad as John Kiely has named the same team that began that agonising defeat to Cork for Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin.
R. Shelly; R. Doyle, E. Connolly, M. Breen; C. Morgan, R. Maher (c), B. O’Mara; W. Connors, P. McGarry; J. Morris, A. Ormond, S. O’Farrell; D. McCarthy, J. McGrath, J. Forde.
:D. Fahy; P. Mannion, D. Burke, D. Morrissey; C. Fahy, G. Lee, TJ Brennan; S. Linnane, D. Burke; J. Fleming, C. Mannion, T. Monaghan; C. Whelan (c), B. Concannon, K. Cooney.
: N. Quaid; S. Finn, D. Morrissey, M. Casey; D. Byrnes, K. Hayes, B. Nash; A. English, W. O’Donoghue; G. Hegarty, C. Lynch (c), T. Morrissey; A. Gillane, A. O’Connor, D. Reidy.
: S. Brennan; J. Bellew, P. Smyth, C. McHugh; P. Doyle, C. Crummey (c), A. Dunphy; C. Burke, B. Hayes; R. McBride, F. Whitely, C. O’Sullivan; S. Currie, R. Hayes, D. Ó Dúlaing.
Sunday, June 22nd
GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Down vs Galway Páirc Elser, 1:45pm on GAA+.
Team news
Galway’s announced team to face Down in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final in Newry features Cian Hernon and Paul Conroy in place of Jack Glynn and Peter Cooke. Damien Comer is included among the substitutes.
: C. Flaherty; J. McGrath, S. Fitzgerald, L. Silke; D. McHugh, S. Kelly (c), C. Hernon; P. Conroy, J. Maher; C. Darcy, M. Tierney, C. McDaid; R. Finnerty, S. Walsh, M. Thompson.
GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship, Donegal vs Louth, Ballybofey 4pm on GAA+
GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship, Tyrone vs Roscommon, Kingspan Breffini, 1:30pm.
GAA Football All-Ireland Minor Championship, Kerry vs Mayo, Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg, Ennis. 3:30pm.
Tailteann Cup, Wicklow vs Limerick, Croke Park, 2pm on RTÉ Two.
Tailteann Cup, Kildare vs Fermanagh, Croke Park, 4pm on RTÉ Two.
