Galway senior manager Daniel Moynihan has named an unchanged team for their TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies Football Semi-Final against Armagh on Saturday (18th July 2026).
Galway were senior champions once before, back in 2004, and the Connacht champions, who are also unchanged, will feel they have a good chance of ending a 22-year famine.
They were close last year, losing out against Dublin in a thrilling semi-final after extra-time, and they have All-Star forward Olivia Divilly in free scoring form, with 2-20 to date in the All-Ireland series.
The Galway team in full:
Leah O'Halloran in goal;
A full back line of Bronagh Quinn, Sarah Ní Loingsigh and captain Kate Geraghty;
Hannah Noone, Nicola Ward and Ellen Power are the half backs;
Niamh Divilly partners Siobhán Divilly in midfield;
Olivia Divilly, Kate Slevin and Kate Thompson are on the '40;
An an inside line of Eva Noone, Leanne Coen and Róisín Leonard.
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Remarkably, this is a first Senior championship meeting between the counties since 2006, when Armagh won a dramatic semi-final encounter by a point.
Both of these sides come into this one in good form, with Armagh getting the better of Kildare at the quarter-final stage, while Galway were comfortable winners over Connacht rivals Mayo.
Armagh have opted for an unchanged starting line-up as they aim to make it back to the Brendan Martin Cup decider for the first time in 20 years.
Could history repeat itself, with Armagh getting the better of Galway to reach Croke Park?
All will be revealed at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, with Galway looking to make it back to the showpiece final for the first time since losing to Kerry two years ago.
Armagh will be looking to the mercurial attacking prowess of Aimee Mackin, who’s notched 5-8.
ARMAGH: B Mathers; A Donnelly, C McCambridge, C Towe; E Druse, L McConville (capt.), G Ferguson; B Mackin, C O'Reilly; L Marsden, A McCoy, C Marley; A Mackin, C O'Hanlon, K Mallon.
Throw-in at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford on Saturday is 3.15pm and we'll have LIVE coverage here on Galway Bay FM.
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Dublin v Kerry; FBD Semple Stadium, Thurles, 5.15pm – Live on TG4
Champions Dublin needed a stunning late rally and a couple of goals to get past Cork at the quarter-final stage.
Now they face Munster opposition again as they aim to hold onto their All-Ireland crown, with Kerry providing the opposition.
This is the first Senior Championship clash between the counties since the 2023 final at Croke Park, won by Dublin.
Kerry bounced back a year later to claim the title, before Dublin regained it in 2025.
This promises to be a Thurles cracker, with Kerry naming an unchanged side following a very impressive quarter-final victory over Meath, while Dublin opt for two changes in personnel.
Into the Dublin side come captain Carla Rowe and Kate Donaghy, with Jodi Egan and Rachel Hartnett dropping to the bench.
Kerry have skipper Síofra O’Shea in a rich vein of attacking form, with a running tally of 2-17 to date in the All-Ireland series, while Dublin’s leading scorer is the evergreen Orlagh Nolan, with 1-14.
DUBLIN: A Shiels; N Crowley, L Magee, H Leahy; S McIntyre, H McGinnis, N Donlon; N Hetherton, K Donaghy; A Timothy, O Nolan, C O'Connor; L Grendon, C Rowe (capt.), K Sullivan.
KERRY: M Ellen Bolger; R Rahilly, D Kearney, E Lynch; A O'Connell, E Costello, A Dillane; A Galvin, M O'Connell; N Carmody, N Ní Chonchúir, C Evans; J Lucey, D O'Leary, S O'Shea (capt.).
