Compiled by Jackie Cahill
THE 2025 TG4 All-Ireland Championships continue over the coming weekend – with crucial fixtures in store across all three grades.
In the Senior Championship, some of the big hitters, including holders Kerry, will aim to wrap up quarter-final slots on Saturday.
The Senior provincial derbies, namely Kildare against Meath and Cork at home to Kerry, will both be available to view on TG4, and also online via the TG4 Player: https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/watch-live/home/, while the Donegal-Galway and Dublin-Leitrim ties are scheduled for live coverage on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportTG4/streams
Saturday June 14
TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship
Group 1: Donegal v Galway; Naomh Padraig, Lifford, 2pm – Live on Spórt TG4 YouTube
A key game for both sides in the quest for a quarter-final slot.
A win for Galway will guarantee top spot for the Tribeswomen – and a home tie in the last eight.
This is Donegal’s first game in the All-Ireland series – and their first taste of competitive fare since losing to Armagh in the TG4 Ulster Senior Final on May 10.
Donegal have made three changes in personnel as they prepare for their first outing in the All-Ireland series, with Blaithnaid McLaughlin, Rhiona McColgan and Eva Gallagher coming in for Niamh Carr, Ava Walsh and Mia Bennett.
Galway have made four changes following victory over Tipperary, with Aoife Molloy, Lynsey Noone, Ailbhe Davoren and Andrea Trill handed starts.
Chellene Trill, Shauna Hynes (who went off injured early on against Tipp), Kate Thompson and Kate Slevin drop out of the Galway team for this one.
Donegal: C Friel; S McFadden, A Temple Asokuh, S McFeeley; B McLaughlin, E McGinley, C Gillespie; R Rodgers (capt.), R McColgan; S White, K Dowds, F McManamon; E Gallagher, J McFadden, N Boyle.
Galway: D Gower; B Quinn, S Ní Loingsigh, K Geraghty; N Noone, N Ward, A Molloy; L Ward, S Divilly; L Noone, O Divilly, A Davoren; E Noone, L Coen, A Trill.
Group 2: Cork v Kerry; Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 2.30pm – Live on TG4
Kerry got their All-Ireland series campaign off to a winning start against Mayo – but they had to work hard for a six-point win.
Now it’s a clash with old rivals Cork – and a first competitive meeting between the sides since Kerry won by six points during the round-robin series of the Munster Championship.
This is Cork’s first outing in the TG4 All-Ireland Championship and the Leesiders are back in action for the first time since losing to Waterford in the Munster Championship in May.
There are four changes to the Cork team that lined out against Waterford, with captain Sarah Leahy, Sadbh McGoldrick, Abbie O’Mahony and Hannah Looney coming in.
Out go Dara Kiniry, Erika O’Shea, who’s now in Australia, Katie Horgan and Libby Coppinger.
Following their six-point win against Mayo, Kerry have shuffled their pack, with four changes to the starting line-up.
Deirdre Kearney, Aoife Dillane, Danielle O’Leary, who made a big impact off the bench against the Westerners, and Rachel Dwyer all come in to start, as Róisín Rahilly, captain Cáit Lynch, Katie Brosnan and Jaydn Lucey drop out of the team.
A win for Kerry would see them through to the quarter-finals – and guarantee a home tie in the last eight.
Cork: S Murphy; S Kelly, S Leahy (capt.), M Duggan; S McGoldrick, S Cronin, R Corkery; M O’Callaghan, A Healy; A O’Mahony, L O’Mahony, E Cleary; A O’Sullivan, H Looney, K Quirke.
Kerry: M.E. Bolger; E Lynch, D Kearney, F O’Donoghue; A O’Connell, E Costello, A Dillane; M O’Connell, A Galvin; N Carmody, N Ní Chonchúir, C Evans; D O’Leary, R Dwyer, S O’Shea.
Group 3: Kildare v Meath; Hawkfield Centre of Excellence, 12.45pm – Live on TG4
This one could be really interesting – as Leinster rivals Kildare and Meath renew acquaintances.
In early May, Meath pipped Kildare by just a single point to advance to the TG4 Leinster Final – and another close encounter is potentially on the cards.
Meath rallied from four points down to secure a draw with Armagh in Round 1 and that could turn out to be a priceless result when the dust settles on the group stages.
This is a first competitive outing for Kildare since that Meath defeat in the provincial championship and the stakes are high.
There are three changes to the Kildare team that lined out against the Royals in Leinster, with Claire Sullivan, Lara Curran and Ellen Dowling replacing Laura Dunlea, Siofra Galvin and Neasa Dooley.
Meath are unchanged after late heroics salvaged a point against Armagh.
Kildare: M Hulgraine; R Sargent, L Lenehan (capt.), M Doherty; L Shaw, L Murtagh, M Aspel; C Sullivan, C Moran; C Wheeler, A Rattigan, L Curran, E Dowling; E Dowling, A Prizeman, R Byrne.
Meath: R Murray; A Sheridan, M.K. Lynch, K Newe; A Cleary (capt.), S Wall, K Kealy; O Sheehy, M Farrelly; M Thynne, N Gallogly, C Smyth; E Duggan, V Wall, K Cole.
Group 4: Dublin v Leitrim; Parnell Park, 2pm – Live on Spórt TG4 YouTube
Dublin claimed a valuable point against Waterford last time out and a win here would guarantee a quarter-final slot for the Sky Blues.
Leitrim begin their TG4 All-Ireland series on the back of a Connacht campaign that saw them run Mayo to three points, before they were well beaten by Galway.
Dublin are unchanged after rallying against the Déise to avoid defeat, while Leitrim make two changes following their last outing against Galway.
Jasmine Maye and Muireann Devaney come into the team for the Connacht side, with Edel Shanley and Síomha Quinn making way.
If Dublin do claim maximum points here, it’ll come down to the final group clash between Leitrim and Waterford to see who joins them in the last eight.
Dublin: A Shiels; J Tobin, L Caffrey, N Crowley; S Goldrick, M Byrne, A Curran; É O’Dowd, H McGinnis; A Timothy, C Rowe (capt.), S McIntyre; H Tyrrell, N Hetherton, K Sullivan.
Leitrim: M Guckian; J Maye, C Tyrell, E Quigley; S Reynolds, C Owens, R McIntyre; N Tighe, A Quinn; A Gilmartin, V Egan, A Clancy; L Fox, M Devaney, L O’Dowd.
