03 June 2021 2021 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championship Fixtures announced Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! Champions Dublin to face Tyrone in opening round Cork to open campaign against 2020 TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate winners 2020 Senior semi-finalists Armagh to begin against Ulster rivals Monaghan CHAMPIONS Dublin will open the defence of their TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Senior Championship crown with a clash against Tyrone. The confirmed fixtures for the 2021 campaign have also pitted 2020 Senior runners-up Cork against last year’s All-Ireland Intermediate champions Meath in the opening round. The 2021 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships get underway on July 10, with Dublin in Group C alongside Tyrone and Waterford. Cork were drawn with Munster rivals Tipperary, and Meath, in Group B, while Group A, the only four-team group, contains Ulster teams Armagh, Cavan and Monaghan, along with Mayo. The opening fixtures in this group will Armagh, the 2020 semi-finalists, take on Monaghan, with Cavan facing Mayo. In Group D, the opening game of a group with a real Gaeltacht feel is the meeting of Galway and Kerry, with Donegal also in this pool. Two teams will emerge from each group to contest the quarter-finals over the August Bank Holiday weekend; the semi-finals are pencilled in for August 14, and the Final will be played at Croke Park on Sunday, September 5. The TG4 Intermediate Championship will follow a similar pattern, with two teams qualifying from each group to play in the quarter-finals. Westmeath, the 2020 runners-up who will be aiming for promotion back to the Senior ranks, begin their campaign against fellow Leinster side Longford in Group 1, with Wexford facing Sligo in this four-team group. Elsewhere, 2020 Junior Champions Fermanagh will take on Leitrim in their Group 2 opener, the opening Group 3 game is Roscommon against Kildare, with Offaly facing Down in Group 4. In a five-team TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship group, four teams will qualify from the round-robin stage to contest the semi-finals. Antrim meet Derry in an Ulster derby on the opening weekend, with Limerick facing 2020 runners-up Wicklow. Carlow have a bye in Round 1 before they commence their campaign with a fixture against Antrim in Round 2. 2021 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Fixtures Group A Group B Group C Group D Armagh Cork Dublin Galway Cavan Tipperary Tyrone Kerry Monaghan Meath Waterford Donegal Mayo Round 1 – 10th July Group 1 Armagh v Monaghan Cavan v Mayo Group 2: Cork v Meath Group 3: Dublin v Tyrone Group 4: Galway v Kerry Round 2 – 17th July Group 1: Monaghan v Mayo Armagh v Cavan Group 2: Cork v Tipperary Group 3: Dublin v Waterford Group 4: Donegal v Galway Round 3 – 24th July Group 1: Monaghan v Cavan Armagh v Mayo Group 2: Tipperary v Meath Group 3: Tyrone v Waterford Group 4 Kerry v Donegal Quarter-finals – 31st July/ 1st August/2nd August QF 1: 1st Group 1 v 2nd Group 2 QF 2: 1st Group 2 v 2nd Group 3 QF 3: 1st Group 3 v 2nd Group 4 QF 4: 1st Group 4 v 2nd Group 1 Semi-Finals – 14th August SF 1: Winner Q/F 1 v Winner Q/F 2 SF 2: Winner Q/F 3 v Winner Q/F 4 Final – 5th September 2021 TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate Championship Fixtures Group A Group B Group C Group D Westmeath Clare Roscommon Offaly Longford Fermanagh Kildare Down Wexford Leitrim Laois Louth Sligo Round 1 – 11th July Group 1: Westmeath v Longford Wexford v Sligo Group 2: Fermanagh v Leitrim (To be played on Saturday 10th July) Group 3: Roscommon v Kildare Group 4: Offaly v Down Round 2 – 18th July Group 1: Longford v Wexford Westmeath v Sligo Group 2: Clare v Leitrim Group 3: Kildare v Laois Group 4: Down v Louth Round 3 – 25th July Group 1: Longford v Sligo Westmeath v Wexford Group 2: Clare v Fermanagh Group 3: Roscommon v Laois Group 4: Louth v Offaly Quarter-finals – 7th/8th August QF 1: 1st Group 1 v 2nd Group 2 QF 2: 1st Group 2 v 2nd Group 3 QF 3: 1st Group 3 v 2nd Group 4 QF 4: 1st Group 4 v 2nd Group 1 Semi-Finals – 14th/15th August SF 1: Winner Q/F 1 v Winner Q/F 2 SF 2: Winner Q/F 3 v Winner Q/F 4 Final – 5th September 2021 TG4 All-Ireland Junior Championship Fixtures Antrim Carlow Derry Limerick Wicklow Round 1 – 11th July 2021 Antrim v Derry (To be played on Saturday 10th July) Limerick v Wicklow Carlow Bye Round 2 – 18th July 2021 Antrim v Carlow Derry v Limerick Wicklow Bye Round 3 – 24th July 2021 Antrim v Limerick Carlow (H) v Wicklow (Wicklow at Home in 2020) Derry Bye Round 4 – 8th August 2021 Antrim v Wicklow Carlow v Derry Limerick Bye Round 5 – 15th August 2021 Carlow v Limerick Derry v Wicklow Antrim Bye Semi-Finals – 21st/22nd August 2021 1 v 4 2 v 3 Final – 5th September 2021 Share this Article 0 0