THE OPENING DRAWS have taken place this morning for this year’s All-Ireland senior football and hurling qualifiers.
The Round 1A and Round 1B football draws saw 18 counties involved with two remaining provincial quarter-finals set to take place next weekend.
The losers of those games between Westmeath and Offaly in Leinster, and the Ulster clash of Cavan and Monaghan, will face each other.
There’s an all-Ulster clash in Round 1B between Armagh and Fermanagh while there are two Leinster battles in Round 1A.
In hurling the winners of next Saturday’s Christy Ring Cup final between Carlow and Antrim, will take on Laois at the preliminary round stage. Westmeath have received a bye to Round 1.
The draws in full are as follows with the fixture details now confirmed:
All-Ireland football qualifiers
Round 1A
Saturday 17 June
Waterford v Derry, Fraher Field, Dungarvan, 3pm
Louth v Longford, Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda, 5pm
Wicklow v Laois, Aughrim, 5pm
Sligo v Antrim, Markievicz Park, 5pm
Round 1B
Saturday 24 June
Limerick v Wexford, Gaelic Grounds, 3pm
Sunday 25 June
London v Carlow, McGovern Park, Ruislip, 1pm
Westmeath/Offaly v Cavan/Monaghan, Tullamore/Mullingar, 6.30pm
Armagh v Fermanagh, Athletic Grounds, Armagh, 6.30pm
All-Ireland hurling qualifiers
Preliminary round – 24/25 June
Carlow/Antrim v Laois, Venue TBC
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