THE ALL-IRELAND football qualifier action begins on Saturday, with Longford’s visit to Celtic Park the pick of the four games.

There are seven different competitions running this weekend, and Sunday’s Leinster hurling semi-final between Kilkenny and Galway is earmarked as the ‘not to miss’ clash.

The two counties renew rivalries in Tullamore as the Tribesman go in search of a place in their third consecutive provincial final, while the Cats are in pursuit of their first title in three years this summer.

There are also Munster, Leinster and Connacht football semi-finals taking place, with Cork and Kerry making their first championship appearances of 2014.

Galway travel to Markievicz Park on Saturday in the hope of setting up a crack at rivals Mayo in the Connacht decider. The county have not won a Connacht championship since 2008, a year on from Sligo’s famous win over them in the 2007 final.

There’s also minor hurling action in Leinster, while Sunday’s curtain-raiser in Tullamore is the Leinster club hurling league final between Westmeath’s Clonkill and Wexford’s Buffers Alley.

A young Buffers Alley fan looks on. INPHO / Morgan Treacy INPHO / Morgan Treacy / Morgan Treacy

Saturday

Leinster MHC  
Semi finals

Dublin v Wexford, Parnell Park, 3.00pm, (Ref: Michael O’Sullivan, Kilkenny) E.T. if Necessary

Laois v Kilkenny, Portlaoise, 5.30pm, (Ref: Michael Murtagh, Westmeath) E.T. if Necessary

All Ireland SFC Qualifiers  
Round 1A

Limerick v London, Gaelic Grounds, 3.00pm, (Ref: Padraig O’Sullivan, Kerry) E.T. if Necessary

Laois v Fermanagh, Portlaoise, 3.30pm, (Ref: David Coldrick, Meath) E.T. if Necessary

Derry v Longford, Celtic Park, 5.00pm, (Ref: Martin Higgins, Fermanagh) E.T. if Necessary

Wicklow v Offaly, Aughrim, 7.00pm, (Ref: Conor Lane, Cork) E.T. if Necessary

Sligo will hope to have David Kelly available to them against Galway. Lorcan Doherty Lorcan Doherty

Connacht SFC  
Semi finals

Sligo v Galway, Markievicz Park, 7.00pm, (Ref: Maurice Deegan, Laois)

Munster SFC  
Semi finals

Cork v Tipperary, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7.00pm, (Ref: Fergal Kelly, Longford)

Sunday

Leinster Club SHL Division 1  
Final

Clonkill (Westmeath) v Buffers Alley (Wexford), Tullamore, 2.00pm, (Ref: TBC)

Michael Fennelly and Jonathan Glynn meet again on Sunday. Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

Leinster SHC
Semi finals

Galway v Kilkenny, Tullamore, 4.00pm, (Ref: Johnny Ryan, Tipperary)

Ulster SFC
Semi finals

Donegal v Antrim, Clones, 2.00pm, (Ref: Barry Cassidy, Derry)

Munster SFC
Semi finals

Clare v Kerry, Cusack Park, Ennis, 3.30pm, (Ref: David Gough, Meath)

Good news for Cork hurling fans, Mark Ellis expected to be fit for Munster final

Here’s our GAA football team of the weekend