MAYO AND ROSCOMMON will head back to Croke Park on Bank Holiday Monday for their All-Ireland senior football quarter-final replay.
The sides finished level at 2-9 to 1-12 this afternoon and the GAA have confirmed this evening the date and venue for the replay.
The throw-in time will be finalised tomorrow for the game on Monday 7 August.
It will be the fifth inter-county game next weekend at Croke Park with a busy schedule of games set to take place.
Saturday will see the football quarter-final meetings of Armagh and Tyrone at 4pm, followed by Dublin against Monaghan at 6pm.
On Sunday the first All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final will take place as Galway meet Tipperary, while the minor curtain-raiser sees Galway take on Kilkenny.
Then on Monday it will be another battle between the Connacht rivals Mayo and Roscommon.
Both managers had indicated their preference for a Bank Holiday Monday replay fixture.
“Monday here, that’s what we want,” stated Roscommon boss Kevin McStay, speaking before the replay had been confirmed.
“Sure it can’t be anywhere else. I know people are dreaming up Salthill or some place for the craic of it.
“We have no helicopters or airport in Roscommon to fly into Galway. It has to be here. This is where the All-Ireland quarter-finals are held. ”
“We’ve played an All-Ireland quarter-final on a Bank Holiday before and happy to again,” said Mayo boss Stephen Rochford.
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