WHO WILL JOIN PROVINCIAL WINNERS
IN ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINALS?

And then there were 12! Round one of the qualifiers has cut the field
of contenders for the GAA football All-Ireland title to 12 – the four
provincial winners (Derry, Dublin, Galway, Kerry) – plus the eight
counties featuring in the Round 2 qualifiers next weekend. Munster
have the highest representation (four) in the last 12, followed by
Connacht and Ulster with three each while Leinster have two.

Connacht: Galway, Mayo, Roscommon
Leinster: Dublin, Kildare
Munster: Kerry, Cork, Clare, Limerick
Ulster: Derry, Armagh, Donegal
The Round 4 qualifiers fixtures are as follows:
Saturday: Clare v Roscommon, Croke Park, 3.45
Kildare v Mayo, Croke Park, 6.0
Sunday: Cork v Limerick, Páirc Uí Chaoimh 1.30
Armagh v Donegal, Clones 4.0

CORK v LIMERICK
They meet for the third time in four seasons, with Cork having won
the 2019 and 2021 Munster semi-finals.
Season so far
Cork: Sixth Division 2; Munster SFC: Kerry 0-23 Cork 0-11; Qualifier:
Cork 2-12 Louth 2-8
Limerick: Promoted from Division 3; Munster SFC: Limerick 2-16
Clare 1-19 aet (Limerick win 4-1 on penalties); Limerick 2-10
Tipperary 0-10; Kerry 1-28 Limerick 0-8 (final)
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2021: Cork 1-16 Limerick 0-11 (Munster semi-final)
2019: Cork 3-18 Limerick 0-6 (Munster semi-final)
2016: Cork 2-12 Limerick 0-10 (Qualifiers)
2013: Cork 3-17 Limerick 0-8 (Munster quarter-final)
2010: Cork 0-16 Limerick 1-11 aet (Qualifier – Round 4)
Top Scorers (2022 SFC)
CORK
Steven Sherlock………0-14 (0-11 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
Brian Hurley……………..1-4 (0-1 mark)
Cathail O’Mahoney…0-3
LIMERICK
Josh Ryan………………1-9 (0-7 frees, 0-1 ‘45’)
Robbie Bourke………1-5 (0-3 frees)
Cillian Fahy…………..0-5
*Limerick last beat Cork in the championship in the 2003 Munster
quarter-final. Prior to that, they hadn’t beaten Cork in the
championship since 1965.
*Cork last reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals in 2019; Limerick
were last there in 2011.
*Cork have won eleven and lost seven of their 18 qualifiers; Limerick
have won eleven, drawn one and lost 17 of their 29 qualifiers.
*Limerick haven’t scored a goal against Cork in their last four
championship meetings. Ger Collins was the last Limerick man to
score a goal against Cork in a 2010 qualifier.

MAYO v KILDARE
They meet for the only the fourth time in championship history, their
previous clashes being in the 1935 All-Ireland semi-final, which
Kildare won by 2-6 to 0-7 in Croke Park, the 2016 All-Ireland
qualifiers (Round 3) when Mayo won by 2-17 to 0-14 in Castlebar and
the 2018 qualifiers when Kildare won by 0-21 to 0-19 in Newbridge.
Season so far
Mayo: Beaten Division 1 finalists; Connacht SFC: Galway 1-14 Mayo
0-16; Qualifier: Mayo 1-13 Monaghan 1-12.
Kildare: Relegated from Division 1: Leinster SFC: Kildare 2-22 Louth
0-12; Kildare 1-21 Westmeath 2-15; Dublin 5-17 Kildare 1-15 (final)
Top Scorers (SFC 2022)
MAYO
Cillian O’Connor….1-12 (0-11 frees, 1-0 pen)
Ryan O’Donoghue…0-4 (0-1 mark)
KILDARE
Jimmy Hyland……2-13 (0-6 frees)
Ben McCormack…0-14 (0-2 mark)
Darragh Kirwan…..1-9 (0-2 frees)
* Mayo have won 17 and lost six of their 23 qualifier ties. They
reached the 2016 and 2017 All-Ireland finals, via the qualifiers.
*Kildare have won 28, drawn one and lost 11 of their 40 qualifier
games.
*Mayo were last in the quarter-finals in 2019 (there were no quarterfinals for the last two years); Kildare were last there in 2018.
*They met in Round 7 of this year’s Allianz League when Mayo won
by 2-20 to 0-18 in Carrick-on-Shannon.
CLARE v ROSCOMMON
They last met in the championship in 2016 when Clare won a Round
4 qualifier by six points (2-12 to 1-9) in Pearse Stadium.
Season so far
Clare: 5
th Division 2; Munster SFC: Lost to Limerick on penalties after
extra-time failed to separate the sides; Qualifier: Clare 1-11 Meath 1-
9.
Roscommon: Division 2 champions; Connacht SFC: Roscommon 0-23
Sligo 0-11; Galway 2-19 Roscommon 2-16 (final)
Top Scorers (SFC 2022)
CLARE
Eoin Cleary………0-10 (0-4 frees)
David Tubridy……1-2 (1-0 pen, 0-1 free)
Pearse Lillis………..1-1
Aaron Griffin……..0-4
ROSCOMMON
Conor Cox ……….0-11 (0-6 frees)
Enda Smith……….0-5
Ciaran Murtagh…..0-5
Diarmuid Murtagh….1=2 (0-1 free)
*Clare have won 12 and lost 16 of their 28 qualifiers.
* Roscommon have won ten, drawn one and lost 12 of their 23
qualifiers.
*Clare last reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals in 2016 where they
lost to Kerry.
*Roscommon last reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals in 2019.
ARMAGH v DONEGAL
They meet for the third time this year with Donegal having won the
first two. They beat Armagh by 1-14 to 1-13 in Round 7 of the Allianz
League and by 1-16 to 0-12 in the Ulster quarter-final.
Season so far
Armagh: 3
rd Division 1; Ulster SFC: Donegal 1-16 Armagh 0-12;
Armagh 1-16 Tyrone 1-10 (qualifier)
Donegal: Fourth in Division 1; Ulster SFC: Donegal 1-16 Armagh 0-12;
Donegal 2-16 Cavan 0-16; Derry 1-16 Donegal 1-14 aet (final)
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2022: Donegal 1-16 Armagh 0-12 (Ulster quarter-final)
2020: Donegal 1-22 Armagh 0-13 (Ulster semi-final)
2015: Donegal 2-11 Armagh 0-8 (Ulster quarter-final)
2014: Donegal 1-12 Armagh 1-11 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
2010: Armagh 2-14 Donegal 0-11 (All-Ireland qualifier)
TOP SCORERS (2022 SFC)
Armagh
Rory Grugan…..0-6 (0-3 frees)
Rian O’Neill…….0-4 (0-3 frees)
Aidan Nugent…..1-1
Stefan Campbell…0-3
Donegal
Paddy McBrearty……2-8 (0-6 frees)
Michael Murphy……..0-13 (0-6 frees)
Jamie Brennan…………0-4
Conor O’Donnell……….1-1
Peadar Mogan…………….0-4
*Armagh are seeking their first championship win over Donegal since
2010. Donegal have won four times since then.
*Donegal have won 20 and lost seven of their 27 qualifiers.
*Armagh have played 37 qualifiers, winning 24, drawing one and
losing 12. They reached the 2003 All-Ireland final, via the qualifiers,
where they lost to Tyrone.
*Armagh last reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals in 2017. Donegal
were last there in 2019.
GAA FOOTBALL ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
CONNACHT
Quarter-finals: Leitrim 3-12 London 2-11; Sligo 1-16 New York 0-15;
Galway 1-14 Mayo 0-16.
Semi-finals: Roscommon 0-23 Sligo 0-11; Galway 4-20 Leitrim 0-9.
Final: Galway 2-19 Roscommon 2-16
LEINSTER
First round: April 24: Louth 5-10 Carlow 0-10; Wicklow 5-15 Laois 4-
12; Wexford 1-15 Offaly 1-12.
Quarter-finals: Dublin 1-24 Wexford 0-4; Westmeath 3-13 Longford
0-14; Meath 4-13 Wicklow 1-12; Kildare 2-22 Louth 0-12;
Semi-finals: Kildare 1-21 Westmeath 2-15; Dublin 1-27 Meath 1-14.
May 28: Final: Dublin 5-17 Kildare 1-15
MUNSTER
Quarter-finals: Tipperary 2-13 Waterford 1-8; Limerick 2-16 Clare 1-
19 aet (Limerick win 4-1 on penalties).
Semi-finals: Kerry 0-23 Cork 0-11; Limerick 2-10 Tipperary 0-10
Final: Kerry 1-28 Limerick 0-8
ULSTER
First round: Tyrone 2-17 Fermanagh 2-10
Quarter-finals: Cavan 1-20 Antrim 0-10; Donegal 1-16 Armagh 0-12;
Monaghan 0-23 Down 2-7; Derry 1-18 Tyrone 0-10.
Semi-finals: Donegal 2-16 Cavan 0-16; Derry 3-12 Monaghan 0-17.
Final: Derry 1-16 Donegal 1-14 (aet)
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP
All-Ireland qualifiers – Round 1: Armagh 1-16 Tyrone 1-10; Mayo 1-
13 Monaghan 0-12; Cork 2-12 Louth 2-8; Clare 1-11 Meath 1-9
June 11/12: All-Ireland qualifiers – Round 2: Clare v Roscommon;
Limerick v Cork; Kildare v Mayo; Armagh v Donegal
June 25/26: All-Ireland quarter-finals: Derry, Dublin, Galway, Kerry v
Round 2 winners.
July 9/10: All-Ireland semi-finals
July 24: All-Ireland final