Stage set for 2025 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships

At the official launch of the 2025 Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Camogie Championships at Croke Park, were Katie Power of Kilkenny, Orlagh Phelan of Offaly, Nicola Woods of Armagh, president of the Camogie Association Brian Molloy, Laura Leenane of Tipperary, Meabh Cahalane of Cork, chief executive for Glen Dimplex Ireland Johnny Dunne, Ciara Hickey of Galway, Lorraine Bray of Waterford and Alice Walsh of Laois. (Pic: INPHO/Tom Maher)

The stage is set for the 2025 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships – with 33 counties aiming for six coveted spots at Croke Park for TG4 All-Ireland Finals day on Sunday, August 3. 

Representatives from the competing teams gathered at Croke Park on Tuesday, May 27th to officially launch the 2025 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships, which commence on Sunday coming, June 1st with fixtures in the Junior and Intermediate grades, with Limerick amongst the teams opening their 2025 account.

The Senior Championship will commence on Saturday, June 7th with three fixtures – Galway v Tipperary, Kerry v Mayo and Meath v Armagh – while Waterford will take on Dublin on Sunday, June 8th. 

LIVE COVERAGE

TG4’s live TV schedule for the group stages of the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship has also been confirmed. 

The Meath-Armagh clash on Saturday, June 7th (3pm) will commence the live coverage, followed by the clash between Waterford and Dublin on Sunday, June 8th (1.30pm). 

There’s a live TV double-header pencilled in for Saturday, June 14th, as Kildare host Meath at 12.45pm, followed by the meeting of Cork and Kerry at 2.30pm. 

And on Saturday June 21st, when the group stages conclude, the live TV offerings are Tipperary v Donegal (1pm) and Mayo v Cork (3pm). 

Additionally, all Senior Championship ties not shown live on TG4 linear TV will be available to view on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel, as was the case last year. 

GROUPINGS

The groupings for the All-Ireland Senior and Intermediate Championships were populated as the provincial campaigns progressed.

SENIOR

At Senior level, defending champions Kerry, aiming for back-to-back titles and fresh from retaining their Munster title at the weekend, are in Group 2 alongside Mayo and Cork. 

Group 1 features Connacht champions and 2024 All-Ireland Finalists Galway, Donegal and Tipperary, with Ulster champions Armagh, Meath and Kildare in Group 3. 

Group 4 contains Leinster champions Dublin, Waterford and Leitrim. 

INTERMEDIATE

In the Intermediate Championship, last year’s finalists Tyrone will be hoping to go one better this time and they’re in Group 2 with Leinster champions Westmeath and Down. 

Group 1 contains Roscommon, Laois and Fermanagh, with Ulster champions Cavan, Monaghan and Wicklow in Group 3. 

Group 4, meanwhile, contains Clare, Offaly and Wexford. 

JUNIOR

The Junior Championship will be contested by nine counties, with 2024 runners-up Louth, Derry, Sligo, Kilkenny and Limerick in Group A, while Group B features London, Longford, Antrim and Carlow. 

In the Senior and Intermediate Championships, two teams will emerge from each group to contest the quarter-finals, with the top two teams in each of the Junior groups progressing to the semi-finals.to the semi-finals.

The LGFA and TG4 have also confirmed that the 2025 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-finals are currently scheduled as a potential double-header at Glenisk O’Connor Park in Tullamore, Co. Offaly, on Saturday, July 19th (5.15pm and 7.30pm).

The 2025 TG4 All-Ireland finals will be staged as a triple-header once again at Croke Park on Sunday, August 4th, with the Junior final at 11.45am, followed by the Intermediate decider at 1.45pm and the Senior final at 4.15pm.