GAA on TV: Three live games on a stone cold stunner of a Championship weekend

Niall McIntyre

Now, we can finally say it, the summer is here.

The various championships have been fed to us in dribs and drabs over the last fortnight, not that it was a bad thing, but it’s all hands to the pump this weekend. Get ready, get set for a full-blown marathon of GAA action.

Only trouble is there aren’t enough hours in the day!

From the Munster hurling to the Ulster football, the championships are about to hit top speed at full tilt.

There is an argument that, after enjoying the orderly form of the last two weekends, there will actually be too much going on this weekend. On Sunday, for example, there are eight top-tier championship games.

How are we going to keep up with it all?

GAA GO will be on over-drive from start to finish, where there are games everywhere, with no fewer than six games being streamed live and exclusively between Saturday and Sunday.

As for terrestrial tv, between them, BBC, and RTE have

Saturday

Connacht SFC semi-final

Sligo v New York, Markievicz Park, 2.30 – GAAGO

Munster SFC semi-finals

Kerry v Tipperary, Fitzgerald Stadium, 4.00 – GAAGO
Limerick v Clare, TUS Gaelic Grounds, 7.00

28 August 2021; David Clifford of Kerry during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final match between Kerry and Tyrone at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Ulster SFC quarter-final

Cavan v Armagh, Kingspan Breffni, 6.30 – GAAGO

Leinster SHC round 1

Antrim v Dublin, Corrigan Park, 2.00
Galway v Wexford, Pearse Stadium, 4.30 – GAAGO
Kilkenny v Westmeath, UPMC Nowlan Park, 6.00

Joe McDonagh Cup round 3

Kildare v Kerry, Hawkfield, 1.00
Carlow v Laois, Netwatch Cullen Park, 3.00
Offaly v Down, Glenisk O’Connor Park, 3.00

Sunday

Connacht SFC semi-final

Roscommon v Galway, Dr Hyde Park, 4.00 – RTÉ2

Leinster SFC quarter-finals

Westmeath v Louth, Pairc Tailteann, 2.00
Kildare v Wicklow, Netwatch Cullen Park, 2.30
Laois v Dublin, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, 3.30 – GAAGO
Offaly v Meath, Glenisk O’Connor Park, 4.00

Ulster SFC quarter-final

Down v Donegal, Páirc Esler, 2.00 – BBC Sport NI