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

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 [caption id="attachment_235021" align="alignnone" width="1956"] 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[/caption] 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 Munster SHC round 1 Waterford v Limerick, FBD Semple Stadium, 2.00 - RTÉ2 Clare v Tipperary, Cusack Park, Ennis, 4.00 - GAAGO Related links

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