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RTÉ Sport set to broadcast Galway v Kildare in All-Ireland Football Championship first round

25 April 2026; Dylan McHugh of Galway during the Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship semi-final match between Leitrim and Galway at Heartland Credit Union Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Galway host Kildare in the first round of the All-Ireland Football Championship

The fixture details for four matches in the first round of the All-Ireland Football Championship have been confirmed.

RTÉ Sport will broadcast the clash of Galway and Kildare on Saturday, 23 May with throw-in at 7.30pm in Pearse Stadium.

The action will begin earlier that day with the meeting of Kerry and Donegal at 3pm in Fitzgerald Stadium.

That is followed by Cork v Meath in Páirc Uí Rinn at 5.30pm.

The following day Roscommon will face Tyrone King & Moffatt Dr. Hyde Park at 2pm.

Those three ties will be broadcast on GAA+, with the streaming service having the first two choices in the broadcast of matches for that weekend of games.

27 July 2025; Kerry captain Gavin White lifts the Sam Maguire Cup after his side's victory in the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kerry and Donegal at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
The race for Sam Maguire begins again this month

Details for the remaining four ties will be confirmed at a later date.

Dublin meet Louth, Monaghan face Mayo, Westmeath take on Cavan and Armagh come up against Derry

Those games are scheduled for the weekend of 30 and 31 May.


Watch Kerry v Cork in the Munster Football final (1.45pm) and Roscommon v Galway in the Connacht Football final (4.15pm) on Sunday from 1.15pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow our live blog on RTÉ.ie/sport and RTÉ News app and listen to Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1

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