Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Nowhere to Hyde in last eight
TG4 All-ireland Ladies SFC quarter-finals
THE remaining semi-final slots are up for grabs tomorrow at Dr Hyde Park in the All-ireland Ladies Senior Football Championship with two huge derby games.
A repeat of last year’s All-ireland semi-final sees Dublin and Kerry lock horns a round earlier (5pm - TG4).
Dublin ran out 5-10 to 0-11 winners on that occasion but Kerry did get within five points of the Sky Blues during the group stages of the Division 1 league campaign earlier this year.
Dublin cruised through to the last eight after seeing off Cavan and Mayo. Kerry, meanwhile, gave a good account of themselves in Group 1, beating Tipperary in a critical fixture before running Donegal to a point.
There’s stability back in the Kingdom under the stewardship of Eddie Sheehy but Dublin are aiming for a second successive All-ireland title.
The Dublin juggernaut is expected to trundle on into the last four and a date with the winners of the curtainraiser at Dr Hyde Park.
That is a repeat of the Connacht final as Galway and Mayo lock horns again but this time in a knock-out championship fixture (3pm - TG4 player also deferred TV showing at 7pm).
Mayo had players who have since departed on board when Galway defeated them in the provincial decider - but that will count for little at Dr. Hyde Park in Roscommon.
Mayo claimed a moraleboosting victory over
Cavan in the qualifiers which effectively booked them a slot in the quarterfinals, while they also proved a tough nut for Dublin to crack.