The All Ireland groups will be confirmed this weekend with the Leinster and Ulster finals to be decided. On Saturday evening, St Tiernachs Park Clones will play host to the meeting of Donegal and Armagh at 5:25pm. The winners of that encounter will go into group 1 along with Mayo, Tyrone and Cavan while the runners up are destined for Group 4 along with Galway, Dublin and Derry. Croke Park will host the meeting of Louth and Meath on Sunday at a 4:15pm. Whoever wins that will be in Group 3 along with Clare, Monaghan and Down while the runner up is in group 2 with Kerry, Roscommon and Cork. The remaining 2 provincial finals are already garnering a large interest with the Ulster final heading towards a sell out while it is estimated that over 45,000 will be in Croke park for the repeat of the 2010 Leinster final.
Irish news journalist and Farney Army podcaster Jack Madden remarked that the unique pairing at GAA headquarters has all the makings of been a close contest
