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06 Sept 2025

All-Ireland series landscape becomes a little clearer for Donegal 

The draws for the group stages of both the Sam Maguire race as well as the Tailteann Cup will take place tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, at 3pm and will be broadcast live by the GAA  

All-Ireland series landscape becomes a little clearer for Donegal 

Donegal boss Jim McGuinness

Donegal booked their place in the Ulster SFC final on Sunday with victory over Tyrone and their All-Ireland series route also became that little bit clearer in the process. 

The draws for the group stages of both the Sam Maguire race as well as the Tailteann Cup will take place tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday, at 3pm. 

And it will be broadcast live on the GAA website as well as the association's social media channels. The GAA confirmed over the weekend the seedings for both draws. 

Donegal will lock horns with Armagh in the Ulster final on Sunday, May 12 in Clones. And the winners of the four provincial finals will be first seeds while the losing finalists will be second seeds. 

Third and fourth seeds are the highest-placed teams from the 2024 leagues which have not qualified for their respective provincial finals. Counties which are due to meet in their provincial finals can't be drawn in the same group. 

However, teams which played each other earlier in their provincial championships can be still drawn in the same section. 

Sam Maguire seeds

First seeds: Galway/Mayo, Clare/Kerry, Dublin/Louth, Armagh/Donegal

Second seeds: Galway/Mayo, Clare/Kerry, Dublin/Louth, Armagh/Donegal

Third seeds: Derry, Tyrone, Roscommon, Monaghan

Fourth seeds: Cavan, Cork, Meath, Westmeath

Tailteann Cup seeds

First seeds: Down, Fermanagh, Kildare, Sligo

Second seeds: Antrim, Offaly, Laois, Leitrim

Third seeds: Wicklow, Limerick, Wexford, Longford

Fourth seeds: Carlow, Tipperary, London, Waterford

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