All-Ireland quarter-finals - all you need to know

If you were readying a nice, quiet travel to Dublin, this play is not for you.

While nan buzz and colour of All-Ireland quarter-final play would usually beryllium capable to springiness nan metropolis an early-summer buzz, location is besides nan mini matter of a fewer Taylor Swift gigs, pinch immoderate 150,000 fans group to descend connected nan Aviva Stadium complete nan three-show run.

The past clip nan popular megastar graced Ireland, successful 2018, she played Croke Park. Her spectacular 'Eras' show will ray up Lansdowne Road alternatively this weekend, pinch nan GAA's office soundtracked by nan acquainted agony and ecstasy of knockout football.

After an breathtaking batch of preliminary quarter-finals past week, which produced everything from penalties to large shocks, title fever is arsenic precocious arsenic it's been each twelvemonth pinch conscionable 8 contenders near for nan Sam Maguire.

But successful nan off-chance that Taylor Swift has knocked nan shot disconnected your timelines this week, present is everything you request to cognize astir nan All-Ireland quarter-finals.

All 4 quarter-finals are astatine Croke Park:

No. If a tie is required, it will return spot connected Sunday night.

A tie whitethorn aliases not beryllium required depending connected nan All-Ireland quarter-final results and whether aliases not prospective semi-finalists person met 1 different earlier successful nan title aliases not.

So, if Armagh scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Donegal, Derry aliases Galway

If Derry scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Armagh, Donegal aliases Galway

If Donegal scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Armagh aliases Derry

If Dublin scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Louth aliases Roscommon

If Galway scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Armagh aliases Derry

If Kerry scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Louth

If Louth scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Dublin aliases Kerry

If Roscommon scope nan semi-finals, they cannot face: Dublin

Got each that? Good.

Losing nan Ulster last connected penalties for nan 2nd twelvemonth moving would break a batch of teams.

But not Armagh, who person bounced backmost commendably from a heartbreaking nonaccomplishment to Donegal successful Clones six weeks ago.

Instead of wallowing, nan Orchard men dusted themselves off, topped a tough-looking group that included Derry and Galway and are eyeing up a first All-Ireland semi-final since 2005.

But Kieran McGeeney's broadside will beryllium wary of Roscommon, who went to Healy Park and stunned Tyrone past week.

And while Armagh whitethorn beryllium quiet aft a 19-year absence from nan past four, nan Rossies past contested a semi-final successful 1991, and avoiding Kerry and Dublin successful nan tie will person only further buoyed Davy Burke's men.

Armagh person provided their adjacent stock of quarter-final play play complete nan past mates of years. They mislaid punishment shootouts to Galway successful 2022 and Monaghan past year.

Surely they can't fto this 1 gaffe past them?

A first title gathering since 2018, galore will person holders Dublin arsenic favourites, though they were pushed each nan measurement by Mayo successful their last round-robin game, pinch Cormac Costello's last-gasp constituent earning nan All-Ireland champions a draw.

Galway's grounds against nan Dubs is little than impressive, though. They person mislaid their past 7 title encounters and person only won 2 from 10, nan astir caller of which came 90 years ago.

The Tribesmen's triumph complete Monaghan past play besides appeared to travel astatine a value pinch prima guardant Shane Walsh limping off. But moreover if Walsh is absent, nan likes of Dylan McHugh, Rob Finnerty and Paul Conroy person each excelled successful caller weeks.

The Dubs person a wont of delivering successful nan second stages of nan title though. You person to spell each nan measurement backmost to 2009 for nan past clip they mislaid a quarter-final.

Last year, they romped to a 2-17 to 0-11 triumph complete Mayo. Galway should supply stiffer resistance, but it is difficult to spot Dublin's run ending connected Saturday evening.

Is this going to beryllium Jimmy's year? A slip-up against Cork aside, everything we've seen suggests it could be.

The Ulster champions gave themselves an other week of training aft topping group 3 and will beryllium beardown favourites to scope nan semi-finals astatine Louth's expense.

Donegal past played successful nan semis successful 2014 (the penultimate lucifer of Jim McGuinness' first spell successful charge), but they will surely fancy their chances against Louth, who past reached nan semi-finals successful 1957.

The Wee County, managed by Ger Brennan, upset Cork successful nan preliminary quarter-finals to scope this shape for nan first clip (the quarter-finals did not beryllium erstwhile Louth won their 3 All-Ireland titles successful 1910, 1912 and 1957).

A existent tasty quarter-final. Last year, Kerry sauntered past Tyrone and into nan semi-finals, but moreover pinch Derry's post-league hangover, nan Oak Leafers should springiness nan Kingdom a existent crippled here.

Derry and Kerry met successful past year's semi-finals, of course, pinch Jack O'Connor's broadside doing capable to gain a 1-17 to 1-15 triumph complete nan past Ulster champions.

Derry near Tralee pinch 2 points successful Division One earlier this twelvemonth but, 5 months on, this is simply a overmuch sharper Kerry outfit.

While they escaped Castlebar pinch a punishment shootout triumph past week, location is nary uncertainty that nan cognition of Derry arsenic genuine All-Ireland contenders has been deed by those defeats by Donegal, Galway and Armagh.

Beat Kerry this play and that would change. Mickey Harte has masterminded large title wins complete Kerry successful nan past - tin he do it again?

Saturday's 2 games - Armagh v Roscommon and Dublin v Galway - are being shown connected GAAGO.

Sunday's games - Donegal v Louth and Kerry v Derry - will beryllium shown connected RTE.