Cork GAA: All the hurling and football dates for your 2024 diary

Thu, 11 Jan, 2024 - 13:15

Eamonn Murphy

THE countdown is on to the start of the league, where Cork have a heavy schedule of away games in the league.

Cork have three home matches in football and just two in hurling this spring.

The footballers throw in away to Donegal on January 28, while the hurlers are away to Clare the weekend after. Major action in the Páirc kicks off on February 10.

The other home hurling tie is against Waterford two weeks later. The footballers have Cavan, Kildare, and Armagh on Leeside, the Orchard travelling down for the last match on Saturday, March 23.

Matty Taylor runs at Ross McGarry in last season's league clash. Picture: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

The Munster championship commences in April — the footballers in Páirc Uí Chaoimh against Limerick on April 7, and the hurlers against Clare on April 28 and Limerick on May 11.

The Bruce Springsteen concert means the footballers will have to utilise Páirc Uí Rinn for their home game in the round-robin series of the All-Ireland or the Tailteann Cup.

The hurlers will be vying a top three finish — so if they don’t reach the Munster final, they’ll have a shot at All-Ireland glory with a preliminary quarter-final on June 15-16.

CORK SENIOR FIXTURES

Allianz Football League Division 2:

Sunday, January 28: Donegal v Cork, Ballybofey, 1.45pm.

Sunday, February 4: Louth v Cork, Ardee, 1pm.

Saturday, February 17: Cork v Cavan, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 4pm.

Sunday, February 25: Fermanagh v Cork, Ederney St Joseph’s, 2pm.

Sunday, March 3: Cork v Kildare, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 3.30pm.

Sunday, March 17: Meath v Cork, Páirc Tailteann, 1.45pm.

Saturday, March 23: Cork v Armagh, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7pm.

Munster Football Championship:

Sunday, April 7: Cork v Limerick, quarter-final, Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Saturday, April 20: Kerry v Cork or Limerick in Fitzgerald Stadium or TUS Gaelic Grounds.

Sunday, May 5: Munster final.

All-Ireland series:

All-Ireland round-robin: Starts on May 18-19 for games involving the Munster and Connacht finalists and a week later for the Leinster and Ulster finalists. The Tailteann Cup begins on May 11-12 with the final on July 13.

Preliminary quarter-finals: June 22-23.

Quarter-finals: June 29-30.

Semi-finals: July 13-14.

All-Ireland final: July 28.

Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A:

Sunday, February 4: Clare v Cork, Cusack Park, 1.45pm.

Saturday, February 10: Cork v Kilkenny, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 7.30pm.

Sunday, February 25: Cork v Waterford, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 3.45pm.

Sunday, March 10: Offaly v Cork, Tullamore, 1.15pm.

Sunday, March 17: Wexford v Cork, Wexford Park, 1.45pm.

Munster Hurling Championship:

Sunday, April 21: Waterford, Walsh Park.