Donegal-Derry standout tie in 2025 GAA football championship draws [Video]

THE DRAWS HAVE been made for the 2025 provincial football championships, with an Ulster preliminary round clash between Donegal and Derry the standout tie.

This will see the reigning champions face the winners of 2022 and 2023. Derry were chasing a provincial three-in-a-row this season but were undone by Jim McGuinness’s outfit at the quarter-final stage. 

Mayo and Galway have been kept on opposite sides of the draw in Connacht while Dublin begin their Leinster title defence at the quarter-final stage against either Wicklow or Longford.

Munster holders Kerry will begin their provincial campaign in the semi-final where Limerick or Cork await.

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In Connacht, defending champions Galway will travel to face New York in one quarter-final while London welcome Roscommon in Ruislip.

Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim were placed in the other draw, where a tie between Mayo and Sligo in quarter-final C emerged. This means Leitrim will go straight into a semi-final, …