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Cork and Kerry are through to the GAA football Munster senior championship final; Mayo and Galway will contest the Connacht decider; Donegal have reached the Ulster final.
That leaves three slots to be filled, which will happen next weekend when Armagh and Monaghan contest the second Ulster semi-final in Clones on Saturday evening while Croke Park hosts the Meath v Kildare and Dublin v Wexford Leinster semi-finals on Sunday.
There's also Round 1 All-Ireland qualifier action, with four games on the programme:
Defending champions, Monaghan are bidding to reach successive Ulster finals for the first time since 1943-44 (they lost both) while Armagh's last appearance in the decider was in 2008 when they beat Fermanagh in a replay. Their last championship clash was in 2010 when Monaghan won an Ulster quarter-final by 12 points. They met in Round 5 of this year's Allianz League Division 2 campaign when Monaghan won by 1-17 to 0-10.
Monaghan edged to victory by the minimum margin after an excellent contest. Conor McManus scored 0-6 (all frees) for the winner who led by 0-8 to 0-7 at half time. They increased their advantage to five points in the third quarter before a spirited Tyrone revival came up just short.
This will be the first ever championship clash between the counties. Cavan have won eight, drawn one and lost twelve of 21 qualifier games while Westmeath have won thirteen, drawn one and lost ten of 24 games. Cavan reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals, via the qualifiers, last year, beating Fermanagh, Derry and London in Rounds, 2, 3, 4.
Westmeath were beaten by Fermanagh in the first round.
They meet for the fifth time overall in the championship and for the fourth time in the qualifiers. Tyrone won in 2008 and 2006, a year in which they also drew. Tyrone have an excellent qualifier record, winning 19 and drawing one of 23 games while Louth have won nine and drawn one of 23 games.
They meet for the second time in the championship with Carlow winning the only previous tie by 3-11 to 1-10 in Dungarvan in the first round of the 2001 All-Ireland qualifiers.
Their last competitive clash was last April when Waterford won an Allianz League clash by 1-9 to 0-9 in Dungarvan. Carlow led by two points after 55 minutes but Waterford scored five unanswered points to win by three.
They meet in the championship for the fourth time in seven years, with Kildare having won two of the previous three. Meath won the last clash in 2012 by 1-17 to 1-11 in a game where Brian Farrell was top scorers for the winners in 0-6. It has been a remarkably close championship rivalry over the years, with Kildare leading 15-14 and seven draws from their previous 36 meetings.
Meath, who last won the Leinster title in 2010, are bidding to reach the final for a third successive year.
Kildare, who last won the Leinster title in 2000, are seeking to reach the final for the first time since 2009.
Kildare 1-22 Louth 1-7, Leinster quarter-final (Croke Park, June 8)
Jason's Ryan men turned in a very impressive performance in a runaway win over a Louth team that struggled all the way through. Kildare led by 1-13 to 0-5 at half-time and continued their dominance in the second half, which they won by 0-9 to 1-2.
Meath 7-13 Carlow 0-6, Leinster quarter-final (Dr. Cullen Park, June 15)
Mickey Newman scored 3-2, Andrew Tormey 1-3 and Bryan McMahon 1-1 as Meath ran riot against an out-classed home team. Meath led by 3-6 to 0-2 at half-time and added a further 4-7 in the second half while conceding only 0-3.
They meet for the fourth time in five seasons, having previously clashed in 2012-11-10. Wexford are seeking their first championship win over Dublin since the 1956 Leinster semi-final which they won by 2-7 to 0-7 in Carlow. Since, then Dublin have beaten Wexford eighteen times, the latest coming in 2012 when then won a Leinster semi-final by 2-11 to 1-10 on day when Kevin McManamon (1-3) and Diarmuid Connolly (1-1) were Dublin's top scorers. Ben Brosnan (0-4) and Redmond Barry (1-1) were Wexford's top scorers.
Dublin, chasing a four-in-a-row in Leinster, are bidding to reach the final for the 9th in ten seasons (2005-2014), having missed out only once in 2010 when they lost the semi-final to Meath. Wexford who last won the Leinster title in 1945, last reached the final in 2011, losing to Dublin.
Dublin 2-21 Laois 0-16, Leinster quarter-final (Croke Park, June 8)
Laois stayed with Dublin until the final quarter, when they were out-scored by 1-8 to 0-3. Dublin led by 1-13 to 0-13 after 54 minutes but a goal by Michael Darragh Macauley powered Dublin up a gear and they ran out easy winners.
Wexford 1-15 Longford 1-13, Leinster quarter-final (Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, June 7)
Ciarán Lyng score 1-5 as Wexford edged to victory with a hard-working performance that proved too much for the home team. Wexford led by 1-8 to 0-7 at half-time but Longford battled back and led in the final ten minutes before the visitors kicked on again.
This will be only the second ever championship clash between the counties, with Down winning the previous clash by 1-16 to 1-8 in a Round 2 qualifier in Newry in 2011.
Down have won fifteen of their 24 qualifier ties since the new championship system was introduced in 2001 while Leitrim have had only one win, beating Wicklow in Carrick-on-Shannon two years ago.
