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Referee Kevin Phelan does the cointoss with Cait Lynch of Kerry and Laoise Lenehan of Kildare before the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Photo by Tyler Miller/Sportsfile
The 2026 TG4 LGFA All-Ireland Championship group stage draws have been confirmed. The Kildare ladies begin their Leinster Championship campaign Sunday, April 26 at 2pm against Meath with their results in their province dictating their All-Ireland group spot. The full schedule for the SFC is listed below.
Group 1 - Ulster Winner, Munster Runner-Up, Munster 4th team.
Group 2 - Munster Winner, Leinster Runner-Up, Munster 3rd team.
Group 3 - Leinster Winner, Connacht Runner-Up, Ulster 3rd team
Group 4 - Connacht Winner, Ulster Runner-Up, Leinster 3rd team.
The Lilies finished lowest of the three Leinster teams in 2025 and ended up in a tough group alongside then Ulster champions Armagh and Leinster runners-up Meath.
After defeat to The Royals, who would go on to reach an All-Ireland final, Pat Sullivan's side produced an incredible result against Armagh to progress to the All-Ireland quarter-finals where they exited to Kerry after a cracking encounter in Tralee.
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The Senior and Intermediate groupings will be populated as the provincial championships progress. Two teams will progress from each of the Senior and Intermediate groups to determine the quarter-finalists.
Home advantage for the quarter-finals will be granted to the teams that finish on top of their respective groups, with a draw to take place following the conclusion of the group stages in the Senior and Intermediate Championships.
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