Venues announced for round 3 football fixtures including Dublin-Mayo tie

Dublin and Mayo will renew their rivalry in the unusual surroundings of Dr Hyde Park later this month.

All of the counties’ previous Championship meetings have been from the All-Ireland quarter-final stage on, always at Croke Park in modern times, but the Group 2 All-Ireland SFC tie has been fixed for Roscommon’s county ground on Sunday, June 16.

It came after Mayo had requested that the game not be fixed for GAA headquarters, where Dublin have drawn pitifully small crowds for recent games, but the Central Competitions Control Committee was probably of a mind to take it to a provincial venue in any event.

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Mayo have a strong record in Dr Hyde Park, where they haven’t lost a League or Championship game since the 2001 Connacht final, and have already beaten Roscommon there twice in this year’s Championship, most recently last Saturday.

That set up this top of the table clash with the Dubs and although both sides are already through to the knockout stages, the game will determine who goes straight to a quarter-final, with the loser having to play a preliminary quarter-final.

The other game in that group between Cavan and Roscommon, which will determine who reaches the preliminary quarter-final by finishing third, has been fixed for Glennon Brothers Pearse Park the day before.

Tullamore or Portlaoise will host a Cork double header on the same day, depending on how Saturday’s Joe McDonagh Cup final between Offaly and Laois plays out.

The winners will enjoy home advantage against Cork in the All-Ireland hurling preliminary quarter-final so depending on the outcome, the Cork-Tyrone Group 3 football tie will double up with that game at either Glenisk O’Connor Park or Laois Hire O’Moore Park on Saturday week.

The Joe McDonagh Cup final losers will welcome Wexford in the other preliminary quarter-final on the same day.

The remaining round three football games will see Donegal and Clare face off in Castlebar (Group 3) while Westmeath take on Derry in Newry, both on June 15; the following day Galway tackle Armagh at Markievicz Park (both Group 1), while the Kerry-Louth and Monaghan-Meath ties (both Group 4) have been fixed for the same afternoon at Laois Hire O’Moore Park and Kingspan Breffni respectively.

Saturday, June 15

All-Ireland SFC Round 3

Group 1

Derry v Westmeath, Pairc Esler, 7pm (live on GAAGO)

Group 2

Roscommon v Cavan, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, 7pm

Group 3

Donegal v Clare, Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, 3pm

Tyrone v Cork, Portlaoise/Tullamore, 3pm (live on GAAGO)

All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-finals

Offaly v Cork/Wexford, Glenisk O’Connor Park, TBC

Laois v Cork/Wexford, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, TBC

Sunday, June 16

All-Ireland SFC Round 3

Group 1

Galway v Armagh, Markievicz Park, 1.45pm (live on RTE)

Group 2

Dublin v Mayo, Dr Hyde Park, 3.45 (live on RTE)

Group 4

Kerry v Louth, Laois Hire O’Moore Park, 3pm

Monaghan v Meath, Kingspan Breffni, 3pm

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