Ulster GAA President Oliver Galligan launches the Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Football Championship. Pictured are Jason Irwin (Monaghan), Aidan McCluskey (Derry), Niall Devlin (Tyrone), Sean McVerry (Armagh), Ruairi Hagan (Antrim), James McCahill (Cavan), Kieran Tobin (Donegal), Aaron Jones and Fergal Quinn (Fermanagh)

The Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Minor Football Championship was officially launched on Monday night at the Tyrone GAA Centre of Excellence at Garvaghey. Players and mentors from the competing Ulster counties were present as well as a large media presence from across the province.

Officially launching of the championship, Ulster GAA President Oliver Galligan said:

"It gives me great pleasure to launch the Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Football Championship 2019. Over the years, this grade of championship has been an excellent platform to display the young talent in our Province – and to showcase the senior Ulster GAA stars of tomorrow. The next few weeks will be extremely busy around the province – with teams highly confident that they can claim the Ulster title from last year’s winners, Muineachán. I would like to acknowledge the continued support of our title sponsors Electric Ireland, now in their 8th year of sponsorship of the Championship''

The Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Minor Football Championship will begin on this Saturday when holders Muineachán welcome An Dún to Clones. Throw-in at St Tiernach's Park is 5pm.

 For complete fixtures and ticketing information visit www.ulster.gaa.ie/ulsterchampionship2019/minor-football

Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Minor Football Championship 2019 Fixtures:

20-04-2019 (Sat)

Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Football Minor Championship Preliminary Round

(5.00pm, ET if necessary, Finish on the Day)

Monaghan V Down at Clones

27-04-2019 (Sat)

Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Football Minor Championship Round 1

(6.00pm, ET if necessary, Finish on the Day)

Cavan V Fermanagh at Kingspan Breffni

Armagh V Derry at the Athletic Grounds

Donegal V Tyrone at Pairc MacCumhaill

Antrim V Monaghan / Down at Corrigan Park / Pairc Esler

04-05-2019 (Sat)

Qualifiers R1

(Losers of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) - should the winners of (a) lose in (e), they will be excluded from this Round)

                   V 2.                      (loser eliminated)

If a team drawn were at home in Round 1 they will be away in Qualifier Round 1 and vice versa.  If both teams drawn in this round were both at home or both away in previous games, the first team drawn out would have home advantage. 

11-05-2019 / 12-05-2019 (Sat / Sun):

Round 2 (Open Draw – 4 Winners of Round 1)

(1)                        V

(2)                        V

Qualifiers R2 (Remaining three losers not drawn in Qualifiers R1, plus Qualifier R1 winners)

3.                          V 4.                      (loser eliminated)

5.                          V 6.                      (loser eliminated)

18-05-2019 / 19-05-2019 (Sat / Sun):

Qualifiers R3

(Two Round 2 losers V two Qualifiers R2 winners)

(1)                        V                          (loser eliminated)

(2)                        V                          (loser eliminated)

21-06-2019 / 23-06-2019 (Fri - Sun):

Semi Finals

(Two Round 2 winners V two Qualifiers R3 winners)

(1)                         V                          (loser eliminated)

(2)                        V                          (loser eliminated)

13-07-2019 / 14-07-2019 (Fri - Sun):

Electric Ireland Ulster GAA Football Minor Championship Final

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