Preview: Meath's quest for another All-Ireland final appearance begins
June 05, 2026
Meath's Emma Duggan in action against Galway during the NFL Division 1 clash with Galway at Grangegodden
Compiled by Jackie Cahill
THE 2026 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship gets underway over the coming weekend – with all four provincial champions in action.
The action begins on Saturday when Ulster champions Armagh make the trip to Cork, ahead of three senior ties on Sunday, as Leinster and All-Ireland champions Dublin visit Mayo, Munster champions Kerry host Tipperary, and Connacht winners Galway make the trip to Meath.
The Cork-Armagh and Mayo-Dublin ties are both live on TG4 linear TV, with the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel providing live coverage of Kerry v Tipperary and Meath v Galway.
Group 4 Round 1
Meath v Galway; St Patrick’s GFC, Stamullen, 2pm – Live on Spórt TG4 YouTube
These sides met back in January in the opening round of Lidl NFL fixtures.
Galway won by eight points on that occasion before going on to contest a League final with Cork.
Losing that decider was a setback for Galway but they did bounce back quickly to land another Connacht title.
Meath lost out on a Leinster final appearance, with Dublin and Kildare advancing from the group stages, but they have had the chance to regroup ahead of the All-Ireland series.
Meath went all the way to Croke Park and an All-Ireland final appearance last year and will target a similar path.
Galway were beaten semi-finalists in 2025 and can count themselves unfortunate after losing to Dublin in an extra-time thriller.
Following their Connacht final exploits, Galway’s starting team shows four changes in personnel.
Sarah Ní Loingsigh, Ellen Power, Kate Thompson and Róisín Leonard are all handed starts, as Chellene Trill, Louise Ward, Lynsey Noone and Andrea Trill drop out of the starting team.
Meath have just one change to the side that lost their last competitive match, a round-robin Leinster against Dublin, with Emma Duggan coming in for Marion Farrelly.
MEATH: R Murray; K Kealy, Á Sheridan, A Gaffney; O Sheehy, O Gore, K Bermingham; S Murphy, N Gallogly (capt.); L Woods, E Duggan, M Thynne; M Byrne, O Mallon, R Casserly.
GALWAY: L O'Halloran; B Quinn, S Ní Loingsigh, K Geraghty (capt.); H Noone, N Ward, E Power; N Divilly, S Divilly; O Divilly, K Slevin, K Thompson; E Noone, L Coen, R Leonard.
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