Laois face old foes Mayo in return to the top tier of Ladies Gaelic football
Laois face old foes Mayo in the first round of the 2023 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships as the county makes its return to the top table of the competition.
Following their victory in the 2022 Intermediate Championship, Laois face Mayo in the group stage of the Senior Championship. Laois squared up to Mayo in 2001 and came out on top to secure their first and only Senior All-Ireland Championship.
Laois Anna Healy was among Laois players present when stars from the competing counties gathered at Croke Park on Monday, May 29 to officially launch the 2023 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships.
Apart from Mayo, who are Connacht Champions, Laois will also face Ulster runners-up Armagh, in Group A of the senior competition which is sure to be a stern test of the Laois women on their return to the top grade.
Leinster champions Dublin, Lidl National League Division 1 champions Kerry, who lost to Cork in yesterday’s Munster Final, and Cavan will play in Group C.
Group D is made up of Munster champions Cork, Connacht runners-up Galway, and Tipperary.
The Senior Championship is due to get underway on Saturday, June 17.
TG4 and the LGFA will shortly reveal details of another TV schedule which will run until the conclusion of the Championships at Croke Park on Sunday, August 13.
The 2023 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-finals will be played as a double-header at Semple Stadium in Thurles, county Tipperary, on Saturday, July 29.
The 2023 TG4 All-Ireland Finals will be staged as a triple-header once again at Croke Park on Sunday August 13, with the Junior Final at 11.45am, followed by the Intermediate decider at 1.45pm and the Senior Final at 4pm.
Finals day marks an an historic occasion as it will be the 50th anniversary of the first All-Ireland Senior Final, won by Tipperary, which was played in Durrow, Co Laois, in 1974.
Peil na mBan Beo will be available to audiences globally on the TG4 Player at https://www.tg4.ie/en/ player/watch-live/home/ and on the TG4 Mobile and Smart TV App.
The LGFA and TG4 say all other games that are not being televised in the TG4 All-Ireland Championships will be available to view via the LGFA’s live-streaming service. Visit https://page.inplayer.com/ lgfaseason2023/ for full details.
2023 TG4 All-Ireland Championship groupings
Senior:
Group A: Mayo, Armagh, Laois
Group B: Donegal, Meath, Waterford
Group C: Dublin, Kerry, Cavan
Group D: Cork, Galway, Tipperary
Intermediate:
Group A: Kildare, Leitrim, Louth
Group B: Clare, Tyrone, Offaly, Wicklow
Group C: Roscommon, Wexford, Monaghan
Group D: Antrim, Longford, Westmeath
Junior:
Group A: Sligo, Kilkenny, Limerick, Down
Group B: Derry, Carlow, London, Fermanagh