Draws made for quarter-finals of Laois SFC, SFC 'B' and IFC semi-finals

And then there were eight.

With wins for O’Dempsey’s and Killeshin in Sunday’s Round 3 clashes, the quarter-finalists have been confirmed in the Laois Shopping Centre SFC.

This weekend saw eight teams battle it out for four places in the quarter-finals, with the losers dropping into the SFC ‘B’ and their hopes of getting their hands on the Jack Delaney Cup dashed.

Stradbally, Ballyroan-Abbey, O’Dempsey’s and Killeshin have joined Portarlington, Portlaoise, Courtwood and St Joseph’s in the last eight.

The quarter-final draw was made following the conclusion of Round 3.

The draw is as follows:

Courtwood v Stradbally

Portlaoise v Killeshin

St Joseph’s v Ballyroan-Abbey

Portarlington v O’Dempsey’s

The draw for the SFC ‘B’ quarter-finals was also made, with The Heath, Park-Ratheniska, Arles-Killeen and Graiguecullen losing this weekend to join Clonaslee St Manman’s, Rosenallis, Emo and Crettyard in the competition.

Three of those eight clubs will be relegated to the intermediate grade for 2027.

The draw is as follows:

Arles-Killeen v Clonaslee St Manman’s

The Heath v Rosenallis

Graiguecullen v Crettyard

Park-Ratheniska v Emo

The semi-final line-up for the Intermediate Championship is also now known following Friday evening’s quarter-finals.

Kilcavan will face Mountmellick, while Ballylinan will take on Ballyfin.

All of these games will take place on the weekend of September 11-13.