GAA GUIDE: Eight games on TV or stream this weekend as hurling championships puck into life

GAA fans are in for a bumper weekend of championship action with a packed schedule of hurling and football clashes set to air across RTÉ, BBC, and GAA+.

From provincial football drama to the start of the Munster and Leinster hurling championships, there’s plenty to keep GAA supporters glued to their screens this long weekend.

Saturday throws in with a heavyweight Leinster hurling showdown as Kilkenny welcome Galway to UPMC Nowlan Park at 3.45pm, live on RTÉ. That’s followed by two provincial football quarter-finals, where Fermanagh take on Down in Brewster Park at 4pm (BBC), while Mayo travel to Carrick-on-Shannon to face Leitrim at 4.30pm (GAA+).

Later that evening, it’s a Munster derby as Cork host Kerry at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, live on GAA+ at 6pm.

Sunday’s line-up is just as stacked. Monaghan meet Donegal in Clones at 2pm in the Ulster quarter-finals, streaming live on GAA+.

Meanwhile, the Munster hurling championship gets underway with Clare hosting Cork in Ennis at 2pm (RTÉ), followed by a much-anticipated clash between Tipperary and Limerick in Thurles at 4pm (GAA+).

Wrapping up the weekend is a Connacht football semi-final between Roscommon and Galway in Dr Hyde Park, also live on RTÉ at 4pm.

GAA available on TV or stream this weekend (April 5-6):

Saturday, April 19

Leinster SHC Round 1
Kilkenny V Galway, UPMC Nowlan Park, 3.45pm - RTÉ

Ulster SFC quarter-final
Fermanagh v Down, Brewster Park, 4pm - BBC

Connacht SFC semi-final
Leitrim v Mayo, Carrick-on-Shannon, 4.30pm - GAA+

Munster SFC semi-finals
Cork v Kerry, Supervalu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 6pm - GAA+

Sunday, April 20

Ulster SFC quarter-final
Monaghan v Donegal, Clones, 2pm - GAA+

Munster SHC Round 1
Clare v Cork, Cusack Park Ennis, 2pm - RTÉ
Tipperary v Limerick, FBD Semple Stadium Thurles, 4pm - GAA+

Connacht SFC semi-final
Roscommon v Galway, Dr Hyde Park, 4pm - RTÉ