Donegal minors drawn against either Monaghan or Down in Ulster minor championship

The nine captains pictured at the launch of the Ulster Minor Championship

placeholder image — The nine captains pictured at the launch of the Ulster Minor Championship

Barry Ward's charges will have home advantage after draw made on Monday night in Owenbeg

Donegal will take the winners of the preliminary round game between Monaghan or Down in the Ulster Minor Championship.

Barry Ward's charges (who play Tyrone in the Ulster Minor League final this weekend) will have a home draw with the game set for O'Donnell Park, Letterkenny on Saturday, 19th April.

The 2025 Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Championship was launched on Monday night in Owenbeg, with the draw for the Preliminary Round and Round One taking place.

The full draw is

Saturday 12th April – Preliminary Round

Monaghan v Down at Clones

Saturday 19th April – Round 1

Tyrone v Fermanagh at O’Neill’s Healy Park

Donegal V Monaghan/Down at O’Donnell Park Letterkenny

Armagh V Antrim at Box-It Athletic Grounds

Cavan v Derry at Kingspan Breffni

Sat 26th April – Qualifiers Round 1

Losers of Prelim Round and the Round 1 games. (*Should the Preliminary Round winner lose in Round 1, they will be excluded from this Round).

R1 loser/Prelim loser* V R1 loser/Prelim loser*

(loser eliminated – Enters National Tier 3)

If a team drawn were at home in Prelim/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.

Sat 3rd May – Round 2

(Open Draw – 4 Winners of Round 1)

R1 Winner V R1 Winner

R1 Winner v R1 Winner

Qualifiers Round 2

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

QR1 loser v QR1 loser

(losers eliminated– Enter National Tier 2 or 3)

From the two teams that are eliminated at Qualifiers Rd 2 stage, if one team has won a game in the MFC they will go to National Tier 2.

Otherwise, the Tier 2 team will be determined in line with Ordering as per Code 13 & 11.1 T.O. 2023.

Saturday 10th May – Quarter Finals

R2 loser V QR2 winner