2026 ZuCar All-Ireland U18 Championship Finals, Saturday July 25
‘B’ – Kerry v Tyrone; Glenisk O’Connor Park, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, 2pm
In the ‘B’ Final, 2023 winners Kerry are preparing for a clash with Tyrone, who were runners-up in this competition two years ago.
Kerry were ‘A’ finalists two years ago, and ‘A’ winners in 1995, 1981 and 1980.
The 2023 ‘B’ final victory over Sligo was Kerry’s only previous appearance in the final in this grade.
Tyrone were ‘A’ finalists in 2008, 2001 and 2000, the latter appearance as winners, while this is their second ‘B’ final appearance in three seasons, as they go in search of a maiden All-Ireland title at this level.
KERRY: C O’Mahony; R Daly, A Brosnan, S Ní Shéaghdha; J Lee O’Connor, E Dillane, A Doyle; L Griffin, C O’Sullivan; S Flynn, M Teahan (capt.), F Lynch; E Evans, N O’Donoghue, K Cummins.
TYRONE: R Mullin; C McCarron, E Daly, Z McAnespy; A Leonard, E Kelly, C McCanny; K Owens (capt.), I Grimes; D Coyle, H Donnelly, M Muldoon; L McDonnell, É McGinn, C McMoran.
‘C’ – Armagh v Longford, St Tiernach’s Park, Clones, Co. Monaghan, 2pm
The ‘C’ final pits Armagh, runners-up two years ago, against Longford, who will play in their first decider in this grade.
Armagh have played twice in ‘B’ finals, winners in 2011 and runners-up in 2015, and they’ll hope to crack the code in the ‘C’ grade on Saturday.
Longford were ‘B’ runners-up in 2022, and winners in 2019. Both counties are chasing a first ‘C’ title win as they prepare for this Clones decider.
ARMAGH: L O’Neill; E Melanophy, M O’Hara, C Carnegie; A Hagan, M McGrane, A Lavery (capt.); E Hart, C Henderson; J McCreesh, L McBennett, A Brennan; C Gollogly, A O’Neill, N O’Reilly.
LONGFORD: S McDermott; A Tiernan, B Reilly, L Killian; E Kearney, O McGann, L Maguire; M Kiernan, A O’Brien; E Feeney, S Madden, Z Drake (capt.); E Dowd, M Lynn, A Mulligan.
