Offaly ladies drawn with Roscommon and Wexford
Offaly ladies have been drawn with Roscommon and Wexford in Group 1 of this year's All-Ireland intermediate championship.
It gives Offaly a chance to improve on last year's showing against Roscommon. The Rossies topped the group also containing Offaly last year and went on to reach the All-Ireland semi-finals. For their part, the Faithful women were eliminated from the championship by Sligo at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage.
Roscommon were seeded for the draw, as were Meath, Sligo and Westmeath (who were relegated from the senior ranks last year).
Meath, beaten intermediate finalists in 2018 and 2019, will battle it out with Leitrim and Down in Group 3. Westmeath have been drawn in an all-Leinster Group 2 alongside Longford and Louth.
With 13 teams involved in the intermediate championship, Group 4 is made up of four counties, namely Sligo, Clare, Kildare and Laois.
The top team in Group 1 following the round-robin phase will play the Group 2 winners in the All-Ireland semi-finals, while the leading teams in Groups 3 and Group 4 will contest the other semi-final.
The winners of the All-Ireland intermediate championship will be presented with the Mary Quinn Memorial Cup (pictured above).
The draws for the LGFA All-Ireland championships at senior, intermediate and junior level were made in Portlaoise last night (Tuesday).
All-Ireland senior champions Dublin have been pitted with Waterford and Donegal in the round-robin phase of the revised championship.
Galway, the 2019 runners-up, have been drawn with last year's intermediate winners Tipperary and Monaghan in Group 2, while 11-time senior champions Cork will battle it out with Munster rivals Kerry and Cavan in Group 1.
Ulster sides Armagh and Tyrone have both been drawn together in Group 4, alongside 2019 semi-finalists Mayo.
The four teams topping their respective groups will progress straight through to the All-Ireland semi-finals, with the first team in Group 1 facing off against the Group 2 table-toppers, while the Group 3 winners will play the top team in Group 4.
Dublin, Galway, Cork and Mayo – the 2019 semi-finalists – were seeded for the senior draw.
An open draw determined the make-up of the two groups of three teams for the junior championship round-robin phase. Group 1 contains 2019 runners-up Fermanagh, alongside Carlow and Wicklow, while Derry, Limerick and Antrim have been pitted together in Group 2.
Ladies Gaelic Football Association President Marie Hickey and TG4 Director General Alan Esslemont were on hand to conduct the draws, and the 2020 finals will mark the 20th year of the long-standing partnership between the LGFA and TG4.
It was also confirmed that promotion is on offer for the winners of the 2020 junior and intermediate championships, but relegation will not apply in the intermediate and senior grades.
The dates for the 2020 TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships have yet to be confirmed.
TG4 All-Ireland LGFA Senior Championship
Group 1: Cork, Cavan, Kerry.
Group 2: Galway, Tipperary, Monaghan.
Group 3: Dublin, Waterford, Donegal.
Group 4: Mayo, Armagh, Tyrone.
TG4 All-Ireland LGFA Intermediate Championship
Group 1: Roscommon, Offaly, Wexford.
Group 2: Westmeath, Longford, Louth.
Group 3: Meath, Leitrim, Down.
Group 4: Sligo, Clare, Kildare, Laois.
TG4 All-Ireland LGFA Junior Championship
Group 1: Fermanagh, Carlow, Wicklow.
Group 2: Derry, Limerick, Antrim.