Overview
- The quarter‑final draw, held Monday, paired Round 2A winners with Round 3 victors to produce Tyrone v Kerry, Monaghan v Louth, Galway v Dublin and Cork v Mayo.
- All four matches will be played at Croke Park across the weekend of 27–28 June with Cork v Mayo (4pm) and Kerry v Tyrone (6.15pm) on GAA+ and Louth v Monaghan (1.45pm) and Dublin v Galway (4pm) on RTÉ.
- The CCCC draw procedure kept the Round 2A teams (Cork, Louth, Galway, Tyrone) apart from certain earlier/ provincial opponents and required avoidance of specific repeat pairings.
- Recent knockout results shaped momentum for the draw, including Kerry’s 4-18 to 0-17 win over Armagh and Dublin’s extra‑time 2-26 to 2-22 win over Donegal, while Cork, Galway, Louth and Tyrone advanced directly from Round 2.
- The reinstated backdoor 2A/2B format has raised the value of early wins and squad depth, it produced an even four‑province split for the last eight for the first time since 2005, and the winners will meet in semi‑finals on 11–12 July.