2026 GAA Championship team news: Full panels named for opening weekend
The 2026 GAA Championship kicks off this weekend with a busy schedule of football and hurling, and official panels have now been confirmed for the main fixtures.
Supporters will get their first taste of the county’s selections in the Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster senior football championships, while the Christy Ring Cup, Nickey Rackard Cup and Lory Meagher Cup also begin with several intriguing clashes.
Below you’ll find the full team news from the opening weekend, with the 26-man field named by each county, listed game by game.
Connacht Senior Football Championship
London v Mayo
London
- Andrew Walsh
- Rooney Apartment
- Matt Moynahan
- Sean O’Donoghue
- Ciaran McKeon
- Conal Gallagher
- Conor O’Donohue
- Liam Gallagher
- Daniel Clarke
- Josh Obahor
- James Davis
- Christian Healy
- Michael O’Reilly
- Shay Chevron
- Joe McGill
- Cormac McConnell
- Conor Redican
- Ciaran Gaughan
- Nathan Feney
- Shaun Wogan
- Liam Crowley
- Conor Goggin
- Marc Friel
- Stéphane Henri
- Liam Murphy
- Finbarr Crowley
Mayo
- Rob Hennelly
- Jack Coyne
- Rory Brickenden
- Fenton Kelly
- Sam Callinan
- Michael Plunkett
- Paddy Durcan
- Bob Tuohy
- David McBrien
- Jack Carney
- Ryan O. Donoghue
- Hugh O. Loughlin
- Cian McHale
- Aidan O’Shea
- Paul Towey
- Jack Livingstone
- John McMonagle
- Donna McHugh
- Stephen Coen
- Sean Morahan
- Jordan Flynn
- Colonel Dawson
- Fergal Boland
- Diarmuid O Connor
- Tommy Conroy
- Cillian O’Connor
Sligo to Leitrim
Sligo
- Aidan Devaney
- Tommy Ross
- Conor Sheridan
- Luc Casserly
- Canice Mulligan
- Jack Lavin
- Paul Kilcoyne
- Darragh Cummins
- Luc Towey
- Lee Deignan
- Alan McLoughlin
- Cian Lally
- Joshua Flynn
- Niall Murphy
- Shane Deignan
- Keelan Harte
- Paul McNamara
- Michael Lavin
- Rossa Sloyan
- O’Boyle Apartment
- Gavin Gorman
- Conor Johnston
- Kyle Cawley
- David Quinn
- James Donlon
- Pat Spillane
Leitrim
- Killian Gaffey
- Cillian McGloin
- Conor Reynolds
- Sean Harkin
- Eoin McLoughlin
- Marc Diffley
- Keith Keegan
- Conor Quinn
- Barry McNulty
- Fergal McLoughlin
- Riordan O’Rourke
- Tom Before
- Ryan O’Rourke
- Gavin Reynolds
- Ben Guckian
- Daire O’Shea
- Anna McNamara
- Kieran Clancy
- James Rooney
- Peter Before
- Michael McKiernan
- Oisin McLoughlin
- Paul Honeyman
- Jack Kelly
- Tom Plunkett
- Ruairi O’Rourke
New York vs. Roscommon
new York
- Joey Grace
- Tadhg O’Riordan
- Sean Wilson
- Cian O’Dea
- Jack Foley
- Matthew Queenan
- Rob Wharton
- Eoghan McElliott
- Conall Kennedy
- Donald Hunt
- Frank O’Reilly
- Lord Mathers
- Conor Keenan
- Jack McKenna
- Killian Butler
- Ryan Corrigan
- Shane Brosnan
- Adam Loughlin Stones
- Oisin Mathers
- David Naughten
- Jack Healy
- Jack Kennedy
- Mick Argue
- Noel Hatton
- James Walsh
- Jack Wild
Roscommon
- Conor Carroll
- Patrick Gavin
- Caelim Keogh
- Eoin McCormack
- Eoin district
- Ronan Daly
- Lamb Senan
- Keith Doyle
- Conor Ryan
- Dylan Ruane
- Come on Smith
- Darragh Heneghan
- Wednesday Murder
- Cregg Apartment
- Robert Heneghan
- Aaron Brady
- Niall Higgins
- Colm Neary
- Robbie Dolan
- Shane Cunnane
- Jack Duggan
- Paul Carey
- Ben O’Carroll
- Conor’s hand
- John Colleran
- Ciaran Lennon
Leinster Senior Football Championship
Offaly v Laois
Offaly
- Conor Melia
- Shane O’Toole Greene
- David Dempsey
- Lee Pearson
- Cormac Egan
- Diarmuid Egan
- Dair McDaid
- Jack McEvoy
- Jordan Hayes
- Dalton Brands
- Keith O’Neill
- Rory Egan
- Dylan Hyland
- Shane Tierney
- Darragh Flynn
- Sean O’Toole
- Aidan Bracken
- Conor Dunican
- Nathan Poland
- Kyle Higgins
- Jack Bryant
- Eoin Sawyer
- Harry Plunkett
- Sean Conway
- John Dunne
- Cathal Ryan
Laois
- Killian Roche
- Jack Lacey
- Trevor Collins
- Alex Mohan
- Pa Kirwan
- Aaron McEvoy
- Simon Fingleton
- Ciaran Burke
- Conor Heffernan
- Kevin Swayne
- Ronan Coffey
- Patrick O’Sullivan
- Brian Byrne
- Daragh Galvin
- Evan O’Carroll
- Matthew Byron
- Darren Brennan
- Killian Byrne
- Niall Corbett
- Jake Darcy
- Ben Dempsey
- Mikie Dempsey
- Paul Kingston
- Murphy Reign
- Cian Nolan
- Robert Tyrrell
Carlow v Wicklow
Carlow
- Ben McCarron
- Colin Byrne
- Niall Roche
- Paddy McDonnell
- John Phiri
- Dara Curran
- Padraig Bolger
- Marc Furey
- Conor Doyle
- Lee Walker
- Colm Hulton
- Mikey Bambrick
- Liam Gavin
- Christopher Blake
- Sean Murphy
- Johnny Furey
- Lee Moore
- John Murphy
- Tadgh Roche
- Ross Dunphy
- Adam Burgess
- Kyle Nolan
- Jamie Clarke
- Kevin Murphy
- Eohan Ruth
- Aaron Amond
Wicklow
- Mark Jackson
- Tom Moran
- Conall Ó Gallchobhair
- Gavin Fogarty
- Cian Deering
- Matt Nolan
- Jonathan Carlin
- Dean Healy
- Jack Hardy
- Joe Prendergast
- Padraig O Toole
- Christopher O’Brien
- Oisin McGraynor
- Kevin Quinn
- Eoin Darcy
- Cathal Fitzgerald
- Brian Bohan
- Jack Kirwan
- Catherine Baker
- Marc Kenny
- Conor’s Fee
- Jacques McCall
- Liam O’Neill
- John Murthy
- Sean Murphy
- Jean-Paul Nolan
Longford v Westmeath
Longford
- Eoin McGuinness
- Patrick Renard
- Ryan Moffett
- Bryan Masterson
- Peter Lynn
- Ronan Sweeney
- Dessie Reynolds
- Liam Glennon
- Oisin O’Toole
- James Moran
- Matthew Carey
- Daniel Reynolds
- Dylan Farrell
- Joseph Hagan
- Oran Kenny
- Michael Hughes
- Cian Brady
- Aaron Farrell
- Niall Farrelly
- Iarla O’Sullivan
- Matthew Flynn
- Paddy Moran
- Conor Smith
- Aidan McGuire
- Calan Lynch
- Gavin Farrelly
Westmeath
- Jason Daly
- Daniel Schahill
- Charlie Drum
- Tadhg Baker
- Ronan Wallace
- Shane Allen
- Matthew Whittaker
- Brian Cooney
- Ray Connellan
- Kevin O’Sullivan
- Sam McCartan
- Conor Dillon
- Tom Molloy
- Luc Loughlin
- Brandon Kelly
- Jack Connaughton
- Adam Treanor
- Shane Corcoran
- Robbie Forde
- Late Baker
- Devin Hill
- Shane Ormsby
- Danny McCartan
- Eoghan McCabe
- Jack Duncan
- TJ Cox
Munster Senior Football Championship
Cork v Limerick
Cork
- Michael Hugh Martin
- Maurice Shanley
- Daniel O’Mahony
- John Meehan
- Brian O’Driscoll
- Tommy Walsh
- Luc Fahy
- Colm O’Callaghan
- Ian Maguire
- Paul Walsh
- by Mark Cronin
- Sean McDonnell
- Chris YoungJones
- Dara Sheedy
- Steven Sherlock
- Patrick Doyle
- Tomas O’Mahony
- Rory Maguire
- Darragh Cashman
- Sean Walsh
- Conor Cahalane
- David Buckley
- Ruairi Deane
- Eoghan McSweeney
- Conor Corbett
- Brian Hurley
Limerick
- Jeffrey Alfred
- Sean Kilbridge
- Cormac Woulfé
- Diarmuid Buckley
- Barry Coleman
- Killian Ryan
- Tony McCarthy
- Elie Riordan
- Jack McCarthy
- Rory O’Brien
- Cillian Fahy
- Paul Maher
- Robbie Childs
- James Naughton
- Danny Neville
- Ronan McElligott
- Darren O. Doherty
- Oran Collins
- Goose moss
- Lee Woulfé
- Marc McCarthy
- Colm McSweeney
- Josh Dineen
- Zach McCarthy
- Shane Cross
- Pete Nash
Waterford v Tipperary
Waterford
- Simon Brûle
- Tommy Martin
- Billy Hynes
- Conor O’Currin
- Glen Power
- Adam Crawford
- Conor Murray
- Michael O’Brien
- Michael Curry
- Donald Fitzgerald
- Aaron Ryan
- Liam Mulligan
- Dermot Ryan
- Stephen Curry
- Alan Dunwoody
- Paudie Hunt
- Darach Ó Cathasaigh
- Adam Murray
- Darragh Walsh
- Kevin Walsh
- Cian Kiely
- Kyle Flynn
- Conor Keating
- Colin Foley
- Conor Fennel
- David Butler
Tipperary
- Shane Garland
- Jack O’Neill
- Eoin O’Connell
- Manus McFadden
- Kieran Costello
- James Morris
- Charlie King
- Joe Higgins
- Paudie Feehan
- John Craddock
- Michael Freaney
- Killian Butler
- Cian Smith
- Sean O’Connor
- Color Hogan
- Robbie McGrath
- Darragh Brennan
- Marc Corcoran
- Paddy Creedon
- Michael Lowry
- JP Pays Tansia
- Emmet Moloney
- Darragh O’Connor
- Paddy O’Keeffe
- Marc Russell
- Mark Stokes
Ulster Senior Football Championship
Armagh v Tyrone
Armament
- Blaine Hughes
- Peter McGrane
- Aaron McKay
- Paddy burns
- Ross McQuillan
- Gareth Murphy
- Jarly and Burns
- Tiernan Kelly
- Ben Créaley
- Greg McCabe
- Darragh McMullan
- Thomas McCormack
- Cian M cConville
- Jason Duffy
- I would be Conaty
- Ethan Rafferty
- Barry McCambridge
- Joe McElroy
- Ryan Duffy
- Callum O’Neill
- Daniel Magee
- Conor Turbitt
- Oisin O’Neill
- Fergal O’Brien
- Rory Grugan
- Andrew Murnin
Tyrone
- Niall Morgan
- Cormac Quinn
- Peter Teague
- Niall Devlin
- Franck Burns
- Joey Clarke
- Michael McKernan
- Brian Kennedy
- Conn Kilpatrick
- Seanie O’Donnell
- Ronan Cassidy
- Ben McDonnell
- Darren McCurry
- Mattie Donnelly
- Daragh Canavan
- I would be O’Kane
- Michael Rafferty
- Aidan Clarke
- Ben Cullen
- Kieran McGeary
- Daly Jones
- Aodhan Donaghy
- Ciaran Daly
- Lorcan McGarrity
- Eoin McElholm
- Ethan Jordan
Christy Ring Cup
Meath v Kerry
Meat
- Gavin King
- Jarlath Ennis
- Sean Geraghty
- Lorcan O’Connor
- John Donegan
- Daire Shine
- Noah Conroy
- Simon Ennis
- Joey Cole
- Lorcan Byrne
- Padraig O’Hanrahan
- Tom Briller
- Mike Cole
- Darren O’Higgins
- Marc Leavy
- Philippe O’Brien
- Anthony Healy
- Catherine Barron
- Darragh Heffernan
- Fergal Flynn
- Jack Walsh
- Kevin Mulligan
- Kyle Donnelly
- Kyle Ennis
- Sean Coloe
- Sean Doyle
Kerry
- Conor Bohane
- Eric Lee n
- Sean McGrath
- Kyle O’Connor
- James O’Connor
- Jason Diggins
- Michael Lane
- Kevin Goulding
- Evan Murphy
- Jordan Brick
- Ronan Walsh
- Tom Doyle
- Liam Og O’Connor
- Padraig Boyle
- Hugh Lenihan
- We ask Quirke
- Michael Slattery
- Dara Kearney
- Adam Segal
- Darragh Slattery
- Séami Foran
- Luc Rochford
- Keith Carmody
- Cillian Litchfield
- Niall O’Mahony
- Gavin Dooley
Donegal v Wicklow
Donegal
- Luc Blanc
- I would be Kelly
- Ciaran Bradley
- Steven McBride
- Conor O.Grady
- Kevin Kealy
- Gavin Browne
- Danny Cullen
- Brian McIntyre
- Liam McKinney
- Ronan McDermott
- Peter Kelly
- Declan Coulter
- Richie Ryan
- Josh Cronolly McGee
- Dylan Lafferty
- John Kealy
- Dan Donnelly
- Ryan Hilferty
- Ruairi Campbell
- Conor Diver
- Kyle O’Neill
- Gerard Gilmore
- Kieran Brady
- Sean Halvey
- Sean Ward
Wicklow
- Conor McNally
- Ben Kearney
- Byran Kearney
- Ian Clancy
- Padraig Doran
- John Henderson
- James Boland
- Tommy Collins
- Sam O’Dowd
- Andrew Kavanagh
- Jack Phelan
- Luke Evans
- Fionn Darcy
- Padraig Doyle
- Séanie Germaine
- Meithéal Cleary
- Emmet Blanchfield
- Conall Byrne
- Kenneth Cullen
- Dylan Byrne
- Andrew Lynch
- Brandon Ryan
- Jack Doyle
- Willie Cash
- Luke Byrne
- Adam O. Leary
Derry v Roscommon
Derry
- Sean Kelly
- Jamie Lee McGlade
- Patrick Turner
- Town of McGilligan
- Conor Coyle
- Meehaul McGrath
- Eamon Cassidy
- Eamon Conway
- Thomas Brady
- Darragh McGilligan
- Fintan Bradley
- Joseph Mulholland
- Cormac O’Doherty
- Shea Cassidy
- Deaghlan Foley
- John Mullholland
- Eunan Boylan
- Sean Quinn
- Conor McGurk
- Connor Melaugh
- Michael Lynch
- Tiernan Melaugh
- Andy McBride
- Ryan McGarvey
- Ruairi Biggs
- John Scullion
Roscommon
- Lawless Enda
- Michael Hussey
- James Dillon
- Jack Dowling
- Keelan Ryan
- Adam Donnelly
- Darragh Finn
- Tommy Morris
- Ethan Connaughton
- Brian Mannion
- Cian Murray
- Ronan Finn
- Sean Canning
- Jack Donnelly
- Paddy Fallon
- Tim Gilmore
- Conor Mulry
- Conor Morris
- Niall Fleming
- Eamon Mulry
- Jason Martin
- Liam Og Coyle
- Cian Bowes
- Tommy Fleming
- Karl Feehily
- Brian Lawlor
Nickey Rackard Cup
Armagh v Mayo
Armament
- Ciaran Duffy
- Stephen O’Keeffe
- Paudie Lappin
- Ode to curry
- Tam Lennon
- Barry Shortt
- Caionn Hughes
- Jack Scallon
- Peter McKearney
- Jack Loughran
- Aaron Fox
- Aaron Cullinane
- Dear Harvey,
- Charlie McArdle
- Conor rifle
- Declan Harris
- Eoin McGuinness
- Dylan McKenna
- Morgane Thomas
- Miceal Rice
- Joe O’Connor
- Marty moans
- Conor Gormley
- Darren McMullan
- Brian McCann
- Danny Magee
Mayo
- Bobby Douglas
- Alex Evans
- Oisin really
- Connor Murray
- Corey Scahill
- David Kenny
- Oisin Ivers
- John Heraty
- Daniel Huane
- Ryan Duffy
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