GAA fixtures 2025: Armagh to face Galway in All-Ireland final repeat in Division One opener
All-Ireland champions Armagh will travel to Galway to open their Allianz Football League One campaign in a repeat of this year’s Sam Maguire decider.
Kieran McGeeney’s side travel to Salthill on Saturday 25 January (17:15 GMT), improving on their 1-11 and 0 draw since -13 beat the Tribesmen and won Gaelic football’s most coveted prize for the second time in their first official match.
The reunion between Galway and Armagh is the first of Saturday’s heavyweight double-header, with Dublin taking on old rivals Mayo in Croke Park at 19:30.
Ulster rivals Tyrone and Derry clash at Healey Park on Saturday (18:00) in an opening weekend match that will mark the respective managerial days of Malachi O’Rourke and Paddy Tully the beginning of.
Ulster champions Donegal, who beat Armagh to claim the Division Two title, will begin their top-flight campaign against Kerry in Killarney on January 26 (13:45) in a game that could mark the Michael Murphy returns from inter-county retirement.
With no pre-season games in 2025, the first round of the league will be the first official match under the new Gaelic football rules After passing the special congress last weekend.
On the hurling side, Davy Fitzgerald begins his dominant Antrim career with a trip to Croke Park on January 25 against Dublin in Division 1B, All-Ireland champions Clare faced Kilkenny in the 1A league match in Ennis the next day.
