Dublin and Galway are through to the preliminary quarter-finals of the All-Ireland senior football championship after edging wins this evening over Derry and Armagh respectively.

The Dubs were pushed all the way in a 0-22 to 0-20 victory over Paddy Tally’s men in Newry where the latter’s season came to an end.

An airtight opening half at Pairc Esler saw the teams going in all square at the interval on 0-13 apiece and the capital men would move into a four-point lead in the third quarter thanks to the points of Killian McGinnis, John Small, Ciaran Kilkenny and Sean Bugler.

The Oak Leafers hung in there though and a late push saw points from Ethan Doherty, Niall Loughlin and Brendan Rogers bring them back to within two before time ran out on them.

The #SamMaguireCup Group 4 Table after Round 3.

Galway 2-22 v 0-27 Armagh
Derry 0-20 v 0-22 Dublin #GAA #SFC #GAALeagueTables pic.twitter.com/Aoh0awEfAo

— GAA League Tables (@GAALeagueTables) June 14, 2025

Meanwhile, Galway made sure of their place in the knock-out stages with a come from behind win over already quarter-final bound Armagh.

It finished 2-22 to 0-27 at Kingspan Breffni, where the Connacht champions trailed by eight points at the halfway stage after having failed to hit the net with two penalties in the first-half.

Padraic Joyce’s men would make the perfect restart though, sending over a couple of early points before John Maher palmed in the game’s first goal in the 39th minute.

Armagh’s lead would dwindle down to one before Ross McQuillan hit an exceptional point for them, but the momentum was with a Galway side in need of a result and they’d goal again through Rob Finnerty before the teams drew level late on and Shane Walsh sent over the winning free after the hooter had sounded in Cavan Town.

The results mean that Dublin are in the hat for Monday morning's draw and have a home preliminary quarter-final to look forward to next weekend, while Galway will have to travel for theirs after having finished third in the group and Derry’s championship hopes for 2025 are over.

FULL-TIME 🚨

Galway 2-22
Armagh 0-27#ARMVGAL pic.twitter.com/2XaDssNNPR

— The GAA (@officialgaa) June 14, 2025

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