Details of Roscommon’s All-Ireland minor football quarter-final confirmed

James Duignan's young men will play Kerry in the last eight.
Details of Roscommon’s All-Ireland minor football quarter-final confirmed

Stephen Tighe and the Roscommon minor footballers are heading for Ennis on Saturday week (June 8th). Picture: INPHO/James Lawlor

Details of Roscommon’s All-Ireland minor football championship quarter-final against Kerry have been confirmed.

James Duignan’s men will take on the Munster champions at Cusack Park, Ennis, on Saturday, June 8th, at 6.30 p.m..

The game forms part of a double header with Mayo and Cork, which throws in at 4.30 p.m..

The venue holds fond memories for Roscommon supporters as it was the scene of the county’s famous All-Ireland minor football triumph against the Kingdom in 2006. Roscommon also defeated Kerry in the 2017 All-Ireland U-17 football semi-final at the same venue.

The other two quarter-finals will be a double header at Kingspan Breffni, also on Saturday, June 8th.

Derry and Dublin will get the ball rolling at 1 p.m., which will be followed by Longford and Armagh at 3 p.m..

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