2025 Ulster Championships officially launched - Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Uladh
The 2025 Ulster Senior Football and Ladies Football Championships were officially launched this week at the Market Place Theatre and
ulster.gaa.ieHere’s the latest widely reported update on the 2025 Ulster Senior Football Championship.
- The championship began with a preliminary round on April 6, 2025, featuring Donegal vs Derry at Ballybofey, with Donegal advancing. This aligns with official Ulster GAA communications announcing the start of the competition and opening fixtures [source: Ulster GAA official launch page].[1]
- Donegal entered as the defending champions and were joined by other Ulster counties in the knockout format, with quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the Ulster Final scheduled in May 2025. The bracket and fixtures details were outlined in the official launch and subsequent round reports.[1]
- The final, played on May 10, 2025 at St Tiernach’s Park, Clones, saw Donegal defeat Armagh by one point to retain the Anglo-Celt Cup, confirming Donegal as back-to-back Ulster champions.[7]
- Additional context and cross-referenced summaries from reputable sources also indicate the same outcome, including contemporaneous reports of match results and the final scoreline.[6][7]
Illustrative snapshot:
- Final: Donegal 2-23 vs Armagh 0-28 (Donegal won by a point) at Clones, 10 May 2025.[7]
If you’d like, I can pull up the full match-by-match results, provide a timeline of each round, or create a compact table of results for quick reference. I can also link to official fixtures pages for ongoing or archived details.[8][1]