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06 Sept 2025

Tipperary Ladies Footballers start their league campaign with an away fixture up north

 The 2024 Lidl National Leagues will commence on Sunday January 14, with the opening round of fixtures in Division 4. 

Relegated: Tipperary ladies football team lose to Cavan and make the drop to the intermediate grade

Tipperary ladies football team won Division 2 back in 2018 when Samantha Lambert (now retired) captained the team.)

Tipperary will play their matches this coming season in Division 2 and they will be travelling across the country. Tipp will open with an away game to Cavan on the 21st of January. Tyron and Laois (away) follows before Tipperary play Kildare at home. 

On the 3rd of March they will travel to Westmeath before a home game on St. Patrick's Day against Monaghan. The following Sunday they will be at home to Donegal. 

Holders Kerry will begin the defence of their Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 crown with a glamour clash against Dublin on the opening weekend of the 2024 campaign.  

The two counties met in the 2023 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Final, won by Dublin at Croke Park, and will renew acquaintances in Round 1 of the 2024 Lidl National League. 

Dublin will have home advantage for what promises to be an intriguing fixture to help kickstart the new campaign.  

Division 1 also contains newly-promoted Armagh and 2023 runners-up Galway, while Cork, Mayo, Meath and Waterford make up the remainder of the top flight.   

Also on the opening weekend of fixtures (January 21), Cork are at home to Galway, Meath make the trip to Mayo, and Armagh have home advantage against Waterford.  

Round 2 will see three provincial derbies take place, with Meath at home to Dublin, Galway have home advantage against Mayo, and Kerry host Waterford. Cork’s trip to Armagh is the other Round 2 fixture in Division 1.  

Divisions 2, 3 and 4 will each also contain eight teams in 2024, with the top two teams in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 progressing straight to their respective Finals, while there are semi-finals scheduled for Division 4 on Sunday March 24.  

The Divisions 1 and 2 Finals will be played at Croke Park on Sunday April 7, with the Divisions 3 and 4 Finals scheduled for Saturday April 6.  

Division 2 will contain Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal (relegated from Division 1 in 2023), Tipperary, Kildare (promoted from Division 3), Tyrone, 2023 runners-up Laois and Westmeath.  

Division 3 is made up of Antrim (promoted from Division 4), Offaly, 2023 runners-up Clare, Roscommon (relegated from Division 2 in 2023), Down, Sligo, Louth and Wexford.  

And Division 4 is comprised of Carlow, 2023 runners-up Leitrim, Derry, Limerick, Fermanagh, Longford (relegated from Division 3 in 2023), Kilkenny and Wicklow.  

Please see attached the opening fixtures for Tipperary Lidl National League Fixtures.

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