GAA BEO will have live and exclusive coverage of all the major Finals including the Allianz Football League Finals, Allianz Hurling League Final and the AIB All Ireland Club Finals
30 games will be broadcast from the Allianz Hurling and Football League
TG4 unveiled the station’s 2020 GAA coverage today with details of their comprehensive schedule of GAA coverage for the coming months. TG4 will broadcast or stream 52 GAA matches between now and the beginning of April starting with live coverage of the AIB All-Ireland Club Semi Finals on Saturday 4th January.
TG4’s new year coverage begins on the weekend of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th January with live coverage of the All Ireland Club Football and Hurling Semi Finals – Corofin v Nemo Rangers, Ballyboden St. Endas v Kilcoo, Ballyhale Shamrocks v Slaughtneil and Borris-Ileigh v St. Thomas’. TG4’s Allianz Leagues coverage starts on Sunday 26 January with coverage of Waterford v Cork and Kilkenny v Dublin in the first round of the Hurling League.
GAA BEO will continue to be the home of live and exclusive coverage of all the major finals including the Allianz Football League Finals, Allianz Hurling League Final, AIB All Ireland Club Finals, Electric Ireland Sigerson, Fitzgibbon and Second Level Finals.
TG4 will also provide a comprehensive service for the GAA Community on the Spórt TG4 YouTube page with live coverage from no less than 13 different events and games including the AIB All Ireland Intermediate and Junior Club Football and Hurling Finals, All Ireland Scór na nÓg and Scór Sinsir Finals, Electric Ireland Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cup Finals, Gourmet Food Parlour O’Connor Cup Ladies Football Final and the All Ireland Colleges Football and Hurling Finals (Post Primary Schools Finals).
TG4’s Head of Sport Rónán Ó Coisdealbha said: “We look forward to another great season in 2020 and providing weekly coverage to GAA fans all over the country on free to air television. We are proud that our station has a long history of providing comprehensive GAA coverage at this time of the year.”
The GAA’s Commercial & Stadium Director Peter McKenna added;”TG4 have been a mainstay GAA broadcast partner since the station was established in 1996 and uniquely distribute coverage of our games across the 12 months of the year in live, deferred and highlights format. Sunday afternoon’s and the planned triple-header match broadcasts during the Allianz League in particular signal another bumper year for both the Association and TG4 in terms of 2020 coverage”.
GAA Beo is produced by Waterford based production company Nemeton TV and the series will be presented by Micheál Ó Domhnaill with commentary by Brian Tyers, Mac Dara Mac Donncha, Marcus Ó Buachalla and Cuán Ó Flatharta.
The channel’s highlights show, GAA 2020, also returns for another season, broadcasting exclusive highlights every Monday evening at 8pm starting on the 6th January.
The full line-up of matches on TG4 for the coming months are as follows:
Saturday 4th January
AIB Club Championships – All Ireland Senior Football Semi Finals
Corofin v Nemo Rangers
Ballyboden St. Endas v Kilcoo, Live from 1pm
Sunday 5th January
AIB Club Championships – All Ireland Senior Hurling Semi Finals
Ballyhale Shamrocks v Slaughtneil
Borris-Ileigh v St. Thomas’, Live from 1.30pm
AIB Club Championships – All Ireland Junior Hurling Semi Final
Mícheál Breathnach v Russell Rovers, Live on YouTube Spórt TG4 from 1.25pm
Saturday 18th January
AIB Club Championships – All Ireland Junior & Intermediate Hurling Finals
Live on YouTube SpórtTG4
Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup Final, Live on YouTube SpórtTG4
Sunday 19th January
AIB Club Championships – All Ireland Senior Football & Hurling Finals, Live from Croke Park
Saturday 25th January
AIB Club Championships – All Ireland Junior & Intermediate Football Finals
Live on YouTube SpórtTG4
Sunday 26th January
Allianz Leagues
LIVE: Waterford v Cork (Hurling)
DEFERRED: Kilkenny v Dublin (Hurling), Live on TG4 from 1:30pm
Wednesday 29th January
Electric Ireland Sigerson Cup Final, Live on YouTube SpórtTG4
Saturday 1st February
All-Ireland Scór na nÓg Finals, Live on YouTube SpórtTG4 from the INEC Killarney
Sunday 2nd February
Allianz Leagues
LIVE: Limerick v Galway (Hurling)
DEFERRED 1: Wexford v Clare (Hurling)
DEFERRED 2: Meath v Donegal (Football), Live on TG4 from 1:30pm
Sunday 9th February*
Allianz Leagues
LIVE/DEFERRED: Meath v Mayo (Football)
LIVE/DEFERRED: Donegal v Galway (Football)
LIVE/DEFERRED: Tyrone v Kerry (Football)
*Live pick depending on outcomes of Rounds 1 & 2. Live on TG4 from 1:30pm
Wednesday 12th February
Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup Final
Live on YouTube SportTG4
Friday 14th February
GAA Presidents Awards, Live from Croke Park at 7:30pm
Sunday 16th February
LIVE & DEFERRED x3 matches: Allianz Leagues – Hurling Round 3
Live on TG4 from 1:30pm
Sunday 23rd February
LIVE & DEFERRED x3 matches: Allianz Leagues – Hurling & Football Round 4
Live on TG4 from 1:30pm
Sunday 1st March
LIVE & DEFERRED x3 matches: Allianz Leagues – Hurling & Football Round 5
Live on TG4 from 1:30pm
Wednesday 4th March
Eirgrid U20 Football Championship – Munster Final, Live on TG4
Friday 6th March
Eirgrid U20 Football Championship – Leinster Final, Live on TG4
7th – 8th March
LIVE – Allianz Leagues – Hurling Quarter Finals x2, Live on TG4
Saturday 14th March
Gourmet Food Parlour O’Connor Cup Ladies Football Final
14-15 March
LIVE – Allianz Leagues – Hurling Semi Finals & Football Round 6
Live on TG4
Tuesday 17 March
Eirgrid U20 Football Championship – All Ireland Semi Finals
Sunday 22 March
LIVE – Allianz Leagues – Hurling Final & Football Round 7
28-29 March
Eirgrid U20 Football Championship – All Ireland Final, Live on TG4
Saturday 28 March
LIVE – Allianz Leagues – Football Finals Division 3&4, Live on TG4
Post Primary Hurling Finals, Live on YouTube SpórtTG4
Sunday 29 March
LIVE – Allianz Leagues – Football Finals Division 1&2, Live on TG4
Saturday 4 April
Post Primary Football Finals, Live on YouTube SpórtTG4
