2026 Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup

The 2026 Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup fixtures have been confirmed.

The competition begins on Friday 2nd January with the meeting of Armagh and Tyrone at the Box-it Athletic Grounds.

Round One fixtures follow across that weekend of 3/4 January, Round Two games will be played on Wednesday 7th January, and the final Round 3 games will take place on Sunday 11th January.

Semi-finals will be played on Wednesday evening of 14th January at 7.30pm, with the Final scheduled for Saturday 17th January.

See below the schedule of games:

Round 1

Friday 2nd  January 

Section A: Armagh 0-17 Tyrone 2-13

Saturday 3rd  January 6pm

Section B: Cavan 0-13 Monaghan 0-16

Sunday 4th January 1.30pm

Section C: Donegal 0-00 Derry 0-00 (game postponed and both teams awarded a point)

Round 2

Wednesday  7^th January 7.30pm

Section A: Down 0-0 Armagh 0-00 (match awarded to Down due to breached competition regulations)

Section B: Fermanagh 0-00 Cavan 0-00 (match null and voided due to breached competition regulations)

Section C: Derry 2-16 Antrim 0-7

Round 3

Sunday 11th January 1.30pm

Section A:  Tyrone 0-18 Down 1-11

Section B:  Monaghan 1-17 Fermanagh 3-08

Section C: Antrim 0-07 Donegal 1-15

Semi Finals

Wednesday 14^th January 7.30pm

Monaghan 1-16 Tyrone 2-10

Derry 1-16 Donegal 1-18

Final

Saturday 17^th January 5pm

Donegal v Monaghan – Tickets – Live on TG4

Section A

Section B

Section C