The potential proposal to shift the All-Ireland football final back a week to the first weekend of August was defeated at last Saturday’s Central Council meeting.
Originally, it was an August/September fixture, but in 2021, the GAA Congress voted in favor of the split-season model to shorten the season. This meant that both the hurling and football finals were moved back to July. This year's All-Ireland final between Kerry and Dublin was played on July 30.
There had been a consensus to move the inter-county championship by one more week and also to move the All-Ireland club finals to January 13, but the defeated proposal means that will not be the case.
Next year's football decider will again be played at the end of July, meaning that there will be no move towards an August Bank Holiday final, an option that had been mooted in recent weeks #rtegaa #football #allirelandfinalhttps://t.co/fecI2QweJR
— RTÉ GAA (@RTEgaa) September 11, 2023
The proposal to extend the inter-county calendar by adding an extra week, pushing the All-Ireland football final to the first weekend in August, garnered only 32% of the votes.
The Sam Maguire showpiece event will still take place in July, and the Allianz Leagues will kick off at the end of January, concluding with divisional finals in late March.
The Championship is scheduled to commence on the weekend of April 6/7, and the All-Ireland football final will close out the season in late July.
