Derry referee Barry Cassidy throws the ball in Jason McGee of Donegal and Tommy Durnin of Louth contest the throw-in.

Who will be the last side into the quarter-finals?

There was drama aplenty in Newry earlier...will these fans be served similar fare in Ballybofey?

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Fermanagh boss Kieran Donnelly has made two alterations for their Tailteann Cup semi-final against Kildare.

Luke Flanagan and Jonathan Cassidy come in for Che Cullen and Conor McKee.

Kildare make one change from the side that beat Meath in the last eight, and one change from their side named during the week, with Kevin Flynn coming in for Ryan Burke.

The Lilywhites are boosted by the return of Callum Bolton to the bench, although Ben McCormack is out.

Fermanagh: Sean McNally; Luke Flanagan, Lee Cullen, Oisin Smyth; Shane McGullion, Declan McCusker, Jonathan Cassidy; Joe McDade, Darragh McGurn; Fionan O'Brien, Ryan Lyons, Ronan McCaffrey; Josh Largo Ellis, Garvan Jones, Conor Love.

Subs: Ross Bogue, Che Cullen, Sean Cassidy, Diarmuid Owens, Glenn Treacy, Aogan Kelm, Jack Largo Ellis, Oisin Murphy, Conor McKee, Brandon Horan, Paul Breen.

Kildare: Cian Burke; Harry O'Neill, Mark Dempsey, Kevin Flynn; Brian Byrne, David Hyland; James McGrath Kevin Feely, Brendan Gibbons; Tommy Gill, Alex Beirne Colm Dalton; Ryan Sinkey, Darragh Kirwin, Daniel Flynn.

Subs: Didier Cordonnier, Jack McKevitt, Mick O'Grady, Ryan Burke, Callum Bolton, Aaron Masterson, Paddy McDermott, Darragh Swords, Brian McLoughlin, Niall Kelly, Eoin Cully.

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Limerick reach the Tailteann Cup final with a four-point victory over Wicklow. They will face either Kildare or Fermanagh.

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Jim McGuinness makes two changes to the Donegal team that he named midweek with Jason McGee replacing Hugh McFadden at midfield and Caolan McColgan replaces Daire O Baoill at right half forward.

Louth also make two changes to the team in the match programme as Ger Brennan confirms that Dan Corcoran will start a right corner forward with Sean Reynolds dropping to the bench.

Paul Matthews will also start at left half forward with Conor Grimes dropping to the subs bench.

Donegal's Shane O'Donnell expects Louth will travel to Ballybofey with "plenty of confidence" and says he and his team-mates are "taking nothing for granted" against the Wee County.

The teams met at the quarter-final stage last year with Donegal prevailing by eight points in a high-scoring affair, while there were five between them when they met three months earlier in the league.

However, a lot has changed since then with Louth claiming the Leinster title last month and, although they lost their opening games to Monaghan and Down in this year's All-Ireland series, they held their nerve to come through against Clare to set up today's encounter.

"It will be a tough challenge against Louth but we will see how we get on," O'Donnell said.

"We played them twice last year and they ran us to the wire in the league and the championship when we played them in the quarter-final."

Read more of what he had to say here.

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It wasn't to be for Down today but they pushed last season's beaten finalists close one year after winning the Tailteann Cup.

Fermanagh forward Conor Love has been telling BBC Sport NI's Odhran Crumley this week that the Ernesiders are aiming to emulate Conor Laverty's side ahead of this afternoon's Croke Park semi-final against Kildare.

"It'll be another tough battle for us, I suppose Kildare have definitely been there more recently than us at the top table, so it's more of a stepping stone for them, but we're looking at the likes of Down and Meath in the past couple of years and hoping to emulate them," said Love.

Read more of the interview here.

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The Louth bus took a wrong turn on the road to Ballybofey earlier today which delayed their arrival to the venue meaning the 'Wee' County arrived just before 15:15 BST.

As it stands the game is still scheduled to throw in at 16:00 BST - it's understood that Louth's request for a 15 minute delay to throw-in was not granted.

It's already been a long summer for Donegal as the Ulster champions prepare to play their 8th championship game in 12 weeks and they're only at the preliminary quarter-final stage.

It also means that if Donegal are to lift Sam later this summer they'll have to play 11 games in 16 weeks.

Today pits the Ulster winners against the Leinster champions Louth.

Jim McGuinness lost for the first time as a manager here in Ballybofey last time out as Tyrone left with a shock opening group round win.

There was drama in Dr Hyde Park last weekend as Ciaran Moore's late winner booked second spot for Donegal and sent Mayo spiralling out of the championship, McGuinness makes one change to that side as Daire O Baoill replaces Caolan McColgan.

There is also one change to the Donegal panel with Niall O'Donnell replacing Eoin McHugh on the bench.

Louth lost both of their games after the Leinster win before recovering last week to beat Clare and book their passage to the last 12.

Ger Brennan makes two changes to the side which beat Clare with Dermot Campbell replacing Dan Corcoran and Sean Reynolds will wear the number 13 jersey as Ciaran Keenan drops off the panel.

A place in the last eight at Croke Park next week is the prize for the winners.

Today's referee is Barry Cassidy of Derry and throw in is 4pm.

Donegal: Shaun Patton; Finbarr Roarty, Brendan McCole, Peadar Mogan; Ryan McHugh, Eoghan Ban Gallagher, Ciaran Moore; Hugh McFadden, Michael Langan; Daire O Baoill, Ciaran Thompson, Shane O'Donnell; Conor O'Donnell, Michael Murphy, Oisin Gallen.

Subs: Gavin Mulreany, Stephen McMenamin, Odhran McFadden-Ferry, Mark Curran, Odhran Doherty, Aaron Doherty, Patrick McBrearty, Jamie Brennan, Niall O'Donnell, Caolan McColgan, Jason McGee.

Louth: Niall McDonnell; Daire Nally, Dermot Campbell, Donal McKenny; Emmett Carolan, Peter Lynch, Craig Lennon; Tommy Durnin, Dara McDonnell; Conal McKeever Ciaran Downey, Conor Grimes; Sean Reynolds, Sam Mulroy, Ryan Burns.

Subs: Tiarnan Markey, Liam Jackson, Anthony Williams, Sean Callaghan, Kieran McArdle, James Maguire, Dan Corcoran, Conor Brannigan, Ryan Walsh, Daire McConnon, Paul Matthews.

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Ryan McEvoy kicks a late score for Down but it's consolation as their brave second half effort comes up short.

Ultimately, they just had too much to do after trailing by 10 at the break but they gave it a real go.

Galway move on as Down's season comes to an end.

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John Daly points for Galway as the insurance.

Daniel O'Flaherty with a point and that should put the lid on it with under two minutes to go.

Down with their last change as Finn Murdock comes in for Miceal Rooney. Just over four minutes left.

Galway with a free outside the arc but they are fuming as they had a major advantage on the go. Still, Shane Walsh lands the two from the free and is replaced immediately by Tomo Culhane.

Conor McCrickard in for Adam Crimmins on the Down team, while Johnny Heaney a temporary Galway sub with Cillain McDaid receiving treatment.

James Guinness curls over and it's back to a three-point game.

Galway subs Peter Cooke and Daniel O'Flaherty steady their team with badly-needed points.

The rain has swept in but so too has Caolan Mooney who narrows it to two.

Oisin Savage in for Ceilum Doherty.