The Meath Senior Football Championship gets underway tonight. Very hard to predict the outright winner but here are the thoughts (madmeath) of one of our Forum users.

Opening round fixtures

Summerhill and Ratoath are going really well and were by far the most impressive teams in the League and will both top their groups in the championship, Kells were the best of the rest, but have lost two games in recent weeks, by 8 points to Summerhill.
Dunboyne will probably get 2nd place in group A behind Summerhill and that will leave the big game of that group the 2nd round game between Rathkenny and Kilbride.
The 3rd round same parish battle between Kilbride and Dunboyne could be epic as there could be a lot at stake either end of the group for both at that stage.

Trim will probably get 2nd place in Ratoath's group (B) with Na Fianna going into relegation play-off, Skryne are lucky they will only have to beat Na Fianna to avoid the relegation play-off.
The Ratoath/Na Fianna game has the potential to have the biggest winning margin of any game in the 2026 Championship, the only relief for Na Fianna might be that Ratoath will have guaranteed top spot in the group before playing that game and might rest players.

The winners and 2nd places in the other two groups are more difficult to predict.

It's hard to see Ballinabrackey finishing anywhere other than bottom of their group (C). Seneschalstown are looking to do what Dunshaughlin did in 2024 by winning Division 2 of the league and then winning the Keegan Cup.
The Tones will find it tough going but should get one of the Quarter Final slots.
The winner of the first round game between Seneschalstown and St. Colmcilles will more than likely get the 2nd spot, I think Seneschalstown might just shade that one.

Simonstown appear the weakest of the four teams in a very strong group (D) and will probably be in relegation play-off with all three other teams having very talented young players to the fore.
Ashbourne are never far away and even though they have been in Dunshaughlin's group the last few years they always finished in the top 2. However, if my own Dunshaughlin can get lads back from injury and the US they should take one of the top two spots with the other spot going to Kells.
The first round game between Kells and Ashbourne will give a huge boost to the winner and should put them well on the road to getting a quarter final spot.

I know the loss of Ruairi Kinsella for Dunshaughlin is massive but in my biased opinion/club loyalty/naivety I still believe if things fell into place for Dunshaughlin along with a little bit of luck, they could win back the Keegan Cup in a year of shock results.

If I wasn't letting my heart rule over my head, Ratoath, Summerhill, Kells and Wolfe Tones in that order would be my predictions for the Keegan Cup.

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