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Preview: Kildare v Carlow

Kildare manager Cian O Neill and midfielder Kevin Feely.

Kildare manager Cian O Neill and midfielder Kevin Feely.

Sunday May 27

Leinster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final

Kildare v Carlow, Bord Na Mona O'Connor Park, 2pm

Amazingly Kildare and Carlow have only met twice in the Championship since 1965.

Kildare won on both occasions in 1980 and 2001, but the Lilywhites will know all about Carlow's improvement in recent years.

Turlough O'Brien has Carlow committed and courageous with their emphatic preliminary round victory over Louth a clear sign of how far they have developed.

Kildare suffered relegation from Division One of the Allianz Football League losing all seven games, but they enjoyed a reasonable summer in 2017.

Carlow haven't reached the penultimate round in Leinster since 2011 and this could be a keenly contested affair.