The 45 GAA championship fixtures you can watch on the television this summer

No wonder attendances are dropping when it's becoming so damn easy to watch football and hurling from the comfort of your own home.

The 45 clashes that will be aired on TV this summer have been announced and Sky and RTÉ are ready to do battle for a second successive campaign. In all, Sky will broadcast 20 GAA matches and 14 of those will be exclusive to the channel, including two football quarter finals. Both RTÉ2 and Sky will be going head-to-head with their coverage of the hurling and football semis and finals but the Irish station will have 26 exclusive games before then to keep the public engaged. The television action kicks off with a tasty-looking Ulster clash in Donegal with the All-Ireland finalists hosting Tyrone whereas Sky debut their coverage in June with Kildare taking on Laois or Carlow in the football. Here's the full list of the TV coverage for 2015. May 17: Donegal v Tyrone (Ulster SFC) - RTÉ2 May 24: Cavan v Monaghan (Ulster SFC) - RTÉ2 May 24: Clare v Limerick (Munster SHC) - RTÉ2 May 31: Dublin v Galway (Leinster SHC) - RTÉ2 May 31: Dublin v Offaly/Longford (Leinster SFC) - RTÉ2 June 6: Kildare v Laois/Carlow (Leinster SFC) - SKY June 7: Derry v Down (Ulster SFC) - RTÉ2 June 7: Cork v Waterford (Munster SHC) - RTÉ2 June 14: Armagh v Donegal/Tyrone (Ulster SFC) - RTÉ2 June 14: Mayo v New York/Galway/Leitrim (Connacht SFC) - RTÉ2 June 20: Leinster SHC semi final - SKY June 20: Sligo v Roscommon/London (Connacht SFC) - SKY June 21: Kilkenny v TBC (Leinster SHC) - RTÉ2 June 21: Tipperary v TBC (Munster SHC) - RTÉ2 June 27: Ulster SFC semi final - SKY June 28: Both Leinster SFC semi finals - RTÉ2 July 4: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifier - SKY July 4: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifier - RTÉ2 July 5: Munster SFC final - RTÉ2 July 5: Leinster SHC final - RTÉ2 July 11: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifier - SKY July 11: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifier - RTÉ2 July 12: Leinster SFC final - RTÉ2 July 12: Munster SHC final - RTÉ2 July 18: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifiers - SKY July 18: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifiers - SKY July 19: Ulster SFC final - RTÉ2 July 19: Connacht SFC final - RTÉ2 July 25: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifiers - SKY July 25: Football/Hurling Championship Qualifiers - SKY July 26: All-Ireland SHC quarter-final - RTÉ2 July 26: All-Ireland SHC quarter-final - RTÉ2 August 1: Football Championship Qualifier - SKY August 1: Football Championship Qualifier - SKY August 2: All-Ireland SFC quarter-final - RTÉ2 August 2: All-Ireland SFC quarter-final - RTÉ2 August 8: All-Ireland SFC quarter-final - SKY August 8: All-Ireland SFC quarter-final - SKY August 9: All-Ireland SHC semi-final - RTÉ2 & SKY August 16: All-Ireland SHC semi-final - RTÉ2 & SKY August 23: All-Ireland SFC semi-final - RTÉ2 & SKY August 30: All-Ireland SFC semi-final - RTÉ2 & SKY Sept 6th: All-Ireland SHC final - RTÉ2 & SKY Sept 20th: All-Ireland SFC final RTÉ2 & SKY