Too early?
Maybe not - Europe starts earlier than ever this year, with an extra qualifying round. The preliminary round draws are on 12th June - Irish teams won't be involved. The first games will be on 26th June - just as the group stage of the World Cup is coming to a close.
First important date for Irish teams is 19th June - that's the draw for all four. Games will take place on 10-12 July and 17-19 July.
Cork will be unseeded - though TNS of Wales will be seeded. There's the team to get obviously. But even if Cork lose their first round, they still drop into the second round of the Europa League.
Derry and Rovers will be unseeded in the Europa League first round, but Dundalk will be seeded (and probably for the second round too, if they get there). A mix of seeded teams available - Nomme Kalju of Estonia, Rangers of Scotland, Fola Esch of Luxembourg, Partizan Belgrade of Serbia.
In the UEFA Youth League, Bohs need five teams to both qualify for the Champions League proper and, of their own accord, the UEFA Youth League. Two have done this already - Barcelona (UEFA Youth League champions) and Atlético Madrid (Spanish underage champions), so they now need three more. One should be Germany (three of the four teams in the semis are in the CL proper). So a good start so far, but with fewer countries qualifying for the CL this year, it'll be that bit harder for Irish clubs to get in. The draw for that won't be until August.
Success is maybe one team getting through two rounds, two other teams getting through one round? It'll be hard for Cork to match Dundalk's achievement last year with fewer teams getting to the play-off round, and so harder opposition earlier on. And if they win one round in the CL and lose the second round, they drop into the third qualifying round of the EL, not the final qualifying round as Rovers did in 2011.