Not sure if other countries have the equivalents of the Junior and Intermediate Cups (bar England and Scotland, of course), however - a club in Kerry for instance, will participate in the KDL Cup, the Munster Junior Cup, and the FAI Junior Cup over the course of their season, with the last competition featuring roughly 700 sides, initially organised on a regional basis. Would personally argue that a minimum of eight junior teams, rather than merely the semi-finalists, should be included in the Senior Cup format, but that's just my own opinion.
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