This year's All-Ireland hurling final between Cork and Tipperary will be the eighth time that the same two sides have met in both national finals in the one year. In all seven previous repeat pairings, the league winners ended up also being the All-Ireland winners.

You must got back to 2010 for a championship and quarter-final weekend that has felt as remotely as good and uplifting as this year.

It makes sense for most GAA games to be decided on the day. Just not by penalties.

There’s hardly a prior triumvirate in the sport’s long history that can match Clare, Cork and Limerick. 

Since the last straight knockout championship back in 1996, only four teams in either hurling or football have lost a championship game by double figures and still gone on to win either a provincial championship or the All-Ireland itself in the same year.

We’ve our game back, as good as ever. And with it, even the provincial championships. The figures tell you that.

Despite public outcry and player surveys, the Camogie Association’s resistance to change undermines its values and alienates athletes

Dublin's defeat to Meath in the Leinster semi-final means they will be third seeds for the All-Ireland SFC group stage. Now that they are onto what Brian Fenton calls the "juicy stuff", they will be dangerous opponents. 

Pat Ryan will learn a lot from Sunday's trip to Ennis - not least.

As the full-house signs go up all over Munster, Kieran Shannon in a two-part series delved the history books and crunched the numbers to see who previously has had claim to be the biggest draw and hottest ticket in the game.