Of course, as 2020 is a Leap Year and today is February 29 which means… drum roll please… that women are ‘allowed’ to get down on one knee today and pop the question.

THIS West Cork island near the mouth of Glandore Harbour is one of five Rabbit Islands in the country, with the others in Bantry Bay, Cork Harbour, Galway Bay and Lough Corrib

“A few million years,” is how long it would take to see the same combination of images in his work 77 Million Paintings, Brian Eno once said. The couches provided in the large upper gallery at the RHA, where the work has been installed, are comfortable enough for a durational experience, though perhaps not that durational.

My research into St Brigid mentioned not only dairy but also honey and the tradition of eating a big plate of floury boiled potatoes slathered in rich homemade butter on St Brigid’s Day or St Brigid’s Eve.

Roscommon, the only senior football team yet to confirm a manager for 2019, are hoping to recruit a successor to Kevin McStay from outside the county.

With Shane Walsh in top form, Galway survived a rocky opening half to storm past Roscommon and claim a second Conancht title of Kevin Walsh’s tenure.

Young women stand up and fight — that is the rousing cry of barrister and owner of Lissadell House, Constance Cassidy.

Wexford 1-20

Corofin (Galway) 2-13 Castlebar Mitchels (Mayo) 1-12 (AET): These Corofin lads have a tendency to make life needlessly difficult for themselves. Rarely, though, do they fail to get the job done.

Dublin’s Noelle Healy was named as the 2017 TG4 senior Players’ Player of the Year at the annual All-Stars banquet on Saturday night.

When half a million women march on Washington to voice their fears about women’s rights, maybe it’s time to recall the story of the Irish saint who once ‘miraculously’ ended a pregnancy, says Clodagh Finn.

Corofin (Galway) 2-13 St Brigid’s (Roscommon) 0-5: In a way, it was a pity that referee Jerome Henry blew full-time just as Michael Farragher bore down on goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time, as another point would have given Corofin the biggest winning margin ever in a Connacht final.

The double dreams of Loreto College, Kilkenny were dashed by a second half rally from St Brigid’s of Loughrea, who left MacDonagh Park in Nenagh yesterday as the O’Neills All-Ireland post primary senior A camogie champions.

Shane Curran has warned the inequalities that beset Gaelic football at present could see the sport in ruins in 20 years’ time.

Senan Kilbride admits that he was going through the motions as a Roscommon footballer until the county’s conveyor belt of successful underage talent and new senior manager John Evans arrived on the scene.

THE ‘biddies’ were out over the weekend in some rural areas, keeping alive an age-old custom that marks the coming of spring while schoolchildren here and there have been making St Brigid’s crosses in honour of the saint whose feast day is February 1.

If you would like to learn how to make butter, yoghurt, labne, paneer and lots of simple cheeses, check out the Ballymaloe Cookery School website www.cookingisfun.ie for the next dates.

Ballintubber 3-9 St Brigid’s 1-13

St Brigid’s 3-12 St Faithleach’s 0-7

TIM ‘Boomer’ Carroll is a friend of mine. A Boston-Irish firefighter, he is. Don’t ask me what the ‘Boomer’ stands for. Something sporting, probably. Boomer loves Ireland. Starting with its literature.

Town Hall Theatre, Galway

ALL-IRELAND SHC QUARTER-FINAL:

Roscommon 1-18 Leitrim 0-13

Frankie Dolan is facing a lengthy ban after an alleged assault on the fourth official after last month’s Connacht Club final.

St Brigid’s goalkeeper Shane Curran blasted referee Marty Duffy for his performance in Hyde Park yesterday.

St Brigid’s 2-12 Castlebar Mitchel's 3-13 (aet)

Last week, Shane Curran tweeted a message to Colm Cooper after he had featured in an AIB “The Toughest” promotion for the club championships: “Good man Goochie and I will tell ya boy it’s going to get a whole lot tougher.”

St Brigid's (Roscommon) 2-10 Tourlestrane (Sligo) 0-09

Second-half goals from Darren O’Reilly and Ryan Basquel helped secure a 2-13 to 1-11 win for Ballyboden St Enda’s over St Brigid’s in Saturday’s Dublin SFC quarter-final at Parnell Park.

Paddy Andrews, joked team-mate Kevin McManamon, isn’t the most popular person in Kerry after helping to usher them out the championship exit door for the second time in three years.

Leitrim 0-13 London 2-7

Reigning All-Ireland club football champions St Brigid’s booked a place in the quarter-finals of the Roscommon SFC with an easy 2-12 to 0-4 win against Kilbride.

St Brigid’s (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

At the 10th time of asking, St Brigid’s coach Liam McHale finally became an All-Ireland winner, and manager Kevin McStay was only too happy to acknowledge his fellow Mayo man’s perseverance.

St Brigids (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

RTÉ analyst Kevin McStay brings his St Brigid’s side to Croke Park tomorrow for the All-Ireland Club final believing his players can deliver for Connacht where his own Mayo could not in 1989 — knowing if they fail he’ll hear about it from the stands for a long time to come.

AIB All-Ireland Club SFC Final

If you heard Anthony Cunningham speaking on RTÉ’s League Sunday last weekend, the chances are you detected a rasp of a sore throat on the Galway manager.

Dublin 1-18 Cork 2-9

Colm Cooper, the standout footballer of his generation, has questioned the amount of rules tinkering taking place in Gaelic games at the moment, suggesting that if the current laws were enforced, then most problems would be solved.

St Brigid’s 1-12 Ballaghaderreen 0-06

St. Brigid’s completed a famous three in-a-row of AIB Connacht Club SFC titles as they got the better of Ballaghaderreen in today’s final in Castlebar.

The curse of the cruciate has struck both the Ballaghaderreen and St Brigid’s camps hard this year and four players will miss Sunday’s Connacht Club SFC final due to torn cruciate knee ligaments.

Salthill/Knocknacarra 0-8 St Brigid’s 0-15

St Brigid’s 2-08 Padraig Pearses 0-09