Captain fantastic Dymphna O’Brien inspired Limerick to Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 4 glory in Clane today.

Meath 0-11 Louth 0-10

Fullen Gaels (Manchester)2-18 Castleblayney (Monaghan) 1-7: AIB All-Ireland Club JHC semi-final

Kildare 2-7 Dublin 2-20

Dublin 2-20 Kildare 2-7

Kildare 2-8 Kerry 0-12

Kildare 2-14 Donegal 1-13

Michael O’Donoghue and Jack Sherwood will both make their league debuts for Kerry in Castlebar tomorrow.

Offaly 1-9 Kildare 1-12

Bryan Sheehan, Anthony Maher and Aidan O’Mahony make their first starts of the year for Kerry in tomorrow’s McGrath Cup semi-final against Limerick at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Kildare 1-13 Wexford 1-11

Kildare 1-13 Carlow IT 0-7

Galway 0-18 Kildare 2-12, Tuam Stadium

Having watched their hurling counterparts win by 44 points, Kildare footballers ran riot on Westmeath to register an equally impressive 17-point victory.

Kildare 3-23 Westmeath 1-12

An exhibition of long-range shooting from Monaghan would have been the talking point from this Division 2 affair were it not for two ugly melees.

Tyrone 2-11 Kildare 0-12

DERRYTRESK last night launched an appeal process ahead of Sunday week’s All-Ireland Club JFC final against Galway champions Clonbur after being slapped with a reported eight suspensions following their controversial semi-final win over Kerry’s Dromid Pearses in Portlaoise last month.

KIERAN McGEENEY doesn’t see any reason why Kildare would support a proposal to bring forward the Bord na Mona O’Byrne Cup final.

CROKE PARK will not be seeing any American Football action this year after the NFL confirmed they have ruled out staging a second regular season game in Europe in 2012.

KILDARE made light work of a desperately uncompetitive Offaly to set-up an O’Byrne Cup semi-final with All-Ireland champions Dublin that has an exciting feel to it, even at this early juncture of the season.

KIERAN McGEENEY is a hard taskmaster, which is why Kildare have progressed from also-rans to consistent contenders since his arrival as manager at the end of 2007.

Donegal 1-12 Kildare 0-14 (aet)

Kildare 2-11 Meath 0-14

Kildare 3-16 Laois 0-10

DENIS WALSH has made two changes to the Cork team that annihilated Laois last week for Saturday’s All-Ireland second round qualifier against Offaly at Páirc Uí Chaoimh with Jerry O’Connor coming in for Tom Kenny at midfield while Cian McCarthy replaces Bill Cooper at centre-forward.

Kildare 0-16 Laois 0-10

CORK boss Conor Counihan has made six changes for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Waterford from the team that defeated Clare in last month’s quarter-final.

Kildare 0-12 Wicklow 0-5

TOMORROW afternoon in Portlaoise, Kildare and Wicklow renew acquaintances and when Tony Hannon takes to the pitch, he will have plenty recent experiences of the Lilywhites to draw on.

VETERANS, captain Graham Canty and goalkeeper Alan Quirke, have been drafted into the Cork team as the All-Ireland champions commence their 2011 campaign against Clare on Sunday.

SLIGO almost produced a great escape but in the end, it was results on other days that manager Kevin Walsh was ruing as his side were relegated in Newbridge yesterday.

Kildare 0-16 Sligo 1-12

WHO knows?

Tyrone 0-13 Kildare 0-5

SEAN KIELY and James Fitzpatrick are set to make their first competitive starts for the Cork senior footballers in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 trip to Castlebar to face Mayo.

FOR a long time, this game was moving towards an apparently inevitable Kildare victory without the bite or intensity you expect from games between these two, no matter what’s at stake.

Kildare 1-14 Meath 1-12

KILDARE have shown their ability to snatch a result at the death on a couple of occasions this year, most recently when full-back Mick Foley grabbed an equalising goal in Ballybofey last week.

Kildare 1-13 Laois 1-11

CONLETH GILLIGAN showed Derry fans what they’ve been missing by turning in a brilliant performance as the Oak Leafers maintained their unbeaten run in Kildare.

Kildare 0-11 Derry 0-13

KEITH CRIBBIN struck at the death for Kildare to dramatically deny Louth silverware for the second time in six months.

OFFALY hurling duo Brian Mullins (pictured) and Ger Oakley have confirmed their retirement from the inter-county scene.

Down 1-16 Kildare 1-14

DERMOT EARLEY will be given until right before throw-in to prove his fitness for Kildare’s All-Ireland semi-final with Down on Sunday.

Kildare player Dermot Earley faces a late fitness test ahead of the All-Ireland semi-final against Down on Sunday.

Kildare 2-17 Meath 1-12