There wasn’t quite the same fanfare that greeted Leitrim’s first qualifier win against Wicklow back in 2012, but Shane Ward’s side were far more convincing today as they picked up their second backdoor victory in Carrick-on-Shannon.

Galway 1-13 Leitrim 0-8: Job done for Kevin Walsh and Galway, but Mayo will hardly be terrified by what they saw at Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada.

Offaly 2-13 Leitrim 1-16

Longford 1-12 Waterford 1-10

Connacht FBD League

Down 4-18 Leitrim 0-9

Down scored their biggest ever win in the All-Ireland qualifiers when they dished out a drubbing to an understrength Leitrim side at Pairc Esler in Newry.

Roscommon 1-18 Leitrim 0-13

Roscommon 1-18 Leitrim 0-9

ALLIANZ FL DIV 4:

Leitrim 2-05 Roscommon 1-07

Leitrim 2-05 Roscommon 1-07

Armagh 8-13 Leitrim 0-10

London 2-11 Leitrim 1-13

Leitrim 0-13 London 2-07

Leitrim 0-13 London 2-7

Leitrim 4-19 New York 0-07

Leitrim 4-19 New York 0-07

Leitrim 1-11 London 1-09

Down 1-16 Leitrim 1-08

MICHEAL MEEHAN returns to the Galway starting lineup for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Meath in one of five changes made by manager Tomás Ó Flatharta following the Connacht semi-final defeat to Mayo.

CARLOW manager Luke Dempsey has handed out five championship debuts for next Sunday’s Leinster SFC quarter-final against Louth.

Sligo 0-10 Leitrim 1-10

EOIN Brosnan will make his first appearance in championship football since the 2009 Munster semi-final replay, in next Sunday’s provincial quarter-final against Tipperary after being named at centre-back in the Kingdom starting fifteen last night.

THEY may have won by nine points in dreadful weather conditions but Kildare manager, Kieran McGeeney was still “disappointed” with his team’s performance in this Football Championship second round qualifier.

Kildare 1-12 Leitrim 0-6

Fans are preparing for a neighbourly battle as Leitrim and Roscommon lock horns this afternoon in Connacht SFC.

FORMER U21 All-Ireland winning captain Kevin Hynes makes his championship debut for Galway on Sunday when they take on Laois in the Leinster SHC at Portlaoise.

Leitrim boss Mickey Moran has drafted in six players to debut in championship football.

TIPPERARY GAA officials have approved in principle the appointment of senior football boss John Evans as the county’s new director of Gaelic Football.

Galway 2-14 Leitrim 1-13

Leitrim 0-17 New York 0-6

WEXFORD clinched promotion — and a place in the NFL Division Three final — after a facile 2-16 to 0-15 victory over Louth at Wexford Park yesterday.

Leitrim 1-10 Galway 0-17

Defender John McKeon has been declared fit to start for Leitrim in Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final against Galway (Pairc Sean Mac Diarmada, throw-in 2pm).

Leitrim head across the Irish Sea this weekend with a near full-strength team for their Connacht SFC opener against London in Ruislipthis Sunday, throw-in 3pm.

Sligo have booked their place in the third round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers, winning their north-west duel with Leitrim by 1-07 to 0-09.

LEITRIM 1-09 MAYO 1-10

Drumreilly clubman Declan Maxwell has been passed fit to play in Leitrim's Connacht SFC semi-final against Mayo on Sunday (Carrick-on-Shannon, throw-in 3.30pm).

Leitrim 1-8 Galway 1-11

Galway boss Peter Forde has named five U21 players in his line-up for Sunday's Connacht SFC semi-final clash against Leitrim at Pearse Stadium.

Dublin 1-13 Leitrim 0-4

Leitrim 0-4 Dublin 1-13

Galway 1-5 Louth 0-5

Leitrim 0-3 Dublin 0-5

Dublin face Leitrim in the second round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers today at Carrick-on-Shannon

Leitrim manager Declan Rowley has rung the changes for Saturday's daunting All-Ireland football qualifier against Dublin in Carrick-on-Shannon.

University College Dublin 0-13 Galway/Mayo Institute of Technology 0-9