The GUI’s annual AIG Cups and Shields All-Ireland finals look primed to get off to a blistering start this morning when Munster champions Tralee meet Connacht kingpins Galway in the first Barton Shield semi-final.

How beautiful are these?

WITH Oxegen next weekend and Castle Palooza at the end of the month, hot on the heels come Indiependance in August and Cois Fharraige and Electric Picnic in September, to name but a few.