De La Salle ended Lismore’s 46-year stay in the senior ranks with a 1-18 to 1-12 triumph in Saturday night’s Waterford SHC relegation play-off at Fraher Field.

Ballinacourty survived a stern test on Saturday night in Dungarvan before eventually overcoming Adrmore (1-12 to 1-9) in a tense Waterford senior football championship clash.

The Allianz League will always suffer when compared to the championship but it is different things to different protagonists.

UCC have the possibility of making history tomorrow night when they face Waterford in the McGrath Cup final (Fraher Field, 6pm), but it’s arguably a distraction they could have done without.

An Rinn 0-18 De La Salle 0-06

2013 intermediate champions De La Salle have reached the Waterford SFC quarter-finals after a tense 2-8 to 1-10 win over Ballinameela in Fraher Field last night.

An Rinn and Kilrossanty booked their spots in the quarter-finals of the Waterford SFC after last night’s fourth round action.

Waterford SFC: Although this latest renewal lacked the usual bite, keen rivals The Nire and Stradbally still served up a six-goal spectacle at Fraher Field on Saturday evening.

Stradbally 3-18 An Rinn 1-03

Two years ago, St Saviours and Ballinameela faced off in a battle to avoid the drop from top flight football but this weekend both booked their places in the Waterford SFC quarter-finals.

In a fascinating climax to the group stages of the Waterford SHC, three-time winners Lismore and 2012 runners-up Dungarvan were the major casualties as Tallow, Ballygunner and Abbeyside all pressed on to the quarter-finals.

Neighbours Ballyduff Upper and Tallow couldn’t be separated last night in the fourth round of the Waterford SHC in a contest that picked up real pace in the final quarter.

Ballyduff Upper brought back the bragging rights from Tallow last night as they defeated local rivals Lismore in the Waterford SHC. Shane Kearney’s injury time point, in the pouring rain, settled a cracking contest (1-17 to 2-13).

An Rinn and Brickey Rangers both claimed wins in Group 2 of the Waterford SFC to boost their prospects of qualifying for the quarter-finals.

My first memory of Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta is from 1984, when An Rinn was full of talk about Willie Joe Padden.

Kerry legend Pat Spillane has called on new Kingdom manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice to return to the county’s traditional playing style.

Silvermines (Tipperary) 0-13 An Rinn (Waterford) 0-11

Community organisations in west Waterford are to get live information on crimes and suspicious activity as part of a new text alert system.

Comórtas Peile Náisiúnta na Gaeltachta returns to its roots in Gweedore this weekend.

INCESSANT rain certainly dampened the spectacle of the Comórtas Peile Na Gealtachta in Falcarragh, Co Donegal but the miserable conditions failed to deter Cloughaneely and Moycullen, who will meet this afternoon in the senior final.

CIARÁN MATHEWSON goaled in the 70th minute as Donegal snatched victory in the Lory Meagher Cup final, having lost the previous two finals.

Donegal 2-12 Tyrone 0-17

FALCARRAGH, Co Donegal is bracing itself for up to 15,000 visitors on what promises to be a fine weekend weather-wise, as well as in terms of football where 17 teams from Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Kerry, Cork, Antrim, Waterford, Dublin and London will contest the senior and junior competitions.

A FESTIVAL celebrating the rich cultural and musical heritage of an historic part of Co Waterford takes place next month in the village of Ballyduff Upper.

THE champions of the past three years — Ballygunner, De La Salle and Ballyduff Upper — have been drawn together in the same group for this year’s Waterford senior hurling championship. Abbeyside, beaten finalists two years ago, along with Fourmilewater and Stradbally complete the six-team section.

LIAM O LÍONÁIN does a neat line in pragmatism. The Waterford footballers face a steep incline in their opening championship challenge this Sunday and the An Rinn attacker needs scant reminding of the populist view which has Cork as overwhelming favourites.

ALLSTAR Nicholas Murphy returns to the Cork team for Saturday’s Allianz NFL clash with Dublin at Parnell Park.

CORK footballers Anthony Lynch and Mícheál Ó Croinín have been prevented from playing in Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta which is being hosted by their club Naomh Abán this weekend.

LIMERICK will field two teams in next season’s Irish Examiner Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster colleges SFC).