There were three county hurling finals and four county football finals played around the country today.

Footballer of the Year Lee Keegan says that there’s a ‘serious belief’ within the Mayo squad that they can ‘give a right good go” at dethroning All-Ireland champions Dublin in next month’s final.

Kerry, who travel to Dr Hyde Park to face Roscommon in Division 1 of the Allianz FL tomorrow (2pm), have two changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional switches, following their loss to Monaghan.

Ballyduff Lower (Waterford) 0-15 Kilgarvan (Kerry) 0-5: Ballyduff Lower outsmarted a plucky Kilgarvan at Walsh Park on Saturday to make the last four of the Munster junior hurling championship.

Stephen O’Keeffe saved a last minute penalty from Shane Ryan to salvage a draw for holders Ballygunner against 14-man De La Salle at Walsh Park on Saturday evening.

Dr Crokes pummeled Kilcummin 4-17 to 0-7 in the opening round of the Kerry senior club championship on Saturday night.

Duarigle Darwin, winner of the Ballyarthur Stakes at Fermoy and Grange meeting at the beginning of the season, collected the all-age Agnes O’Brien Cup at Blarney, yesterday after being declared the winner when Young Dilemma was withdrawn from the decider.

The Waterford senior hurling semi-finals are on soon, and there are some surprising participants if you’re used to the Mount Sion-Ballygunner dominance of recent years.

Waterford SHC quarter-finals

Three time county champions De La Salle face a relegation play-off to keep their Waterford SHC senior status intact after Fourmilewater dumped them out of the race for the News & Star trophy on Saturday evening at Fraher Field.

Tallow 2-15 Ballyduff Upper 1-13: Tallow backed up last week’s draw against De La Salle with a win over neighbours Ballyduff Upper in a fiercely disputed Western derby at Lismore last night.

You have to reach back almost 40 years for Shannon Rangers football fairytales. The division — so far into north Kerry that Clare is closer than Tralee and Limerick is as close as Listowel — have more stories about carping than cups.

Tallow 1-13 Ballyduff Upper 0-15

Cork 3-18 Waterford 0-16

Waterford manager Derek McGrath has suffered a devastating triple injury blow with confirmation that Philip Mahony, Maurice Shanahan and Stephen Molumphy have all been ruled out of the Munster SHC quarter-final with Cork on May 25.

Midleton CBS 2-17 Blackwater CS 0-15

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.

As expected, Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy and his selectors have named an unchanged team from the starting 15 that triumphed over reigning champions Kilkenny in the All-Ireland SHC quarter-final for Sunday’s semi-final meeting with Dublin

Kerry GAA chiefs are set to investigate ugly scenes which developed at half-time in Saturday’s county senior hurling championship quarter-final between Ballyduff and Causeway at Austin Stack Park, Tralee.

Ballyduff 2-13 Causeway 1-16 (AET)

Lixnaw 3-10 Ballyduff 0-07

Mr Consistency’s absence to be felt keenly by Waterford.

The Waterford management have made three changes in personnel, as well as a number of positional switches, for tonight’s Electric Ireland Munster MHC semi-final play-off with Clare at Fraher Field in Dungarvan (throw-in 7pm).

Kerry hurling star Mikey Boyle has been handed a 48-week ban following an incident in a club football game.

Kenmare Shamrocks are in a unique position. Contesting the Munster Club JHC this weekend and the JFC on Sunday week, they are the only club in Ireland still playing championship on both fronts.

Ballyduff (Kerry) 2-13 Ballybrown (Limerick) 0-14 (Aet)

Ballyduff 1-15 Lixnaw 1-09

Sarsfields prevailed in a closely-fought Cork Club SHC final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh this afternoon, beating Bishopstown 1-15 to 1-13 to take the title for the third time in five years.

For a few hours at least tomorrow afternoon former Footballer of the Year Paul Galvin will be the second most important GAA player in his household.

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

Ballyduff 1-14 Causeway 1-10

Former Kerry minor and U21 star Paul Geaney’s rich vein of form has helped fire Dingle clear at the top of the county senior football league.

Three-in-a-row-seeking Ballyduff and their deadly rivals Kilmoyley advanced to the semi-finals of the Kerry SHC in contrasting fashion at Austin Park, Tralee.

Antrim manager Jerry Wallis has stepped down as manager of Kerry SHC champions Ballyduff.

EVERYTHING you want in a team – any team – Effin have it, and not for the first time in the last two all-conquering seasons, they showed it again yesterday.

THE hurlers of Effin have come a very long way in a very short time. Last year the small rural Limerick outfit claimed their first adult county title with junior hurling championship success.

WHEN Ballyduff take to the field this Sunday in the Munster IHC final they will be rounding off a memorable year for hurling fans in the Kingdom.

IF HURLING was horse racing, then the Boyles from Ballyduff would be thoroughbreds. On Saturday Mikey will lead out a Kerry side into Croke Park for the Christy Ring Cup final alongside brothers Liam, Aidan and Pádraig.

Thurles CBS v Blackwater College: Clonmel (All games 2.30pm throw-in)