Carrigaline 0-9  Castletownbere 0-7: Both teams deserve credit for producing a hugely competitive game in miserable conditions in the Cork PIFC in Castletown Kenneigh on Saturday evening, with a more potent Carrigaline the deserving winners.

Eight points from John O’Dwyer helped last year’s beaten finalists Cork IT into the semi-finals of this year’s Fitzgibbon Cup as they saw off NUI Galway this afternoon.

Blonde attacker Diarmuid O’Keeffe kicked a stunning additional time point to hand St Anne’s the narrowest of victories, 2-12 to 2-11, over reigning champions St Martin’s in this Group A Wexford SFC game at Taghmon.

The four Westmeath SHC semi-finalists are now known.

A Westmeath hurling supporter has been banned for 48 weeks for clashing with a referee after the county senior hurling final.

Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow) 1-15 Castletown-Geoghegan (Westmeath) 1-13

Castletown-Geoghegan 1-12 St Oliver Plunkett’s 0-11

Oulart the Ballagh, Castletown-Geoghegan, Mount Leinster Rangers and Glenealy are celebrating Senior Hurling Championship wins in Wexford, Westmeath, Carlow and Wicklow respectively following finals this afternoon.

It was a weekend of shocks in the Wexford SFC quarter-finals, with champions St. Anne’s (Rathangan) bowing out along with last year’s beaten finalists Castletown.

St Oliver Plunkett’s, from Mullingar, caused a major shock at Cusack Park, Mullingar, yesterday, beating champions Clonkill 1-9 to 1-8 to reach the Westmeath SHC final.

There were a number of surprise results in the final round of matches of the Westmeath SFC.

Reigning Laois SHC champions Rathdowney-Errill played out a thrilling draw with Clough-Ballacolla.

Both Mullingar clubs, St Loman’s and Mullingar Shamrocks, have qualified for the Westmeath SFC semi-finals.

A referee abandoned a county intermediate football championship game eight minutes from the end as he feared for his safety.

Camross and Borris-Kilcotton were the big winners over the weekend in the Laois SHC as they both ensured their places in the semi-finals with surprise wins.

St Oliver Plunkett’s caused a surprise in the Westmeath senior hurling championship when they defeated Raharney in Friday’s game in Cusack Park, Mullingar.

The opening round of the Westmeath SHC was played over the weekend with all eight teams taking part in the double headers of games played in Cusack Park, Mullingar on Saturday and Sunday evening.

Even now, a decade on, amid the jagged bays and bleak hillsides of the Beara peninsula, John Lock O’Sullivan is remembered.

It takes two hours to drive from Páirc Uí Rinn to Castletownbere.

There were new Club Senior Football champions crowned in a number of counties today, with Errigal Ciaran ending their six-year wait for another Tyrone title.

Castletown and St. Anne’s (Rathangan) turned on the style when setting up a Wexford SFC final meeting with decisive victories at Wexford Park on Saturday.

Castletownbere dedicated their IFC win over Grenagh at Inchigeela on Saturday to fisherman Pearse Lyne, who tragically died at sea last week.

Veteran Matty Forde stole the show as Kilanerin shocked reigning champions Horeswood in the Wexford SFC at Bellefield yesterday.

Castletownbere were the better side from start to finish at Kilmichael yesterday as they condemned Glanmire to their third straight defeat in this year’s championship.

For Saturday's Leinster SHC quarter-final against Dublin, the Laois hurlers are unchanged from the side which beat Carlow a fortnight ago.

Alan O’Connor returns to the Cork team for tomorrow night’s trip to Portlaoise to face Laois in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League, having been forced to withdraw through injury before last Sunday’s loss to Donegal.

HORESWOOD upset the formbook by defeating champions Castletown in yesterday’s thrilling Wexford SFC final at Wexford Park.

NEW YORK’S ladies football team will receive financial backing from the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA).

CASTLETOWN attacker Anthony Masterson picked himself off the treatment table to inspire his side to a three point, 1-10 to 1-7, victory over Sarsfields.

PORTLAOISE’S pursuit of a record five Laois SFC titles in-a-row cleared its latest hurdle at the weekend, as they saw off rivals Arles-Kilcruise by three points on Saturday night to book a semi-final place.

EMMETS and Ahane will meet on Sunday in the Gaelic Grounds at 7.45pm after their Limerick SHC semi-final ended level yesterday, with neither side grabbing the initiative in a scoreless final 10 minutes.

COUNTY champions Clough Ballacolla remain hot favourites to retain the Laois SHC crown as they booked their place in the quarter-final.

WEXFORD netminder Anthony Masterson put his recent Croke Park controversy behind him as he steered reigning champions Castletown to a 0-16 to 2-7 victory over Starlights.

MAYO footballers and tweeters, captain Alan Dillon and Keith Higgins, have reacted differently to news the GAA are set to produce social media guidelines for inter-county players.

REIGNING champions Raharney, title contenders Clonkill and outsiders Castletown-Geoghegan have all qualified for the semi-finals of the Westmeath SHC after the weekend’s matches.

WEXFORD defender Aindreas Doyle has accused the GAA of attempting to censor his team-mate Anthony Masterson.

Wexford goalkeeper Anthony Masterson will be forced to issue an apology for the recent remarks he made about referee Derek Fahy, or risk being suspended.

BARRY O’GORMAN kicked the winning point four minutes into injury time as Taghmon-Camross secured a 0-16 to 2-9 victory over St. Mary’s (Rosslare) in their Wexford SFC tie at Wexford Park on Saturday.

Wexford goalkeeper Anthony Masterson pointed the finger of blame at referee Derek Fahy and his match officials following his side's controversial defeat by Limerick last night.

SET a ruler down horizontally through the market town of Gorey and you more or less divide the county of Wexford into its hurling and footballing heartlands.

Recently-appointed Laois senior hurling manager Brendan Fennelly has announced his 28-man panel for the 2011 campaign.

HOT favourites Skryne were made battle all the way by well-organised Castletown in a highly competitive Leinster club senior football quarter-final clash at Navan’s Páirc Tailteann.

Kilmacud Crokes, Garrycastle, Skyrne and Rhode have advanced to the semi-finals of the AIB Leinster Club Senior Football Championship following today's matches around the province.