Take it as a given that Thomas O’Gorman will pick up Colm Cooper on Sunday.

Lismore (Waterford) 2-14 Kilmoyley (Kerry) 0-13: Lismore are the new Munster Club IHC champions after an impressive victory over Kerry side Kilmoyley at Mallow’s GAA Complex on Saturday.

Kilmoyley 3-15 St Brendan’s, Ardfert 1-13: Kilmoyley overwhelmed a lethargic St Brendan’s to claim their 23rd Kerry SHC title - and move one behind table toppers Ballyduff in the roll of hour - at Abbeydorney yesterday.

Kilmoyley boss John Meyler insists tomorrow’s county hurling final with St Brendan’s (Abbeydorney, 2.30pm) is too close to call.

A Kerry club hurler was unable to talk or move following an accidental clash in a county senior hurling championship semi-final on Sunday night.

Long-serving county secretary Frank Murphy wasn’t gazing into a crystal ball when he sat down to prepare his annual report for the 1989 County Board Convention.

The draws for Cork and Limerick’s 2015 County Championships are already made, but which clubs will be celebrating into the Christmas and beyond after successful campaigns? Our reporters provide the anorak’s guide.

The man accused of invading a GAA pitch and attacking Paul Galvin with a hurley at the weekend is facing a two-year ban.

Kerry GAA chiefs last night scrutinised referee John Sexton’s account of Sunday’s controversial county senior hurling championship final.

Paul Galvin was attacked with a hurley during the Kerry senior hurling county final between Lixnaw and Kilmoyley yesterday.

Kerry GAA chiefs are investigating a violent attack with a hurley on former football star, Paul Galvin, during yesterday’s Kerry hurling final in Tralee.

Lixnaw 0-14 St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-13

There are four changes in the Tipperary side for Sunday’s clash with Dublin at Semple Stadium in the final round of Division 1A of the Allianz Hurling League (2pm).

GAA players charged with drug offences will be banned from playing with their club or county until the outcome of their case, under strict new guidelines.

Lixnaw 3-10 Kilmoyley 2-09

Kilmoyley 0-18 Abbeydorney 2-08

Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s new Kerry management team was formally unveiled last night, and will feature leading physical trainer Cian O’Neill as a selector.

Lixnaw 0-14 Kilmoyley 0-12

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.

Shane Brick announced his return to inter-county hurling in some style yesterday, saving Kerry’s blushes in a Waterford Crystal Cup preliminary round match against IT Tralee at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney.

John Meyler's Kerry hurlers made history this afternoon as they claimed the county's first ever Waterford Crystal Cup win by overcoming IT Tralee.

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.

THE contrast between tomorrow’s Kerry SHC finalists is a stark one.

FOR John Meyler, this afternoon’s Christy Ring Cup final date with Wicklow is a first step. Winning it would be a means to an end.

HE is probably the most criticised footballer in the GAA – even inside his native Kerry – but there isn’t a football county worthy of the name that wouldn’t jump at the chance to have Paul Galvin in their ranks.

LAST month they were celebrating promotion from NHL Division 3A but today it’s back to basics for the Kerry hurlers as they face Down in the opening round of the Christy Ring Cup in Newry.

IT’S another tough ask for Kerry senior hurling champions Kilmoyley this year, as once again they face the Cork champions in the first round of the Munster intermediate club championship (like several counties in other provinces, the Kerry senior champions are allowed compete at the lower grade).

Kerry hurling manager Mossie Carroll has stepped down from the post.

KERRY hurling manager Mossie Carroll has stepped down from the post.

Anthony Daly was officially confirmed as the new Dublin senior hurling manager at a meeting of the Dublin County Committee last night.

Kerry failed to hang onto a goal lead early in the second half as Wicklow pinched a 0-15 to 2-07 victory over the Kingdom in Section 2B of the Christy Ring Cup.

THE All-Ireland Féile na nGael festival of hurling got off to the best possible start in glorious weather throughout Cork city and county yesterday.

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly yesterday expressed his "concern" over one-sided NHL matches while pointing out that the Hurling Development Committee's plans for the future were designed to improve standards at all levels of the game.

A LITTLE bit of hurling history was created this week when leading Kerry club Kilmoyley, trained by former Cork and St Finbarr’s player John Meyler, got the go-ahead to play competitive hurling across the county bounds in the Cork City Division.

THESE are heady times for the Toomevara senior hurling captain Paddy O’Brien.

THERE was a time when county championship success meant rounds. Not of the pitch, but of pints and of pubs, with chests out, heads held high, and the all-important cup in tow.

KERRY hurling received a timely boost at the weekend when county champions Kilmoyley defeated Cloyne (Cork) in the semi-final of the Munster Club SHL at Ballyhea.

THE Munster hurling team to play Connacht in the semi-final of the Railway Cup at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick tomorrow includes the Ó hAilpín brothers, Seán Óg and Setanta.

ALL-IRELAND club champions Birr bid for their fifth consecutive Offaly SHC title against first-time finalists Ballyskenach at St Brendan’s Park tomorrow.