Oliver Gough is the last man to win senior All-Ireland hurling titles with two different counties.

It was a tough time for everyone involved in Wexford camogie in the spring, as the Seniors began the National League without a manager and unable to field a team.

Wexford footballer Barry O'Connor has signed a contract with the Sydney Swans.

Given health, a regular span of life, hurlers spend a long time not being a hurler.

Wexford camogie are hopeful a difficult few months is behind them following the appointment of Barry Kennedy as senior manager.

TINA HANNON scored a goal and six points and was named player of the match for the second year in succession as Slaughtneil completed a remarkable AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship three-in-a-row while the snow fell at Croke Park.

Wexford camogie have lost half of their €9,000 WGPA grant for failing to field a team for Saturday’s Division 1 league fixture away to Cork.

Con O'Callaghan's early goal in Portlaoise set AIB All-Ireland club hurling title holders Cuala on their way to a big win and back-to-back provincial titles.

It’s probably a good thing that new Dublin hurling boss Pat Gilroy was in Boston and missed county champions Cuala’s latest outing.

Suddenly the Carrickshock supporters took to singing.

This Thursday evening Castleknock play in their first senior football semi-final. Formed in 1998, they truly are the nouveau riche of Dublin GAA. Their story is a heartening one, their defiance to make their presence felt in west Dublin all the more impressive with the mammoth St Brigid’s for company.

With the county minor team in action on Saturday, it was a condensed Kilkenny senior hurling league programme this weekend.

Oulart-the-Ballagh 2-15 St Martin’s 0-13: The spirit of Oulart-the-Ballagh was once again evident when winning their sixth title in seven years with a comfortable eight-point victory over St Martin’s in the Wexford SHC final at Innovate Wexford Park yesterday afternoon.

Eoin Quigley jokes that he hasn’t been put forward for interview since the week prior to the 2012 county hurling final.

I played a bit underage with the county and Dickie (Murphy) asked me to fall in with him as an umpire

Ballyhale Shamrocks secured their place in an eighth Kilkenny senior hurling decider in 10 years (against reigning champions Clara) with a routine 1-19 to 0-14 victory over St Martin’s at a sunblessed Nowlan Park yesterday.

The way has been cleared for the Kilkenny SHC semi-finals.

Kilkenny SHC: Champions Clara and St Martin’s (Muckalee) won through to the Kilkenny senior hurling semi-finals, but the remaining two places are still wide open.

A super goal from Keith Hogan, brother of county star Brian, fired holders Clara to victory over a young James Stephens team in the first round of the Kilkenny senior hurling championship yesterday.

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.

Kilkenny SHL

Injury and injury alone has kept Henry Shefflin from the Kilkenny championship team these last 16 years.

Tomás Waters: “I heard the snap straightaway. I tried to get up and go after the ball, but I wasn’t able to get up. I was in too much pain.”

St Martin’s 1-08 Fethard 0-05

Reigning All-Ireland Club SFC Champions St. Brigid's advanced in Connacht; St. Loman's and Newtown Blues claimed first round wins in Leinster; while Castlebar Mitchells, Kingdom Kerry Gaels, Rathnew and St Martin's claimed county title wins, following today's Senior Club Football action.

Clara 1-17 St Martin’s 1-14

They missed out on the big prize but yesterday proves their place in history is safe.

Reigning champions Oulart-The Ballagh maintained their momentum towards a fourth consecutive title when they easily accounted for a disappointing Cloughbawn in the Pettitt’s Wexford SHC at St Patrick’s Park, Enniscorthy.

Longford 0-16 Wexford 2-15 (AET)

Former captain and free-taker Diarmuid 'Gizzy' Lyng has been ruled out of Wexford's plans for this summer's Hurling Championship.

The GAA is being asked to provide funds to international clubs planning on visiting Ireland for The Gathering.

It was coming.

Eoin Larkin inspired James Stephens to victory over gritty Graigue-Ballycallan in an exciting Kilkenny SHC quarter-final in Freshford yesterday.

Carrickshock, captained by Offaly star, David Franks, claimed their first major title at senior hurling level in Kilkenny since their championship glory of 1951 when they won the senior league final at Nowlan Park yesterday.

Inter-county attacker PJ Banville hauled reigning champions Horeswood back into the title race as they ended up with a fully merited 2-13 to 0-10 victory over Fethard in their Wexford SFC clash on Saturday evening.

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

There was good news for Kilkenny fans as JJ Delaney and Michael Fennelly returned to action, but it was Eoin Larkin who grabbed the headlines in the latest round of the Kilkenny senior hurling league.