A pulsating and absolutely magnificent All Ireland intermediate hurling club championship final eventually went the way of Tullaroan at Croke Park this evening.

Fr O'Neill's will seek to take All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling honours when they face Tullaroan at Croke Park this evening.

Monday morning could be an awkward affair in the staff canteen at Egis Lagan Services.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

As it stands the pair will miss the All-Ireland final against Tullaroan in Croke Park on Saturday week.

Kilkenny champions, Tullaroan, opened and finished in style when blasting their way into the All-Ireland intermediate club hurling championship final.

Two east Cork clubs will be involved in the All Ireland club finals on Saturday week in a Croke Park double header after Russell Rovers got the better of Micheál Breathnach

Thirteen-man Fr O’Neill’s held out against 14-man Tooreen to book their place in the All Ireland intermediate club hurling final against Tullaroan following a dramatic and hard-fought four-point victory in Bord Na Móna O’Connor Park Tullamore today.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Tullaroan made sure of a silver finish to 2019 as they added the Leinster intermediate club title to the trophy cabinet.

John Fogarty previews the weekend's GAA fixtures.

Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy and former Cork boss John Meyler are set to lead the PwC All-Star 2019 and 2018 hurling teams when they head out to Abu Dhabi tomorrow.

Your guide to all the weekend's main GAA fixtures

It was the autumn of 1887. The warm summer was a distant memory. The hurlers of Tipperary and Kilkenny were about to meet for the first time in championship hurling. This rivalry — later to become one of the most vibrant in Gaelic games — got off to a start that was truly remarkable.

NUIG manager Jeff Lynskey was thrilled as the Galway college sent holders UL crashing out of the Fitzgibbon Cup to create a Group A decider against UCC.

Eddie Brennan spent longer than most at hurling’s summit.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan says “there’ll be no issue with the pitch” for tomorrow week’s Munster SHC opener between Cork and Clare at the venue.

Hear the one about the Kilkenny man who played for Munster? Or even better, about the Kilkenny GAA man who now works with Tipp GAA? Ian Dowling is a walking quiz question, but wherever he turns up, success seems to follow...

Jackie Tyrrell makes his first since last year’s Leinster final as one of five changes to the Kilkenny side for tomorrow’s Allianz HL Division 1A clash with Galway at Nowlan Park tomorrow (2pm).

Oulart-The Ballagh’s dreams of a unique AIB All-Ireland club double were dashed at Carriganore in Waterford, after Milford narrowly beat them 1-9 to 1-8 in their senior camogie semi-final.

The best place to begin any appraisal of Tommy Walsh’s career is not with the All-Ireland medals, not with the All Stars but on a Sunday afternoon at Walsh Park in the summer of 1997.

The retirement of Tommy Walsh from inter-county hurling with Kilkenny ends one of the most spectacularly successful GAA careers of all time.

Tommy Walsh has retired from inter-county hurling this morning.

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.

ALL-IRELAND SHC FINAL REPLAY:

Kilkenny SHL

Kilkenny’s Michael Fennelly returns at centre-forward for tomorrow’s All-Ireland semi-final clash against Limerick.

A 105-year-old Leinster medal won by a renowned hurler from Tullaroan in Kilkenny, has been reunited with his family thanks to the commitment and persistence of a veteran Tipperary footballer and local historian.

Galway footballers have suffered a massive blow with the news that Michael Meehan will not feature in this year’s championship.

All-Ireland intermediate club champions Clara have marked their return to the Kilkenny senior hurling grade in spectacular fashion by winning the league.

Tyrone manager Mickey Harte will give debuts to three players in tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier clash with Offaly in O’Connor Park in Tullamore (3pm).

University of Limerick 1-20 Waterford 0-18

Every hurling county has its renowned clubs. Tullaroan, Mooncoin, Mount Sion, Toomevara, Thurles Sars, Cork’s big trio of Glen Rovers, Blackrock and St. Finbarr’s, all roll off the tongue.

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.

Phil Hogan was 21 and playing for Tullaroan when he put up his hand one day to catch a ball.

Brian Hogan, a vital cog in the Kilkenny defence, is in danger of missing the Cats' All-Ireland SHC quarter-final clash with Limerick.

The trip to Laois and Offaly in three weeks will mark a historic first appearance for Ballincollig in Féile na nÓg, the national football festival for U14 players.

MILLDEAN Panther was yesterday withdrawn from the Comerford Cakes National Puppy Stake at Shelbourne Park and has been retired for the winter.

IT was something of a phoney war in that both sides were keeping a little in reserve for the championship, but Ballyhale Shamrocks picked up their first title of the year when winning the senior hurling league final against James Stephens on Saturday.

IT’S hardly surprising, given their preeminence in hurling, that Kilkenny supplied the first father-and-son combination in the GAA All Stars scheme.