Michael Murphy will lead Donegal into an Ulster senior football championship final for the eighth time on Sunday hoping to get his hands on the Anglo-Celt Cup for the fifth time.

Another rousing finish, another league win.

A rousing closing burst from Kerry - during which they outscored Monaghan by 0-6 to 0-1 - maintained the Kingdom’s unbeaten league run.

Anthony Cunningham hailed his side’s courage and heart as the 2017 Connacht champions surprised Monaghan at Dr Hyde Park.

No harm for Monaghan to remind Dublin that they have their number at these early junctures. No harm for the champions either to be told that in this season of all seasons there is going to be gristle. The physical soreness they feel today after this niggly clash will serve them well for what lies ahead.

Monaghan advanced to their first All-Ireland semi-final in 30 years with a superb double scores win over Galway at Pearse Stadium in Salthill.

Kerry have turned to the ultra-experienced Kieran Young to lock down the centre of defence for their crucial Super 8s clash with Kildare.

Fermanagh 1-8 Monaghan 0-10: It was the type of finish that a game devoid of adventure and flair scarcely deserved, a climax worthy of any sporting occasion, as Fermanagh reached for the sky on an unforgettable afternoon at Healy Park.

Ulster SFC semi-final        

Down have emerged from the depths of despair to challenge once again for Ulster football glory.

CAVAN 0-15 - MONAGHAN 1-15: Making the Ulster semi-finals for the sixth successive year speaks volumes about Monaghan’s consistency, but Malachy O’Rourke knows a lot more is required if they’re to land a third provincial title on his watch.

Monaghan 1-20 Fermanagh 1-11: Monaghan’s support cast showed an eagerness to play a leading role in this year’s Ulster championship, with 13 different scorers in Saturday night’s win over Fermanagh an encouraging sign for the summer ahead.

It was a second-half cruise for Monaghan as they routed Fermanagh in an Ulster SFC preliminary round tie at Clones to set up a derby meeting with Cavan.

Monaghan 1-11 Mayo 0-12: Monaghan manager Malachy O’Rourke hailed the efforts his players have put into their pre-season after their win over Mayo in MacHale Park, Castlebar on Saturday night.

Longford 2-13 Monaghan 1-13: Well, Monaghan can hardly say they weren’t forewarned. Twelve years ago, Denis Connerton brought an unfancied Longford outfit to Clones and plundered Monaghan’s home in the only previous championship meeting between these sides.

Monaghan 1-10 Donegal 1-9: The roar from the Monaghan support following Colin Walshe’s 73rd-minute winner against Donegal in Castleblayney yesterday was so loud it could probably be heard at Austin Stack Park in Tralee.

Roscommon 1-9 Monaghan 2-10: Three years ago, these sides clashed in Division 3. Monaghan got to the top flight a year ahead of Roscommon so the words of Malachy O’Rourke should be heeded by the disappointed Rossies after they let a winning hand slip from their grasp.

Everyone recognises Malachy O’Rourke as one of the best managers in Gaelic football. Yet for all his success we still don’t seem to know Malachy O’Rourke. And we certainly don’t know his right-hand man, Leo McBride, who goes everywhere with him. Kieran Shannon knows them though, from working with the pair in 2008 as a member of the Fermanagh backroom team that reached a rare Ulster final for the county that year. Last week, the three caught up. And it was some catch-up.

Leaders are neither born nor made; they are found. This is what Ben Horowitz postulated in a recent Fortune.com article.

They’ve been like ships passing in the night this year, but Colin Walshe hopes he and Drew Wylie can soon resume their formidable partnership in Monaghan’s fullback line.

Fear of losing has been replaced by air of expectation in Fermanagh, and Dom Corrigan says it makes a refreshing change.

GAA director general Páraic Duffy has allayed fears the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment project could be in difficulty.

Colin Walshe replaces Drew Wylie in the only change to the Monaghan side for Sunday’s Ulster SFC semi-final with Fermanagh in Kingspan Breffni Park (4pm). Walshe came on as a sub in the win over Cavan in the quarter-final, scoring a point.

Dick Clerkin has been knocking about Monaghan’s senior panel for 16 years and the veteran midfielder has little doubt that Conor McManus is the best player he has soldiered with in all that time.

Monaghan 0-16 Cavan 0-15: LOGIC and basic biology tell us that there will come a time when Cavan’s burgeoning youth will overtake Monaghan’s grizzled vets, but that was postponed yesterday thanks to the nous and experience of Malachy O’Rourke’s wily old soldiers.

Monaghan are through to another Ulster football semi-final and, with either Fermanagh or Antrim awaiting them there, a third provincial final in three seasons beckons after this narrowest of wins away to Cavan in their summer opener.

Kerry’s Paul Geaney admits the hooter played a part in UCC’s Sigerson Cup victory last year. 

A row over darts led to a man being struck on the head with a hammer.

He is able to make a joke of it now, and Colin Walshe was full of smiles yesterday as he "blamed" Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton for his cruciate knee injury last August.

Some of the country’s top footballing talent fly to Boston this morning ahead of Saturday’s exhibition game between the GAA/GPA All Stars of 2014 and 2013.

Comments which appeared on an internet forum on darts resulted in a man producing a hammer and attacking a man during an argument in the early hours of the morning.

Ross Wherity is prepared to put his money where his mouth is and back his native Donegal to deliver a stunning surprise win over Dublin.

Ah, August. That time of the year when referees are that bit slower to reach for the whistle and shy away from making the big calls.

I was in Croke Park yesterday and it would be stressing the obvious to say James McGrath let the game flow.

Dublin 2-22 Monaghan 0-11

Another awesome attacking master-class from the Dubs blew Monaghan away at Croke Park.