Liam Mellows 3-12 Gort 1-15: There have been few more joyous vistas in Pearse Stadium than that witnessed yesterday as Liam Mellows ended their 47-year wait for a senior Galway hurling title.

Castleknock, St Brigid’s and Ballymun Kickhams all advanced to the quarter-finals of the Dublin Senior Football Championship with wins over St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh, Thomas Davis and St Mary’s Saggart, respectively, on Saturday.

The Derek Davis remembered at his funeral service in Dublin was a big man in so many other ways than the obvious.

JOINING Savills’ offer of the Dundrum House Hotel in Tipperary for sale at €2.75m, and the 110-bed Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise for €1.5m, is another Munster hotel — a beachside offer at €450,000, just waiting for the tide of opportunity to turn.

Dublin 1-11 Donegal 1-12, Croke Park

Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig 1-11 Scoil Aodháin 1-10

Rathnure produced an incredible comeback to defeat St. Anne’s (Rathangan) in a thrilling SHC quarter-final at Wexford Park on Saturday.

CHAMPIONS Monaleen remain on track to defend their title.

CLARE bid to reach their first ever All-Ireland IHC final when they go head-to-head with Galway in this evening’s semi-final tie in Cusack Park in Ennis at 6.30pm.

Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 3-5 St Michael’s (Cork) 1-2

COUNTY player Aonghus Callanan hit 0-5 from play as city side Liam Mellows, who won the last of their seven Galway SHC titles back in 1970, advanced to the quarter-finals at Athenry yesterday, seeing off Sarsfields 0-13 to 0-11.

CHAMPIONS WIT face a critical encounter at home to DIT this afternoon, in one of three Fitzgibbon Cup ties down for decision.

UCC 0-16 GMIT 3-5

GALWAY manager Vincent Mullen called for an open draw to the U21 hurling championship following his side’s four-point defeat at the hands of Kilkenny in a keenly-contested semi-final at Thurles on Saturday.

Despite only scoring two points in the second half, reigning Fitzgibbon Cup champions Limerick IT held out to book a place in their fourth final in five years this afternoon.

First-time Fitzgibbon Cup semi-finalists GMIT have been rocked with the news that top scorer Andrew 'Shocks' O’Shaughnessy will miss tomorrows penultimate round game against reigning champions Limerick IT, because of a broken toe.

GMIT booked a spot in the final of the Connacht Hurling League following a close 1-13 to 1-11 win over Mayo in Ballyheane this afternoon.

Galway 5-11 Dublin 0-12, Croke Park

Galway 4-21 Cork 2-18, Semple Stadium

Cork 3-14 Galway 1-10

Galway 3-13 Limerick 0-17

Galway retained their All-Ireland minor title – the county’s seventh in all – with a well-judged 3-13 to 0-17 final triumph over Limerick in today's Croke Park curtain-raiser.

Holders Galway and beaten Munster finalists Limerick are locked level at half-time in this afternoon's ESB All-Ireland minor hurling final at Croke Park.

While their seniors will be up against it to claim the Liam McCarthy Cup later this afternoon, Galway's minor hurlers looked primed for success in their All-Ireland final joust with Limerick (Croke Park, throw-in 1.30pm).

Galway 4-13 Cork 1-9