Galway 0-21 Dublin 0-19 (after extra time): On many levels Galway required this win. There was last week’s senior disappointment, last week’s minor disappointment and the disappointment suffered at this very juncture for the last four Augusts.

Cork 3-7 Galway 3-4 (All-Ireland U14): The 34th edition of the Tony Forristal tournament opened at 10am on Saturday, and 10 hours later, Cork and Galway still didn’t want to go home.

UCD 2-16 DCU 1-14: UCD eventually broke the resistance of Dublin rivals DCU to book their place in the Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-finals.

Kilburn Gaels (London) 0-11 Cappataggle (Galway) 0-10: AIB All-Ireland Club IHC semi-final: Kilburn Gaels remain in the hunt to become only the second London team to win the All-Ireland Club IHC crown after beating Cappataggle at the Gaelic Grounds yesterday.

Westmeath 2-11 Longford 0-10: Two second-half goals helped Westmeath to victory over neighbours Longford in their final O’Byrne Cup group game.

O’Byrne Cup

It is a measure of the standards set by St Vincent’s that Tomas Quinn pronounced himself entirely ‘disappointed’ with their AIB Leinster club semi-final win.

Ballintubber 3-9 St Brigid’s 1-13

St Brigid’s 3-12 St Faithleach’s 0-7

Galway 1-19 Wexford 1-21

Kildare 1-22 Westmeath 0-9

Connacht 0-16 Leinster 1-23

Derry 3-16 Westmeath 0-12

Derry 3-16 Westmeath 0-12

Leinster 1-23 Connacht 0-16

Waterford 0-22 Galway 1-13

Connacht 1-18 Munster 0-16

Galway football has been dealt a massive blow with news that defender Colin Forde will miss their entire 2014 campaign after emigrating to England.

Queen’s University 0-13 University of Limerick 0-11

Offaly 1-13 Galway 1-14

Westmeath 0-11 Dublin 0-12

Four Roads 2-15 Oran 2-09

Galway 0-16 Waterford 1-21

Waterford swept to a first All-Ireland MHC triumph for 65 years in a wave of emotion at Croke Park.

Fermanagh 3-10 Westmeath 1-15

Fermanagh 3-10 Westmeath 1-15

Clare senior hurling manager Davy Fitzgerald will give championship debuts to four players in Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Waterford in Thurles (throw-in 4pm).

Westmeath 3-15 Carlow 1-10

Their Leinster championship opener against Carlow may be only a matter of hours away but Westmeath veteran Dessie Dolan was in nostalgic mood earlier this week as RTÉ launched its 2013 championship coverage.

Derry 1-18 Westmeath 0-15

Derry 2-17 Westmeath 1-05

Westmeath 0-17 Armagh 0-16, Mullingar

St Brigids (Roscommon) 2-11 Ballymun Kickhams (Dublin) 2-10

We could grow to like these footballers turned pundits turned managers.

Westmeath 1-10 Laois 1-8

Leinster 1-21 Connacht 1-20

St Brigid’s (Roscommon) 2-07 Crossmaglen (Armagh) 1-09

Leinster 1-21 Connacht 1-20

St. Brigids (Roscommon) 2-7 Crossmaglen Rangers (Armagh) 1-9

Tomás Ó Sé returns to the Kerry side for Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Dublin at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Westmeath 0-16 Louth 2-09

Waterford 0-16 UL 0-12 (AET)

Salthill/Knocknacarra 0-8 St Brigid’s 0-15

St Brigid’s 2-08 Padraig Pearses 0-09