Stephen Cluxton (Parnells): If this is his final bow, what better way to do it? Kerry didn’t make his life too difficult as he restarted but he was still varying his kick-outs well. His save from Stephen O’Brien was an easy one but he was so good with the high ball that came his way. 7

It was natural that of all the previous All-Ireland finals that last Sunday’s conjured comparisons with, 1982 was the easiest from the archive to reach for, but for long periods, it felt an awful lot like 2011 to us.

All-Ireland winner Bryan Sheehan on learning the art of free-taking from Maurice Fitzgerald and why Kerry football is in a good place, despite the exodus of its All-Ireland winning stars.

You imagine as the Kerry party left Croke Park yesterday evening they were preparing a case for the defence of Stephen O’Brien.

Getting the match-ups right has gone a long way for Kerry and Mayo in recent years. We think of Aidan O’Mahony on Michael Murphy in the 2014 final, Lee Keegan on Enda Smith in the 2017 All-Ireland quarter-final replay and just last weekend Patrick Durcan tagging Ryan McHugh.

Former Cork footballer Colm O’Neill sees no reason why five or six of the county’s All-Ireland U20 winning team can’t make the step up to senior level in 2020.

The social media maxim began to gain traction around 2011 and, for a few years, was beloved of the Breffni faithful.

Let’s be honest, all Galwegians were all a little nervous settling into our seats yesterday afternoon. 

In hurling, there is no longer a Kilkenny that bestrides the narrow world like a colossus but in football there is.

No club has done more to make Dublin great yet, closer to home, Ballymun Kickhams have done surprisingly little to help themselves.

Book proposal #812: a modernist novel in which a forlorn student searches Dublin up and down for recognisable GAA food ahead of a big match.

The world was a much different place in May 2001, when Stephen Cluxton made his first Championship appearance for Dublin, writes Paul Keane.

Donegal 2-5 Dublin 1-8: No harm to either team’s unbeaten records, but no foul, either — how Ciaran Branagan felt Donegal had earned a last-gasp free to tie this game was mystifying.

A disputable additional time free ensured Donegal extended their unbeaten record in Ballybofey to 16 games.

St Vincent’s 0-12 Ballymun Kickhams 0-11: A 57th minute point from Albert Martin proved decisive as St Vincent’s narrowly defeated Ballymun Kickhams in their absorbing Dublin SFC semi-final at Parnell Park last night.

Dublin 0-22 Kerry 2-14: At this stage, Kevin McManamon has reached Lord Voldemort notoriety in Kerry. He-who-must-not-be-named was at it again yesterday, remonstrating so strongly he won his side a 45 which was converted, threatening a winning point and then bulldozing Peter Crowley with a challenge so unfair, it was almost comical.

Kerry and Donegal are expected to contest the proposed €7,500 fines handed down to them following Sunday’s fractious Division 1 game in Tralee.

As a retired high school teacher it should come as no surprise that Barney McAleenan has his homework done. Thoroughly done, at that.

A tag team of Paddy Andrews and Dean Rock guided Dublin to a handsome fifth win in their last six league and championship meetings with Kerry.

DCU 6-14 Athlone IT 1-7: Monaghan’s Shane Carey fired a brilliant 3-6 as holders Dublin City University made a strong statement of their intention to capture back-to-back Sigerson Cup titles for the first time.

GAA president Aogán Ó Fearghail has called on Cork supporters to police themselves in relation to the appearance of the Confederate flag at matches.

Dublin manager Jim Gavin admits he and Kieran McGeeney were left disappointed by a pre-match incident involving Davy Byrne and an Armagh player that left Byrne with a broken nose.

The day named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in Ulysses, is being celebrated in Dublin this weekend.

DUBLIN 0-17 MONAGHAN 0-16: It took a while, but the Allianz Football League semi-finals finally flickered to life with less than 15 minutes to play in the second contest, thanks to Monaghan’s late and unexpected surge for a place in the decider.

Dublin v Tyrone

Niall Moyna hailed the strength-in-depth of the DCU bench as the defining factor in their fourth Sigerson Cup win.

We look at three things that caught our eye in the second week of the National Football League.

Allianz FL Division 1 Round 2: Dublin 2-10 Donegal 0-11: It’s only a couple of weeks since Karl Lacey sat down with the media and talked about Donegal’s evolving style of play under Rory Gallagher.

Dublin avenged last year’s All-Ireland semi-final defeat, with a five-point win over Donegal at Croke Park tonight.

Westmeath 3-11 DCU 2-13: After a run of 15 defeats, Westmeath recorded a win when they defeated DCU by a point in Kinnegad last night.

Dublin 2-21 Dubs Stars 1-11

As difficult as it is to believe, Philly McMahon only realised Donegal were Dublin’s semi-final opponents after the Leinster championsdefeated Monaghan on Saturday.

THE Sound of Things Falling by Colombian author, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, translated from Spanish by Canadian Anne McLean, is the winner of the 2014 International IMPAC DUBLIN Literary Award and €100,000 — but how do awards affect the winners — and the losers? Do they really matter?

Dublin 1-21 Roscommon 3-06

CADBURY'S ALL-IRELAND U21FC SEMI-FINAL:

Dublin 2-20 Cork 2-13

Dublin 2-20 Cork 2-13

From the time he grabbed Davy Byrne’s starting spot during the 2001 Leinster championship, Stephen Cluxton has missed few important games for Dublin.