Allianz FL Division 1 Round 2: Mayo 1-7 Tyrone 1-11: Rumours of Tyrone’s demise have been greatly exaggerated judging by the events that unfolded at MacHale Park, Castlebar yesterday.

Tyrone went back to basics to kick-start their NFL campaign, stunning Mayo with a defensive shut-out at McHale Park.

Carlow 3-08 Louth 1-12: Carlow’s footballers provided new boss Turlough O’Brien with a first win thanks to this merited two-points victory over Louth in yesterday’s O’Byrne Cup tie at Dr Cullen Park.

2013 All Stars 10-7 2014 All Stars 5-5

Diarmuid Connolly laid on a majestic performance at Croke Park, hitting a 2-5 tally to guide St Vincent’s to glory in the All-Ireland Club football final.

An excellent second-half performance from Cork gave them a second Allianz Football League Division 1 win as Kildare were beaten at Páirc Uí Rinn today.

Wicklow 2-5 Meath 4-11

Geraldines (Louth) 2-09 Naomh Olaf (Dublin) 1-12 (aet)

Dublin 2-15 Meath 0-14

Donegal 0-12 Down 0-9

Dublin 1-22 Westmeath 0-9

Kildare 2-8 Kerry 0-12

Cork 3-16 Clare 0-13

Dublin 2-22 Louth 0-12

Dublin 2-16 Donegal 0-13

It’s hard not to be impressed by the way Tyrone are going about their business and while it can be foolhardy to be basing championship notions on league form, the displays being produced by Mickey Harte’s men can’t be ignored either.

Galway 0-13 Tyrone 1-14

A hungrier Derry secured their first points of this League campaign in this disappointing encounter in Celtic Park on Saturday night.

The famine is over, according to Seamus McEnaney, though whether Meath can maintain their fine Division 2 form to achieve the promotion they crave remains to be seen.

ST BRIGID’S booked their place in the last-four of the All-Ireland with an eight-point victory over 14-man Fulham Irish at Ruislip.

ANTRIM footballers showed a lot of character and composure in Saturday’s closing stages to squeeze Carlow out of the race.

IT was meant to be Mick O’Dwyer’s swan song, the last fling of the most successful GAA manager of all time.

Cork 1-23 Clare 0-11

ULTIMATELY they went down anyway — but not without a fight.

THERE was good news for Kildare supporters as Dermot Earley came on as a second half substitute as the Lilywhites drew with Sligo in a challenge at Stephen O’Rourke Memorial Park yesterday.

Meath 1-15 Kildare 0-13

DUBLIN and Meath will have to do it all over again after 90 minutes of football failed to separate the old sparring partners in a thrilling O’Byrne Cup tie at Parnell Park yesterday.

MARK McCALLON netted a golden goal in Mullingar yesterday to keep Garrycastle on track for an historic Leinster Club SFC football title. Not alone has the Westmeath club never won the provincial title, but no team from the Lake County has ever managed to annex the provincial crown.

Garrycastle (Westmeath) 1-8 Ballyboden St Enda’s 0-6

DESPITE having led by six points at one stage, Dublin needed a Gary Sweeney point 90 seconds into injury time to rescue a draw in the ESB Leinster MFC final at Croke Park yesterday.

Portlaoise 2-14 Timahoe 1-7

Mayo 3-13 Kerry 1-9

Dublin midfielder Ciarán Whelan has been passed fit for next Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final against Longford (Pearse Park, throw-in 2.30pm).