It was the cheer that gave birth to a torrent of sneers.

The legend of Tipperary’s historic All-Ireland minor football success has multiplied with time.

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. 

Fools us if we considered Dublin were going to struggle after going a man down with 20 minutes of normal time to go.

David Clarke (Mayo)

The August Bank Holiday weekend is usually a pretty good starting point for the business end of the football championship, writes Tomás Quinn.

All-Ireland under-21 Football winning captain Con O'Callaghan will make his first championship start for the Dublin senior team in tomorrow's Leinster quarter-final against Carlow in Portlaoise.

When teams in sport go on long unbeaten runs, everyone has them in the crosshairs, writes Tomás Quinn. 

Dublin 1-15 Mayo 1-14: In the battle of pragmatism and poetry, there was only going to be one winner. And Dublin it was.

Back in mid-spring, canny punters felt they’d pulled off a rare coup by tying bookmakers to 66/1 odds on Dublin’s James McCarthy being named Footballer of the Year.

Many coaches in sports these days talk about just being ‘figureheads’ for large management groups and facilitating the players’ efforts to improve and succeed as a team.

Dublin 2-19 Westmeath 0-10: Same as it ever was, then. An 11th Leinster title in 12 seasons for Dublin, another lopsided scoreline and a renewed bout of hand-wringing as to what the rest of the province – and everyone else – can possibly do to reduce a gap that shows no sign of closing anytime soon.

From early on yesterday, it was pleasing on the eye to see Dublin and Kerry going with man-on-man match-ups. 

Ciaran Murtagh missed a late free as the reigning All-Ireland champions Dublin made it seven from seven in the Allianz League Division 1 by the minimum against Roscommon in Carrick-on-Shannon

The Dubs made virtually certain of a National Football League semi-final place with a comfortable if unspectacular eight points win over Down at Pairc Esler.

Jim Gavin is hopeful Jack McCaffrey will be available to Dublin in 2017.

Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has backed Paul Murphy to shine again at centre-forward, though he accepts that tomorrow’s Allianz FL Division 1 clash with Donegal in Tralee will represent a different challenge for the Rathmore man than Down did last week.

John Fogarty runs the rule over the Division 1 contenders.

Afew simple but evocative lines from Ogie Moran on Mikey Sheehy’s Laochra Gael in 2012 that chime loudest now when considering his old team-mate’s incarnation as a Kerry selector.

Went out for the weekend. It lasted forever.

If he was to end up as the answer to a GAA quiz question, Damien Comer couldn’t be too surprised.

Longford 3-07 Dublin 2-15: Holders Dublin fired off half a dozen late points without reply in Navan to finally shrug off brave Longford and secure their place in the Eirgrid Leinster U-21 football final.

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

Eoghan Cormican looks at the upcoming games and gives his verdict.

Dublin 2-21 Dubs Stars 1-11

Anthony Daly has hinted his time as Dublin hurling manager will come to an end before the summer is out.

Dublin won a second All-Ireland U21 Football Championship title in three years with a devastating attacking performance at O’Connor Park in Tullamore.

By hook or by crook — and furious Cavan may just argue it is the latter — Dublin could yet win this Cadbury All-Ireland U-21 football championship as they’ve been tipped to do so from the outset.

Dublin 0-11 Cavan 0-10

CADBURY'S ALL-IRELAND U21FC SEMI-FINAL:

Dublin 0-15 Meath 0-10

TODAY

ALLIANZ HL DIVISION 1A:

CORK

Westmeath 0-11 Dublin 0-12

At a get-to-know-you meeting with the media early last year, Jim Gavin revealed Washington Redskins’ three-time Superbowl coach Joe Gibbs was one of his biggest influences.

Dubs Stars 2-13 Dublin 0-13

Diarmuid Connolly has recovered in time for tomorrow's Allianz Football League Division 1 match against Mayo at Croke Park (throw-in 7pm).

A number of young talented GAA stars are being put through their paces at a two-day Australian Rules trial at DCU this week.