Westmeath great Dessie Dolan pulled down the shutters on his playing career on a bittersweet afternoon in Mullingar as Garrycastle exited the AIB Leinster club championship.

Westmeath 3-14 Limerick 0-7: Tom Cribbin wore the look of a man who just had his shoulders relieved of the heavy load which had sat there since the final Sunday in January. That was the afternoon Westmeath’s promotion plans were refused take off at Cusack Park with Kildare bagging maximum points behind enemy lines.

Thurles CBS 0-18 St Peter’s College 1-12:

Athlone IT 3-10 Trinity College Dublin 0-10

Meath manager Eamonn Barry has named an unchanged side for tomorrow's O'Byrne Cup semi-final showdown with Dublin at Parnell Park.