For the second year in a row, penalties were required to separate these age-old rivals in the FBD Connacht League and history also repeated itself in terms of the outcome as Galway edged past their neighbours on a bitterly cold day in Castlebar.

Never-say-die Dromid Pearses ended St Mary’s dominance of the South Kerry senior football championship with victory, after extra-time, in Saturday's replayed final.

St Mary’s’ bid to complete the six-in-a-row of Jack Murphy Cups will have to wait until the middle of January at the earliest, as Dromid Pearses secured a late draw with two Niall Ó Sé frees during six minutes of added time in the Kerry SFC final at a bitterly cold Portmagee yesterday.

A forceful second-half display - during which they outscored their hosts by 1-8 to 0-2 - secured a 25th Connacht SFC title for Roscommon.

Martin Farragher came off the bench to score 1-1 in his inter-county debut as holders Galway beat Sligo at Markievicz Park to book their place in another Connacht final.

Galway endured an uncomfortable afternoon in Ruislip as a gutsy London side make the Connacht champions work hard for their victory.

Galway’s tortuous search for a balance between defensive security and offensive potency took a painful hit as they missed out on a place in the Division One league final.

Tyrone shot down Galway’s bid to reach the NFL Division 1 league final as they stormed back to win comfortably at Healy Park.

Danny Cummins blasted a first-half goal as Galway eased their way to key victory over Roscommon in their bid to reach consecutive league finals.

Saturday night brought further evidence — not that much more was needed — that the balance of power in Connacht football has unmistakably shifted in recent seasons.

Mayo 0-12 Galway 1-11

Dr Crokes midfield Johnny Buckley was last night cleared to play in the All-Ireland club SFC final after successfully contesting his one-match suspension.

UCC are through to play St Mary’s University College, Belfast in the Sigerson Cup final in Parnell Park next Wednesday.

Eight Donie Smith points gave Roscommon their fifth FBD Connacht football league title and sends them into next Saturday’s NFL Division 1 opener against Mayo on a real high.

Galway’s footballing purists lamented the state of the game after this replayed county final at Pearse Stadium, but with their 20th title secured Corofin couldn’t care less about entertainment value.

Corofin’s five-year reign as Galway SFC champions looked to have ended yesterday, but captain Micheál Lundy rescued them with an equaliser in the fourth minute of added time to force a replay and deny a determined Mountbellew/Moylough at Pearse Stadium.

Galway 4-24 Sligo 1-12: A pleasing performance in more ways that one for Galway and their manager Kevin Walsh.

KILDARE 0-10 GALWAY 0-16: Galway warmed up for next week’s league final against Dublin with a stylish win over a totally demoralised Kildare side at St Conleth’s Park yesterday afternoon.

Galway 0-18 Kildare 0-16: The increasing depth of this Galway panel means Kevin Walsh has an interesting nine weeks ahead of him in attempting to piece together his strongest team.

Yet, a modern analyst would probably focus more on slack defending than anything else, with both sides needing to shore up their rearguards if progress is to be made in the remainder of the league and into the championship.

Galway 3-13 Clare 1-11: It’s six years since Galway lost their top flight status and while they are now in the driving seat to make a return, manager Kevin Walsh is not getting too excited just yet.

Galway 0-14 Cork 1-11: A point lost by Cork, a point earned by Galway. And both knew it.

St Mary’s 1-9

A Liam O’Shea penalty one minute into second-half stoppages saw Midleton edge this thrilling Harty Cup quarter-final replay.

Ardscoil Rís 4-16 Charleville CBS 1-7: Ardscoil Rís produced another impressive display in the Dr Harty Cup at Kilmallock yesterday, beating Charleville CBS by 18-points. The champions, who defeated Hamilton High in the first round by a big margin, scored 4-14 from play, are now in the last eight.

Tralee CBS 1-15 Coláiste Na Sceilge 0-11: Marc Ó Sé’s Tralee CBS carried too much firepower for a gutsy Coláiste Na Sceilge side, coached by Maurice Fitzgerald, in this Corn Ui Mhuiri opener at Cromane yesterday.

Kerry 2-21 Waterford 1-2: For Kerry, few questions were asked. For Waterford, the questions continue to stack up.

A look ahead to tonight’s three games...

Galway may be heading for Armagh on Sunday, but on Monday, they will be going to the sun and a five-day warm weather training camp.

Sigerson Cup - UCD 0-11 NUIG 1-6: UCD may have a string of Dublin All-Ireland winners in their ranks but it was the accuracy of Westmeath’s John Heslin that saw them over the line in a good contest in Dangan yesterday.

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.

All-Ireland Club IFC semi-final - St Mary’s (Kerry) 2-20 Ratoath (Meath) 1-5: Perhaps it was the talk of litmus tests and stern examinations that drove St Mary’s to such dizzying heights.