SOMEHOW, despite everything, Kilmacud soldier on.

KILMACUD CROKES star Ross O’Carroll has admitted his brother, All-Star nominee Rory, will miss the crucial Leinster club semi-final against Garrycastle on Sunday week.

THE most famous victory in the history of the Kilmacud Crokes club?

A STORMING second-half, powered by the magnificence of Mark Vaughan and Brian Kavanagh, sealed Kilmacud Crokes’ seventh Dublin SFC title at Parnell Park yesterday.

DUBLIN must reduce the responsibility for scoring on Bernard Brogan if they are to build on this year’s All-Ireland semi-final appearance, according to Ciarán Whelan.

PAT GILROY wiped a hand across his drawn face and pinched the skin in between his eyes like an exhausted office drone who had just spent the last eight hours staring at an overheating PC.

PAT GILROY believes last week’s loss to Cork was a salient reminder that his Dublin mission remains a work in progress.

Dublin Senior Football manager Pat Gilroy has made four changes to his side for tomorrow's Allianz NFL Division 1 clash with Galway at Parnell Park.

Dublin Senior Football manager Pat Gilroy has made three changes to his side for this Saturday's floodlit clash with Monaghan at Parnell Park (7.30pm)

A statement this morning from the Leinster Council has confirmed that all eight of the 2010 O'Byrne Cup first round matches, which were due to take place over Saturday and Sunday, have been postponed.

MICHAEL McAULEY may get his chance to prove he’s Dublin’s new Ciarán Whelan when the 2010 season begins on Sunday.

MARK VAUGHAN has not given up hope of resuming his inter-county career with Dublin despite being dropped from the panel by manager Pat Gilroy during this year’s championship.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has recalled Bryan Cullen to his side for Monday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Kerry at Croke Park (throw-in 2pm).

THE jury is still out on Pat Gilroy’s attempts to inject new blood into a Dublin team that plateaued under Paul Caffrey but no-one can accuse the St Vincent’s clubman of playing it safe.

Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has made three changes to his side for this Sunday's Leinster SFC semi-final against Westmeath at Croke Park.

PAT GILROY’S attempts at building a new-look Dublin team took a serious step backwards yesterday with confirmation that full-forward Mark Davoren tore a cruciate ligament during Sunday’s win over Meath.

What sounds like some very amateurish TV coverage of the Cork v Kerry football match comes in for a right lash from a very knowledgeable angry fan.

Mark Davoren will miss the rest of Dublin's championship campaign.

ALAN BROGAN has admitted that the Dublin attack must improve if the county is to launch a serious bid for honours this summer.

MEATH midfielder Nigel Crawford had no problem identifying where and when his side lost this game.

AN academic analogy would be apt in drawing up Dublin’s report card yesterday.

SOONER or later someone is going to assemble a DVD of all the great Dublin-Meath games and, when they do, this particular reel will be one of the first to fall to the editing room floor.

Dublin 0-14 Meath 0-12

THE times, they are a-changing. Only two years have passed since Dublin and Meath last clashed in the Leinster Championship, but the teams that do so again tomorrow will be radically different entities to the 2007 versions.

IT WAS impossible to avoid that end-of-term feeling around the DCU campus yesterday where the student body was conspicuous by its absence and Pat Gilroy named his first championship side.

Dublin Senior football manager Pat Gilroy has named his inaugural Championship starting 15 for Sunday's Leinster SFC derby encounter with Meath at Croke Park.

Kilmacud Crokes defender Paul Griffin has been named as the captain of the Dublin senior footballers for the 2009 championship campaign.

Dublin 5-22 Westmeath 0-10

SHARING the points in Parnell Park yesterday was of no significance to a Kerry team already assured of its place in the Allianz National Football League final.

Dublin 1-15 Kerry 1-15, Parnell Park

THE OLD-TIMERS up here have a saying; “There is only a while in anything and all good things must come to an end”.

IT’S BEEN a tough few months for wasteful spenders, and the backlash against squandermania continued in Croke Park yesterday.

Kilmacud Crokes 1-9

FIRST things first. Pat Gilroy’s recent comments that the All-Ireland club championship should be condensed into a calendar year are illogical, unfounded and unworkable.

Corofin (Galway) 0-11 Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 2-11, Mullingar

THERE are a couple of rules one must obey when contemplating a chat with Paddy Carr. First, clear the diary of any appointments. Second, take a comfortable seat.

SPOT the difference. Both achieved the league and championship double in their respective counties last year. Both are attempting to claim a second All-Ireland title — and first since the 1990s. No wonder this one is so hard to call.

DUBS STARS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHALLENGE MATCH: DUBLIN 2-11 DUBS STARS 2-11

THERE may still be only 12 days of Christmas, but it still seems to start earlier with each passing year. Unfortunately for Rhode, they took that all too literally yesterday by gift-wrapping a Leinster Club SFC title for Kilmacud that was theirs for the taking.

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 2-07 Rhode (Offaly) 1-07

Kilmacud Crokes (Dublin) 1-11 Navan O'Mahony's (Meath) 0-07

KILMACUD CROKES 1-10 ST. OLIVER PLUNKETTS/EOGHAN RUADH 0-13