Kevin Egan When the qualifier draw is made this morning, it will be Offaly — the only remaining county in today’s draw that will play their league football outside the top two divisions next spring — that will be seen as the plum draw for most of the other seven.

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.

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

Galway 4-12 Sligo 1-8: Galway earned their 25th Connacht MFC title with a dominant victory over Sligo in the replay at Tuam Stadium last night.

Connacht MFC final: Galway 0-7 Sligo 1-4

Laois u21s 2-10 Dublin u21s 2-21: When the dust settles on the 2015 season, Dessie Farrell and his Dublin U21 footballers might well look back on this one as the one that crowned them.

Laois 4-12 Wexford 1-11

Ballinasloe (Galway) 4-11Oran (Sligo) 0-7

ST FINTAN’S claimed the U-19A Boys All-Ireland League Schools final with a convincing 16-point win over St Malachy’s.

Today's scores from the Nissan Irish Boys Amateur Close Championship.