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.

The result rather than the performance is all that mattered for these two at Pearse Stadium yesterday and the value of this win will not be lost on Galway manager Kevin Walsh as he now prepares for away games in Dublin and Monaghan.

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.

Monaghan advanced to their first All-Ireland semi-final in 30 years with a superb double scores win over Galway at Pearse Stadium in Salthill.

If Galway football captain Damien Comer was interested in keeping his head down ahead of the Connacht final, he probably couldn’t have taken a worse summer job.

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

Mike Casey is named at full-back on the Limerick team for tomorrow’s Munster SHC clash with Cork, the sole change to the side which overcame Tipperary.

Both Mayo and Galway have championship debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final clash in MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

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.

The Galway footballers have kept up their unbeaten start to the league, a first win on Kerry soil since 2000 handing Kevin Walsh's charges their fourth successive Division 1A victory.

Galway scored their 13th ever league win over Tyrone when they led throughout a tough contest at Tuam Stadium.

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.

Galway 0-14 Kildare 0-13

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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.

Galway 2-14 Roscommon 0-15: Goals in either half from Cillian McDaid and Danny Cummins enabled Galway retain their FBD Connacht League title against Roscommon at Kiltoom.

Sigerson Cup Quarter-Final: IT Carlow 0-11 UL 0-10: IT Carlow withstood a barrage of injury-time UL attacks and, indeed, a half-hour stoppage in proceedings to secure a first Sigerson Cup semi-final appearance.

McGrath Cup: Waterford 1-16 University of Limerick 2-7

Leitrim 0-9 Galway 0-8

Diarmuid Murtagh was the hero for champions Roscommon as they booked a place in the Connacht minor football championship final.