There was lots of spectacular action in an absorbing game in Hyde Park yesterday, before Castlebar Mitchels managed by the experienced Pat Holmes, saw off St. Brigids, and denied the Roscommon men a four-in-a-row.

St Brigid’s 2-12 Castlebar Mitchel's 3-13 (aet)

Limerick's Na Piarsaigh and Castlebar Mitchels took AIB Munster Hurling and Connacht Football Senior provincial titles respectively, while Portlaoise and St. Vincent's advanced to the Leinster Club SFC Final today.

Last week, Shane Curran tweeted a message to Colm Cooper after he had featured in an AIB “The Toughest” promotion for the club championships: “Good man Goochie and I will tell ya boy it’s going to get a whole lot tougher.”