Not everyone is happy that Galway are playing Dublin this evening. “How come they didn’t beat Monaghan?” came the cries from the Kingdom all week. “Galway are wasting their time playing Dublin in a semi-final after their no-show against Monaghan,” is the consensus from Kerry.

Galway secured their 46th Connacht title and claimed the first spot in the Super 8s as Shane Walsh turned on the style at Dr Hyde Park yesterday.

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.

Galway respect Sligo and value the Connacht Championship but they’re even looking beyond the Super 8s, says defender Eoghan Kerin.

Not since 1998 and 1999 has there been this much fanfare about Connacht championship games, writes John Divilly

Galway football star, Sean Armstrong, has no issues with their new style of play, once it produces the right results.

There were fresh-faces aplenty on show at Letterkenny in the respective Donegal and Galway ranks but, in the end, it was left to experience to settle the issue.

Kerry and All-Ireland quarter-finals. At this stage, framed by their own hyphened, hinged parlance. Ring-rusty. Lethargic-like. Semi-sloppy. But powder still dry. And winning to boot.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice is confident Kerry’s supporting cast will step up to the plate if Paul Geaney and James O’Donoghue are curtailed during Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final.

This current Galway outfit must be totally tuned in from the first whistle or they can take an awful pasting against Kerry, writes Ray Silke.

Galway 4-17 Donegal 0-14: Galway had never scored four goals against an Ulster team in championship football before but such was the ease with which they prised open the Donegal rearguard in Sligo on Saturday that they could have got double that haul.

Noel McGrath has been relegated to the Tipperary bench for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC second round qualifier against Dublin.

Seán Armstrong never thought he’d see a day like Sunday again having stepped away from Galway in late 2014.

This Galway group might have felt it was already fact with their win in Castlebar last year but it’s official now – the hierarchy of Connacht is no longer what it once was.

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 attacker Shane Walsh reckons the huge amount of players that knocked back the opportunity to play for the county in recent seasons are regretting their decisions this week.

The favourite to take over from Alan Mulholland as Galway manager, Kevin Walsh, saw his Micheal Breathnach side crash out of the Galway SFC yesterday as Salthill/Knocknacarra prevailed on a of 3-10 to 0-13 scoreline in atrocious conditions at Moycullen.

Galway SFC

All-Ireland SFC quarter-final

This was a mad game of Gaelic football.

Mayo 3-14 Galway 0-16

That it’s been five years since the two giants of Connacht contested a provincial final tells you all you need to know about the health of Galway football in recent years.

Former Connacht rugby star Gavin Duffy made his championship debut for Salthill/Knocknacarra as two Sean Armstrong goals helped last year’s finalists into the third round of the Galway SFC.

Galway manager Alan Mulholland will face some selection headaches ahead of his side’s Connacht semi-final clash with Sligo.

You can’t help thinking Eoin Cadogan is playing a blinder as the big brother when he perceives his younger sibling Alan and the rest of the Cork U21 footballers are being hyped up ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland U21FC semi-final.

Donegal moved back to the top of Division 2 this afternoon as they defeated Monaghan 2-11 to 0-10 in a repeat of last year's Ulster final in Letterkenny.

Connacht 2-19 Ulster 1-7

Galway 0-12 Donegal 1-16

Galway 0-13 GMIT 0-6

Corofin 2-13 Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-07

Salthill-Knocknacarra 0-13 St James’ 0-11

Salthill-Knocknacarra remain on course for successive Galway SFC titles for the first time after holding off the challenge of a Caltra side forced to start without Michael Meehan.

ALL-IRELAND SFC RD4 QUALIFIER:

Cork 1-17 Galway 1-16

Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-9

Galway manager Alan Mulholland has made switches in defence and attack for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Armagh at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 5pm).