The visit of Pope Francis to Knock at the end of August has impacted on club championship matches in Mayo.

For the first time this summer, Limerick’s U21 hurlers were made to sweat.

Joe Canning and Conor Cooney weighed in with 0-18 between them at Croke Park as Galway came good with a storming second-half performance to claim the Leinster SHC title.

Galway 3-31 Laois 1-11: Galway thrashed Laois by 36 points the last time these sides met in the league back in 2008, and for a good while yesterday it seemed they might even surpass that margin.

Mary I 3-24 IT Carlow 1-19: DJ Carey said that Mary I manager Jamie Wall is an inspirational figure who could enjoy a successful career in charge of county teams.

Mary Immaculate 0-19 Limerick IT 0-14: Mary Immaculate manager Jamie Wall played down the favourite’s tag that has been thrust upon his side, but after Aaron Gillane fired them to a Fitzgibbon Cup derby win over LIT, the manager is confident his side can cope with any pressure that comes their way against IT Carlow.

Mary Immaculate College 2-31 GMIT 0-16: Former Cork underage prospect Jamie Wall was pleased to see his Mary Immaculate College side run out 21-point winners over GMIT in yesterday’s Fitzgibbon Cup clash.

Galway 1-19 Laois 0-16: A first-half goal from Joseph Cooney proved crucial as Galway advanced to the semi-finals of the Walsh Cup.

Fr O’Neill’s 1-18 Kildorrery 1-14: Driven on by a man-of-the-match display from Declan Dalton, Fr O’Neill’s were crowned Cork IHC champions in Páirc Uí Rinn yesterday.

A powerful first-half showing delivered Waterford a first All-Ireland U21 hurling title since 1992.

Galway 0-21 Dublin 0-19 (after extra time): On many levels Galway required this win. There was last week’s senior disappointment, last week’s minor disappointment and the disappointment suffered at this very juncture for the last four Augusts.

Cistercian College Roscrea 24 Clongowes Wood College 18: Cistercian College Roscrea’s quest for a second successive Leinster Schools Senior Cup triumph remains on course, after Brian Diffley’s 61st-minute try helped them to edge a compelling semi-final showdown with Clongowes Wood College, at Donnybrook yesterday.

Sarsfields 2-10 Craughwell 0-14: And so the cycle of history goes on. It wouldn’t be a Sarsfields success in Galway without the Cooneys at the forefront.

Galway 3-10 Kilkenny 0-17: Galway boss Jeffrey Lynskey refused to apologise for Cian Salmon’s controversial late goal that stole a dramatic All-Ireland semi-final victory.

Kilkenny 0-26 Galway 2-20 (AET): Drama at the death in the opener at HQ yesterday — both after the 70 minutes and extra-time — but the sum of this first All-Ireland minor semi-final added up to significantly less than its parts and, in that, it was no different to the senior contest that followed.

Kildorrery 1-11 Éire Óg 1-5: A depleted Éire Óg side bowed out of the Cork IHC in Mallow yesterday, Kildorrery denying them by six points to progress beyond the fourth round yesterday.

Galway 1-14 Limerick 0-13: Galway boss Jeffrey Lynskey is relishing the prospect of locking horns with Kilkenny in the Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final on August 16.

Kildorrery 1-16 Kinsale 0-9: Kildorrery cruised into the fourth round of the Cork IFC after a resounding victory over Kinsale at foggy Caherlag on Saturday evening.

Cork IFC

Ballydesmond 0-12 Kildorrery 0-10

O’Donovan Rossa 1-13 Avondhu 1-09

Kildorrery 1-15 Carrignavar 1-14

Éire Óg 3-11 Kildorrery 1-10

Kildorrery 3-17 Harbour Rovers 1-10

Despite not scoring for the final 16 minutes of play, Avondhu progressed to the Cork SFC quarter-finals at Ilen Rovers’ expense in Macroom on Saturday night.

Having produced a fantastic team performance for 55 minutes, the Kildorrery players were out on their feet in the final stages of this IFC opening round clash at Rathcormac on Saturday but still did enough to survive a late Glanmire onslaught.

FOR 40 minutes of this excellent final at Buttevant yesterday, a shock result looked on the cards as unfancied Kildorrery led favourites Charleville by a point.

A POWERFUL second-half display with the wind, highlighted by Brendan Coughlan’s vital 45th minute goal, propelled Kinsale to their first IFC final at Riverstown on Saturday afternoon.

TO apply some context to this headline result in Fermoy on Saturday, one should underline that this is only the second Cork SFC game Nemo Rangers have lost over the past five years.

AVONDHU enter unchartered territory for the division in modern times when they contest the Cork SFC quarter-final next weekend after they fashioned an extra-time win over Aghada in last night’s fourth round replay in Castlelyons.

Kildorrery 2-6 Cill na Martra 0-7

AVONDHU became the first side to qualify of the third round of the Cork SFC when they eventually battled past the determined challenge of CIT in a pulsating clash in Fermoy last night.

TOM MONAGHAN secured Kildorrery’s place in the last four of the Cork IFC with a spectacular point in stoppage time against Canovee at Donoughmore on Sunday night.

TOM MONAGHAN secured Kildorrery’s place in the last four of the Cork IFC with a spectacular point in stoppage time against Canovee at Donoughmore last night.

KEVIN JER O’SULLIVAN was the star of the show as Adrigole powered through to the semi-final of the Evening Echo IFC after a 10-point win over Kildorrery.

Kildorrery got their Evening Echo Cork IFC ambitions back on track with a convincing second round replay win at Mourneabbey yesterday.

Kildorrery 3-16 Delanys 1-7