Your guide to all the weekend's main GAA fixtures

He now resides forever in the GAA Hall of Fame but Larry Tompkins came close to obscurity.

“Momentum is a very important thing,” begins Cork minor football manager Bobbie O’Dwyer.

It is the first time that Croke Park has hosted this stage of the Ladies Football championship.

Enda Smith has suggested Roscommon wouldn’t have reached the Super 8 but for Listowel man Conor Cox.

What is it about high-performance athletes and teams that they always appear to have another gear to go to when the competition heats up?

All six of this weekend's hurling and football quarter-final games will be broadcast live on TV, despite some high-profile fixture clashes.

Here’s John Fogarty’s low-down on the final eight for the Sam Maguire Cup.

An irate Mickey Harte delivered a damning assessment of the GAA’s black card rule after his nephew Peter picked up a third in four games to leave him suspended for Saturday’s Super 8s clash with Roscommon.

Roscommon captain Enda Smith concedes he and his team-mates were “embarrassed” by their displays in the Super 8s last season.

There will be a double-header of All-Ireland hurling quarter-finals in Croke Park on Sunday, July 14.

Capacity concerns and Galway and Mayo’s refusal to toss a coin for home advantage meant their All-Ireland SFC Round 4 game was fixed for the LIT Gaelic Grounds this Saturday evening (7pm).

Round 4 of the All-Ireland football qualifiers has pitted Ronan McCarthy's Cork against Laois while Mayo will face Connacht rivals, Galway in the pick of next weekend's clashes .

Mayo's championship hopes have suffered a serious setback with the news that captain Diarmuid O'Connor has been ruled out for the remainder of the summer with a fractured wrist.

Former Roscommon goalkeeper Shane Curran is adamant Dublin having two Super 8 games in Croke Park is “not right or fair” but he doesn’t expect his county to contest it.

Some years some titles should be valued that bit more than usual, having been that bit harder earned.

Everyone who was there has their own special memories of the two-part series that was the 1989 Connacht football final between Mayo and Roscommon.

It may be 18 years since Roscommon beat Mayo in the championship, but James Horan is bracing himself for a tough battle in Saturday evening’s Connacht SFC semi-final in Castlebar.

Conor Cox gave another ruthless display as Roscommon avoided any potential shock against Leitrim at Dr Hyde Park.

Our writers wrap up the major talking points from the weekend's league action...

Beyond Liam Silke and All-Star Ian Burke, former Galway football manager Tomás Ó Flatharta believes the leading figures from Corofin’s back-to-back All-Ireland-winning side will struggle to break onto Kevin Walsh’s Galway team.

Ronan McNamee wasn’t surprised at the level of criticism aimed at Tyrone earlier in their Division 1 campaign.

The flip chart in the Mayo dressing room after Saturday night’s gritty win in Tralee was light on to-do’s for this week’s training.

Dublin’s second-half revival secured a deserved five-point win at a damp Dr Hyde Park, a result which was harsh on their hardworking hosts.

Anthony Cunningham hailed his side’s resilience as Roscommon kept Tyrone’s second-half rally at bay to earn a share of the spoils in difficult conditions at Dr Hyde Park.

Anthony Cunningham hailed his side’s courage and heart as the 2017 Connacht champions surprised Monaghan at Dr Hyde Park.

JP McManus’ €100,000 donation to each county board has been described as “the greatest ever gesture to the clubs of Ireland”.

There were six venues on the shortlist.

Kevin McStay is to accept a 12-week ban arising from his actions in Saturday's Super-8 meeting of Roscommon and Donegal.

Thirteen years ago, provincial finals were exactly that — finals. The cream came to the top in each quadrant, writes John Fogarty

Another three of the Super 8 teams were confirmed yesterday with the remaining four to be revealed the weekend after next.

It gives me no satisfaction criticising hurling referees but after the provincial round robins finished up yesterday, the standard is not at the level it should be.

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.

Seven years since they last played host to a Connacht final involving themselves, 27 since they last successfully defended a provincial crown, which also came in front of a Dr Hyde Park crowd, history beckons for Roscommon tomorrow.

Results in Ballybofey and Dr Hyde Park meant Sunday was something of a red-letter day for Connacht football, three counties from the province securing Division 1 status for 2019.

Despite an “up and down” league campaign, the Cork footballers are heading in the right direction, according to midfielder Ian Maguire.

While Seán White has been one of the bright spots of Cork’s stuttering Allianz FL Division 2 campaign, he will be unable to help secure their status, against Roscommon tomorrow (3pm).

Debutant Ronan O’Toole is one of three changes on the Cork football side for Sunday’s final Allianz FL Division 2 clash with Roscommon in Dr Hyde Park (3pm).

Here’s a handy game-by-game guide to the 2018 leagues and championships.

Big weekend for the Murtagh household. Well, bigger weekend than usual.

Leitrim couldn’t live with the tempo of the Rossies.

Concern about distraction was the only reason that Davy Fitzgerald and Wexford chose not to contest his proposed eight-week suspension.