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It's the hottest ticket in town as stage set for a weekend feast of football. Mark Gallagher looks at the mouth-watering prospect of the four All-Ireland football quarter-finals

Kildare made it interesting in the final quarter and had they been more clinical, might have completed a remarkable fightback, but in the end, Meath had done enough in their period of dominance to claim a place in the Leinster final.

Fermanagh 1-11 Derry 1-9

Kerry 2-11 Roscommon 0-4

Kerry 1-14, Clare 0-5

Monaghan 0-13 Kerry 1-11

A rousing finish from Glen Rovers - during which they hit 1-4 without reply - saw Richie Kelleher’s charges avenge last year’s county championship exit at the hands of Midleton.

Old scores were never fully settled because off the field the players rarely met socially.

Aubrey McMahon hit the headlines in 2017 when winning the Connacht Hotel Handicap, the feature on the opening day of the Galway festival, on his father’s Whiskey Sour, and there was a distinct sense of déjà vu yesterday evening as the young rider carried his father Luke’s colours to victory for the second consecutive year, this time aboard Uradel.

Cork Constitution came good during the final 10 minutes to overcome Terenure College 13-10 at Lakelands Park and move top of Energia All-Ireland League Division 1A.

Kildare overcame a disallowed second-half goal to maintain their 100% record in Division 2 with a deserved home win over Cork.

Galway ended their 16-year Croke Park hoodoo with victory in this afternoon’s Division 2 league final.

With half a million euro in prize money up for grabs in this afternoon’s Boylesports Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse, the race is as competitive as the prize-money deserves, and Minella Foru makes appeal as one likely to give supporters a big run for their money, at double-figure odds.