Casey and McMahon resume rivalry as handball returns to centre stage

The men’s final also sees a repeat of the most recent decider to be played, 2019, with holder Robbie McCarthy (Westmeath) taking on Clare’s Diarmaid Nash.

Catriona Casey (Cork) faces Limerick's Martina McMahon in Staurday's All-Ireland Senior Singles final in Kingscourt.

Fresh from winning her ninth successive All-Ireland Senior Singles semi-final, Cork’s Catriona Casey faces a familiar foe in Limerick’s Martina McMahon in Saturday’s decider.

The pair have had an extraordinary rivalry since 2016, meeting in every major final at home and abroad, with honours fairly even to this point. As an indoor sport, handball was deemed higher risk than other GAA codes and endured a two-year hiatus during the pandemic, meaning the sport’s greatest rivalry has been on hold.