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Quarter-final weekend provided irrefutable evidence that the game is back in the best of health
Quarter-final weekend provided irrefutable evidence that the game is back in the best of health
Only three games in the championship had their result changed by two-pointers
Calls for support showed how invested the team was in proving everyone wrong
Jimmy quietens the noise around Donegal; Dessie bows out of Dublin; Robbie’s on cloud nine in Meath
Kingdom made the semi-final with a convincing win over holders Armagh
Tyrone too strong for the Dubs after Donegal blow Monaghan away with supreme second half display
Monaghan led by seven points at the break but Jim McGuinness’s side turned the tables in the second half
Quarter-final attendances on course to be the highest in 16 years
Monaghan’s embrace of the new rules has given them a huge scoring threat and may well be enough to finally beat an All-Ireland contender
Dublin and Kerry in contests that look too close to call
The four All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals will be played at Croke Park this weekend
The squeezed season means that player welfare is way down the list behind bums on seats and keeping TV stations happy
Ulster champions to face Monaghan six days after their preliminary quarter-final win over Louth in Ballybofey
Reigning champions Armagh to meet Kerry to avoid provincial and group rematches
Dublin were available at odds of 16/1 with one bookmaker, and not a single columnist called the upset
Heavyweights such as Donegal, Kerry and Dublin have all displayed flaws on road to quarter-finals
Navigation issues got Louth’s day off to a bad start in Ballybofey
Kildare and Limerick will face off in the Tailteann Cup final
Other preliminaries likely to produce Kerry, Donegal and Galway for next week’s All-Ireland quarter-finals
The Ulster and Leinster champions meet on Sunday in a clash that will mark an early end to the championship for one of them
Donegal manager was angry over scheduling of clash with Mayo in Roscommon
The last unbeaten record went up in smoke at the weekend and a few big names are in action sooner than expected
Fermanagh and Kildare to meet in Tailteann Cup semi-final while Wicklow draw Limerick
Donegal v Mayo set the pulses racing and led to Tomás Ó Sé waxing lyrical about the big-ball code
Ciarán Moore’s buzzer beater puts opponents out of championship
McGuinness says Donegal raised the matter with the CCCC to no avail
Lee Keegan believes Rochford’s willingness to try the unpredictable could prove decisive
Donegal will toss too many problems at Mayo for Stephen Rochford’s side to solve them all
When the landscape shows up to nine teams able to win Sam Maguire or stop someone else, the format doesn’t matter a damn
Mayo aiming for a repeat, Dubs target bounce-back and champions Armagh out to maintain momentum
The Lilywhites’ Joe McDonagh Cup triumph represents one of the most heartwarming GAA stories of the year
Donegal, Mayo, Cavan and Tyrone have a lot at stake with all on same points
There was little between last two All-Ireland champions on Sunday, but Kieran McGeeney had a trump card
Davitt Neary gets Mayo fans out of their seats; Kilkenny struggle at underage
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