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Achieving a place in this season’s FAI women’s cup final is just reward for a season complete with consistent performances for Athlone Town captain, Laurie Ryan.

Rapidly becoming one of the most talked about groups in Ireland, Bricknasty emerged from Ballymun in early 2020 as a lockdown studio project that has developed into a band of tunesters.

This weekend saw the first round of knock-out games in the Senior A, B, Intermediate, Junior A and Junior B Championships as the quarter-finals took place in each competition.

Connacht host Munster in the Sportsground on Friday (5.30pm) in another challenge ahead of the opening URC campaign fixture next month.

There was a double header in Killimor on Sunday in the final round of games of the Windows and Rooflights Senior A Championship when Davitts took on Craughwell and Athenry took on Mullagh.

Minister Of State at the Department of Transport and at the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, Jack Chambers TD officially opened the extension of the Great Western Greenway from Achill Sound to Cashel on Friday September 1 last, alongside Leas Cathaoirleach of Mayo County Council, Cllr Martin McLoughlin.

In a repeat of the 2022 and 2021 county finals, Sarsfields once again took victory against Oranmore Maree when they two met in the championship in Loughrea on Sunday.

All-Ireland champions Sarsfields opened their Galway title defence with a comfortable victory over Craughwell at the weekend, while there were also wins for last year’s county finalists Oranmore Maree and Ardrahan in the Windows and Rooflights Ltd Senior A Championship.

The ad men for the sponsors of the All Ireland Minor Championships came up in recent years with the tag line 'This is Major' for their advertising campaign - to emphasise how important the minor championship is for its young stars. Well, for each of the teams battling to become Mayo GAA Intermediate champions, there is no tougher competition to call in Mayo football than the intermediate championship, with at least a dozen, if not all 16 sides, having their eyes set on taking the big prize.

When the English forces regained control of Castlebar after the departure of General Humbert, the greater part of the County Prison on the Green was taken from the control of Governor Henry Moran and set aside for military purposes. Provost Martial William Clavroge assumed responsibility for the military section and military prisoners. Apart from a few common criminals, the prison population of 190 comprised captured Irish rebels, deserters from the British military and militias, and political prisoners such as John Moore.