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Good things come to those who wait, the saying goes. For Ballyhaunis the wait is now over, at the third time of asking in recent years they have managed to win the Mayo Intermediate Football title.

Good things come to those who wait, the saying goes. For Ballyhaunis the wait is now over, at the third time of asking in recent years they have managed to win the Mayo Intermediate Football title.

Once again the unpredictable nature of the Mayo intermediate championship raised its head again last weekend after a barnstorming weekend of action in the competition.

On Saturday afternoon at Crescent United’s old pitch in Mervue, Knocknacarra FC’s emergence as a respected force in Galway underage football was confirmed.

The celebrations are in full swing behind the yellow doors of the dressing room underneath the Cusack Stand in Croke Park. A few minutes earlier, the newly crowned All Ireland Junior Champions breezed up the stairs from the tunnel and broke into song in the dressing room as they tried to take in what they had achieved.

Junior football doesn't get the headlines that the senior or intermediate grades do during the year, but there are always one or two sides at the level that you can see are ready to take that step up.

The Kilmeena adventure has one more stop on its journey this weekend. The final destination is the citadel of Gaelic Games - Croke Park.

Kilmeena are Croke Park bound after an outstanding display of football in Perase Park in Longford on Saturday afternoon.

The white and black sails will be hoisted high around the shores of Clew Bay on Saturday morning and the Kilmeena armada will be heading inland towards Longford as they get ready for a date with destiny.

Kilmeena climbed to the top of the mountain in Connacht in Markiewicz Park on Saturday afternoon with a stunning display of football.