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With all the hype of scoring records and King Henry’s wonderful achievement surpassing Eddie Keher’s record in the Leinster final it was time to take a trip down memory lane. Not through the records of Eddie Keher but to another unsung hero the late Tullaroan hurler Mick Kennedy.

Have ya ever heard such wailing and moaning as is coming from the north east of the country at the moment about the calls for the replay of the Leinster football final, but where would ya be going be doing a quare thing like that?

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Having made my way early to Croke Park last Sunday I headed to a local shebeen to pick up a spare ticket and a quick bevvy of course.

The Galway football panel and the management team will have to dust themselves down and try to shake off their collective disappointment after last Saturday’s one-point defeat to Sligo in the Connacht semi-final.

The Galway hurlers had hoped to make some hurling history last Sunday afternoon at Croke Park. Only two years in the Leinster championship and already in a final. It was an opportunity to make a statement.

I travelled to Pearse Park, Longford, last Saturday, not quite sure what to expect. It was awful stuff, arguably as bad as I have witnessed from any Mayo team at this level. It is difficult to apportion blame to any single individual. There is a collective responsibility on everyone involved to shoulder some blame for the embarrassing display. The team definitely looked demoralised, in some cases disinterested, with a few others clearly not physically fit enough to play and win at this level. However despite this I did send a text to a number of people at half time suggesting that Mayo would probably win the match, not because we were playing any better than our opposition, but because Longford were dreadful.

Irish Autism Action and Keith Duffy will launch a mobile phone recycling campaign in Kilkenny on Wednesday, July 7, as part of the ‘32 County Marathons Challenge ’.

Liam Fennelly, DJ Carey, Liam Dunne and Joe Cooney are confirmed panellists for Kilkenny Guinness Hurling Supporters event.

After the exciting drama of the last two weekends with Offaly, John McIntyre and his Galway team will face a fresh challenge when they take on Kilkenny in the 2010 Leinster final at Croke Park on Sunday (4pm).