Refreshing the Limerick hurling team without it losing its core identity has been a skilful piece of management by John Kiely

Ryan O’Donoghue led a performance of such authority and class from Mayo that it raises the question, this time?

The older Clifford brother went from missing out on minor and under-21 panels to anchoring Kerry’s attack

The eight-time All-Ireland winner donated his final Celtic cross to St Augustine’s Church in Cork City

Much will depend on the management team that is assembled, but the worry is that Cats are lacking in young quality players

Clare great makes for the sunset at the end of a hurling career like no other

John Kiely’s team looked withered and beaten, but kept going here because there was no other way back

Rebels reduced to 14 after captain Darragh Fitzgibbon picked up a second yellow

Ben O’Connor’s charges harder to break down this season as they seek to heal All-Ireland wounds

Robert and Eoin Downey have grown into two of the county’s most important hurlers

Winning in professional golf is brutally hard, but the Irishman has left a few chances behind this year

Cork will reflect bitterly on the chances they missed as they finished the game with 14 wides

In his topsy-turvy first season as manager, he has brought the county back to Croke Park

The quarter-finals were a reflection of the season – 14 of the 29 championship games so far have been decided by double-digit margins

Has the game been enhanced or disfigured? That is a matter of taste