Roscommon GAA

Brian Stack and Enda Smith scored the other all-important goals at Pearse Park to secure third spot in Group Two

Derry’s 0-18 to 2-10 win over Dublin in Breffni Park was the only close encounter of the four quarter-finals

Kevin McStay’s men always had the upper hand but they had to keep a late Roscommon rally at bay

Everything you need to know ahead of the weekend’s football and hurling action

Kerry are bringing threats from deep, Mayo like to go on the loop, while Roscommon get joy from wrap-arounds

All-Ireland champions scored 2-4 without response from the 55th minute with goals from Colm Basquel and Con O’Callaghan

In last year’s All-Ireland draw, Conor Carroll ran Dublin ragged in the heat - Dessie Farrell will be prepared this time around

Sides level on seven points apiece early in the second half but Mayo pull away for third consecutive minor crown

Donegal take on Tyrone in the pick of the four games taking place on Saturday

Grattan Park in Inniskeen will host the clash between Louth and Meath; all games to be played on Saturday, May 25th

The Rossies through to play Tyrone in All-Ireland semi-final next Saturday

Roscommon never led once O’Shea raised the green flag in the eighth minute in front of nearly 14,000 at Dr Hyde Park

Mayo’s inability to have several top forwards playing together has been their Achilles heel for years, and Kevin McStay needs to solve that

The winner faces a quick turnaround for an Ulster semi-final against Tyrone or Cavan next week, while the loser will have a four- or five-week break to prepare for the All-Ireland series

Who ranks as the main All-Ireland contender heading into the first weekend of championship action?

Tightness of scheduling and its associated distraction, the imminence of championship, have caused complaints

Mickey Harte’s side put in signature second-half performance to run out 13-point winners

Forward appeared to step down on the leg of Kerry’s Jason Foley during match at Dr Hyde Park last Sunday

Several issues have already been settled but football finalists are still to be decided

Roscommon wasteful at home as Kerry give themselves chance to make league final

Life as a yo-yo county: since 2015 Roscommon have been promoted to Division 1 four times. Now they face a potential fourth relegation

Farney County in dire need of a victory over neighbours Tyrone to boost their Division One survival hopes

Mayo are the only top flight team with a 100% winning record at home, while Donegal and Armagh have similar records in Division Two

Ryan O’Donoghue excelled as hosts quashed Roscommon’s hopes of claiming first National League win in Castlebar for 40 years

Buoyant Roscommon head for Castlebar where losers will find themselves in the relegation conversation

Roscommon boss Davy Burke believes innovative coaching is already leading to more entertaining and high-scoring football as new football review committee is formed

Enda Smith impresses as Rossies secure their first win of the league campaign

GAA can surely live without adding VAR to the mix for marginal calls

‘Football was the last thing on our minds this week,’ says Dessie Farrell after team beat Roscommon at Croke Park

Tricky conditions due to the strong wind at Dr Hyde Park

Ireland Sevens make history in Perth; Ken Early on Xavi’s disillusionment; more athletics records broken

Mayo beat Galway again and Jim McGuinness era gets off to a good start in Donegal

Darragh Canavan leads the way with eight points as Tyrone overcome red card to midfielder Conn Kilpatrick early in the second half

League returns to get the 2024 GAA intercounty season up and running

The return of Dublin and Derry adds to an ultra competitive field with a scramble for position on the cards

Stack confirms he will not serve as manager for a third year after Glen saw off the Roscommon champions in Croke Park

All-Ireland club finals these days tend not to pass without some blizzard of contention and the hurling decider delivered this term

St Brigids beaten after Conor Glass goal turns the tide for the Derry champions

Derry club Glen aiming to join an elite club in Gaelic games: winning an All-Ireland 12 months after losing the final

The Derry club, formed in 1948, did not win a county title until 2021 when a group of players moulded by former All Star Enda Gormley finally changed the way they saw themselves