Niall Corcoran gives his thoughts on what needs to be done with Dublin hurling to bring the capital on to another level.
REPEAT PAIRINGS IN HURLING SEMI-FINALS
The All-Ireland semi-finals will be a repeat of last year, with defending champions,
Limerick taking on Galway in Croke Park on Saturday week, followed the next day by
Kilkenny v Clare, also in Croke Park.
Galway booked their semi-final place with a two-point win over Tipperary in the quarter-final while Clare had eighteen points to spare over Dublin in the other quarter-final.
Limerick beat Galway by three points (0-27 to 1-21) in last year’s semi-final, having
beaten them by the same amount in the 2020 semi-final also. Kilkenny beat Clare by 2-26 to 0-20 in last year’s semi-final.
Limerick are bidding to reach the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final for a
fourth successive year and the fifth time in six seasons. Galway were last in the final in 2018, Kilkenny were in last year’s final, and Clare last reached the final in 2013.
GAA HURLING ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS, JOE MCDONAGH CUP, CHRISTY RING CUP, NICKEY RACKARD CUP, LORY MEAGHER CUP
LIAM MacCARTHY CUP
LEINSTER
Round 1: April 22: Antrim 1-19 Dublin 1-19, Corrigan Park; Galway 0-24 Wexford 2-12,
Pearse Stadium; Kilkenny 0-29 Westmeath 0-7, UPMC Nowlan Park.
Round 2: April 29: Wexford 1-30 Antrim 1-26, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin 2-23
Westmeath 1-14, Parnell Park; April 30: Kilkenny 0-28 Galway 1-25, UPMC Nowlan Park.
Round 3: May 6: Dublin 1-22 Wexford 0-23, Croke Park; Galway 6-33 Westmeath 0-17,
TEG Cusack Park; May 7: Kilkenny 5-31 Antrim 3-20 Corrigan Park.
Round 4: May 20: Kilkenny 0-27 Dublin 0-21, UPMC Nowlan Park; May 21: Galway 5-29 Antrim 1-22, Pearse Stadium; Westmeath 4-18, Wexford 2-22, Chadwicks Wexford Park.
Round 5: May 28: Wexford 4-23 Kilkenny 5-18, Chadwicks Wexford Park; Dublin 2-22
Galway 1-25, Croke Park; Antrim 4-24 Westmeath 1-19, TEG Cusack Park.
Final: June 11: Kilkenny 4-21 Galway 2-26, Croke Park
MUNSTER
Round 1: April 23: Limerick 1-18 Waterford 0-19, FBD Semple Stadium; Tipperary 5-22 Clare 3-23, Ennis.
Round 2: April 29: Clare 1-24 Limerick 2-20 TUS Gaelic Grounds; April 30: Cork 0-27
Waterford 0-18, Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
Round 3: May 6: Cork 4-19 Tipperary 2-25, Pairc Ui Chaoimh; May 13: Clare 2-22
Waterford 0-16, FBD Semple Stadium.
Round 4: May 21: Clare 2-22 Cork 3-18, Ennis; Tipperary 0-25 Limerick 0-25, FBD Semple Stadium.
Round 5: May 28: Limerick 3-25 Cork 1-30, TUS Gaelic Grounds; Waterford 1-24
Tipperary 0-21, FBD Semple Stadium.
Final: June 11: Limerick 1-23 Clare 1-22, TUS Gaelic Grounds
ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
Preliminary quarter-finals: June 17: Dublin 2-25 Carlow 0-21, Netwatch Cullen Park;
Tipperary 7-38 Offaly 3-18, Glenisk O’Connor Park.
Quarter-finals: June 24: Galway 1-20 Tipperary 1-8; Clare 5-26 Dublin 2-17. Both in TUS Gaelic Grounds.
Semi-finals: July 8: Limerick v Galway, Croke Park July 9; Kilkenny v Clare, Croke Park.
Final: July 23, Croke Park.
JOE McDONAGH CUP
Round 1: Kerry 1-26 Down 1-14; Carlow 5-23 Kildare 0-19; Offaly 3-19 Laois 1-22.
Round 2: April 16: Laois 7-24 Down 0-14; Offaly 2-22 Kildare 3-11; Kerry 0-21 Carlow 0-21.
Round 3: April 22: Kerry 1-17 Kildare 0-14; Carlow 1-22 Laois 1-22; Offaly 1-26 Down 1-15.
Round 4: May 6/7: Offaly 1-24 Kerry 0-16; Laois 1-23 Kildare 0-11; Carlow 6-23 Down 0-28.
Round 5: May 13: Down 1-27 Kildare 3-13; Carlow 1-29 Offaly 0-14; Laois 4-23 Kerry 0-21
Final: May 27: Carlow 2-29 Offaly 1-31 aet
CHRISTY RING CUP
Round 1: April 16: Sligo 2-20 London 1-20; Tyrone 2-20 Derry 2-20; Meath 2-20 Mayo 0-24.
Round 2: May 22: Tyrone 2-22 Mayo 1-17; April 23: London 4-17 Meath 1-24; Derry 4-27 Sligo 2-13.
Round 3: April 29: Meath 1-21 Derry 1-19; April 30: London 2-22 Mayo 0-21; Sligo 0-20 Tyrone 1-16
Round 4: May 13: Sligo 2-26 Mayo 1-23; Meath 0-28 Tyrone 0-20; May 14: Derry 1-30
London 4-19.
May 20: London 2-28 Tyrone 4-18; Derry 0-30 Mayo 1-11; Meath 0-24 Sligo 0-18.
Final: June 3: Meath 1-23 Derry 1-21.
NICKEY RACKARD CUP
Round 1: April 16: Wicklow 4-25 Louth 0-13; Armagh 2-24 Roscommon 0-18; Donegal 1-21 Fermanagh 0-18.
Round 2: April 22: Wicklow 1-14 Fermanagh 1-12; Donegal 3-20 Armagh 1-16;
Roscommon 5-8 Louth 1-17.
Round 3: April 29: Wicklow 3-28 Armagh 3-8; April 30: Donegal 2-25 Roscommon 2-16; Louth 3-17 Fermanagh 3-17.
Round 4: May 13: Armagh 2-18 Fermanagh 2-17; Donegal 2-19 Louth 4-7; Wicklow 5-23 Roscommon 2-12.
Round 5: May 20: Louth 0-27 Armagh 3-14; Wicklow 2-17 Donegal 1-18; Roscommon 2-17 Fermanagh 1-18.
Final: June 3: Wicklow 1-20 Donegal 3-12
LORY MEAGHER CUP
Round 1: April 15: Lancashire 3-21 Longford 2-17; April 16: Monaghan 1-18 Leitrim 3-12;Warwickshire 3-15 Cavan 0-22;
Round 2: April 22/23: Cavan 2-16 Monaghan 0-19; Lancashire 4-15 Leitrim 1-15;
Longford 2-23 Warwickshire 1-9.
Round 3: April 29/30: Cavan 3-29 Lancashire 5-9; Monaghan 2-26 Warwickshire 1-4;
Longford 0-12 Leitrim 0-8.
Round 4: May 13/14: Longford 2-15 Cavan 0-21; Leitrim 2-17 Warwickshire 2-15;
Monaghan 5-19 Lancashire 3-18.
Round 5: May 20: Leitrim 2-19 Cavan 2-18; Monaghan 2-16 Longford 0-17; Lancashire 5-13 Warwickshire 3-17.
Final: June 3: Monaghan 3-22 Lancashire 3-20
