The first round of the national football league certainly didn’t disappoint.
Saturday night saw Dublin just edging past Kildare thanks to a Brian Fenton goal, while later that evening, a late strike from Ryan O’Donoghue rescued Mayo a point against Galway.
The drama continued on Sunday with Paddy McBrearty’s late strike giving Donegal a victory over National League and All-Ireland champions Kerry.
Davy Burke started life as Roscommon manager with a first win in four years in Division 1, beating Tyrone.
In the second round of the Ladies National League, All-Ireland champions Meath finally got their first win of the 2023 season thanks to a long-distance strike from full-back Mary Kate Lynch.
While in hurling, Kildare claimed the Kehoe cup continuing the rise by David Herity’s side since taking charge.
Football
NFL Division 1 round 1
Mayo 1-11 Galway 2-8
Roscommon 3-11 Tyrone 1-12
Monaghan 1-12 Armagh 1-14
Donegal 0-13 Kerry 1-9
NFL Division 2 round 1
Dublin 1-11 Kildare 0-13
Cork 0-19 Meath 3-14
Derry 0-16 Limerick 0-4
Clare 0-13 Louth 1-9
NFL Division 3 round 1
Fermanagh 0-15 Longford 0-8
Westmeath 1-6 Cavan 0-12
Antrim 0-12 Offaly 2-12
Tipperary 1-11 Down 2-11
NFL Division 4 round 1
Carlow 2-10 Wicklow 2-10
Wexford 1-9 London 1-9
Leitrim 3- 18 Waterford 0-11
Sligo 0-11 Laois 2-11
Hurling
Kehoe Cup SH round 5
Meath 0-18 Kildare 2-24
Down 2-20 Wicklow 1-19
Ladies Football
NFL Division 1
Mayo 0-13 Kerry 3-5
Donegal 0-5 Meath 1-7
Galway 1-13 Dublin 0-7
Waterford 2-9 Cork 2-9
NFL Division 2
Westmeath 7-8 Laois 0-11
Roscommon 0-12 Armagh 2-13
Tipperary 3-13 Cavan 0-10
Monaghan 1-12 Tyrone 2-4
NFL Division 3
Clare 2-3 Wexford 3-9
Down 2-8 Sligo 0-9
Offaly 0-7 Louth 2-12
Kildare 4-16 Longford 0-6
NFL Division 4
Derry 1-1 Wicklow 4-10
Leitrim 7-26 Kilkenny 0-5
