GAA Club Hurling Championship

Weekend Gaelic games previews: Final places on the line in three provinces

All to play for as clubs clash in pursuit of silverware

Holders Slaughtneil progress to face St John’s in Ulster SHC final

Derry side held off Portaferry in repeat of last year’s final

Munster SHC semi-final: Éire Óg’s magic carpet ride continues after stunning extra-time win

Loughmore-Castleiney had their chances but failed to score in the second period of extra-time

Munster SHC semi-final: Ballygunner start fast to depose champions and reach an eighth successive final

Sarsfields rally either side of half-time but can’t retrieve the contest

GAA previews: Ballygunner out for revenge against Sars for last year’s Munster final

The other semi-final pits together the two most recent Hurlers of the Year

Domhnall Nugent: ‘This guy messaged to say that after I talked about addiction, he went to the GP and it saved his life’

The St John’s and Antrim hurler has escaped drink and drugs and homelessness to turn his life around and win a county title

Seán Moran: Wexford hurling stirs itself after dismal decade begins to clear

St Martin’s defeat of All-Ireland champions Na Fianna sets up a genuine shot at a first provincial final

High-flying Barry O’Connor raises his game to keep St Martin’s in the hunt for silverware

Splitting life between Sydney and Wexford working out to everyone’s advantage

Hurling round-up: Clough-Ballacolla set up tasty semi against Henry Shefflin’s Shamrocks

Win eased by red for Castletown-Geoghegan’s Peter Clarke; Naas topple Mount Leinster Rangers

St Martin’s strike late to depose the All-Ireland champions Na Fianna

Wexford team battled defending champions every step of the way and won out in the end

Ugly scenes mar Ballyhale Shamrocks win as spectator grapples with players

Managers condemn incident which happened after game with Kilcormac-Killoughey

GAA club championship previews: Na Fianna put All-Ireland on the line in Wexford

There’s a busy weekend with the provincial championships up and running

Ballygunner keep up dominance over Limerick sides as strong finish sees off Na Piarsaigh

Waterford side suffer fright after going behind for the first time in the game with eight minutes remaining

GAA previews: Provinces swing into action with Ballygunner’s trip to Limerick the highlight

Competitive weekend in store as sides countrywide chase silverware

Ballygunner and Na Piarsaigh renew rivalry of regrets

Both have won an All-Ireland but also share the frustration of not quite adding a second

Ciarán Murphy: In the angst-filled world of GAA club transfers, optics are everything

Even in the most reasonable of circumstances, transfers are often met with disdain

St Martin’s come from behind to beat Rathnure to Wexford hurling title; Portaferry triumph again in Down

Rathoath earn a win over Kiltale after a replay in Meath

Liam McGrath deals killer blow as Loughmore-Castleiney retain Tipperary hurling title

McGraths combine for decisive goal to see off Nenagh Éire Óg

TJ Reid on song as Ballyhale secure record 21st Kilkenny hurling crown

Shamrocks prevail over O’Loughlin Gaels in tetchy decider

Na Fianna earn Dublin three-in-row with narrow victory over Lucan Sarsfields

Reigning champions hold their nerve to fight back to one-point win

GAA previews: All-Ireland champions Na Fianna chase Dublin hurling three-in-a-row

Big county finals in Kilkenny and Tipperary, with football deciders in Cork and Kerry

Limerick SHC final: Na Piarsaigh pull clear in extra-time to down Doon

City side lift John Daly Cup for a sixth time in last 10 years as they beat defending champions

GAA club championships: Na Piarsaigh claim Limerick SHC after extra-time win over Doon

Athy dethrone Naas in Kildare; Mayo football final requires a replay; Sarsfields claim Cork triumph; Leitrim Gaels win first title

Kilcormac-Killoughey secure three-in-a-row in Offaly after seeing off Shinrone in thriller

St John’s win first Antrim hurling title since 1973; Westmeath and Meath finals go to replays

Cork SHC final: Jack O’Connor leads Sarsfields back to the top of the pile

Midleton faced an uphill task after the loss of key players Conor Lehane and Eoin Moloney in the build up to final

Ballyboden take on double-chasing Na Fianna in Dublin football final

On a busy weekend for county finals, some of the big titles are down for decision

Conor McHugh brings it all back home as he aims to win Dublin double

Na Fianna man hopes to cap a year that has already brought a club All-Ireland, a wedding and his intercounty hurling debut

Na Fianna put in marathon effort and live to see another hurling county final

Ballyboden St Enda’s beaten by Lucan Sarsfields dashing harboured hopes of double of senior crowns

Ballyhale and O’Loughlin Gaels return to Kilkenny SHC decider

Clubs to meet in their third decider in five years

Tipperary SHC: Nenagh Éire Óg set up final clash with defending champions Loughmore-Castleiney

Tipperary under-20 captain Sam O’Farrell scored 0-9 in semi-final victory over Drom & Inch

The rise of GAA super clubs has taken the romance out of the club championship

Various county championships are dominated by a few clubs, who have almost professional set-ups

Na Fianna put Dublin hurling title on the line on weekend of decisive showdowns

Naomh Conaill and Gaoth Dobhair vie again for football supremacy in Donegal

Pauric Mahony making up for lost time in Ballygunner’s push for another Munster title

Former Waterford captain bounced back from injury to help club win 12th county crown in a row

Ballygunner storm to 12th Waterford title leaving Mount Sion in the dust

Champions win by the biggest margin of their record sequence

Malachy Clerkin: It will take a miracle to beat Ballygunner – maybe Austin Gleeson can conjure one

Gleeson is a poster boy for the generation of Waterford hurlers who can’t get a sniff of a county medal, but everything ends eventually

The story of Killeagh: How a hurling club in east Cork inspired the summer’s best-loved song

Kingfishr guitarist Eoin Fitzgibbon was challenged to write a song about Killeagh; now it’s the most famous GAA club name in Ireland

Now it’s clear who the real beneficiaries of the GAA’s split season are

The split season has consistently been portrayed as a triumph for clubs and club players. But the reality is different

Rural depopulation and holiday homes leave Clare GAA clubs struggling for numbers

County appoint 2013 All-Ireland winner Patrick O’Connor as demographics officer to look into problem

Cuala’s Con O’Callaghan named AIB club footballer of the year

Other winners were Andrew Jamieson-Murphy of Na Fianna (hurling), Louise Ward of Kilkerrin-Clonberne (women’s football) and Niamh McGrath of Sarsfields (camogie)

Na Fianna dominate hurling club team of the year

Dublin champions claim eight spots with AJ Murphy and Brian Ryan nominated for player of the year

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