Inspired by Conor Cox, who scored 0-11, Roscommon eased past Sligo thanks to some devastating finishing in the second-half, including late goals from substitutes Enda Smith and Ben O'Carroll.

In the run-up to the 2019 Connacht club final, Niall Daly spoke of growing up just inside Galway, next to the Roscommon border.

This season sees a changing of the guard in 10 of the 32 inter-county football management teams. Indeed, half of the teams in Munster will be led by different, if not so new faces. For some, patience will be in short supply while for others there will be major implications for teams finishing up in Division 3 and 4

The Letirim star's start against Sligo in the FBD Connacht League on Monday night was his first in three years since lining out against Derry at Croke Park in the 2019 Division 4 league final.

The mouthwatering provincial quarter-final has been pencilled in for Sunday, April 24, but it remains to be seen if the project on the MacHale Park pitch will have concluded by then

With a roof height of 26 metres (twice the height of the goalposts), there’s no danger of either a sliotar or a football kissing the ceiling – even if Connacht GAA offered a prize for this impossible test

Two of the players face allegations of assaulting the referee and a further five have been named for abusing the match official

Referee Jerome Henry has revealed the horrific abuse he suffered following last month's controversial AIB Connacht Club Championship semi-final

Ahead of the GAA’s Annual Congress in February, I feel it is now appropriate to return to the blueprint I first published almost a decade ago, the ‘Kelly Plan’

Believing the GAA’s coaching and games development funding of Dublin to be disproportionate, John Connellan has proposed the idea of counties receiving funding based on registered members

The new GAA task force is charged with bringing forward proposals to change the All-Ireland senior football championship from 2023

Limerick have questioned their earnings from collective commercial deals done by the GAA and are now believed to be considering following Dublin’s example of operating outside the collective agreement

Cregg won Connacht medals with the Rossies in 2010 and 2019 and scored 4-48 across 51 championship appearances

Restrictions around the number of players who were not eligible for Ireland appearing in Irish provincial rugby meant that MacGinty could not remain at Connacht

Ballinamore enjoyed the better of the first-half exchanges and went in leading by 2-5 to 0-5 at half-time thanks to Niall McGovern and Tom Prior goals

Sligo champions Tourlestrane are through to next month's Connacht Club SFC semi-final against Mayo's Knockmore

John Fogarty previews the weekend's club GAA action across hurling and football

Paul Keane previews the weekend's club GAA action across hurling and football 

Kevin McStay and Billy Lee explain their experiences of the process behind GAA inter-county managerial appointments

In Munster, there is an even split between counties backing Proposal B and counties waiting until Saturday to decide what way they will vote

The move has not gone down well with some Connacht supporters and also some in the local business community

An eagerly awaited parish derby in the 2021 Roscommon SHC final went Athleague’s way on Sunday afternoon

It is the second time in three years that Coolera-Strandhill, last champions in 2005, will attempt to dethrone Tourlestrane, having lost to the standard-bearers in the 2019 final

The 2021 Roscommon senior football final will be a clash between the two southern powerhouse clubs of Clann na nGael and Pádraig Pearses, after both came through titanic battles over the weekend at Dr Hyde Park.

It will be McEntee's second year in charge of the Connacht side, having agreed a three-year deal in February.

Instead of the Consensus All-Ireland we have the All-Disrupters All-Ireland, featuring the most frequent Disrupters of them all in Mayo and the original Disrupters of them all in Tyrone

A number of AFL clubs are understood to be extremely keen to sign Mullin up for the 2022 season and contracts are to be offered later in the year

Hickey believes Mayo will go on to win the All-Ireland but doesn't think captain Aidan O’Shea should start the final

It took Matthew Ruane some time to break onto the Mayo team but now he’s Brian Fenton’s nearest challenger as the highest-scoring and finest midfielder in the country

For Mayo to have any chance they will need to perform as they did in the second half of the Connacht final for the entire contest

Roscommon U20 manager Liam Tully has admitted the ongoing threat of the pandemic is “frightening” and has praised his young players for largely avoiding the virus.

Wins over Mayo and Galway had put Roscommon firmly into the favourites’ position coming into the game

The Connacht final was like watching football from a different era. It was a strange feeling and not that enjoyable

Mayo outscored Galway by 1-4 to 0-0 in the third quarter and the Tribesmen were held scoreless from play in the entire second half

It would appear a global pandemic — rather than any limited professional ambition — has changed life for Mayo footballers.

James Horan has been able to select some more familiar faces to play the final in front of 18,000 fans at Croke Park

The winners played some scintillating football, dominated in all sectors, and were full value for their comfortable victory.

'He had a little bit of a hamstring issue but it wasn’t torn just more tightness than anything else. He is fine, he is training away'

Hyland’s decision to step down follows the recent resignations of Mike Quirke, Pádraic Davis, and Paddy Tally from their respective posts

Due to take place at Elvery’s MacHale Park, Mayo have given up home advantage for the clash

The experienced Roscommon manager said enormous resources are put into county teams and for them to be gone after just one match is not acceptable

The superb Mattie Tierney took over some of the free-taking duties from Walsh and was the game’s key figure in this battle of the two sides relegated from the top flight

1990 was the last occasion when Roscommon edged the Tribesmen in a knockout championship tie

O’Donoghue also played underage soccer for Ireland