Episode 2671: Football Goes Bonkers, Delicious QF Draw, Birr Tourism Board

The games, and the draws, are now happening at such break-neck speed that Eoin can barely keep up, but we endeavor to capture the madness of a manic weekend of Gaelic football with Michael Murphy and Paul Flynn.

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Mayo are through, and Galway are out – Kildare rue a bundle of missed goal chances, and the Cork football revival continues apace. Monaghan are the team that will not die, and Tyrone are really starting to rumble. And we have Tyrone/Kerry and Dublin/Mayo to look forward to next weekend!

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Plus there’s the world’s largest telescope, Portumna’s status as the greatest club hurling team of all time, and Leona Maguire and Stephanie Meadow’s unsuccessful charge at a major championship.

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