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Croke Park will provide an ideal backdrop for Saturday evening's Leinster Schools Football Senior A final involving Colaiste Eoin, Dublin and Marist College, Athlone.

The Leinster colleges championship gets underway today (Friday) with a number of local schools in action. Athlone Community College take on Ardscoil na Trionoide in AIT at 1pm. While the Community College were victorious in the north Leinster League, championship provides an even greater challenge and this opening game is very much a banana skin for the league champions.

St Kieran’s College put their Provincial and All-Ireland titles on the line as they square up to north Dublin College on Saturday.

Defending Leinster and All-Ireland champions St Kieran’s College have been drawn against second favourites Dublin North in the Leinster Colleges senior hurling A championship quarter-finals.

The Liam McCarthy Cup may be residing in the Premier County for the next 12 months but judging by the crowds that turned out for the start of the local championships last weekend, that loss has done little to dampen the enthusiasm in this hurling mad county of ours.

Dylan Walsh 18 (Thomastown) Goalkeeper

The day after being released from my leg brace, I went to the pool in The Ardilaun where Damian and the staff minded me and the surfaces are covered in the perfect tile, secure even when wet. I moved unsteadily, the first few feet from the disabled dressing room to the steps, inched down them and slid, easily and safely, down into the water. When no-one could see me I cried, to be restored to myself again, though I could only manage one lap, grateful that in water I still felt safe. It is the element that bears you up.