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The Connacht intermediate football semi final will take place this coming Sunday afternoon in Tuam Stadium at 2pm between Monivea-Abbey and Mayo intermediate champions Kilmeena as Francis Roche’s team begin their foray into the provincial championship.

The story of this day will be talked about and remembered for generations to come in Kilmeena.

The Kilmeena adventure has one more stop on its journey this weekend. The final destination is the citadel of Gaelic Games - Croke Park.

Kilmeena are Croke Park bound after an outstanding display of football in Perase Park in Longford on Saturday afternoon.

The white and black sails will be hoisted high around the shores of Clew Bay on Saturday morning and the Kilmeena armada will be heading inland towards Longford as they get ready for a date with destiny.

Kilmeena climbed to the top of the mountain in Connacht in Markiewicz Park on Saturday afternoon with a stunning display of football.

Battle hardened and full-of-heart underdogs on November weekends can take the most fancied of favourites out at the knees on the biggest of occasions - something that Kilmeena knew only too well as they made the journey north to Crossmolina last Saturday.

This clash in Crossmolina on Saturday lunch-time will see the ball thrown in on football final weekend across the county.

Ballycastle survived a late scare from Kilmeena to run out deserving five point winners over the west Mayo men and book their place in the Mayo Junior Football Championship Final on Saturday night.

After Brendan Maher lifted the Liam McCarthy Cup high over his head in the Hogan Stand a fortnight ago, he mentioned in his speech that it had been "six long years" for Tipperary waiting for this day. Six years may be a long time in Tipperary, but it was 38 years for Mayo to reach an All Ireland final from the last time they won it in 1951 to their next dance with the girls at the end of the summer in 1989. That particular dance saw Cork go home with girls and since then Mayo have gone back to the same dance hall on six more occasions only to leave by themselves at the end of the night when the jackets were being collected from the cloakroom.