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Reigning champions Corofin will face Salthill/Knocknacarra and 2020 winners Maigh Cuilinn will play Tuam Stars in the last four of the senior football championship.

The Galway senior football championship kicked off last weekend with some exciting games.

A spectacular goal in the 40th minute by Aoife Donohue was the fitting decider as Galway edged out last year’s finalists Waterford. They will now play Tipperary in the last four of the championship.

Sarsfields will look to make in back-to-back All Ireland Senior Club Camogie titles on Saturday when they take on Loughgeil Shamrocks from Antrim at 6.30pm in Croke Park.

Galway lost out to Tipperary in the Electric Ireland Celtic Challenge Cup finals which took place across three venues recently.

The real stuff starts now. Losing to Galway wasn't ideal - but it has taken Mayo as many games through the back door to get to the same stage as the newly minted Connacht champions.

Galway face near neighbours Roscommon in the much-anticpated Connacht football final on Sunday in Pearse Stadium (1.45pm).

Galway footballers face Leitrim in the Connacht Championship semi-final in Pearse Stadium on Sunday (3.30pm) - the winners will be rewarded with a meeting with provincial favourites Roscommon.

The country is getting back to the way things used to be, opening up and stretching its arms wide for the first time properly in almost two years - but the flicker of faces on computer screens is still the communication method of choice for a late Monday appointment for James Horan with the Mayo press corp.

Sunday was another hectic day on the football fields across the county, with spots in the senior, intermedaite, junior and junior B championships up for grabs - along with a intermediate championship relegation final.