IN years to come, the record books will present tomorrow's Ulster quarter-final exactly the same as the 18 previous Donegal-Tyrone championship clashes.
AS four of Gaelic football's so-called 'Super Six' open their championship campaigns this weekend, Mickey Harte insists Tyrone have no fear of All-Ireland champions Donegal.
JUST over 10 years ago now, a late Ryan McMenamin point rescued Tyrone against Derry in Clones. They had a replay in Casement Park. Joe Brolly's verdict? A minor side masquerading in senior football.
DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness can say the league doesn't matter, but that's not the case for tomorrow's Leinster championship protagonists Wicklow and Longford, who face off at Aughrim.
THE flinty world of Ulster football promises a first real heavyweight championship game of summer tomorrow as Donegal and Tyrone renew one of the game's most compelling, if not convivial rivalries.
Tomorrow marks the beginning of the third championship in a row that Kerry have begun without the mantle of All-Ireland champions. Believe me when I say that it hurts every GAA person in the county.
Seven players will be making their championship debuts when Limerick host Cork in the Munster SFC quarter-final at the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday, throw-in 7.00pm.
Many will argue that the start of the championship is all too often a slow burner, but this year the month of May offers us a real blockbuster as Donegal and Tyrone are set for battle by the banks of the Finn.
Young defender Fionn Fitzgerald will make his first Championship start for Kerry when his side take on Tipperary in the Munster GAA Football Championship on Sunday.
