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Mick Kehoe joins Kev and Stevie to reflect on Carlow Football Final weekend. Rathvilly took top honours, with Ballon, O'Hanrahan's and St Patricks all collecting silverware also. All this and much more besides as you will gather from the episode title. Shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Curadh Sports⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please hit the follow button on Spotify, Apple and our social media pages! It means a lot! Cover photo's: Tomás Walsh

Football Final weekend is upon us! Stevie and Kev link up once more to go through all 5 adult football finals from Junior C right up to Senior. Before that there's a recap on the Minor football finals and all the action from Camogie Final weekend. All this and a lot more random madness besides! Shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Curadh Sports⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Please hit the follow button on Spotify, Apple and our social media pages! It means a lot!

What a weekend that was! Old Leighlin showed exactly why they are champions by pulling the rug from Eire Og. Rathvilly also progressed to meet them once more. At Intermediate Tinryland have given themselves a chance to return immediately to Senior but they will face a Ballon side determined to get there at the second time of asking in recent years. A youthful Palatine side caused the shock of the weekend perhaps by knocking out a fancied Leighlinbridge side in the Junior A Semi Final. While O'Hanrahan's got by a stern Naomh Eoin challenge. We bring you all the final line ups, Camogie final previews, Ladies Football final reviews and much more! Shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Curadh Sports⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Strap yourselves in, this is a feature length one! We go through all the Hurling Finals with 4 pieces of silverware heading 4 different directions. From the hard hitting SHC final to the return of Carlow Town to senior ranks and everything in between, we have got you covered! We delve into Football Semi Final weekend with some massive contests to look forward to. We give the lowdown on all things Camogie and Ladies Football and we have plenty in the AOB section this week also from AFL trials to Graiguecullen's Carlow exit explained after Stevie attended John Kelly's excellent presentation and much more besides! Shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Curadh Sports⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Ballinkillen's Dion Wall and Naomh Bríd's Adam Dunne have both represented the Carlow Senior Hurlers at various stages and they both played key roles in their clubs efforts in this years Carlow Senior Hurling Championship. They even lived together for a while a few years back! Therefore we drafted the lads in to give us their views on this years finals, their endeavours in this year's Championship, predictions, insights into marking star men like Chris Nolan, Marty Kavanagh and James Doyle and much more! This one is good craic! Shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Curadh Sports⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠⁠⁠

There was very little that wasn't discussed on this weeks podcast! MLR pipped Fenagh to survive at the Senior grade for 2027. It was full of talking points. Clonmore survived at Intermediate against Ballinabranna in a game that was a little less dramatic. In the Quarter finals it was Palatine and Old Leighlin who progressed to the Senior semis. Pal will play Rathvilly and Old Leiglhin will face Eire Og. The Intermediate Semis will see K/C take on Tinryland with Ballon facing St Patricks. At Junior A it will be Leighlinbridge v Palatine and O'Hanarahans v Naomh Eoin. Full fixture details for all grades are on Carlow GAA socials. We discussed the Integration fiasco from the past week. The news that the Carlow SHC Final will be under lights. Setanta are to play their first Hurling final on a Thursday night this news has also raised eyebrows. And we take a look at the Camogie and Ladies Football side of things. Shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Curadh Sports⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠⁠⁠.If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠⁠⁠

Kev and Stevie go through all the stories from Semi Final weekend in the world of Carlow Hurling with some fantastic stories to note. Football Quarter Finals and Relegation Finals are also on the agenda and the news that 7 Carlow Ladies Footballers have made the Team of the year. Shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Curadh Sports⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠⁠

We're bringing you this week's episode the week before to give you a good run at the day/week! We go through all the Round 5 Football action. We discuss the knockout line ups. And we preview the Hurling Semi Finals. Shoutout to ⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠, ⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Gracie’s Bars⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠ ⁠Curadh Sports⁠ and ⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠.If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here – ⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠

Lots of head scratching required as the Carlow Football Championship moves from Round 4 swiftly into Round 5 in the blink of an eye. We do our best to bring you various different scenarios with lots up for grabs at both ends of the table. We also shift our focus briefly across the border to mark a famous win for Killeshin over Graiguecullen with plenty of Carlow involvement in both camps. All this and much more besides. Shoutout to ⁠⁠Sol Sauna⁠⁠, ⁠⁠PF Coaching⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Detail Menswear⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Gracie's Bars⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture,⁠⁠ ⁠Curadh Sports⁠ and ⁠⁠Clubber TV⁠⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here - ⁠⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback⁠⁠

With the group stages concluded in the Hurling Championships, we go over the final round results and semi final pairings that are now known. We look ahead to round 4 of the Football and we also recap Camogie results and give Ladies Football fixtures. Shoutout to ⁠Sol Sauna⁠, ⁠PF Coaching⁠, ⁠Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow⁠, ⁠Detail Menswear⁠, ⁠Gracie's Bars⁠, ⁠Brendan Kavanagh Furniture⁠, Curadh Sports and ⁠Clubber TV⁠. If you enjoy our content, you can support us for the price of a coffee here - https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback

Stevie lands in to the recording studio in great spirits after Naomh Bríd pulled off a massive win over Bagenalstown Gaels. We digest all the talking points from Carlow SHC Round 4, with a look ahead to Round 5 (Disclaimer - Fixture changes have happened since recording). We chat about the Football draws for the final rounds of the group stages, Ladies Football results, Rounders, Camogie and much more besides. Shoutout to Sol Sauna, PF Coaching, Hickson’s SuperValu Tullow, Detail Menswear, Gracie's Bars, Brendan Kavanagh Furniture and Clubber TV.

Kev and Stevie return to take you through the Carlow Club Championships until the final ball is kicked and pucked. The lads pick things up with three rounds of Football and Hurling played, while the episode commences with a review of the All Ireland Junior Ladies Football Final which saw Carlow pipped late on. Shoutout to Sol Sauna, PF Coaching, Hickson's SuperValu Tullow, Detail Menswear and Clubber TV.

Kev and Stevie reflect on Carlow's 1-27 to 1-18 Joe McDonagh Final loss to Laois. Massive thanks to our show supporter ⁠Crettyard Digital⁠ If you enjoy our podcast and want to support us, you can buy us a coffee here: ⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback

Alan Hartnett of Laois Today joins Kev and Stevie ahead of the 2026 Joe McDonagh Cup Final between Carlow and Laois at Croke Park on Saturday June 6th. We get a flavour of things from the Laois camp for the first segment of the show with Alan and then it's all things Carlow with a few other items discussed in the AOB section at the end. Massive thanks to our show supporter Crettyard Digital If you enjoy our podcast and want to support us, you can buy us a coffee here: https://buymeacoffee.com/leftwingback

Kev and Stevie renew acquaintances for a one off Special episode to discuss the landmark achievement of the Carlow Footballers at Croke Park on Saturday, while the Ladies Footballers also secured promotion on Sunday. Cover photo: Pat Ahern Music: Live is Life - Opus