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Sunday's GAA Championship Overview

Wins for Derry, Cork and Galway

Published Sunday, May 24, 2009, 4:06 PM

Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5:34 PM

Read more: Derry (County Derry), Galway GAA, Gaelic Football, Gaelic Sports, Sports

Sunday saw six games in the Senior Football Championship, with Derry, Cork and Galway among the winners.

Derry edged a battling Ulster quarter-final with Monaghan to kick off with a win, while in Munster Cork were much too good for Waterford, but it was a tighter affair as Limerick edged Tipperary.

Galway were big victors in London in the Connacht quarter-final, while the Leinster first round saw Kildare get the better of Offaly and Wicklow just see off Longford.

Munster SFC Quarter-Finals

Tipperary	1-9	Limerick	1-11
Waterford	1-7	Cork	2-18

Connacht SFC Quarter-Final

London

1-7

Galway

1-18

Ulster SFC Quarter-Final

Derry

1-10

Monaghan

0-10

Leinster SFC First Round

Longford	1-13	Wicklow	2-12
Offaly	1-10	Kildare	1-16

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