It seems Gaelic football has been chasing this moment for a long time, a weekend when you can say: it doesn’t get better than this. Yes, there will be bigger matches this summer, but this weekend is a carnival with the most prized quality of all: anything can happen. At the end of the weekend, the most successful team in the 21st century could be out, and the most romantic could have gone with them. Sixteen teams are playing, and only one is playing with no consequence, although I don’t believe they’ll see it that way. There are two counties…

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