A total of 15 county finals are listed for this weekend. On Saturday, the Dublin final will reveal the successors to dethroned All-Ireland champions, Cuala. Their nemesis Ballyboden, who conjured an unanswered 2-3 in the closing minutes of the semi-final, managed to succeed where St Mary’s Ardee and Errigal Ciarán had been unable last season in making the Dalkey side pay for being careless with big leads.
Boden are favourites against double chasing Na Fianna, who are the reigning All-Ireland hurling champions.
They too had an eye-catching win over the other of last year’s finalists, Kilmacud Crokes and pulled a massive turnaround against Ballymun
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