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Eight sides move one step closer to The Toughest GAA prize of all after semi-final wins

Published 17:00 24 Jan 2016 GMT

Updated 17:01 24 Jan 2016 GMT

Eight sides move one step closer to The Toughest GAA prize of all after semi-final wins

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Kerry, Kilkenny and Mayo will all be well represented next month in the first of this year's All-Ireland club finals.

Sides from the three respective counties all enjoyed success this afternoon in their All-Ireland junior and intermediate club semi-finals with six club teams winning the eight semi-finals this weekend. Pat Spillane and his brothers will get a chance to see their sons in action next month as Templenoe booked their place in the All-Ireland junior football club final with a 1-9 to 0-5 win over Curraha of Meath. https://twitter.com/Templenoeabu/status/691280345518448640 The decider next month will be a Kerry-Mayo match-up after Ardnaree Sarsfields got the better of Monaghan outfit and Ulster champions Rockcorry by 0-11 to 0-6. It was a game not short of fight from either side as the referee was kept busy during the game. https://twitter.com/ArdnareeSarsGaa/status/691262382329438208 But the Mayo side kept their cool, which maybe had something to with blueberries, oddly enough https://twitter.com/ArdnareeSarsGaa/status/691271732884344832 In the All-Ireland intermediate football semi-finals, Maurice Fitzgerald will be back in Croke Park once again as he's guided his St Mary's side to next month's club finale after a decisive 2-20 to 1-5 win over Ratoath from Meath. Both clubs showed a touch of class on Twitter after the game. https://twitter.com/StMarysGAAclub/status/691287690587848704 The other semi-final also saw Mayo side Hollymount-Carramore prove too strong for Loughlinisland of Down by 0-15 to 0-10. https://twitter.com/Holly_CarraGaa/status/691282307295121409 In the hurling action Kilkenny sides came up trumps again this weekend as Glenmore and Bennettsbridge proved too strong for their opponents. In the Junior semi-final Kilkenny senior stars Eoin Murphy and Ger Aylward once led the charge as they disposed of Cork side Dungourney by 3-10 to 1-11. https://twitter.com/Tracey_Cork/status/691282764189032449 The other semi-final saw Eoghan Rua of Derry shock Sylane of Galway with a 0-10 to 0-4 win in Ballyshannon. https://twitter.com/EoghanRua/status/691295412163051525 The first intermediate hurling semi-final on Saturday saw last year's Junior champions Bennettsbridge prove too strong for Clare's Wolfe Tones in a 0-15 to 0-8 win. https://twitter.com/TheBridgeGAA/status/690931642039455744 The second semi final has set up a Kilkenny-Galway All-Ireland final as the Abbeyknockmoy beat Creggan Kickhams by 1-13 to 0-9. https://twitter.com/AIB_GAA/status/691265666154889216 The All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate finals are fixed for the weekend of 6 and 7 February.