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.

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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

We went live on Instagram to capture the moment as Carlow saw off Leitrim to secure promotion to Division 3 of the National Football League for 2027.

Many thanks to all the players and coaches for speaking to us and also to Tomas Walsh for providing photos.

Kev and Stevie sit down for the final time of this Carlow Club Championship season.

On the agenda is Grange's IFC success over Ballon, St Patricks JFC 'C' win, Leinster club wrap up and preview for Hurling, Football, Camogie and Ladies Football and much more besides.

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Thanks to everyone who supported us in any way this season, we are very grateful!

It was a weekend which saw Old Leighlin become Carlow SFC champions for the first time since 2013.

Ballon and Grange couldn't be separated in the IFC Final.

Fighting Cocks won the Junior A against a heartbroken Leighlinbridge side.

Eire Og take Junior B honours.

St Patricks and Ballon to meet again in the JFC C Final.

Some weekend of drama to get through!

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Having heard from Rathvilly and Grange voices on our feature county final podcast, we conducted a whistle stop tour to see how the rest of the clubs are embracing the week that's in it.

We hear from St Patrick's player Eoin O'Toole who features in the Junior C Final.

Paddy Byrne gives us the rundown on the Ballon side of things as the contest both the Junior C and Intermediate Finals.

Eire Og mentor Robbie Moore provides a rundown on how things have gone so far ahead of the Junior B decider, with his Clonmore counterpart Jamie Doyle giving us the other side of the coin.

Eddie 'The Kid' Dermody sizes things up from a Leighlinbridge perspective as part of the backroom team, while their Junior A final opponents are the Fighting Cocks and livewire Emmet Moran tells us how they've been getting on.

Finally, it's the turn of James Clarke to give us the view from Old Leighlin as they prepare to meet Rathvilly in the Senior decider.

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With county final weekend upon us we got the views of two men who will be having a slightly different experience of it.

Rathvilly's Eric Molloy was sidelined with an ACL injury from the early part of the year, while Cathal Bailey suffered a serious leg break in Grange's game with St Patrick's in the IFC group stages.

The two lads give us an insight into the injuries, the recovery involved and take us through all the finals this weekend from Junior C to Senior.

There's great insight to be got here.

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It was a weekend that saw MLR win a first ever Carlow Senior Camogie Championship title as they saw off 26 in a row seeking Myshall.

Setanta recorded their own piece of history in winning the Junior Camogie Championship.

Eire Og confined Tinryland to relegation from the Carlow SFC.

Rathvilly progressed to meet Old Leighlin in the Carlow SFC Final.

St Patrick’s & Grange played out another thriller where Grange prevailed AET to face Ballon in the IFC final.

Fighting Cocks shook off a stern test from Kilbride in a rip roaring JFC ‘A’ Semi Final contest to set up a final meeting with Leighlinbridge.

Clonmore will face Eire Og in the JFC ‘B’ Final, while St Patrick’s meet Ballon in the JFC ‘C’ decider.

Mountains to squeeze in and a mammoth week or two ahead still!

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Semi Final weekend did not disappoint.

We still don't know who will be squaring off against each other in the Senior, Intermediate, Junior A & Junior B Football finals for various different reasons!

We got through all the nuts and bolts of it, we also chat about the Ladies SFC Final and lots more besides.

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Christy Bolger joins us this week with nothing off the table in terms of conversation (the way it should be!)

We chat about the week that was in terms of Tinryland's situation.

We chat about the pickle Eire Og are in and discuss how it all happened.

We line up this weekend's cracking Semi Final showdowns.

We go through all the Quarter Final action.

And we give the low down on the Camogie Semi Finals.

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