After a heavy defeat last week to Mount Leinster Rangers, St Mullins demolished Bagenalstown to prove that they are still strong Championship contenders 

County champions Mount Leinster Rangers move into the semi-finals on the back of five successive wins after seeing off Ballinkillen in the final round of the group stages

Bagenalstown Gaels are almost assured of a semi-final place after a hard-fought win over an in-form Ballinkillen side 

Conor Kehoe scored 2-11 as St Mullins swatted aside Naomh Bríd at the minimum of fuss

After an opening round win over St Mullins, Ballinkillen made sure they were in the winners' enclosure again Round 2 with a dominant second-half display against Naomh Bríd

Reigning champions made it two wins from the opening two rounds with a comfortable win over Bagenalstown Gaels

Ciaran Whelan scored 1-15 as Ballinkillen defeated St Mullins, while Eric English contributed four points in the week that his father sadly passed away

Reigning champions Mount Leinster Rangers made a dominant start to the championship under new manager Niall Bergin, ruthlessly dismantling Naomh Bríd

After losing all four games in last year's Championship, Jake Doyle scored 11 points as Bagenalstown Gaels capitalised on the first-half sending off of Naomh Eoin's Paddy Doyle to record an opening round win in the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship

Chris Nolan scored 1-10 as Mount Leinster Rangers saw off old rivals St Mullins to lift their 12th Carlow Senior Hurling title since their first win in 2006

It's always a special occasion when St Mullins take on Mount Leinster Rangers in the Senior County Final, Kieran Murphy previews the mouthwatering tie

Kieran Murphy was at all the JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship games this year and from those games he has picked his year's Nationalist Team of the Senior Hurling ChampionshipGoalkeeper  Andrew Townsend (Bagenalstown ...

As well as their experienced stars, St Mullins have been able to add a sprinkling of youth to their team to help freshen it up

Tommy Buggy's first thoughts in the aftermath of St Mullins' SHC replay win was for this players

It's been a tough injury jinxed year for Paddy Boland but it all ended well as he scored six points in Sunday's Senior Hurling Championship final replay win

St Mullins lifted their 29th Carlow Senior Hurling title in Netwatch Cullen Park as Mount Leinster Rangers were left to rue an early red card

Marty Kavanagh ensured that a replay will be needed to decide the destination of this year's Carlow Hurling Senior Championship with a 63rd minute equalising goal

Tommy Buggy's own club is Castlecomer but his time with St Mullins has led to him having two GAA loves in his life

IT’S finals weekend in the Hurling Championships in Carlow and having paid close attention all year, KIERAN MURPHY gives his views on who will be celebrating this weekend

Mount Leinster Rangers and St Mullins meet in Sunday's JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling time for the 11th time, the Rangers manager Paul O'Brien says there is a healthy respect between the two clubs

It took until extra time of the replay but St Mullins finally overcame Bagenalstown Gaels to set up a Senior Hurling Championship final against Mount Leinster Rangers

For the 18th time in 20 years, Mount Leinster Rangers back in the Senior Hurling Championship final after they pulled away from Ballinkillen in the second half

Bagenalstown Gaels came ever so close of causing a sensation when they held St Mullins to a draw in the semi-final of the senior hurling championship in Netwatch Cullen Park on Saturday.

A 2-19 to 1-15 victory for Mount Leinster Rangers secured their place in the Carlow senior hurling final but they will have to wait a week before they know who they will be facing in the decider.

Bagenalstown fell to second heavy defeat in consecutive weeks as they were cut apart by a clinical St Mullins

Mount Leinster Rangers outclass Naomh Eoin during the second half of their Senior Hurling Championship game at Netwatch Cullen Park

Mount Leinster Rangers and St Mullins brushed aside the respective challenges of Naomh Eoin and Bagenalstown Gaels in this evening's JJ Kavanagh & Sons Senior Hurling Championship games at Netwatch Cullen Park

Mount Leinster Rangers are unlikely to appeal the lengthy ban dished out to Fiachra Fitzpatrick but have branded the decision as "disgraceful"