It's a momentous weekend for the Setanta club as they prepare for their first ever adult Championship game

This week's As I Roved Out column focused on the record breaking exploits of Marty 'Mouse' Kavanagh

It was not a day for the faint-hearted.

On Friday, Sinead Hayden qualified as a guard, the following day she scored a brilliant 3-2 as Carlow began their All-Ireland series with a facile win over London

Two first half two-pointers by Diarmaid Walshe were key to setting up a cherished win

Carlow fell to a disappointing defeat in the opening round of the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship and manager Mikey Mangan has called on the team to respond now

Failure to reach the McDonagh Cup final, and the manner in which the team missed out, leaves Carlow hurling at a crossroads

Tailteann Cup - Round 3 Longford 1-20 Carlow 1-15 A listless Carlow ended the Tailteann Cup Group 4 round-robin stage of the competition to rivals who were already out of the running in Tullamore on Sunday.

Mount Leinster Rangers laid down a marker for the coming season with an impressive display in the Carlow Credit Union Bolger Cup final

Carlow failed to build on their Leinster Championship success as they were soundly beaten by Kerry in the opening round of the All-Ireland series in Tralee

With the Leinster Intermediate Camogie Championship already in the bag, Carlow's attention now turns to the All-Ireland series beginning with trip to Tralee to take on Kerry

Joe Murphy's team have a chance of topping their group and going straight into the Tailteann Cup quarter-final if they can beat Longford on Sunday

A Laois goal well past the allotted injury time period denied Carlow a place in the Croke Park final

98% of delegates present voted for the rights of players to choose between shorts or skorts

A vote on whether camogie players will have the choice to wear shorts in competitive games will take place at Special Congress tonight and Carlow Camogie have announced that they unanimously back the vote for choice

Carlow now face Laois in a crunch tie in the final of the McDonagh Cup group stages this coming weekend

Conor Doyle held his nerve to convert a precious late equalising penalty against Wexford which keeps alive Carlow's chances of topping Group 4 in the Tailteann Cup going into the last round of group games 

Carlow captain Niamh Canavan cut an ecstatic figure as she spoke to The Nationalist after Carlow were crowned Leinster Intermediate Champions.

Carlow staged a miraculous comeback in Fenagh on Saturday to beat Longford, despite trailing by six points at one point, a victory which sees them into a Leinster Junior Championship final against Louth this Sunday.

Carlow manager Joe Murphy was delighted after securing his first win as manager since steeping into the breech following Shane Curran's departure