The pairing is set for the GAA All-Ireland senior hurling final and now it's the turn of the footballers to embark on the semi-final trail, starting this Sunday when Cork play Dublin in Croke Park (3.30pm).

Cork will be appearing in the senior semi-final for the sixth successive year (they won two, lost three and drew one of six appearances since 2005) while Dublin's last semifinal outing was in 2007 when they lost to Kerry. Dublin's last semi-final win was in 1995 when they beat Cork by a goal and went on to win the All-Ireland title. Cork have had only one championship win over Dublin, which came in 1989 when they finished four points ahead in the semi-final, en route to winning the title. Cork's last All-Ireland win was in 1990, while Dublin last claimed 'Sam Maguire' in 1995.

Paths to the semi-final;
Dublin
Dublin 2-16 Wexford 0-15 (After extra-time) Leinster quarter-final
Meath 5-9 Dublin 0-13 (Leinster semi-final)
Dublin 1-21 Tipperary 1-13 (Qualifier - Round 2)
Dublin 0-14 Armagh 0-11 (Qualifier - Round 3)
Dublin 2-14 Louth 0-13 (Qualifier - Round 4)
Dublin 1-15 Tyrone 0-13 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Average For: 1-16; Average Against: 1-13

Cork
Cork 0-15 Kerry 0-15 (Munster semi-final)
Kerry 1-15 Cork 1-14 (After extra-time) Replay
Cork 1-19 Cavan 0-4 (Qualifier - Round 2)
Cork 0-12 Wexford 0-5 (Qualifier - Round 3)
Cork 0-16 Limerick 1-11 (Qualifier - Round 4) After extra-time
Cork 1-16 Roscommon 0-10 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
Average For: 1-14 Average Against: 0-11

Dublin Scorers
Bernard Brogan..............2-35 (0-16 frees)
'Mossy' Quinn................0-12 (0-7 frees, 0-1 '45')
Eoghan O'Gara...............3-2
Conal Keaney.................0-8 (0-6 frees)
Alan Brogan...................0-8
Bryan Cullen.................0-6
Michael Macauley........1-2
Stephen Cluxton..........0-5 (0-5 '45s')
Paul Flynn.....................0-3
Ross McConnell............0-3
Kevin McManamon.......0-3
Eamonn Fennell.............0-2
Philip McMahon...........0-2
Kevin Nolan..................0-1
Ger Brennan.................0-1
Cork Scorers
Daniel Goulding.................1-30 (0-21 frees, 0-2 '45s')
Donncha O'Connor............ 0-11 (0-5 frees, 0-1 penalty)
Paddy Kelly.........................0-10 (0-6 frees)
Ciaran Sheehan....................0-9
Pearse O'Neill......................2-3
Colm O'Neill.......................0-7 (0-1 free)
Paul Kerrigan.......................0-5
Paudie Kissane.....................0-3
Aidan Walsh........................0-2
Derek Kavanagh.................0-2
Graham Canty.....................0-2
Alan O'Connor....................0-2
Fintan Goold......................0-2
Michael Shields..................0-1
Noel O'Leary......................0-1
John Hayes........................0-1 (free)
John Miskella.....................0-1

Previous Championship Clashes
All but five of the previous Cork-Dublin games took place more than one hundred
years ago with club clubs sides representing the counties in some cases.
They have clashed five times since 1974 with Dublin wining in 1974-83 (replay) and
1995 while Cork won in 1989 while there was one draw (1983)
1995: Dublin 1-12 Cork 0-12 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1989: Cork 2-10 Dublin 1-9 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1983: Dublin 4-15 Cork 2-10 (All-Ireland semi-final) Replay
1983: Dublin 2-11 Cork 2-11 (All-Ireland semi-final) Draw
1974: Dublin 2-11 Cork 1-8 (All-Ireland semi-final)
1908: Dublin 0-6 Cork 0-2 (All-Ireland final)
1907: Dublin 0-5 Cork 0-4 (All-Ireland final)
1902: Dublin 1-2 Cork 0-4 (All-Ireland 'Home' final
1899: Dublin 1-10 Cork 0-6 (All-Ireland final))
1897: Dublin 2-6 Cork 0-2 (All-Ireland final)
1894: Cork 1-2 Dublin 0-5 (All-Ireland final replay) Unfinished
1894: Dublin 0-6 Cork 1-1 (All-Ireland final) Draw - A goal equalled five points
1891: Dublin 2-1 Cork 1-9 (All-Ireland final) A goal outweighed any number of points

Last Five Semi-finals
Cork
2009: Cork 1-13 Tyrone 0-11
2008: Kerry 3-14 Cork 2-13 (Replay)
2008: Kerry 1-13 Cork 3-7 (Draw)
2007: Cork 1-16 Meath 0-9
2006: Kerry 0-16 Cork 0-9

Dublin
2007: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 0-16
2002: Armagh 1-14 Dublin 1-13
1995: Dublin 1-12 Cork 0-12
1994: Dublin 3-15 Leitrim 1-9
1993: Derry 0-15 Dublin 0-14

Last Championship Clash...
Dublin 1-12 Cork 0-12 (1995 All-Ireland semi-final)
A goal by Jason Sherlock proved the difference between the sides. Dublin led by 1-5 to 0-6 at half-time and were five points clear after 39 minutes. Cork battled back but Dublin held solid to qualify for the final where they beat Tyrone.

Dublin: John O'Leary; Keith Galvin, Dermot Deasy, Paddy Moran; Paul Curran, Keith Barr, Mick Deegan; Paul Bealin, Brian Stynes; Jin Gavin, Paul Clarke (0-1), Dessie Farrell; Charlie Redmond (0-7), Jason Sherlock (1-0), Mick Galvin (0-4). Subs: Pat Gilroy for Bealin, Ciaran Walsh for Keith Galvin, Vinny Murphy for Clarke.
Cork: Kevin O'Dwyer; Mark Farr, Mark O'Connor, Niall Cahalane; Ciaran O'Sullivan, Stephen O'Brien, Brian Corcoran; Liam Honohan, Danny Culloty; Don Davis, Larry Tompkins (0-2), Padraig O'Mahony; Mark O'Sullivan (0-2), Joe Kavanagh (0-1), Colin Corkery (0-7)
Subs: Stephen Calnan for O'Mahony, Shea Fahy for Davis, Padraig O Regan for Calnan

Last Competitive Clash
Cork 2-13 Dublin 2-6 (NFL: 20 March 2010, Pairc Ui Rinn) Scorers: Cork: D Goulding 1-4 (0-2 frees), P Kerrigan 1-2, D Kavanagh, P Kelly 0-2 each, P O'Flynn, C Sheehan, A O'Connor 0-1 each. Dublin: B Brogan 1-2 (0-1 free), K McManamon 1-1, E Fennell, C Keaney (free), A Hubbard 0-1 each.
Cork: P O'Shea; R Carey, M Shields, E Cotter; N O'Leary, P Kissane, E Cadogan; A O'Connor, D Kavanagh; F Gould, N Murphy, P Kelly; D Goulding, P Kerrigan, J Hayes. Subs: C Sheehan for Murphy (9), S Kiely for O'Leary (63), F Lynch for Gould (68), B O'Regan for E Cotter (68).
Dublin: M Savage; P Conlon, M Fitzsimons, P McMahon; H Gill, C O'Sullivan, G Brennan; E Fennell, R McConnell; A Hubbard, M Macauley, P Flynn; D Henry, B Brogan, K McManamon. Subs: K Nolan for Brennan (30), D Kelly for McAuley (h-t), D Magee for McConnell (43), C Keaney for Flynn (48), M McAuley for Fennell (63).

GAA ALL-IRELAND SFC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010
CONNACHT
May 2: Quarter-final: Galway 2-13 New York 0-12, Gaelic Park.
May 30: Quarter-final: Roscommon 0-14 London 0-6 Ruislip.
June 5: Quarter-final: Sligo 0-15 Mayo 1-8, Markievicz Park.
June 20: Semi-final: Roscommon 1-13 Leitrim 0-11, Dr.Hyde Park.
June 27: Semi-final: Galway 1-10 Sligo 1-10, Pearse Stadium.
July 3: Semi-final replay: Sligo 1-14 Galway 0-16, Markievicz Park.
July 18: Final: Roscommon 0-14 Sligo 0-13, Castlebar.

LEINSTER
May 16: First round: Wicklow 3-13 Carlow 0-12, Portlaoise.
May 23: First Round: Meath 1-20 Offaly, 2-7; Portlaoise; Louth 1-11 Longford 1-7, Portlaoise.
June 5: Quarter-final: Louth 1-22 Kildare 1-16, Navan.
June 6: Quarter-final: Westmeath 0-15 Wicklow 1-11, Tullamore.
June 13: Quarter-finals: Laois 1-16 Meath 2-13 (after extra-time); Dublin 2-16 Wexford 0-15 (after extra-time). Both in Croke Park.
June 19: Quarter-final replay: Meath 2-14 Laois 0-10, Tullamore.
June 27: Semi-finals: Meath 5-9 Dublin 0-13; Louth 1-15 Westmeath 2-10, Croke Park.
July 11: Final, Croke Park: Meath 1-12 Louth 1-10, Croke Park.

MUNSTER
May 16: Quarter-final: Kerry 2-18 Tipperary 2-6, Thurles.
May 23: Quarter-final: Waterford 1-10 Clare 0-9, Dungarvan.
June 6: Semi-finals: Kerry 0-15 Cork 0-15, Killarney; Limerick 1-17 Waterford 1-9, Dungarvan.
June 13: Semi-final replay: Kerry 1-15 Cork 1-14 (after extra-time), Pairc Ui Chaoimh.
July 4: Final: Kerry 1-17 Limerick 1-14, Killarney.

ULSTER
May 16: First round: Armagh 1-10 Derry 1-7, Celtic Park.
May 23: Quarter-final: Tyrone 2-14 Antrim 1-13, Casement Park.
May 30: Quarter-final: Down 1-15 Donegal 2-10 (After extra-time), Ballybofey.
June 6: Quarter-final: Monaghan 1-18 Armagh 0-9, Casement Park.
June 12: Quarter-final: Fermanagh 1-13 Cavan 0-13, Kingspan Breffni Park.
June 19: Semi-final: Tyrone 0-14 Down 0-10, Casement Park.
June 27: Semi-final: Monaghan 0-21 Fermanagh 2-8, Kingspan Breffni Park.
July 18: Final: Tyrone 1-14 Fermanagh 0-7, Clones.

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
June 26: Qualifiers Round 1: Derry 1-18 Carlow 2-9, Dr. Cullen Park; Kildare 0-15
Antrim 0-15, Newbridge (after extra-time); Offaly 2-18 Clare 1-18, Tullamore (After
extra-time); Longford 1-12 Mayo 0-14, Pearse Park; Armagh 2-14 Donegal 0-11,
Crossmaglen; Cavan 0-15 Wicklow 2-8, Kingspan Breffni Park.
June 27: Wexford 4-22 London 0-9, Ruislip; Tipperary 0-13 Laois 0-12, Thurles.
July 3: Kildare 1-15 Antrim 0-9 (Replay)
July 10/11: Qualifiers Round 2: Kildare 1-12 Leitrim 0-6; Dublin 1-21 Tipperary 1-13,
Croke Park; Cork 1-19 Cavan 0-4, Pairc Ui Chaoimh; Offaly 0-15 Waterford 0-10,
Tullamore; Wexford 1-11 Galway 0-13, Pearse Stadium; Armagh 0-11 Fermanagh 0-7,
Enniskillen; Down 1-14 Longford 1-10, Newry; Derry 0-13 Westmeath 1-7, Mullingar.
July 17: Qualifiers Round 3: Dublin 0-14 Armagh 0-11, Croke Park; Cork 0-12
Wexford 0-5, Wexford Park; Kildare 2-17 Derry 1-9, Celtic Park; Down 1-12 Offaly 1-10.
July 24: Qualifiers Round 4: Dublin 2-14 Louth 0-13, Croke Park; Kildare 1-15
Monaghan 1-11, Croke Park; Cork 0-16 Limerick 1-11, Gaelic Rounds (after extratime);
Down 3-20 Sligo 0-10, Kingspan Breffni Park.
July 31: All-Ireland quarter-finals: Down 1-16 Kerry 1-10, Croke Park; Dublin 1-15 Tyrone 0-13, Croke Park.
August 1: All Ireland quarter-finals: Cork 1-16 Roscommon 0-10, Croke Park; Kildare 2-17 Meath 1-12, Croke Park.
Next Sunday: All-Ireland semi-final: Cork v Dublin, Croke Park.
August 29: All-Ireland semi-final: Kildare v Down, Croke Park.

September 19: All-Ireland final, Croke Park. Tweet

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