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18 of our favourite pictures from the start of the GAA inter-county football season

Who doesn’t love January football?

DCU’s Eoin O’Connor braves the cold conditions in Pearse Park Longford

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DCU players run onto the field

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DCU’s Evan Keane scores a goal

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Down’s Danny McKay with Cavan’s Killian Clarke

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Down’s Arthur McConville with Cavan’s Rory Dunne

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Antrim’s CJ McGourty kicks the winning point from an injury time free

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Kildare’s Tomas O’Connor scores the only goal of the game against Louth

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Donegal players take to the pitch for their first game of the season

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Derry’s Enda Lynn and Donegal’s Cory Gallagher

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Tyrone’s Niall McKenna and Armagh’s Mark McConville go aerial

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Tyrone’s Peter Hughes lies injured

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Football friends

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Westmeath’s Kevin Maguire and Ruairi O’Dowd of Meath contest a loose ball

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Supporters queue for tickets outside Cusack Park

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Spectators look on during the game in the McGrath Cup

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David Hyland of Maynooth University with Niall Collins of Dublin

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Pat Homes and Michael Collins arrive for Mayo’s FBD League clash with NUIG

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The NUIG players leave the field after their defeat

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Wins for Dublin, Kildare and Meath as O’Byrne Cup gets under way

It’s only 4 January, and Armagh and Tyrone are already digging each other

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Steve O'Rourke
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