Two thrilling tiebreak finishes saw Cork duo Catriona Casey & Aishling O'Keeffe win a record equaling 6th All-Ireland Ladies Senior 4-Wall Doubles title, whilst Meath's Brian Carroll & Gary McConnell claimed a dramatic Men's title.
Casey & O'Keeffe were in control before Kildare's Mollie Dagg & Pauline Gallagher took a deserved second game win to force the tiebreak. But the momentum swung back from the off in the tiebreak as Casey's class shone through with a series of long range kill shots, eventually winning 11-1. The win draws them level on top of the record books with six titles, alongside Belfast sisters Fiona Shannon & Sibeal Gallagher.
Having came through three consecutive tiebreaks, Meath's Carroll & McConnell showed they had the nerve for the big game. Despite starting as slight underdogs they snatched a tense opener 21-20. Galway were in control for the majority of the second game before a late charge, but like the Ladies Final before, the momentum swung from the off with Meath taking an early lead that they never looked like giving up, much to the joy of their vocal support.
In the Minors, there was a double for Kilkenny. Amy Brennan avenged her singles final defeat when she and partner Nathania Jackson produced some thrilling pieces of play in the closing stages to win an 11-10 tiebreak against Tyrone's Codagh Munroe & Cloda Nic Con Midhe. That was followed by a dominant straight game win for Kyle Jordan & Conor Holden in the Men's Minor against Sligo's Cormac Finn & Eoin Kerrigan.
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Elite Finals:
- Men's Senior: Meath (Brian Carroll/Gary McConnell) dft Galway (Martin & Diarmuid Mulkerrins) 21-20, 16-21, 11-4
- Ladies Senior: Cork (Catriona Casey/Aisling O’Keeffe) dft Kildare (Mollie Dagg/Pauline Gallagher) 21-10, 20-21, 11-1
- Men's Minor: Kilkenny (Kyle Jordan/Conor Holden) dft Sligo (Cormac Finn/Eoin Kerrigan) 21-4, 21-4
- Ladies Minor: Kilkenny (Nathania Jackson/Amy Brennan) dft Tyrone (Clóda Nic Con Midhe/Clodagh Munroe) 16-21, 21-7, 11-10
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Other Adult grades:
- U21D Wexford (Mark Doyle/Josh Kavanagh) dft Monaghan (Justas Dambinskas/Szymon Polewski) 21-8, 21-0
- JBD Wicklow (Wayne Kinsella/Dan Curry) dft Cavan (Adam Crosbie/Conor Owens) 17-21, 21-8, 11-2
- JD Limerick (Shane Murphy/Evan Murphy) dft Galway (Conor Noone/Seamus Conneely) 21-2, 21-17
- ID Galway (Diarmuid Mulkerrins/Cian ÓConghaille) dft Cork (David Walsh/Tadhg O’Neill) 21-12, 19-21, 11-3
- O35AD Wexford (Gavin Buggy/Paul Lambert) dft Mayo (Joe McCann/Joe Dowling) 21-18, 21-13
- O35BD Laois (Andrew Dowling/Tomas Lennon) dft Monaghan (James Gavaghan/Mickey Duffy) 21-12, 21-11
- MAD Cork (Brendan Fleming/Donnacha O’Connor) dft Mayo (Vinnie Moran/Campbell Brennan) 21-5, 21-7
- MBD Antrim (Gavin McCahey/Michael Kettle) dft Cork (Hugh Carolan/Patrick Buckley) 17-21, 21-17, 11-5
- SMAD Antrim (Sean Devine/Seamus O’Tuama) dft Dublin (Conor Maxwell/Ian Griffin) 21-10, 7-21, 11-8
- SMBD Cork (Enda Aherne/Ray Griffin) dft Tyrone (Seamus/Eamon McCrory) 21-4, 21-17
- GMAD Meath (Tom Sheridan/Michael Sheridan) dft Tyrone (Niall Kerr/Mark McCartan) 21-10, 21-6
- GMBD Antrim (Sean McGurn/Niall McDonnell) dft Wexford (Kevin Doyle/Tomas O'Shea) 21-19, 21-6
- EMAD Westmeath (Robbie McCarthy Snr/Michael Naughton) dft Mayo (Tom Sweeney/John Coyne) 21-12, 21-10
- EMBD Monaghan (Peter Duffy/John McGeough) dft Wexford (Stephen Murphy/Brendan Murphy) 21-13, 21-14
- DMAD Antrim (Tony Caddell/Thomas Maguire) dft Cork (John Hedigan/Brendan Hurley) 21-8, 21-19
- DMBD Wexford (Tom Byrne/Jimmy Dunne) dft Mayo (Joe Cummins/Seamus Hughes) 8-21, 21-19, 11-9
- RMD Carlow (Tom Kane/Sean Ryan) dft Mayo (Kevin Geraghty/Pat Hopkins) 21-9, 18-21, 11-8
- O70D Galway (Morgan Darcy/John Kelleghan) dft Cork (Chris Hurley/Pat O’ Brien) 21-11, 21-6
- LJBD Laois (Aoife Brophy/Una Brophy) dft Roscommon (Siobhan Treacy/Laura Mannion) 21-7, 21-9
- LJD Kilkenny (Aoife Holden/Noelle Dowling) dft Tyrone (Elizabeth McGarvey/Caitlin Conway) 17-21, 21-19, 11-10
- LID Galway (Niamh Heffernan/Aishling Mullin) dft Tipperary (Sinead Meagher/Rosin Cahill) 21-11, 21-9