All-Ireland champions St Thomas' struck a goal deep in injury-time to secure a draw against Gort, who were eliminated from the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.
St Thomas', who beat O'Loughlin Gaels in January's All-Ireland final, trailed 0-21 to 0-18 deep in injury time until Éanna Burke found Damien McGlynn with a clever pass and the corner-forward fired home the game's only goal.
The result means that Killimordaly progres to the preliminary quarter-finals despite their heavy defeat to group winners Tommy Larkin's, the Woodford side - which contains Galway attacker Jason Flynn - having defeated St Thomas' a fortnight ago.
Gort exit the championship in agonising fashion, while St Thomas', pursuing a seventh title in a row in Galway, will face Craughwell in the preliminary quarters.
Last year's Galway finalists Turlougmore progressed directly to the quarters after a third win from three, dispatching Kilconeiron by 13 points.
Loughrea will join them there after overcoming Micheál Donoghue's Clarinbridge 3-18 to 1-18 in a top of the table clash in Group 3, the latter bound for the preliminary quarters, where they face Rahoon-Newcastle.
In the Cork Premier Senior Hurling Championship, last year's finalists Midleton overcame Erin's Own in Páirc Uí Rinn to top Group 2 and set up a quarter-final meeting with Newtownshandrum.
Conor Lehane was the star man for the eight-time Cork champions, hitting 0-14 in total and six from play as they saw off Erin's Own by 0-23 to 1-17.
They now face Newtownshandrum in the quarters, the 2004 All-Ireland champions overcoming Douglas in a do-or-die clash in Group 1 by 2-17 to 0-19.
Reigning champions Sarsfields progressed straight to the semi-finals after topping Group A, dispatching Bishopstown by 15 points on Sunday.
They will eventually be joined there by the winner of the three quarter-final match-ups, Midleton-Newtownshandrum, Kanturk v Blackrock and Fr O'Neill's v Imokilly - the latter of whom easily won the Divisional group stage, hammering both Avondhu and Muskerry.
Conor McGrath's point in the dying seconds booked Cratloe's place in the Clare SHC quarter-finals as they overcame Kilmaley 1-20 to 1-17.
With the group coming down to a three-way tie on score difference, a two-point victory was insufficient for the two-time champions but McGrath's late score gave them the necessary three-point win.
Feakle top the group on score difference after today's eight-point win over group whipping boys Corofin; Kilmaley, with two wins from two before today, bow out in agonising fashion.
Scarrif and Inagh-Kilnamona progressed in Group 3, with wins over O'Callaghan Mills and Broadford respectively.
On Saturday, defending champions Clonlara dispatched Clooney-Quin by nine points, progressing in second spot behind Ennis Éire Óg. Tony Kelly's Ballyea, champions in 2021 and '22, exit at the group stage.
In the Dublin SFC, Raheny exited the championship at the group stage after a three-point loss to Castleknock, who played most of the game with 14 men.
Raheny's star-studded side, containing Brian Fenton, Brian Howard and ex-Mayo goalkeeper Rob Hennelly, took Kilmacud Crokes to the brink last year, only losing on a penalty shootout in the semi-final.
Their 2024 tilt has ended early as they fell short to Castleknock on a 0-14 to 0-11 scoreline. All was going swimmingly for Raheny early on as they led 0-06 to 0-02 after 12 minutes and had a numerical advantage after Tom Quinn's fifth-minute sending off for a high tackle.
However, Castleknock, who reached the Dublin SFC decider in 2016, put on a remarkable spurt, the 14 men landing seven scores without reply, Dublin star Ciaran Kilkenny, Luke Swan and Ger McDermott Roe all amongst the scorers.
Only needing a draw to progress, Raheny brought it back to 10-apiece but a late flurry of scores from Ben Galvin (x2) and Swan saw Castleknock over the line and into the quarters.
In the last-eight, Kilkenny's side will take on Cuala, who thrashed Fingallians by 25 points (4-21 to 0-08) on Saturday.
Elsewhere, a late, late equalising point by Kalem O'Brien saw St Vincent's squeeze into the quarter-finals at the expense of Thomas Davis, despite the latter securing an impressive draw with Leinster champions Kilmacud Crokes with a numerical disadvantage.
The traditional aristocrats of Dublin football shipped a goal early, Paddy Kelly finding the net, but led 0-06 to 1-01 at the break. However, they surrendered the initiative after the break, and fell one point behind with only six minutes remaining. But O'Brien, only introduced as the game entered injury-time, rescued them at the death.
Word then filtered through from O'Toole Park that 14-man Thomas Davis had fallen agonisingly short against the champions, drawing 1-08 to 0-11. That meant that Vincent's pipped them to the quarter-final spot by the absolute thinnest of margins, the pair finishing level on points but Vinnies have a better score difference (-3 to -4).
They face Ballymun Kickhams in the quarters, who roared through the group phase with maximum points.
2022 finalists Na Fianna, who topped Group 2, take on Clontarf, while champions Kilmacud Crokes face off against fellow southside behemoth Ballyboden St Enda's.
Back-to-back Cavan champions Gowna have survived in the championship after a nerve-jangling one-point win over Killygarry saw them into the quarter-finals as the seventh-best team in the standings.
A shock defeat in Round 2 to last year's intermediate champions Ballyhaise had put Gowna in bother, and they could only muster draws in their other two games against Kingscourt Stars and Cavan Gaels.
After four rounds, the top eight in the 12-team Cavan SFC progress to the quarters and the champions needed a win this afternoon to clamber into the knockout stage.
Things looked bleak with just under 20 minutes remaining, Darragh Lovett's goal putting Killygarry 2-07 to 0-09 ahead.
However, Gowna chipped away at that advantage in the closing stages, Cian Madden landing four points, while Conor Casey lobbed over a brace from play as they won 0-15 to 2-07 and preserved their three-in-a-row bid and another meeting with insurgents Ballyhaise in the quarters.
2020 Cavan champions Crosserlough progressed in top spot in the standings, winning all four of their games by double-digit margins, easily dispatching Mullahoran this afternoon by 2-14 to 0-08.
In Donegal, reigning champions Naomh Conaill battered Ballyshannon by 18 points to progress directly to the quarter-finals.
The 2023 winners, who boast Ciaran Thompson, Jeaic Mac Ceallabhuí and Odhrán Doherty in their ranks, were turned over by St Eunan's in Round 2 but have recovered with straightforward wins in their next two games.
Only four of the 16 senior teams are eliminated after the league stage, with teams ranked 5-12 into the preliminary quarter-finals, with 2018 Ulster club champions Gaoth Dobhair placed eight in the standings and facing into a testing preliminary quarter-final clash with Sean MacCumhaills. Last year's finalists were pipped 0-06 to 0-05 by St Michael's in a miserably low-scoring encounter this afternoon.
Glenswilly and St Michael's, both of whom won all four of their league games, progress directly to the quarters, alongside Naomh Conaill and Kilcar in third and fourth spot respectively.
Controversy in Longford
Controversy continues to rage in the Longford SFC, where the county's CCCC have adjudicated on the 'phantom point' controversy, retrospectively awarding a one-point victory to Mullinalaghta and thus eliminating Carrickedmond from the championship.
The 2018 Leinster champions faced Carrickedmond in last weekend's Round 5 fixture in Group B of the senior championship, with the game ending 2-12 apiece according to the referee.
However, Mullinalaghta were adamant that the score had been miscounted and they had won the game 2-12 to 2-11, a belief borne out by the recorded footage of the game.
Referee David Tiernan noted in his report to the county board that the scoreline should have read 2-12 to 2-11 to Mullinalaghta.
With the game initially recorded as a draw, this meant Dromard were eliminated from the championship, despite their 14-point win over struggling aristocrats Longford Slashers last weekend.
Following Mullinalaghta's objection, the Longford CCCC on Saturday unanimously decided to award a one-point win to the north Longford side. As a result, they jump from fourth to first in the extraordinarily congested six-team Group B, and face off against neighbours St Mary's Granard in the quarters.
More consequentially, Carrickedmond - who have launched their own counter-appeal - are demoted to fifth and are plunged into a relegation playoff meeting with Longford Slashers. Dromard, meanwhile, jump to fourth and are rewarded with a quarter-final meeting against reigning champions and hot favourites Killoe.
With the quarter-finals scheduled for next week, Carrickedmond's counter-appeal could throw the Longford SFC into further chaos.
