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The 2022 edition of A Season of Sundays has been launched by GAA president Larry McCarthy.

Four contributions with strong Westmeath connections are part of a compelling new GAA book written by those at the heart of the sport.

If recent press reporting tells us anything about the state of Gaelic Football, it is that in the 138 years since the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), none of the passion first witnessed and recorded all that time ago has receded. Games this summer exhibited all the magic, drama, and controversy first captured in reports of meetings between Mayo clubs such as Belcarra, Ballyglass, Cornfield, Carnacon, and Towerhill in the 1880s.

A final call is being made to GAA followers in Westmeath and the wider Midlands region to have their stories published in the second edition of a grassroots book on the organisation.

On Saturday Castlegar GAA Club officially opened its new state-of-the-art indoor building with GAA President Larry McCarthy in attendance. The facility includes a large astro playing pitch, dressing rooms, reception area, and viewing gallery.

Five Galway players have been named as hurling's rising stars with selection on the Electric Ireland Higher Education GAA Championship Hurling Team of the year.

The Galway Camogie team received 12 nominations for this year’s All Stars. Congrats to Sarah Healy, Shauna Healy, Sarah Dervan, Dervla Higgins, Caitriona Cormican, Siobhán Gardiner, Emma Helebert, Niamh Kilkenny, Aoife Donohue, Siobhán McGrath, Orlaith McGrath, and Ailish O’Reilly. And the Galway manager Cathal Murray has been named the Manager of the Year. A mighty year’s work.

Five stories from Mayo have been selected to appear in a fascinating new book on the GAA – written by people at the heart of the association nationwide.

In 1940, Shantalla was just green fields with an occasional farmhouse. A decade later, it was a sprawling housing estate with a large young population. They were slowly developing a sense of community, but sadly, they had no facilities such as parks or pitches to play games on.