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Having led Galway to victory with a 10-point haul in 2001, manager Padraic Joyce knows what it takes

It was a case of third time lucky for Padraic Joyce, who won his first Connacht final as the Galway senior manager on Sunday in Pearse Stadium.

Galway face near neighbours Roscommon in the much-anticpated Connacht football final on Sunday in Pearse Stadium (1.45pm).

They could have forced it to extra time at the death, when Aiden Orme took aim from the stand side of the field and kicked for a point but his effort tailed just wide of the target and from Connor Gleeson’s kick-out David Coldrick blew the final whistle.

Galway City has lately been a European Capital of Culture. But, Galway City has always been a County seat, the Capital of Connacht, and the gateway to the Connemara Gaeltacht. In fact, once you cross the River Corrib, you’re officially in Connemara.

Galway and Roscommon prepare for another meeting - this one of more significance for Padraic Joyce's players as they seek to claim the Allianz Football League division two crown.

The Galway footballers will be playing division one football in 2023 after securing an immediate return to the top flight with a game to spare.

The hotly anticipated Claregalway Hotel Galway Senior Football Championship final between fierce rivals Corofin and Mountbellew-Moylough takes place in Pearse Stadium on Sunday (1.30pm).

Fourteen staff from three Galway hospitals were the winners of the free staff draw set up as a big thank you by Cairde Othair na Gaillimhe (Friends of Galway Patients) to all staff working on the front line during the worst period of stress and pressure in all our lives.

It was a disappointed Padraic Joyce who faced the media after Galway were unable to generate any second half scores from play in their Connacht Final capitulation at Croke Park this afternoon.