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Watching the third episode of the documentary The Game on RTÉ One it was lovely to look back at Joe Connolly's rousing speech in 1980 after that team won the All-Ireland final and broke into the top tier of hurling again.

It was a hard fought 1-17 to 2-13 victory over Clare in Thurles on Sunday, and now Micheál Donoghue's squad will take on Limerick on Sunday week (August 19) in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.

Former Dublin All-Ireland winning football manager Pat Gilroy will have the Dublin hurling squad in Salthill on Saturday evening to take on Galway in the final round of the Leinster Senior Hurling championship round robin series (7pm).

The 2018 senior hurling championship kicks off this weekend with a host of games down for decision on Saturday and Sunday.

There has been a massive turn around in the fortunes of the Mayo hurlers in the past few months.

The Connacht Property Auction held its first public auction of 2018 on Tuesday last week in the Menlo Park Hotel, Galway. Of the 15 properties on offer, 14 were successfully sold, giving an impressive 93 per cent success rate for the first event of the year. After a successful run of auctions in 2017, the auction team were expected to start 2018 off in a similar manner, and they did not disappoint with continued interest on the majority of lots that were offered.

Seasonal cheer hits the Sportsground this week ahead of the first of the festive interprovincial fixtures with Ulster on Saturday (7.35pm).

Gardai are appealing for information in relation to the criminal damage of a black Audi that was parked on Cross Street, outside Busker Brownes in Galway city centre.

The atmosphere in the stands and on the terraces in Croke Park around 5.30pm last Sunday afternoon was absolutely electric.

The Galway minor hurlers, under the management of Jeffrey Lynskey, will kick off their 2017 championship campaign this Saturday at the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh when they face Clare at 1pm in the All-Ireland quarter-final.