Fantasy Football round 19 preview
Thu, Dec 21, 2017
It is Christmas weekend which means one thing; football; football; and football.
Read more ...Moycullen on revenge mission after cup crash
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
Moycullen Basketball must face Killester again in the Jes on Saturday (7pm) after crashing out to the Clontarf outfit in National Cup last weekend.
Killester were in red hot form on Saturday when they powered to their third consecutive semi-final appearance, winning by 82-61, and Moycullen must now regroup quickly in a return to league action.
Read more ...Burke elected county board treasurer for 2018
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
Kinvara's Michael Burke has been elected treasurer of the Galway County Board for 2018.
Read more ...McCormack signs new United contract
Thu, Dec 14, 2017
Striker Eoin McCormack is the first player to commit to Galway United next season.
Read more ...NUIG Mystics find timely form
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
NUIG Mystics have given themselves a huge Christmas bonus after booking a place in the Hula Hoops Women’s National Cup semi-finals in January.
Read more ...Highfield hand Wegians a heavy defeat
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
More agony and frustration for Galwegians in the Ulster Bank League division 2A when they suffered another emphatic defeat, 40-18, this time at the hands of second-placed Highfield.
Read more ...Shark Swimming Club wins award
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Galway's Shark Swimming Club has been named the Connacht Swim Club of the Year for 2017 for overall excellence, and also won the Clubmark Award for corporate governance.
Read more ...Injury-hit Corofin will take nothing for granted Ruislipgranted
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Recently-crowned Connacht football champions Corofin will travel to London this weekend to play Fulham Irish in the All-Ireland quarter-final in what is a novel pairing for both teams.
Fulham Irish won their first London championship this year and will be hopeful of catching Corofin on the hop this Sunday when they meet in Ruislip at 1pm.
Read more ...Canney’s late strike seals Connacht success for Medtronic
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Medtronic regained the Connacht Senior Interfirms title when they defeated reigning champions Mayo Teachers in the Connacht final by 2-8 to 0-11 at the Connacht Centre Of Excellence recently.
Medtronic, due to wayward shooting, trailed for large portions of the match until two second-half goals clinched a fourth title in five years at this grade.
Read more ...Fantasy Football round 16 preview
Thu, Dec 07, 2017
It is December which means the Premier League matches are coming thick and fast.
Read more ...Mellows aiming for first senior title in forty-seven years
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
In December 1970 the number one single in the charts was "I think I love you" by the Partridge family. Jack Lynch was taoiseach, Éamon de Valera was president, and Everton won the division one league title in England that season.
Read more ...Keane starts to crack the whip as Connacht head to Italy
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Kieran Keane returns to Italy for the first time in 38 years when he takes his Connacht squad to Parma for Saturday's PRO 14 joust with Michael Bradley's Zebre.
It is something of a nostalgic return for Keane who was a member of the 1979 All Blacks side that played a first international match against Italy in Rovigo at the end of a tour to England and Scotland.
Read more ...Connacht Women face stern opening test against Munster
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Connacht Women open their interprovincial rugby campaign with a visit from Munster to the Galway Sportsground on Saturday (2.30pm).
Read more ...Galway United underage trials
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Galway United will hold U17 trials for players born in 2001 and 2002 on Sunday at East United, Castle Park, starting at 2pm.
Read more ...Corofin are Connacht champions for the eighth time
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Corofin went to the top of the roll of honour for Connacht club triumphs with their eighth title since 1991. Last weekend's win over Castlebar Mitchels saw them pass out Roscommon’s Clann na nGael who have seven gongs from the 1980s.
Read more ...Galway athletes make national breakthrough
Thu, Nov 30, 2017
Harriers coach Matt Lockett has been appointed Irish U20 team coach for the European Cross Country Championships in Slovakia on December 10.
Read more ...Moycullen's late effort not enough
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Maigh Cuilinn were forced to bow out of the All-Ireland ladies' club intermediate semi-final, losing 0-18 to 2-11, despite an heroic late effort.
Read more ...Galway athletes shine
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Galway athletes will compete across the 10-race programme of this season National Cross Country Championships in Abbottstown, Dublin.
GCH junior men’s squad will be challenging for honours, with Eanna Folan, James Frizzell, Joe Tannian and Michael Healy on the team, backed by U18s Thomas McStay and Aaron Brennan, who all have the potential to make the podium.
Read more ...Challenges mount for Super League sides
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
Moycullen face one of their biggest challenges of the season when they travel to Dublin for a clash with Super League leaders UCD Marian on Saturday (8pm).
After two defeats on the trot after a super start to the season, Moycullen will be looking to regain that winning form to keep alive their hopes of a league semi-final.
Read more ...Connacht girls claim historic first interpro crown
Thu, Nov 23, 2017
The Connacht Schools U15 girls soccer team captured the interprovincial title for the first time, and they did so with a clean sweep over their fellow rivals.
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