All-Ireland champions kick off this season's football championship

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

In a first, this season's Claregalway Hotel Galway Senior Football Championship will kick off with hugely anticipated meeting of Corofin and Oughterard - the first time the country's senior All Ireland champions have played their intermediate counterparts.

New-look Connacht prepare for return to play

Thu, Jul 30, 2020

Connacht Rugby coach Andy Friend believes his new-look squad, which boasts 12 new additions, has never been in better shape since returning to the Sportsground from Covid-19 lockdown.

Connacht ready to turn attention to clash with Ulster

Wed, Jul 29, 2020

Unable to qualify for the PRO14 semi-finals, Connacht are still intent on finishing this season with a flourish when facing Irish rivals Ulster and Munster in the final two fixtures.

Heading into the sixth week since returning from lockdown, Connacht coach Andy Friend says the squad's focus will turn to the Ulster interprovincial next week as rugby makes a gradual return to normal.

St Thomas remain favourites as revamped hurling championship begins

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

Competitive adult team sport thankfully returns to Galway for the first time since lockdown began as the revamped Brooks Group sponsored senior and intermediate hurling championships gets up and running with 19 games to be played over the weekend.

County players add real buzz to this season's club hurling

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

Galway hurling swung into action this week, and one former county player delighted the club game is taking precedence is Portumna's Damien Hayes.

SIDELINE CHAT with Ray Silke

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

SIDELINE CHAT with Ray Silke
Age: 1970 LS is on my birth cert

SPORTING MEMORIES

Thu, Jul 23, 2020

It was the first of many that eventually would follow. Castlegar senior hurlers set the standard, winning Galway's first All Ireland senior club hurling crown in 1980, a competition previously dominated by Cork clubs since 1970. It took 11 years before another Galway club, Kiltormer, would succeed, while Sarsfields, Athenry, Portumna Clarinbridge, and St Thomas have all having delighted hurling fans throughout the county, demonstrating the strength of the game in the west of Ireland.

All Ireland intermediate win whets Oughterard's senior appetite

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

New boys Oughterard face the daunting challenge of squaring up to Corofin in this season's shortened senior football championship, but it is a task the Corrib club is relishing.

sports shorts

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

•In a new initiative Galway GAA is to stream three hurling fixtures of the Senior Hurling Championship opening round, Liam Mellows v Turloughmore, St Thomas, v Castlegar, and Gort v Craughwell.

• Galway United are gearing up for its return to action when hosting Cabinteely at Eamonn Deacy Park on July 31, having returned to training last month. Currently sitting seventh in the league table, United will then host Athlone Town on August 3 in a rescheduled fixture, before heading to Cobh on August 8. United will be back in Terryland on August 14 to host Longford Town before heading to Drogheda on Monday August 17. The fixtures continue to come thick and fast when four days later they host Bray Wanderers (Friday August 21), before heading to the UCD Bowl the following Monday. Games away to Athlone Town (Friday Sept 3), home to Shamrock Rovers 11and Wexford (Sept 11 & 18), away to Cabinteely (Sept 22), home to Cobh Ramblers (Sept 25), away to Longford Town (Oct 3), home to Drogheda United (Oct 9), away to Bray Wanderers (Oct 16), before the final home fixture to UCD (Oct 24).

SIDELINE CHAT

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

At what age did you start playing? I was 3 or 4, my first memories are playing soccer on the green with my family and neighbours.

SPROTING MEMORIES

Thu, Jul 16, 2020

One of the highlights of summer in Galway is the Galway Races Summer Festival, attracting thousands of racegoers to Ballybrit.

sideline chat

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

At what age did you start playing? Probably around four on the family farm at home and around seven with my national school in Gortanumera. Once you went into national school and started to play ‘real’ hurling games, you had to learn and understand team positions etc. Before that it was just running around like a crazy young lad chasing a sliotar.

Do you remember your first game? Not my first game particularly, but I do remember winning a National Schools county final with Gortanumera when I was about eight years old. It was only seven a-side teams, but at that age it was a pretty big deal.

SPORTS SHORTS

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

Connacht Rugby added the 41st member to its 2020/21 squad with Munster's Alex Wootton joining on loan for the season. The versatile backline player can expected to play an important part in Connacht's backline, particularly with the loss of several key players at the end of the last season. The 26-years-old, a former Irish U20 squad member, made a name for himself in Munster as a lethal finisher, and that is what Connacht coach Andy Friend will want as they prepare for the restart on Augut 22. Friend says Wootton’s arrival will strengthen Connacht’s back field options. "Alex is a very exciting back three player who has all the talent to take his game to the next level. His versatility across the back line will also help us as we look to compete on both fronts next season."

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Galway gives Royals a second-half roasting

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

This was a period of football success in Galway, contesting three All Ireland finals in four seasons. Meath, too, were confident - this their third All Ireland final in six years, and having beaten Cork in 1999 when they won their ninth title. However, John O'Mahony's Tribesmen prevailed to claim their 13th crown. Interestingly neither county has contested an All Ireland football final since with Kerry and Dublin dominating.

Connacht boost backrow with speed and power

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

Connacht have boosted their squad for the season ahead with the long awaited news of two additional signings.

Mullarney drives off in a new Toyota SUV

Thu, Jul 09, 2020

Galway golfer Ronan Mullarney has received the keys of a new the Toyota C-HR - Ireland’s best-selling hybrid SUV.

Galway mourns loss of a true sporting gentleman

Thu, Jul 02, 2020

The twin sporting communities of Corofin and Corinthians are among the many mourning the loss of a special gentleman, Jimmy Glynn, who passed away last week.

Tough draw for intermediate champions Oughterard

Thu, Jul 02, 2020

All Ireland Intermediate football champions Oughterard have been handed a tough draw in their return to senior football.

GAA takes first step in its return to play road map

Thu, Jul 02, 2020

With hurling and football restarting this week, the draw for the new-look Brooks Galway Senior A Hurling Championship has taken place.

The format of this year's event has been condensed from two groups of six teams to three of four teams in order to complete the championship ahead of the revised All Ireland series.

Sporting memories : Wallabies win, but Connacht steal the show with 15-man move

Thu, Jul 02, 2020

On a week when Connacht Rugby and Galway GAA lost one of its former players, the well-respected gentleman Jimmy Glynn, our memory is of the visit to Galway of the Australian Rugby team in 1996. Few sports people have the opportunity to test themselves against the best in the world, but Jimmy Glynn did against the All Blacks in 1974. Some 22 years later when the Wallabies came to visit, Jimmy remained an avid follower of the game through his involvement with Corinthians RFC.

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