Maree hosts special Super League tournament to honour late Donie Green
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Basketball's new Super League side Maree hosts a top-class pre-season tournament in honour of former Maree player Donie Greene in Calasanctius College in Oranmore, Co Galway, at the weekend.
All the teams taking part in the tournament will face hosts Maree in this year's Super League, Swords Thunder, Belfast Star, UCD Marian, local rivals Moycullen, and champions Templeogue.
Read more ...Mulkerrins follows brother in winning coveted All Ireland title
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Moycullen native Diarmuid Mulkerrins added his name to the history books when he captured the All-Ireland minor singles softball title at the second time of asking.
Read more ...Fine margins could swing United's season either way, says Keegan
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Galway United face Limerick FC in an FAI Cup quarter-final at Eamonn Deacy Park tomorrow evening (7.45pm).
Read more ...Solid win buoys Galway Women
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Galway WFC head to Morton Stadium in good form for Women’s FAI Cup action on Saturday.
Read more ...A triple win for Bocquet
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Craughwell wheelchair athlete Shauna Bocquet enjoyed brilliant success at the England Age Group Championships in Bedford recently.
Read more ...Football championship hots up with four quarter-finals
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
St James’ v Mountbellew/Moylough (Sat 6pm in Tuam Stadium)
In Tuam Stadium on Saturday evening (6pm) the Jimmies will be hopeful of reaching a county semi-final after coming through a stern test from a determined Michael Breathnachs squad two weeks ago.
Read more ...Corofin march into county quarter-finals
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Reigning county champions Corofin will play Moycullen this weekend in the quarter-final of the county championship after keeping their ‘drive for five’ alive when overcoming last year's finalists, Salthill/Knocknacarra by 1-18 to 2-12.
Read more ...Connacht ready to sample South African rugby 'braai'
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Connacht will get their first taste of southern hemisphere club rugby on Saturday when they host the Southern Kings at the Sportsground.
Read more ...Demand for new Connacht Rugby stadium continues to grow
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Off the pitch CEO Willie Ruane says plans on a new stadium are progressing, but there is frustration at the speed of developments.
Demand for a new stadium for Connacht has grown exponentially since the Pro 12 success in 2015 and a European Champions Cup last term.
Read more ...Grant Thornton becomes official partner of Connacht Rugby
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Professional services firm Grant Thornton has become an official partner of Connacht Rugby for the next two years.
Read more ...Family-run Murray Timber continues partnership with Connacht Rugby
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
County Galway's Murray Timber Group has extended is partnership with Connacht Rugby for another four years.
Official partners for the past three years, Murray Timber Group will continue to be displayed on the Connacht Rugby home, away and European playing jerseys.
Read more ...Connacht unveil striking new jerseys for the season
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Unveiled at the Sportsground in Connacht's win against Bristol, the new away and European kits are bold and bright for this 2017/18 season.
Read more ...Masterful Micheál makes Tribesmen’s dreams come true
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
It is the question Micheál Donoghue always dreamed of being asked, and not long after the full time whistle was blown in Croke Park last Sunday, he tried to put it into words what it felt like to be All Ireland champions.
Read more ...Famine ends as MacCarthy Cup comes west again
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Galway supporters lucky enough to have been in Croke Park on Sunday afternoon witnessed history being made with the county winning its fifth senior All-Ireland hurling title - their first since 1988 when Conor Hayes led the team to All-Ireland glory.
Read more ...A win that had family at its heart
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
It was something else, something raw tugging at so many heartstrings.
Read more ...Lynskey’s minors come good in second half to see off Cork
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
At the smoothly run and enjoyable homecoming for both minor and senior teams in Pearse Stadium on Monday, Galway minor hurling manager Jeffrey Lynskey quoted the old Meat Loaf classic “Two out of three ain’t bad” to describe Galway’s terrific 2-17 to 2-15 win over Cork in the All-Ireland minor final.
Read more ...Homecoming was reward for a generation who never knew success
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Out they came in their thousands, in a weekend that saw fifty thousand shades of maroon on every street in the city and county.
Read more ...Lynskey hails minors’ hard work and commitment
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
In the three years he has been in charge of the Galway minor hurlers, Jeffrey Lynskey has guided two different groups of young Tribesmen to the top of the game at their level.
Read more ...Tribesmen bring Liam home in style
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
At times it was sparkling, others nerve wracking, but at the end of the day it was just brilliant as Galway ended a 29-year wait to bring the Liam MacCarthy Cup west of the Shannon for the fifth time.
Three minutes in it looked like they might do it the easy way, hitting Waterford for three points in the opening 180 seconds, but once Kevin Moran got in behind the Galway defence and drove the ball low past Colm Callanan in the Galway goal to kick life into what looked like a startled Waterford, it was game on.
Read more ...‘I believe numbers 27 to 34 won this All Ireland for us,’ says Cooney
Thu, Sep 07, 2017
Taking slugs from a water bottle, still dripping in sweat from the effort of battle a short time earlier, Joseph Cooney sat patiently alongside manager Mícheál Donoghue under the Hogan Stand on Sunday evening.
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