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Galway camogie will feature prominently in a new thrilling fly on the wall series on the All-Ireland senior camogie championship, won in stirring fashion by the Tribeswomen in August.

All-Ireland Senior Camogie champions Galway have received 10 nominations for the PwC Camogie All-Stars awards that take place on November 15 at Croke Park.

I was perched up on Level 7 in Croke - the press area located in the upper Hogan Stand - ahead of the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship semi-final between Galway and Kilkenny. Among a cohort of national journalists, many of whom tend to drift in and out of the camogie scene, there was a usual air of passing interest.

Niamh Mallon and Aoife Donohue opened the scoring for Galway in the opening three minutes. Orlaith Hull, Derry’s only scorer of the first half replied with Derry’s opening score a minute later.

Pat and Una McDonagh were presented with a piece of crystal by Uachtarán Cumann Luthchleas Gael, Jarlath Burns, in Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening in recognition of the couple’s 35 years sponsoring Galway GAA. In 1990, Pat McDonagh, together with his wife Una, began sponsoring Galway GAA, marking the start of one of the longest relationships in modern sponsorships.

GAA heroics

Two frees from Carrie Dolan either side of an equalising point from Aoife Donohue carried Galway across the finish line in a tense and dramatic Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final at UPMC Nowlan Park this afternoon, sending the Tribeswomen back to Croke Park for their first final in three years.

Galway have returned to the All-Ireland U16A Camogie final after a hard-fought victory over a tough Cork outfit in Mallow on Sunday.

A spectacular goal in the 40th minute by Aoife Donohue was the fitting decider as Galway edged out last year’s finalists Waterford. They will now play Tipperary in the last four of the championship.

Applications from sports clubs in Athlone and County Westmeath are now invited under the fourth Texaco Support for Sport initiative in which a fund of €130,000 will be divided in €5,000 amounts and distributed to successful applicants in each of the twenty-six counties.