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There was something deeply reflective about the ceremony held last week to honour two remarkable figures — my former colleague Ronnie O’Gorman and former County Council manager C.I. O’Flynn. It was a gathering that looked back with gratitude and forward with curiosity, a moment to pause in a city that rarely stands still.

It is not often that the music of centuries past finds itself echoing so naturally within walls of the same vintage. But such was the magic of last Sunday evening at Claregalway Castle, where a full house gathered for the Summer Salon Concert—an experience that delighted both ear and spirit in equal measure. In this majestic medieval setting, the age of the stone matched the age of the sound, and history sang anew.

Both campaigns have ended in success. United now have the opportunity to complete a historic treble. It appears to be the last available silverware of the season, although United have made great strides in recent weeks.

Games between Galway United and Waterford over the last number of seasons have proven decisive in the battle for promotion, safety and even had a fleeting bearing on the European race last season.

It is perhaps fitting that Tipperary, Galway’s arch-rivals who battled most memorably with Micheál Donoghue’s teams during his first stint in charge, are the opponents again as the Allianz National Hurling League Division 1A gets underway in Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon (throw-in: 3.45pm).

There was plenty to take from a fantastically fought Connacht Derby last Friday night. Unfortunately, the most tangible impact of a fantastic game of football was that the wait for European football in Galway will now go on for at least 35 years.

Just four games remain in a remarkable season. Galway United are only five points off the top of the table. Allow that to marinade for a moment but also remember that a finish anywhere between first and seventh is feasible.

John O’Dowd got the inaugural juvenile soccer league (for boys under-16) underway in Galway in 1931-2. The clubs competing included; Crusaders, Hotspurs, Reds United, Emmetts, Unknowns, Bective Rangers and Hibernians. The swamp was the only soccer pitch available in Galway at the time. The league was a big success and this prompted the organisers to run a minor league in the 1932-33 season.

The prospect of St. Thomas’ exiting the race for the Galway senior hurling championship looms large as the group stages come to what should be a nail-biting conclusion this weekend, with Gort hoping to end the seven-in-a-row chasing club’s history-making ambitions in Kenny Park on Sunday afternoon.

A 48-year-old Lettermullen man has promised to stay off social media after being charged with threatening to kill or cause serious harm to the Taoiseach and his family.