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Two hundred years ago, in October 1826, the Warden of Galway wrote to the Superior of the Patrician Brothers asking him to send at least one Brother to Galway to take over a school which had been moved from near the Shambles Barracks to a disused barrack in Lombard Street. Brother Paul O’Connor and Brother Dawson were sent to Galway. Cash in hand was one shilling. Social conditions were very bad, but the Brothers went ahead and established the Monastery School, known as The Mon. Before the school had been a year in operation, the improvement in the youth of the city was so evident that a public meeting was held in the school to vote thanks to the teachers, “whose zeal, attention and excellent arrangements had produced such happy results”.

It’ll be a tough one to take this for Mayo, they had beaten all before them and beaten Galway twice before in the Connacht championship, but when it came to the biggest day of all Galway had their number.

Any successful championship campaign is a long journey, but for this year's Mayo minors the road ends this evening when they face down that old familiar foe - Galway - in Dr Hyde Park with the All Ireland title up for grabs.

The Mayo minors competed the first leg of a hoped for double win over Kerry this weekend and in the process booked their spot in the All Ireland Minor Football Championship final.

It's been a long road from where they started to standing just 60 minutes away from a spot in the All Ireland final for the Mayo minors.

Mayo claimed their first Connacht minor title since 2019 with an impressive six point win over Galway in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park on Monday evening.

Mayo booked booked their spot in the 2022 Connacht Minor Football Championship Final with an impressive display against Galway in Tuam Stadium on Friday night.

Mayo strode past Sligo in impressive style on Friday evening in Ballina to make it three wins from three in the Connacht Minor Football Championship.

The Mayo minors will look to keep up their 100 per cent record in the Connacht Minor Football Championship this evening when they take on Sligo in round three of the competition in James Stephens Park in Ballina.

The Mayo minors got their championship campaign up and running last Friday night with a comprehensive victory over Leitrim in James Stephens Park in Ballina, seeing off the Ridge County youngsters by 16 points after a 2-16 to 0-6 win. This evening they will make the trip to Hyde Park to take on Roscommon in the second round of the round robin stages of the competition.