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Leaping silkily from the sea, a pair of dolphins pause mid-air to nod at the seven-strong crew of the MV Saoirse na Farraige, as she steams past Mutton Island, after departing Galway Harbour last Friday, April 4.

The second round of the Galway senior football championship concluded on Sunday evening with the meeting of Annaghdown and Milltown in Tuam Stadium which provided possibly the best entertainment of the weekend.

After an incredible year for Galway GAA, Padraic Joyce’s men fell just short at the finishing line losing by a single point to Armagh, 1-11 to 0-13.

When someone who has played a significant role in your life dies, it naturally heralds a time for some reflection and their death also holds a mirror up to our own mortality.

Galway’s 0-16 to 1-12 loss to Armagh on Sunday afternoon knocked them off the top spot in the group stage, and the result is a preliminary quarter-final against Mayo in Pearse Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

A fourth successive final defeat in Croke Park since 2021, and a second to Mayo this season, what then portents for Galway this season?

Padraic Joyce takes Galway into their first All-Ireland final since 2001, when, on that day, Galway overcame a fancied Meath side. On the day the now manager was the star.

The Galway Camogie team received 12 nominations for this year’s All Stars. Congrats to Sarah Healy, Shauna Healy, Sarah Dervan, Dervla Higgins, Caitriona Cormican, Siobhán Gardiner, Emma Helebert, Niamh Kilkenny, Aoife Donohue, Siobhán McGrath, Orlaith McGrath, and Ailish O’Reilly. And the Galway manager Cathal Murray has been named the Manager of the Year. A mighty year’s work.

They were the favourites going into the final last weekend, but Mayo Gaels always knew it was only ever going to be a massive battle against Ballyhaunis to lay their hands on the Sweeney Cup.