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Galway United qualified for the Semi-Finals of the Avenir Sports All-Island Cup on a historic Saturday in Eamonn Deacy Park, with a thrilling 2-0 win over Shelbourne.

Christmas Morning saw a sea of red t-shirts adding to Salthill’s festive atmosphere for the 2022 COPE Galway Christmas Swim. Now in its 33rd year, families, friends, colleagues, sports teams, schoolmates and many familiar faces took part in this long-held Christmas tradition to brave Galway Bay’s cold water in support of the local charity.

It has to be the year of the Shark, that’s John ‘Shark’ Hanlon from County Carlow. He bought a horse called Hewick. He didn’t pay dearly for it (not even a thousand euro) and then won the Galway Plate last summer. He added another win at Sandown, and between the two he pocketed half a million euro. Not bad for a year’s work. But just last October he won the American Grand National at Fair Hills in New Jersey with a $160,000 dollar first prize. Now he is 33/1 to take the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March. D’ya think, maybe.

Galway’s Salthill Devon FC is one of 10 clubs involved in an initiative to promote women’s grassroots football.

The small parish of Killannin has always provided more than its share of sporting giants, and this week two, who are at the top of their game, are in the news again.

Pre-season set to resume shortly for local clubs

"The last mile is never crowded and that’s the way it does feel sometimes. The difference is to be able to hold on in there, to keep it going."

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.

The standard bearer for Connacht women's rugby for so long, Claire Molloy has hung up her international boots after Ireland's hopes of World Cup qualification crashed against Scotland last weekend.

New manager Stephen Lally believes significant potential exists in the Galway WFC squad ahead of his first fixture in charge against WNL table toppers Peamount United on Saturday at PLR Park (6pm).