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As 2025 draws to a close, Maigh Cuilinn stand alone as Galway’s last remaining hope for more provincial glory. To capture the Shane McGettigan Cup, however, they will likely need to deliver their finest hour yet.

During a sporting weekend that gripped the nation, as the Republic of Ireland and Troy Parrott stole the headlines with back-to-back triumphs over Portugal and Hungary, you could be forgiven for missing some of the major stories unfolding closer to home on the GAA front.

When the lights switch on at Pearse Stadium this Saturday night (7.30pm), two sides at very different points in their journeys will collide in the Galway Senior Football Championship final.

There have been bumps and bruises for some, smoother passage for others, but as the Galway Senior Football Championship reaches its semi-final stage, the four teams most expected to be here have navigated their way through.

If this weekend’s Galway Senior Football Championship quarter-finals deliver half the drama of the preliminary round a fortnight ago, then supporters are in for another cracking instalment.

In just the second weekend of senior club football across the county, this weekend already carries huge significance. We’ll run through each of this weekend’s fixtures ahead of a high-stakes round of action, where the Round 1 winners and losers face off against one another.

Hot on their heels are familiar contenders like Salthill-Knocknacarra, Maigh Cuilinn, and Tuam Stars, each eager to disrupt the champions’ dominance.

The Greenhills Hotel on the Ennis Road was my destination of choice and the place was packed full of Tipperary and Galway supporters. You certainly would not have thought you were just 400 metres from the clubhouse of Na Piarsaigh – All-Ireland winners in 2016 - when the roof nearly came off the place after 14-man Dublin produced a monumental shock to unceremoniously dump the Treaty out.

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