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In recognition and sincere appreciation of his outstanding contribution and service to rugby in Athlone and beyond, Leo Galvin was granted Honorary Life Membership of Buccaneers Rugby Football Club at a recent full-house pre-match function in The Bounty.

Larry was the eldest child of Jack and Ethel Cheevers who lived on Dalysfort Road in Salthill. They were the owners of the Forster Park Hotel and the iconic Park Café which was attached to it. Larry was educated in the Jes and in Castleknock College and went on to study dentistry in UCG — you could only do first year there at the time — and later in UCD where he finished the course and qualified.

“It was 1998. I just answered an admin job ad in the paper; I had no idea it was rugby…” so says Joan Breslin (née Moore) about her first foray into the world of rugby administration almost 25 years ago. After working in marketing for Clarinbridge Crystal and Dunlop Tyres in Galway, Joan’s career as a backroom ‘blazer’ with the IRFU and Six Nations tournament took off. Now she finds herself at the apex of the professional game as World Rugby’s project coordinator for the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

SEPTEMBER 2023 – With the Rugby World Cup in full swing, everyone in the country is getting right behind Andy Farrell’s charges as they look to make their way to the final on October 28.

Buccaneers Touch rugby team made the short trip to St Mary’s College in Galway city on Saturday last to compete in the second round of this year’s DTS and it proved to be a worthwhile journey as they secured a first ever top three finish in the national competition.

An Púcán recently unveiled their new big screen, taking centre stage in their Heineken Beer Garden, which is sure to make the match-watching experience at the city-centre bar all the more absorbing. Described as one of the largest TV screens in the country, it has already drawn plenty of crowds for some amazing big games since it was installed.

An Púcán recently unveiled their new big screen, taking centre stage in their Heineken Beer Garden, which is sure to make the match-watching experience at the city-centre bar all the more absorbing. Described as one of the largest TV screens in the country, it has already drawn plenty of crowds for some amazing big games since it was installed.

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