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Galway United Women travel to Drumcondra for a vital FAI Cup clash after thumping Waterford 7-0 last Saturday.

On this day, June 26, one hundred years ago, the Sisters of Jesus and Mary bought Spires House in Shantalla. Three of the sisters in the order had come to UCG the previous year to study for a degree and while they were in Galway, Mother Stanislaus looked for a suitable premises for a house of studies for them and finally purchased this premises. The house dates from the 1840s and got its name from the two unusual spires you can see on the roof. The building was used by the sisters as a hostel for secular students as well as their own nuns and these nuns became known locally as ‘The Spires Nuns’.

The official announcement of Bundee Aki’s extended contract for another year is the ideal Christmas bonus for Connacht as Leinster roll into Galway for their annual festive URC meeting.

Connacht 12

Galwegians took their twelfth victory of the season against Midleton, beating the Cork side 43-17. This keeps their slim chances of an AIL Division 2C title alive.

Linley MacKenzie

Enniscorthy dent Galwegians' title ambitions with a 25-20 victory, despite a late surge from the Blues to force a losing bonus point.