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What could the sprawling urban surrounds of Salthill and Knocknacarra and the rural uplands of the Slieve Aughty Mountains possibly have in common?

Four teams remain standing in the race for the Tom Callanan Cup, with defending champions Loughrea continuing their pursuit of a third successive county title and Clarinbridge, Tommy Larkins and Craughwell all hoping to bring that remarkable run to an end.

The race for the Tom Callanan Cup reaches the quarter-final stage this weekend, with the four group winners re-entering the fray alongside four teams already battle-hardened from surviving the first hurdle in do-or-die hurling.

All four of last year’s Galway Senior Hurling Championship semi-finalists find themselves taking the elongated path to Tom Callanan Cup success, facing into preliminary quarter-finals this weekend.

The final round of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship arrives with plenty still at stake, from direct quarter-final or preliminary quarter-final qualification to the less appealing prospect of entering the relegation series.

After an opening round dominated by tight finishes, Round 2 offers several teams an early opportunity to take control of their groups in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.

There is an old saying that sport can be wonderfully uplifting one week and brutally unforgiving the next. Galway hurling experienced both ends of that spectrum in the space of a fortnight.

The second half of Galway’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Tipperary last summer made for painful viewing. The eventual Liam MacCarthy champions swept aside the Tribesmen with an ease that was as alarming as it was sobering in front of a sea of Tipp support.

Much of the talk has been surrounding Limerick’s strength in depth, but there has been little made of Galway’s contributions from the bench.

Galway 3-25 Kilkenny 1-16