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The year, 1981, remains the last time Galway lifted a Division One National Football League title, a statistic that still jars when you consider the calibre of footballers who have worn the maroon and white in the interim.

Mayor Mike Cubbard has confirmed he wants to run in the Galway West by-election, but is biding his time for a formal declaration.

The fear of looking back on his life as he breathed his last and realising that he had not lived it being true to himself was one of the main reasons why Adrian Varley (33) stopped drinking. That fear was far greater than giving up alcohol, says the former Galway Senior footballer.

Faciem Metus founders and brothers Cian and Ryan Monaghan sat down with the Galway Advertiser ahead of the brand's much-anticipated 'Blackout Collection' which drops this week on November 7. They talked everything from building a business around the kitchen table, not being afraid of failure, and how a collaboration with Galway footballer Shane Walsh will drive their ambition to become a GAA activewear staple in years to come.

As it unfolded that Catherine Connolly would walk the presidential election, politicos began plotting for a Galway West by-election which must fill her vacant Dáil seat by May 11.

One of Andrea Trill’s earliest memories is of kicking a ball outside her home in Claregalway. She was four years old and her father was training her older brother, Colm, who played for the local team. She enthusiastically joined in and there began a love affair with Gaelic football which would shape the direction of her life.

Titled 'A Life Lived on the Line', O'Mahony's legacy as an All-Ireland winning manager and the future of Gaelic football will be discussed in St Nathy’s College, Ballaghaderreen, on Friday, August 8. The evening will be hosted by Marty Morrissey.

Ahead of last weekend’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final between Galway and Meath, my mind kept drifting — not to the famous 2001 final where Padraic Joyce’s shooting masterclass sealed victory — but to a far less memorable clash between the sides in a rain-soaked Pearse Stadium just three years ago.

Cllr Eddie Hoare (FG) has voiced his opposition to the Football Association of Ireland’s (FAI) decision to move the Irish football season to the calendar year.