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In 1791, a French writer, in his impressions of Galway wrote, “In August, hurling begins to be played. Each team is divided into three sections – 'L’arriere' of back guards the goal and seeks to stop the ball from passing through. Another group is in front to prevent the enemy’s ball from coming back from that end, that is the middle; the third group called the whip is 'sur le terrain' [on the ground]. The game of hurling is 'Behine' and the place they play – Turlough. The ball is cow’s hair, very compact and covered with leather. The spectators are on the ground about – the majority dancing. The sides are distinguished by the colour of their caps. It is terrifying to see the way they rush into each other to force the ball to pass under the goal.”

In 1924, the Galway Agricultural & Sports Society was formed, a group of visionary people, mostly businessmen from the town, with the aim of providing amenities for the citizens of Galway and environs. They purchased 17 acres of land from the Erasmus Smith Foundation, the owners of the Grammar School. These 22 men, together with five trustees, began to develop the ground to let to various sporting bodies which included greyhound racing, rugby, hurling and football, camogie, ladies hockey, drill displays etc. The first president of this group was CJ Kerin, 1925-1955 and he was followed by John D Whelan, 1955-1964. It was always intended to be a multi-purpose venue and was variously known as the Sportsground, the Sports Field or the Galway Greyhound Stadium.

As a new season of hockey gets underway, there is a new club on the scene in Galway.

Galway United and Connacht Hockey have confirmed that planning permission is being sought with Galway County Council for a multipurpose sport training facility in Mountain South, Athenry.

The facility will be a game changer for Galway sports as it will consist of two full-size football pitches – one grass and one all-weather – and a full-size hockey pitch. Changing facilities, administrative offices, meeting rooms and a high-performance gymnasium will also be in the floodlit facility.

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East and Minister for Disability, Anne Rabbitte, has welcomed the allocation of €3.3 million to St Jarlath's in Tuam and Kinvara Hockey Club as part of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF).

Sports clubs across Galway are to receive a €15 million slice of the half billion euro sports funding pie announced by government ministers this week.

Local sports advocate and Fine Gael candidate for Galway City East local elections, Aisling Keogh, has called for a more collaborative effort among sporting bodies to create community shared sports facilities in Galway city and county.

Applications from sports clubs in Athlone and County Westmeath are now invited under the fourth Texaco Support for Sport initiative in which a fund of €130,000 will be divided in €5,000 amounts and distributed to successful applicants in each of the twenty-six counties.

Applications from sports clubs in Athlone and County Westmeath are now invited under the fourth Texaco Support for Sport initiative in which a fund of €130,000 will be divided in €5,000 amounts and distributed to successful applicants in each of the twenty-six counties.