New academy recruits

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

Seven new players have been recruited to the NUIG Connacht Rugby Academy for the next season.

Jes crews win at Irish Rowing Championships

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

Colaiste Iognaid crews were on the winners' podium three times at the Irish Rowing Championships in Cork  at the weekend.

Craughwell sprinter selected for Ireland

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

Galway sprinter Conor Duggan of Craughwell AC  has been selected to run for Ireland.

Morley makes top ten

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

Oughterard golfer Devin Morley produced a super display to finish in the top 10 at the recent Connacht Under-18 Boys’ Championship.

Morley, who plays out of Oughterard Golf Club, was the top Connacht finisher at the championship with a four over par overall, and rounds of 73, 75, and 72.

Galway can beat Derry with spirit and support

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

The reward for Galway's hard-fought three-point victory over Armagh (1-12 to 0-12) on Sunday at the Athletic Grounds is a home tie with Derry this Saturday evening (5pm) at Pearse Stadium. 

Galway minors bid to end eight year gap on Sunday

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

The Galway minor footballers under the guidance of Clonbur's Stephen Joyce aim to collect the county's first Connacht minor title since 2007 when they face Sligo in Hyde Park (2pm) on Sunday.

The side had a facile 3-14 to 1-3 victory over Mayo in their semi-final at McHale Park and, as a consequence, are raging hot favourites to defeat a Sligo side that surprised many people with their fine win over Roscommon in their semi-final.

Another provincial title for Galway ladies

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

The Galway Ladies footballers edged Mayo by a single point, 0-21 to 1-17, at McHale Park, Castlebar, on Sunday, to bag their fourth Connacht title in succession.

United head to Limerick targeting three points 

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

While Tuesday's absorbing SSE Airtricity League encounter with Dundalk eventually ended in a 4-2 defeat for Galway United, Tommy Dunne's side will be hoping to register a positive result when visiting the Markets Field on Saturday for a clash with bottom-of-the-table Limerick FC.

Galway WFC to host open trials this Sunday

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Galway Women's FC will be holding open trials on Sunday (July 12 ) at 2pm in Laurel Park, Newcastle. 

Ireland squad train at Sportsground on Tuesday

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

The Ireland Rugby squad returns to the Galway Sportsground for an open training session next Tuesday.

Tribesmen seal home final in style 

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

The Tribesmen, Galway's Rugby League club, finished top of the Munster/Connacht League after disposing for a second time of All Ireland champions Treaty City Titans on Sunday.

Warriors on the verge of league breakthrough

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Galway Warriors, the province's sole representatives in the Irish American Football League are in a race to finish runners-up in IAFL2 conference.

Belfast Trojans second’s team have sewn up their spot at the top of the table, and with only one fixture left, a win for the Galway Warriors could see them finish in second with a place in the bowl.

Galway athletes set new national records 

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Galway athletes produced a series of great results at the 2015 GloHealth National Juvenile Track and Field Championships in Tullamore at the weekend.

Footballers must show resolve and leadership to beat Armagh

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Armagh are no world beaters, but they are division three league champions, having also been promoted to division two for next season. They beat Fermanagh in the division three final by 0-16 to 0-11.

And now they are on the back of a tidy 10-point win over Wicklow (2-17 to 2-07) in the last round of the qualifiers. Hence, they will not be lacking in self-confidence on Sunday (3pm) when they host Galway.

Hurlers did their best, but Kilkenny hold sway again

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

The current Galway hurlers, along with many other former Galway teams and other counties over the decades, must be sick to their back teeth of playing Kilkenny in big games. 

Galway minors on song after seven years

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

After seven years of heartbreaking narrow defeats, Galway secured this year's provincial minor crown, and they did it in style on a 3-14 to 1-3 scoreline.

There were 17 points between Mayo and Galway at the end, but it could have been 27 if Galway had kept up the pace they showed in the first half in the second period.

Claregalway cruise

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Claregalway secured victory over Dunmore in the opening round of the County Senior Ladies Championship on Friday night.

In an evenly contested opening half, Claregalway took the lead with a fortuitous long range goal plus a second in stoppage time to give them  a 2-8 to 0-4 lead.

Something special at the Menlo Park Hotel

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Hotels in Ireland can be largely divided into two main types. The first type were built in recent years, a result of the economic boom, and are largely run by professional management companies whose brief is to merely keep the business afloat and get ‘heads in beds’. The Menlo Park is the other sort of hotel. Part of the landscape and the fabric of life in the local area, providing employment and welcoming guests from Ireland and far flung parts of the world since it first opened in the late nineties.

Chop and change

Thu, Jul 09, 2015

Change comes in a variety of sizes, shapes, and flavours. There will always be those who bemoan the constant state of change. Those who, for all the new shops and restaurants we have, still feel we have lost something special by parting company with the old ones.

United seek to reverse Sligo's stolen win in crunch Showgrounds tie

Thu, Jul 02, 2015

With each passing week every SSE Airtricity League premier division clash seems to be increasing in importance - thus Saturday’s Showgrounds clash between Sligo Rovers and Galway United can certainly be classed as crucial.

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