Tuam Stars to face Corofin

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

The Senior football quarter-final championship draw and relegation draw was made on Sunday evening and it throws ups some exciting games with Corofin and Tuam Stars a game to look forward to.

The Senior football quarter-final championship draw and relegation draw was made on Sunday evening and it throws ups some exciting games with Corofin and Tuam Stars a game to look forward to. Senior

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

Keith Fallon of GCH and Damien O'Boyle of Craughwell AC are commencing athletics scholarships in the USA this month.

GAA Fixtures

Thu, Sep 01, 2016

Football Fixtures
Fri 2 Sep: Intermediate Football Championship, At Tuam Stadium, Monivea-Abbey v Williamstown, 6.30pm Ref: N Dempsey. Junior C Football Championship North, At Milltown, Claregalway v Dunmore MacHales, 7pm Ref: P Kelly; At Glenamaddy, Glenamaddy v Corofin, 7pm, Ref: C Ward. Division 6 (West) League, At na Forbacha, Barna v An Spidéal, 7pm, Ref: F Kinneen

Senior club football championship recommences this weekend

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

The race for the Frank Fox Cup and the right to be considered the top football club in Galway recommences this weekend with two preliminary quarter-finals down for decision, and three round three games.

Impressive minor footballers glide into All-Ireland final

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

The Galway minor footballers, under the guidance of team manager Stephen Joyce and selectors Jason Taniane and Terence Morgan, produced a good performance Sunday in Croke Park on Sunday, defeating Donegal by 2-12 to 1-11 to qualify for the All-Ireland minor final for the first time in nine years.

Galway to face Waterford in All-Ireland U21 final

Wed, Aug 24, 2016

The Galway U21s, under the guidance of former All-Ireland winning camogie manager Tony Ward, will face a strong, powerful, and heavily fancied Waterford on Saturday September 10 following their 0-21 to 0-19 win over Dublin in extra-time.

Galway hurlers went down battling

Thu, Aug 18, 2016

Any time a team loses a big game by a solitary point, there is major disappointment for those involved, their management team, and for their supporters.

Disappointed Donoghue focuses on the positives

Thu, Aug 18, 2016

Btterly disappointed by his team's one point defeat to Tipperary last weekend, Galway team manager Micheál Donoghue is trying to focus on the positives.

“Coming into the game, the chat was it was going to be a shoot-out. From a manager’s perspective you didn’t want it to turn out that way. Inevitably it did, and the game ebbed and flowed. We’re just bitterly disappointed that we didn’t get something out of it."

Minor footballers will need to be their best to defeat Donegal

Thu, Aug 18, 2016

Galway minor footballers will face impressive Ulster champions Donegal this Sunday in Croke Park (1.30pm) in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Minor hurlers well beaten by slick Tipperary outfit

Thu, Aug 18, 2016

The Galway minor hurlers and current All-Ireland champions were well beaten by 7-12 to 2-12 in Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final by a well-balanced and slick Tipperary team that will take a lot of beating by Limerick in the final.

Hurlers must be at their best to take down Tipp

Thu, Aug 11, 2016

Twelve months is a long time in sport. This time last year Clarinbridge native Micheál Donoghue and Michael Ryan were helping Eamon O'Shea in the backroom of the Tipperary senior hurling team which was beaten by Anthony Cunningham's Galway. That 2015 All-Ireland semi-final was an epic game with Galway prevailing 0-26 to 3-16.

Bergin believes collective purpose will be key for Galway camogie

Thu, Aug 11, 2016

The Galway senior Camogie team will take on Kilkenny this Saturday at 3.45pm in Semple Stadium in Thurles in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Galway's semi-final is preceded by Cork and Wexford (2pm) and both games are live on RTÉ.

Minor hurlers prepared for Tipperary seeking revenge

Thu, Aug 11, 2016

The Galway minor hurlers take on Tipperary this Sunday in the All-Ireland semi-final in Croke Park (1.30pm) in an eagerly anticipated repeat of last year's decider, which Galway won.

Both counties have the same management teams as last season, with Jeffrey Lynskey in charge of Galway.

Underperforming footballers well beaten by dominant Tipperary

Wed, Aug 03, 2016

The last 20 minutes in Croke Park last Sunday afternoon was very tough going for the Galwegians who had made the trip to Dublin support their team.

Minor footballers set up semi-final clash with Donegal

Wed, Aug 03, 2016

The Galway minor footballers secured a last four spot against Donegal in Croke Park on August 21 with a solid 3-10 to 0-12 victory over Laois in Tullamore last Saturday. Galway goalkeeper Cormac Haslam was in tremendous form for Stephen Joyce's charges and he made some top class saves to keep the O'Moore men at bay. It was fortunate for Galway that Haslam made those saves and that Laois were quite wasteful in front of goals or the game would have gone down right to the wire.

Galway looked dangerous in attack where team captain Desmond Conneely and Robert Finnerty linked up very well and hit 1-7 between them.

Galway's last eight days

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

As Sunday draws near, Galway players and supporters are gearing up for an All-Ireland football quarter-final clash with Munster finalists, Tipperary, at Croke Park. Kevin Wash's Connacht champions will be confident they can overcome one of the surprise packages of this year's championship and advance to the last four for the first time since 2001.

Galway can beat Tipperary with a consistent seventy minutes of football

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

The Galway footballers will head up the motorway to Jones Road this Sunday morning to face Tipperary in the All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park [4pm], hoping to be the first senior football team from the county to taste success at the venue since 2001.

It is difficult to comprehend that in the intervening 15 years since Galway defeated Meath by 0-17 to 0-8 in the All-Ireland final, the county senior footballers have not won a single game at headquarters.

Gutsy performance sees Galway into All-Ireland hurling semi-final

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

The Galway senior hurlers produced an impressive and extremely hard working performance all over the field in Semple Stadium last Sunday afternoon to defeat Clare by 2-17 to 0-17, and qualify for an All-Ireland semi-final against Tipperary on August 14 in Croke Park.

Improving Galway are worthy Connacht champions

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

The footballers from Galway defeated Roscommon easily on Sunday afternoon in McHale Park in the Connacht final, winning by 3-16 to 0-14.

Unbeaten Galway advance to camogie semi-finals

Thu, Jul 21, 2016

Following their impressive 1-12 to 0-10 win last weekend over Kilkenny, Galway senior camogie squad under the guidance of Ollie Bergin will proceed directly to the Liberty Insurance Senior Camogie championship semi-finals.

Current All-Ireland champions Cork, the other group winners, also qualified directly for the last four, which will be broadcast live on RTÉ One on Saturday, August 13 from Nowlan Park.

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