Galway footballers wary of hurting Royals

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

Following their impressive and well-deserved victory over Derry in Celtic Park at the weekend, the Galway senior footballers face Meath in Pearse Stadium this Sunday (2pm) in round four of the National Football League.

Hurlers need to up the ante in Nowlan Park

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

The Galway hurlers are away to Kilkenny on Sunday in round three of the National Hurling League when they face the All-Ireland champions in Nowlan Park at 2pm.

No joy for Medtronic

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

Medtronic's quest for All Ireland honours in the interfirms senior hurling final came unstuck against Offaly's Grant Eng by 0-17 to 0-15.

Eyrecourt target intermediate glory

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

County intermediate camogie champions Eyrecourt are quietly confident they can defeat Cahir of Tipperary this Sunday in the All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship final at Croke Park (1.30pm).

Killimor face hot favourites Milford for camogie crown

Thu, Mar 03, 2016

Galway senior county camogie champions Killimor will be in action at Croke Park (3.15pm) this Sunday in the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final when they take on the highly-rated Milford (Cork).

Novel pairing in college football final

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

Colaiste Iognaid,The Jes, and the Presentation College Athenry meet this Saturday morning at Tuam Stars GAA complex (11.30am ) in the Senior C Connacht colleges football final in a novel GAA football meeting.

Athenry, familiar with finals having already annexed the Connacht senior A hurling and Connacht soccer A titles in recent weeks, now turn their attention to the C football final where they meet city-based opponents The Jes.

Hurlers fail to sparkle under lights

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

The Galway hurlers went down by 1-17 to 0-13 last Saturday in Parnell Park.

Galway camogie off to a flyer

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

Galway enjoyed a perfect start to the defence of the National Camogie League with a comprehensive 3-7 to 0-5 win over Tipperary at The Ragg.

Rahoon/Newcastle registration

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

Rahoon/Newcastle Hurling Club will hold its registration day on Saturday at the clubhouse in Tonabrucky from 1pm to 3pm. All underage players who register on the day will receive a new Rahoon/Newcastle sliotar to help them get started for the year ahead. Adult registration will also take place on the day. New members are welcome.

Footballers head to Derry for crucial league game

Thu, Feb 25, 2016

The Galway footballers return to league action this Sunday in Celtic Park (2pm) when they face Derry in round three of the National Football League.

Hurlers head to Parnell Park after a positive league start

Thu, Feb 18, 2016

The Galway hurlers will head up the motorway on Saturday afternoon to Parnell Park with a bounce in their step. They take on Dublin (7pm) in round two of the NHL after an impressive enough start to the league.

GAA Fixtures

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A new start for Galway hurlers as league campaign begins

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

The Galway hurlers, under the new guidance of Micheál Donoghue, start their National Hurling League 1A campaign on Sunday at Pearse Stadium (2pm) against Cork.

A big crowd is expected in Salthill to run the rule over the new panel and to suss out how things may look for the coming few months. Cork is always a team Galway like to beat, ensuring a competitive edge to this game.

Battling footballers fall to impressive Tyrone

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

There were mixed emotions for Galway football supporters and team management leaving Pearse Stadium on Sunday after watching their side go down narrowly by 1-9 to 1-7 against Mickey Harte's Tyrone side.

Disappointment for Sarsfields and Abbeyknockmoy

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

Both Galway hurling clubs in All-Ireland club action last weekend suffered major disappointments with senior champions Sarsfields and county intermediate champions Abbeyknockmoy suffering defeats.

Football championship draw

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

The draws for the Galway intermediate and senior football championships took place in RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta headquarters in Casla on Tuesday.

Ashbourne Cup finals in Gort

Thu, Feb 11, 2016

NUI Galway camogie club hosts the Ashbourne Cup this weekend in the Connacht GAA centre in County Mayo, and Gort.

Some 400 of the best camogie players will descend on Bekan on Saturday afternoon for the six semi-finals in the three competitions.

Galway GAA National Football League Podcast #2

Fri, Feb 05, 2016

Galway kept up their great start to the season on the football field by following up their FBD League success with a win over Laois on the road last Sunday. In this weeks www.advertiser.ie Galway GAA podcast, Alan Flynn and Colm Gannon look back over that win and preview Galway’s biggest test to date this year when Tyrone come to Salthill this Sunday in round two.

Varley in positive form

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

Galway forward Adrian Varley from Cortoon is in a positive frame of mind ahead of Sunday's meeting with Tyrone at Pearse Stadium (2pm) in round 2 of the NFL.

Walsh and Harte go head to head in NFL

Thu, Feb 04, 2016

This Sunday Kevin Walsh and Mickey Harte's teams line out in what promises to be a captivating game between Galway and Tyrone in Pearse Stadium (2pm) in round two of the NFL.

Both teams are on the back of a nice run of wins. Tyrone annexed the McKenna Cup for the fifth year in a row recently and they also defeated Cavan last Sunday (0-10 to 0-8) in a dogfight in Healy Park in Omagh. Galway cantered home by eight points (3-12 to 1-10) over Laois to follow up their FBD success.

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