Football championship hots up with four quarter-finals

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

St James’ v Mountbellew/Moylough (Sat 6pm in Tuam Stadium)

Corofin march into county quarter-finals

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

Reigning county champions Corofin will play Moycullen this weekend in the quarter-final of the county championship after keeping their ‘drive for five’ alive when overcoming last year's finalists, Salthill/Knocknacarra by 1-18 to 2-12.

Masterful Micheál makes Tribesmen’s dreams come true

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

It is the question Micheál Donoghue always dreamed of being asked, and not long after the full time whistle was blown in Croke Park last Sunday, he tried to put it into words what it felt like to be All Ireland champions.

Famine ends as MacCarthy Cup comes west again

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

Galway supporters lucky enough to have been in Croke Park on Sunday afternoon witnessed history being made with the county winning its fifth senior All-Ireland hurling title - their first since 1988 when Conor Hayes led the team to All-Ireland glory.

A win that had family at its heart

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

It was something else, something raw tugging at so many heartstrings.

Lynskey’s minors come good in second half to see off Cork

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

At the smoothly run and enjoyable homecoming for both minor and senior teams in Pearse Stadium on Monday, Galway minor hurling manager Jeffrey Lynskey quoted the old Meat Loaf classic “Two out of three ain’t bad” to describe Galway’s terrific 2-17 to 2-15 win over Cork in the All-Ireland minor final.

Homecoming was reward for a generation who never knew success

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

Out they came in their thousands, in a weekend that saw fifty thousand shades of maroon on every street in the city and county.

Lynskey hails minors’ hard work and commitment

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

In the three years he has been in charge of the Galway minor hurlers, Jeffrey Lynskey has guided two different groups of young Tribesmen to the top of the game at their level.

Tribesmen bring Liam home in style

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

At times it was sparkling, others nerve wracking, but at the end of the day it was just brilliant as Galway ended a 29-year wait to bring the Liam MacCarthy Cup west of the Shannon for the fifth time.

Three minutes in it looked like they might do it the easy way, hitting Waterford for three points in the opening 180 seconds, but once Kevin Moran got in behind the Galway defence and drove the ball low past Colm Callanan in the Galway goal to kick life into what looked like a startled Waterford, it was game on.

‘I believe numbers 27 to 34 won this All Ireland for us,’ says Cooney

Thu, Sep 07, 2017

Taking slugs from a water bottle, still dripping in sweat from the effort of battle a short time earlier, Joseph Cooney sat patiently alongside manager Mícheál Donoghue under the Hogan Stand on Sunday evening.

That winning feeling is still sinking in

Sun, Sep 03, 2017

So this is what it feels like.
Savour it.

Tribesmen bring Liam home in style

Sun, Sep 03, 2017

At times it was sparkling, others nerve wracking but at the end of the day it was just brilliant as Galway ended a 29-year wait to bring the Liam McCarthy Cup west of the Shannon for the fifth time. Three minutes in looked like they might do it the easy way, hitting Waterford for three points in the opening 180 seconds, but once Kevin Moran got in behind the Galway defence and drove the ball low past Colm Callanan in the Galway goal to kick life into what looked like a startled Waterford, it was game on.

Minor magic from young tribesmen

Sun, Sep 03, 2017

It might have been the undercard, but the minor final was entertaining and as brilliant for Galway as the latest crop of minors came up trumps against the odds, with a brilliant fearless display of hurling in Croke Park. It couldn’t have started worse for them with Brian Turnbull finishing the ball to the back of the net inside the opening 15 seconds of the game and the same man slotting over a pointed free two minutes later to leave Galway four points down and under serious pressure.

Salthill and Corofin meet in repeat of 2016 county final

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

This Saturday’s preliminary championship quarter-final in Tuam Stadium at 3.45pm between Corofin and Salthill/Knocknacarra will be a repeat performance of last year’s county final.

In that clash, Corofin were put to the pin of their collar by the city side before emerging victors to record a historic four-in-a-row for the club.

All-Ireland final Sunday 2017

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

This Sunday in Croke Park the Galway senior hurlers will line up at 3.30pm for their chance to add to the hurling annals, under the watchful eye of referee Fergal Horgan from Tipperary.

Burke is ready for another shot at glory

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

He has an All Ireland club medal, U21 winner's medal, three All Stars, two league winner's medals, a Fitzgibbon Cup and a couple of Leinister titles in his back pocket, but the one he really wants is up for grabs on Sunday afternoon.

A sequel twenty-five years in the making

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

Galway manager Micheal Donoghue and his Waterford counterpart Derek McGrath will renew hurling rivalries on Sunday - some 25 years after their first meeting.