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Westmeath have been drawn away to London in the preliminary round of the hurling qualifiers in a game fixed for Ruislip on Saturday June 22. There was a time when playing London in either code was a formality but not so any more. Just ask anyone from Sligo.

Galway open their Leinster championship campaign against Laois on Sunday, and Fergal Moore insists his side needs to be extremely professional and focused in their approach.

In these austere times, if GAA supporters (consumers) are going to pay their limited cash at the turnstiles to attend games, they expect to be entertained.

(Westmeath v Carlow, Cusack Park, Sunday, 3.30pm)

While our footballers secured promotion last weekend, Brian Hanley’s hurlers kept their own promotion hopes very much alive with another valuable win, this time over Wicklow.

The Galway hurlers head to Walsh Park in Waterford this Sunday (3pm) knowing that they must secure a victory if they are to have any chance of avoiding a relegation play-off in two weeks time, to see which team from Division 1A will ply their trade in 1B in 2014.

After Mayo were beaten by Donegal in this year's All-Ireland football final, many Galwegians were able and quick to point out that it was Mayo's sixth All-Ireland final defeat since 1989. Six finals, (and one draw), and yet no victory.

When Kilkenny got on a run in the third quarter the last day, they were driven on by the brilliance of Brian Hogan and Tommy Walsh. Hogan plucked two or three in a row out of the air and you almost feel the intake of breath and anxiety in the Galway crowd in the Hogan Stand.

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Coming out of Dublin last Sunday evening on the motorway was a surreal experience. The motorway at 7.30pm was like some kind of mobile car park for Galway supporters as they trekked West after seeing their team play their part in one of the best hurling finals in years.