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The final round of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship arrives with plenty still at stake, from direct quarter-final or preliminary quarter-final qualification to the less appealing prospect of entering the relegation series.

Galway Hospice is calling on people across Galway to put the kettle on this September and host their own Coffee Morning in support of local hospice care.

O’Donnellan & Joyce is offering for sale a superb four bedroom detached residence located just a few minutes from the popular villages of Labane and Ardrahan.

After an opening round dominated by tight finishes, Round 2 offers several teams an early opportunity to take control of their groups in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship.

There are few achievements more remarkable than a long life. Not simply because of the number itself — though 107 years is a figure that rightly causes us to pause in wonder — but because of all that such a life must carry within it. A century is not merely a sequence of birthdays. It is an accumulation of seasons, sorrows, joys, losses, changes and quiet acts of endurance. To live long is not only to survive. It is to adapt. To bend without breaking as the world remakes itself around you.

In 1791, a French writer, in his impressions of Galway wrote, “In August, hurling begins to be played. Each team is divided into three sections – 'L’arriere' of back guards the goal and seeks to stop the ball from passing through. Another group is in front to prevent the enemy’s ball from coming back from that end, that is the middle; the third group called the whip is 'sur le terrain' [on the ground]. The game of hurling is 'Behine' and the place they play – Turlough. The ball is cow’s hair, very compact and covered with leather. The spectators are on the ground about – the majority dancing. The sides are distinguished by the colour of their caps. It is terrifying to see the way they rush into each other to force the ball to pass under the goal.”

The Galway People of the Year Awards marked a significant milestone at the weekend, celebrating their 30th anniversary with a gala banquet that drew more than 550 family members, friends, and supporters to the Galway Bay Hotel.

Clarinbridge 1-12 Mullagh 1-10

The safety nets no longer exist in the Galway Senior Championship from this point on, with every team that takes to the field fully aware that their season rests on the outcome of this game.

Though there have been a fair few one-sided affairs up to this juncture, of the sixteen teams in the Galway Senior Hurling Championship, only one team, Oranmore/Maree, has nothing riding on this weekend.