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Any All Ireland is a good one. And when a Galway football team at any level defeats a Kerry team in an All Ireland final at Croke Park, it is a good day.

With preparations now well under way for next month’s inaugural Mayors Awards for County Galway organisors have announced the 35 community and voluntary groups short listed and in with a chance of coming up trumps in more than seven categories.

A total of 45 sporting clubs in Galway city and county are to benefit from grants totalling €1,722,500 from the Department of Arts, Sports, and Tourism.

For those of you who did not know, Ballinasloe GAA club has one of the most prolific and proud histories of any GAA club in the country. The St Grellan’s football club have won 17 Galway county senior titles and are only behind Tuam Stars with 24, on the Galway roll of honour.

Ballinasloe’s great Gaelic football years of the late seventies were relived in person and in print.