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A cursory look at the scoreline - in years to come - will have people thinking that this was a game played out by two teams who weren't that good; but huge credit must go to both sides who put their best foot forward in terrible conditions in the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence on Wednesday night.

It was first blood of 2022 for Galway in the old rivalry out west as Pádraic Joyce’s men edged out Mayo by three points in the Connacht GAA AirDome in Bekan on Friday night.

The Mayo Minor Hurlers start the defence of their All Ireland Minor C title against Sligo at the Connacht Centre of Excellence in Bekan tomorrow Saturday, July 11, at 3.30pm. Mayo are in contention for three in a row at this grade having defeated Ulster champions Monaghan in 2013 and 2014 to win the title.

It has been a far from ideal pre-season for the Mayo senior hurling team with manager Christy Philips resigning just before Christmas. But last weekend they got 2015 off to a winning start in the new Connacht Senior Hurling League when they saw off the challenge of Leitrim by 2-13 to 0-5 in Ballinamore. The Mayo management team of JP Coen, Derek Walsh, Tommy Feeney, and John Waldron fielded an experimental side but will have been pleased with what they saw from their side in their first outing, with only a very small bit of training behind them so far.

Brackloon school and district are having a festive reunion as part of the Gathering festivities on August 23 and 25.

Tomorrow afternoon the townland of Bekan will see the meeting of some of the best schools’ footballing talent in the county when St Gerald’s College, Castlebar, and St Colman’s College, Claremorris, come face to face in the Connacht Colleges Senior Football Championship A semi-final.

A Bekan native is to contest the upcoming Dublin West by-election which is due to take place the same day as the presidential election, Thursday October 27.

En Route is a limited edition photographic-based publication with an accompanying double CD featuring content in relation to old routes in the landscape in the Bekan, Ballindine, and Tulrahan areas.

En Route is a limited edition photographic based publication, with an accompanying double CD, featuring content in relation to old routes in the landscape in the Bekan, Ballindine, and Tulrahan areas.

Would you like to get outdoors and visit some local sites in the Bekan area? If so you might be interested in a tour taking place on Saturday September 4.