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Jimmy Cranny was born in Dublin in 1905. He was orphaned early in life, came to Galway when he was eight and it became his home from then on. He grew up to be a champion swimmer, a winner of the Prom Swim and a springboard diving champion of Connacht. He was a member of the Royal Lifesaving Society and became one of their first lifeguards. He later joined the Irish Red Cross.

There was plenty to take from a fantastically fought Connacht Derby last Friday night. Unfortunately, the most tangible impact of a fantastic game of football was that the wait for European football in Galway will now go on for at least 35 years.

On this day, October 10, 1937, Coláiste Éinde opened on Threadneedle Road for the first time. The school had been founded by the State in 1928 shortly after the State itself was founded. The aim was to teach boys through the medium of Irish so that they would go on to St Patrick’s Teacher Training College, get secure employment for life and, in turn, educate a new generation of boys through Irish.

There may have been no more difficult assignment available in the FAI Cup Second Round Draw than away to Shelbourne. Despite this, Galway United will travel to Tolka tomorrow with confidence gained from their performances to date.

Galway United moved 10 points clear at the summit of the SSE Airtricity first division table following a valuable 2-1 win over promotion rivals Waterford FC in Eamonn Deacy Park on Friday.

This club, originally established in 1864, must be one of the oldest in Galway, if not one of the oldest amateur sporting clubs in the country. Unfortunately, the minutes of the club meetings for 1864 and 1865 cannot be found, but we are fortunate that Maurice Semple had access to the minutes for most other years and published them in a book entitled A Century of Minutes, the Story of the Corrib Club, 1864 – 1966.

For the first time since their remarkable run of unbeaten county final appearances began in 2012, St Thomas left Pearse Stadium on Sunday without the Tom Callinan Cup in their possession.

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Waterford FC 0 Galway United 1

Bray Wanderers 1 Galway United 3