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The trials and tribulations of being a supporter in a dual county were laid bare last weekend, when it proved literally impossible to properly follow both Galway teams over the course of a single Sunday afternoon.

Two games. Two encouraging displays against last year’s All-Ireland finalists. But ultimately, two defeats and zero points. That is the stark reality of Galway’s opening to the 2026 National Hurling League.

A five-point defeat to your fiercest rivals will always sting, but last Saturday night in Thurles is unlikely to leave any lasting scars.

Galway get their Allianz Hurling League campaign underway this Saturday against All-Ireland champions Tipperary at Semple Stadium.

And just like that, the curtain closed on another enthralling club season, with Ballygunner of Waterford and Kerry’s Dingle crowned All-Ireland senior champions in hurling and football respectively.

Celebrating its 10th year, the award-winning Food On The Edge symposium returns to ATU Galway this month with “Evolution” as its central theme.

Aoife Donohue has seen it all. Been there and done that. At the open training session held in Kenny Park, the Galway veteran who has been so integral to the county's camogie's successes over the years, is laser focused on Sunday's All-Ireland decider.

The Greenhills Hotel on the Ennis Road was my destination of choice and the place was packed full of Tipperary and Galway supporters. You certainly would not have thought you were just 400 metres from the clubhouse of Na Piarsaigh – All-Ireland winners in 2016 - when the roof nearly came off the place after 14-man Dublin produced a monumental shock to unceremoniously dump the Treaty out.

While the men in maroon have won four of the five previous meetings at this juncture of the championship they enter this encounter as underdogs, which may well suit Micheál Donoghue and his team.