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There was some surprise news this week from Galway United, with manager John Caulfield confirming both the departure of ‘keeper Evan Watts due to a loan recall from Swansea City, and the arrival on a short-term deal of Galway Gaelic footballer Connor Gleeson.

There was some surprise news this morning from Galway United, with manager John Caulfield confirming both the departure of ‘keeper Evan Watts due to a loan recall from Swansea City, and the arrival on a short-term deal of Galway Gaelic footballer Connor Gleeson.

If Galway’s senior footballers put in as flawless of a performance on Sunday as Fitzy has produced during his Love Island stint to-date, Pádraig Joyce’s men will be making that trip back to Croker with ease.

If Galway’s senior footballers put in as flawless of a performance on Sunday as Fitzy has produced during his Love Island stint to-date, Pádraig Joyce’s men will be making that trip back to Croker with ease.

“For sale: baby shoes, never worn” is a six word story that is often attributed to Ernest Hemingway, though many dispute the story originated with the American author. Whatever the source, it is possibly the shortest, and saddest, story ever written.

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Frank O’Connell still vividly remembers some of Peter Mernagh’s goals and interventions on pitches throughout the west. Last week Mernagh, part of a famous sporting family in Galway, passed away.

Rugby in the Midlands region lost one of its great characters with the sudden passing of Kevin Canavan.

The Galway Ladies are in action this Saturday when they are up against Dublin in the eagerly anticipated All-Ireland semi-final in Hyde Park (4.30pm).

What lengths will you go to chasing a dream? For generations of footballers from the barony of Erris the trek up and down the road to Castlebar and other venues around the county for training has been a grueling one they have traversed many times for the honour of wearing the green and red.