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The Survivors Integrated Service at the London Irish Centre recently received a letter from a survivor of St Anne’s Orphanage, Lenaboy, Taylors Hill — The centre thought it would be nice to share this anonymous letter with the people of Galway as they want to recognise that not all survivors’ experiences of institutions were the same. This letter is only meant to reflect one person’s experience of their time at St Anne’s and their memories of how the community of Galway came together to give them a magical Christmas experience every year.

Galway ladies footballers head to Croke Park on Saturday with high hopes of claiming this season's Lidl Ladies' National Football League division one crown.

Galway and champions Meath had to settle for a share of the spoils in a tight and tense Lidl NFL division one clash on Sunday.

Sinéad Walsh and Lisa Cafferky both scored two goals as Mayo earned their place in the semi-finals of the Lidl NFL after victory over rivals Galway at Tuam Stadium.

Galway Ladies will be action in Tuam Stadium on Sunday when they host neighbours and arch rivals Mayo in the second round of the Lidl National Football League (2pm).

Tooreen’s dream of an All Ireland final appearance came to an end in Ballinasloe on Sunday afternoon, where they were deservedly beaten by Nass by five points on a bitter January afternoon.

Galway Ladies will be keen to take the points on Sunday against Westmeath (Pearse Stadium 2pm) after falling to neighbours Mayo by a single point in McHale Park.

A last minute pointed free from Deirdre Doherty saw Mayo edge out Galway in the opening round of the Ladies National Football League in MacHale Park on Saturday evening.

Now that GAA club games are being played again, we thought to show you the county champions of 1936, Wolfe Tones. They were a city based team who also won the championship in 1941 but after that they seemed to fade out. Another city team of the period, Galway Gaels, who were champions in 1930, also faded out in the 1940s. Maybe some of the members of both clubs joined Father Griffins which was founded in 1948.