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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.

Galway’s champions Loughrea take on Ballygunner in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final at Croke Park on Sunday.

Galway Senior Hurling Club Championship

Over the past two seasons on the local club scene, the debate around the most consistent player in the senior championship most likely comes down to two men from the same household.

“He didn’t lick it off a stone” is a saying that feels particularly apt when telling the story of Loughrea manager Tommy Kelly and the GAA legacy handed down to him by his late father.

Since the establishment of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship in 1971, Galway clubs have been among the most successful in Ireland’s premier club competition. No county has produced more champion clubs than Galway, with 14 titles shared among seven different clubs — a record that underlines the strength and depth of hurling across the county.

Sheila Garrity, convener of the Galway branch of the 2025 Connolly Presidential Campaign, intends to retain the seat vacated by the former Claddagh-based TD’s election to the Áras in November.

Seven different Galway clubs – Portumna, Athenry, Sarsfields, St. Thomas’, Castlegar, Clarinbridge and Kiltormer – have climbed the steps of the Hogan Stand to accept the Tommy Moore Cup. Gort and Loughrea are two outliers, in that they are the only ones to have reached an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final and been unsuccessful.

As we enter 2026, Galway’s property market stands at a defining juncture. Strong, deeply rooted demand continues to meet a constrained supply pipeline in a dynamic that has now persisted for the better part of a decade.

Galway champions Loughrea take on Sleacht Néill in the AIB All-Ireland Club Hurling Championship semi-final this Sunday at Parnell Park.