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Monivea-Abbey won through to the Connacht Intermediate final after a hard fought 1-08 to 0-10 victory over Mayo champions Kilmeena in Tuam Stadium on Sunday afternoon. This contest was due to bring the curtain down on the famous hayshed which has stood the test of time over the stand in Tuam. Redevelopment on the old stand now has been delayed for a week to allow the intermediate Connacht final to be played.

Robbie Power is no stranger to big-race success. The former Jump jockey has an array of big-race wins on his CV, including Gold Cup and Grand National victories.

Three important games are on the agenda in the Galway FA premier division this weekend.

A particularly interesting Galway FA premier division campaign continues with Victor Collins' Salthill Devon edging to the top of table.

With four teams to be relegated and a string of clubs involved in the title race this is turning into a particularly exciting Galway FA premier division season.

Champions Moycullen were made to work hard to ensure a positive start in defence of their senior crown on the opening weekend of senior football championship action.

For most of December 1920, Thomas Hynes, quartermaster of the Galway IRA, was in Queen’s College Galway - today's NUIG - hiding from Crown forces, sleeping on top of bookshelves, and assisting in the making of grenades.

Michael Joseph Howley was born in Oranmore in 1895. His father died when Joe was just two years old. His mother was a sister of Peter Rabbitt, the proprietor of Rabbitt’s provision shop, licensed premises, and lodgings in Forster Street. She later married William Keane, the owner of Keane’s Bar in Oranmore. Joe, as he was popularly known, attended the local primary school and later went to the Bish in Galway. He obviously worked at farming as his mother once wrote, “He made a good lot with trading with cattle and sheep”.

The first of the two county senior semi-finals at Tuam Stadium on Sunday at 2pm sees Michael Donnellan's Mountbellew/Moylough taking on Monivea-Abbey, who are under the guidance of Barry Downey.