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Round two of the Galway football club championship will kick off this weekend. With the new system in place, all the winners from round one will play each other, while the losers from the opening weekend will face off.

When the Galway-Salthill Tramway ceased trading in 1918, it caused a problem for locals who had been using the service as public transport so a group of local businessmen came together on April 5, 1919 to register The Galway General Omnibus Company Limited as a public company. The directors were Thomas McDonough, Joe Young, Robert Mackie, Michael Crowley, Philip O’Gorman, Martin Hynes and Martin Finan. John Leech was the secretary and Joseph Garvey the manager.

Padraic Joyce takes Galway into their first All-Ireland final since 2001, when, on that day, Galway overcame a fancied Meath side. On the day the now manager was the star.

The Galway Senior Football Championship is down to the last eight teams and the draw, which was made 10 days ago, has produced a few tasty clashes to whet the appetite of football supporters around the county.

It was all to play for going into the last round of the Galway Senior Football Championship at the weekend.

The build-up to the return to league action continues in the Mayo League this weekend as the action moves back to the Super and Premier Cups, after a weekend of games in the divisional cup competitions last weekend.

On a day when the all-conquering Dubs overpowered Galway despite a promising start by the Tribesmen, Damien Comer produced a moment of magic out on the sideline by the Cusack Stand.

This week we take an in-depth look at group three of the Galway Senior Football Championship.

Last November, Bóthar received a special donation of an in-calf Friesian heifer by a group of Islandeady farmers. They were contributing to Bóthar’s heifer collection that was destined for Albania.