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The Galway Minor and Senior hurling teams might be busy preparing for the All Ireland finals on Sunday but so too is Black Dragon kickboxer Catherine Cullinan from Claregalway. 

Galway WFC enjoyed a flying start to their new season on Sunday when overcoming  intermediate side St Catherine’s in Dublin.  The 4-0 victory ensures Galway WFC progress to the Continental Tyres FAI Womens Senior Cup quarter-finals.

As an intriguing SSE Airtricity League premier division relegation battle continues, Galway United's Eamonn Deacy Park clash with Longford Town on Saturday evening can certainly be classed as crucial.

A new season, but with the same goal.  Connacht open their Guinness Pro 12 League with a home fixture against the Newport Gwent Dragons more prepared than previous seasons to achieve Champions Cup qualification.

GAA patrons in both Galway and Mayo have one thing in common this week: a frantic search for tickets for next Saturday and Sunday’s two sell-out games at Croke Park.

Galway fans who cannot make it to Croke Park for the All Ireland hurling final can watch all the action for free at an Odeon cinema.

You’ll feel like you’re walking on air this weekend if you correctly predict the final score in either of the two hurling finals on Sunday.

An elderly lady once told me that “Apart from the Irish language, we have nothing more Irish in this country than the game of hurling.” I agree. It is the greatest game of them all. It is probably the number one game in the county, attendances at senior county finals being a very good criterion — the hurling final has always been the bigger attraction than the football counterpart, “even in the balmy days of our football three-in-a-row,” according to the late Jack Mahon.

The Galway minor hurlers will get proceedings under way next Sunday at Croke Park when they take on a highly-rated Tipperary in the All-Ireland minor final (1.15pm).

First match for Galway: