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In 1947 the Railway Cup crossed the Shannon for the first time. The team were all from Galway. They had beaten Leinster in the semi-final by a score of 2 – 6 to 2 – 5. The man of the match in that game was Paddy Gantley. He gave another memorable display on Easter Sunday when he lined out against Munster in the final. His name used to appear on match programmes as ‘P. Gardiner’ because he was a priest, and not supposed to play hurling.

In spite of the fact that Athlone’s Nexans factory shut its doors six months ago with the loss of 96 jobs, a commitment to raise €10,000 for the South Westmeath Hospice has been honoured.