Team News: Galway v Mayo, Connacht U17 Football R5

The Galway U17 Football team to face Mayo this evening in Round 5 of the Electric Ireland Connacht GAA Minor Football Championship is announced
 
🗓️Friday 18th April
📍Tuam Stadium
🕡6.30pm
📻 Commentary on Galway Bay FM
📺Watch Live here
 
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Best of Luck Lads!
 
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Team News: Connacht Senior Football Championship Semi Final, Galway v Roscommon

Following our opening round away in New York, our Senior Footballers welcome Roscommon to Pearse Stadium on Sunday for the Connacht Senior Football Championship Semi-Final

GALWAY V ROSCOMMON
📍Pearse Stadium
🗓️Sunday 20th April
🕓4.00PM
📺RTE

Match Tickets on Sale and in Centra and SuperValu Stores
https://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/1800628B99E42BE8

Important Match Day Information for all supporters travelling to Pearse Stadium

The Connacht Senior Football Championship semi-final between Galway and Roscommon will take place in Pearse Stadium at 4pm on Sunday, 20th April, 2025.

With up to 15,000 people expected to attend the match, there will be increased traffic on approach roads to Galway and in the Salthill area.

Supporters are urged to arrive early in order to avoid traffic congestion and potential delays entering Pearse Stadium. Gates will open at 2.30pm.

Supporters travelling by car are advised to use the carparks in Salthill or the city centre and continue to the stadium on foot or by public transport. Coláiste Éinde (St Enda’s College) on Threadneedle Road will be open for parking.

Motorists are reminded to park legally and responsibly.

Beidh cluiche leathcheannais Chraobh Shinsir Peile Chonnacht idir Gaillimh agus Ros Comáin ar siúl i Staid an Phiarsaigh ag 4pm Dé Domhnaigh, 20 Aibreán, 2025.

Agus suas le 15,000 duine ag súil le freastal ar an gcluiche, beidh méadú ar an trácht ar na bóithre isteach go Gaillimh agus i gceantar Bhóthar na Trá.

Moltar do lucht tacaíochta teacht go luath chun plódú tráchta agus moilleanna ionchasacha ag dul isteach i Staid an Phiarsaigh a sheachaint. Osclófar geataí ag 2.30pm.

Moltar do lucht tacaíochta atá ag taisteal i gcarr na carrchlóis i mBóthar na Trá nó lár na cathrach a úsáid agus leanúint ar aghaidh go dtí an staidiam ar shiúlóid nó ar iompar poiblí. Beidh Coláiste Éinde ar Bhóthar na Mine ar oscailt do pháirceáil.

Meabhraítear do thiománaithe páirceáil go dleathach agus go freagrach.

Team News: Galway v New York, Connacht SFC QF

Our Senior Footballers get their Connacht championship campaign underway with a trip to New York to face the local side in Gaelic Park, New York.

The squad for the game is announced below,

Game is live streamed on GAA+ https://www.gaaplus.ie/

We will also have live score updates on our X feed via WhatstheScor App.

Match Commentary on Galway Bay FM Radio.

Best of luck to our Senior Footballers & Team Management as the Connacht SF Championship gets underway!

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Team News: Galway U20 Football team v Sligo

Dalata Hotel Group Connacht GAA U20 Football Championship Round 3

Galway v Sligo
Wednesday 2nd April
Markievicz Park, Sligo
6:15 PM
Watch Live on Spórt TG4 YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/live/PgrD1L4qIfQ

Buy Match Tickets
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AFL Team News: Galway team v Kerry

Our Senior Footballers welcome Kerry to Pearse Stadium for Round 7 of the Allianz Football League on Sunday.

GALWAY V KERRY
🗓️Sunday March 23rd 2025
📍Pearse Stadium
🕒Throw-in at 3.45pm
📲Live Score updates via whatsthescor on our X feed
📻Galway Bay FM & RnaG Spórt
📺Game is live on TG4 YouTube https://youtube.com/live/9_zOxasFVUw

🎟️Buy Match Tickets online and in selected Centra and SuperValu stores
https://am.ticketmaster.com/gaa/buy/25PS2303

Best of luck to Padraic, Team Management and our Senior Footballers!

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Match Day Information Supporters attending Galway v Kerry

On behalf of Galway GAA and the Pearse Stadium Committee we welcome all GAA Supporters to Salthill on Sunday 23rd March for the Allianz Football game between Galway and Kerry which will throw-in at 3.45pm. 
 This game on Sunday will result in increased traffic in the Galway, Salthill and Pearse Stadium areas and we urge all Supporters to arrive early, in order to avoid traffic congestion and potential delays entering the Stadium.
This is an all-ticket game and no tickets will be available to purchase at the ground on the day. Tickets can be purchased online  and in Centra and SuperValu Supermarkets in advance of the game. Please have your tickets available for scanning as you approach the Stadium.
Turnstiles will be open at the Main Entrance on Rockbarton Road, at Arus Bóthar na Trá on Dr. Mannix Road and at the back of the stand. Gates will open at 2:15pm
There are ample Car Parks in Galway City and Salthill and we encourage patrons to use these car parks and walk or take public transport to/from Salthill.
Car Parking will be available to the public at (Coláiste Éinde) St. Enda’s Secondary School on Threadneedle Road.  H91 X798
Again, we ask all Supporters to arrive early, and to park legally and responsibly, at all times.
Finally, we appeal to all Supporters to be conscious, mindful and respectful to the needs of our neighbour’s and local residents particularly when leaving the stadium after the game.
 In Summary:
1.  Please ensure that you buy your ticket in advance. (No tickets for sale at the ground)
2.  Please travel with care and arrive early.
2.  Please park legally and responsibly.
3.  Please be respectful and mindful of the needs of Local Residents
4.  Enjoy the game
 Thank You for your co-operation and your support.

Team News: Galway U17 Team vs Leitrim

Our U17 Footballers get their Eirgrid sponsored Connacht Minor Championship underway this evening!

Galway v Leitrim
🗓️Friday March 21st 2025
📍St Marys GAA, Cloone (N41 WR02)
🕖7.00PM
🎫 Buy Match Tickets
https://www.universe.com/events/electric-ireland-connacht-minor-football-championship-r1-leitrim-v-galway-tickets-5Q42KV

Note: Tickets will not be on sale at the venue
U16s go free

Best of luck to Neil McHugh, Team Management and our U17 Football squad for the season ahead !

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U20 Football Squad 2025

Team Manager, Derek Savage and his Management team have named their squad for the upcoming Dalata Group U20 Connacht Football Championship.

Team Captain: Colm Costello

Vice Captain: Mark Mannion

Best of luck to our U20 Football Panel and Management for their season ahead!

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Allianz FL D1: Dublin register victory

Allianz Football League Division One

Dublin 2-19 (2-1-17) Galway 2-13 (2-1-11)

By Paul Keane at Croke Park

Sean Bugler capped his return to the Dublin team with a brace of goals to keep the Sky Blues well on course for an Allianz Football League final place.

Remarkably, the in-form attacker was named Man of the Match for the fourth time this season having been brought back into the team after missing the defeat to Armagh with a calf injury.

The comeback that raised the biggest cheer among Dublin supporters in the 17,476 crowd, however, was goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton’s.

The veteran, who made his Dublin debut 24 years ago, hadn’t played for his county since last June’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to the Tribesmen, a result that spelled Dublin’s earliest exit from the Championship since 2009.

So getting one over on the westerners will have felt particularly sweet for Cluxton and all concerned.

Cormac Costello’s five-point haul was significant too while Luke Breathnach and Con O’Callaghan split eight points evenly between them.

Galway arrived in Dublin as the only team in the top three divisions with an unbeaten record but that is gone now.

They did at least get to welcome back Damien Comer who came on for the first time this year and struck 1-2, lending his power and ability to a second-half fightback that got Galway back within two points early in the final quarter.

Dublin ultimately had too much scoring ability for the 2024 All-Ireland finalists and will be guaranteed a final place if they beat Tyrone in Omagh next weekend. Galway are still very much in the title hunt too and will host Kerry in Salthill next weekend.

Dublin kept the Cluxton comeback well under wraps with the 43-year-old not named among the 26-man squad but able to slot in at the 11th hour due to the apparent unavailability of Evan Comerford.

This season’s new directive that all kick-outs must travel beyond the 40m arc placed a fresh microscope on his distribution skills.

It was a mixed bag for the Parnells stopper who struggled for a spell late in the first-half as Galway fought back after a slow start.

Matthew Thompson, making his full NFL debut for Galway, kicked a score after a turnover on Cluxton’s 26th minute kick-out. Cluxton then went short with the subsequent kick-out only for a Galway player to intercept, the move ending with Thompson getting another point attempt away. This time Hawk-Eye intervened to save Dublin.

Earlier in the half, an errant Cluxton kick ended with a Galway goal chance but the hosts escaped on that occasion too.

Still, no goalkeeper is going to have anything like a 100% record on kick-outs this season with so many going long to 50-50 contests.

And Dublin made enough use of the possession they did win to hit the interval break with a commanding 1-10 to 0-6 lead.

Bugler’s return was one of five changes to the Dublin team from the eight-point Round 5 loss to Armagh.

His first goal came in the 12th minute to put Dublin 1-3 to 0-2 ahead, providing a platform for the joint 2021 league winners to push on.

Ross McGarry, making his seasonal return to the team, was terrific up front initially, helping to set up points for Cormac Costello, Luke Breathnach and Niall Scully.

McGarry pinched a score for himself too while Con O’Callaghan closed out the half for Dublin with two points.

Rob Finnerty started well for Galway, scoring from play and a free, but palmed wide when Shane Walsh placed him for an open goal in the seventh minute and later struck two wides and dropped two short. He was whipped off in the 32nd minute and Walsh, who surprisingly dropped a 30m free short at one stage, was also replaced at half-time.

Walsh, remarkably, came into the game with 15 two-pointers to his credit but he couldn’t add another and Galway only scored one all evening, from Daniel O’Flaherty in the third quarter.

Galway did benefit from the new advanced mark rule though, Matthew Tierney having a shot cleared off the line by Greg McEneaney before play was brought back for the Galway attacker to clip a point.

An already entertaining contest took a turn for the extraordinary between the 47th and 53rd minutes.

Bugler began the dramatic few minutes with his and Dublin’s second goal, blasting to the net after playing a clever 1-2 with Tom Lahiff.

Leading 2-13 to 0-9, Dublin looked virtually home and hosed but Comer’s introduction had an immediate impact for Galway. Already energised by O’Flaherty’s two-pointer, Galway then worked a ball in to Comer who secured an advanced mark though the ball ended up in the net from the move, when John Maher’s shot was deflected in off Dublin full-back Theo Clancy.

Comer then netted himself in the 53rd minute, capitalising on great work by Cillian O Curraoin and Cillian McDaid. Comer’s rocket shot almost took the net off the pegs and suddenly Dublin led by just 2-13 to 2-11.

Comer kept the gas down and fired over two more points late on, one from an advanced mark, but Dublin couldn’t be caught. Four Dublin points in a row from Costello, Killian McGinnis, McGarry and Cian Murphy between the 55th and 60th minutes ultimately gave them a vital cushion to see it out.

Scorers for Dublin: Sean Bugler 2-0, Cormac Costello 0-5 (2fs, 1 45), Luke Breathnach 0-4 (1 tp), Con O’Callaghan 0-4, Ross McGarry 0-2, Niall Scully 0-1, Killian McGinnis 0-1, Cian Murphy 0-1, Lorcan O’Dell 0-1.

Scorers for Galway: Damien Comer 1-2 (1m), John Maher 1-0, Rob Finnerty 0-2 (1f), Daniel O’Flaherty 0-2 (tp), Matthew Tierney 0-2 (0-1m), Matthew Thompson 0-1, Dylan McHugh 0-1, Cein Darcy 0-1, Liam O Conghaile 0-1, Cillian McDaid 0-1.

Dublin: Stephen Cluxton; David Byrne, Theo Clancy, Conor Tyrrell; Brian Howard, Sean MacMahon, Cian Murphy; Peadar O Cofaigh Byrne, Tom Lahiff; Niall Scully, Con O’Callaghan, Sean Bugler; Ross McGarry, Luke Breathnach, Cormac Costello.

Subs: Killian McGinnis for O Cofaigh Byrne 43, James Maddenfor Scully 54, Lorcan O’Dell for Breathnach 54, Kevin Lahiff for McGarry 62, Davy Keogh for Costello 68.

Galway: Connor Gleeson; Johnny McGrath, Sean Fitzgerald, Daniel O’Flaherty; Dylan McHugh, Liam Silke, Sean Kelly; Paul Conroy, John Maher; Matthew Tierney, Cillian McDaid, Cein Darcy; Rob Finnerty, Shane Walsh, Matthew Thompson.

Subs: Liam O Conghaile for Finnerty 32, Cillian O Curraoin for Walsh h/t, Jack Glynn for McHugh 40, Damien Comer for Conroy 46, Sam O’Neill for Fitzgerald 58.

Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan).

Team News: Galway v Dublin, AFL Round 6

Our Senior Footballers travel to Croke Park on Saturday to face Dublin in Round 6 of the Allianz Football League.

🗓️Saturday March 15th 2025
📍Croke Park
🕒Throw-in at 7.30pm
📱Live Score updates via whatsthescor on our X feed
📻Galway Bay FM & RnaG Spórt
Game is live on TG4 TV.
Buy Match Tickets online and in selected Centra and SuperValu stores

Best of luck to Padraic, Team Management and our Senior Footballers!

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Billy Joyce, R.I.P

Galway GAA are deeply saddened at the news that Billy, a former Galway Senior Footballer and uncle of Senior Football Manager, Pádraic Joyce has sadly passed away.

A native of Killererin, Billy lined out for the Tribesmen in a career spanning 15 years from 1969 until his retirement in 1984.

During that time, he won eight Connacht Senior Football Titles with Galway (1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984) and played in four All-Ireland Senior Football finals (1971, 1973, 1974 and 1983). Billy played at midfield on the last Galway Football Team that won the National League Title in the 1980/1981 season.

As a coach, Billy was manager of the Galway team that won the 1985 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship. He managed the Galway Senior Football team between 1986-1989 leading them to a Connacht Senior Football title in 1987. Billy won County and Connacht Club Football titles with his beloved club Killererin in 1976 and 1978 and he also managed the Club to win the County Senior Football Championship in 2004. He also served as Club’s Treasurer for thirty years.

We extend our deepest sympathies to his wife Maura, sons Barry, Nicky & Robert, daughter Amanda and all the extended Joyce family.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

Funeral Arrangements: 

https://rip.ie/death-notice/william-billy-joyce-galway-tuam-588050