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Replying To WonTon5:  "Full u16 Squad below, nice to keep record and see who progresses to u17s in 2026

Notable players to watch out for:
Eoin Gannon (Captain) - MB

4 players from this U16 squad who were also with the U17 championship panel.

Evan Burke (Tuam Stars) *Keeper
Adam Healy (Corofin)
Ryan Connolly (Corofin)
Oisín Ó Neachtain (Micheál Breathnach)

Mikey Mitchell ( Lively forward with 3 goals today ) - Killannin
Tiernan Mitchell ( Great skill level with dead balls ) - Dunmore M

Full Squad:

An Cheathru Rua
-Emmet Ó Conghaile

Annaghdown
-Tom Naughton

Bearna-Na Forbacha
-Cormac Naughton

Caherlistrane
-Cillian Browne
-Jamie Jordan
-Josh Keane
-Shane Heneghen
-Sean Miguel Langan

Caltra
-Harry Tierney

Claregalway
-Ciaran Collins
-Conor Fox
-Evan McDonagh
-Ruairí Flaherty

Corofin
-Kealan Moran
-Pearse Tighe
-Ryan Connolly
-Adam Healy

Moycullen
-Adam Keeler

Dunmore MacHales
-Tomás Carr
-Tiernan Mitchell

Kilconly
-Ben Devaney

Killererin-Clonberne
-Cormac Brennan

Killannin
-Jamie Davin
-Michael Mitchell

Michael Breathnachs
-Fionnán Ó Neachtain
-Cianán Mahon
-Rónán Ó Neachtain
-Oisín Ó Neachtain
-Eoin Gannon
-Jamie Dillon

Milltown
-Aaron Feerick

Monivea-Abbey
-Eanna Maher
-Lucas Coleman

Oranmore-Maree
-Ruan Ó Conair
-Brian Kenny
-Eoin Healy
-Joey Cullinane
-Aaron Herraghty

Salthill-Knocknacarra
-Fionn Molloy
-Slaine Rafter

St. Michaels
-Darragh Kirrane

St. Brendans
-Patryk Zwierczyk

Tuam Stars
-Brett Kane
-Mylo Higgins
-Tom Henry
-Evan Burke"
Joey Cullinane played wing forward for the Galway Minors this year

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 556 - 17/08/2025 09:33:56    2632211

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Replying To TanCanRan:  "It's hardly that big an achievement lads when we were a whole county against a segment of Kerry in the final."
They had 2 squads same as other years .
Other squad lost to Offaly in Pearse Park Longford

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 556 - 17/08/2025 09:36:11    2632212

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Replying To galway19:  "Mountbellew a bit slow to start today but they were always comfortable. Ciaran Mulhern won't be far away from Galway squad next year. He looks the part at senior level. Barry McHugh is still easily the best free taker in Galway."
Is 'points for' more significant than 'points difference' in sorting any 3or4way ties in these senior and intermediate championships? I see it's included in the galwaygaa tables anyway, and points difference is not.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4371 - 17/08/2025 10:51:16    2632219

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Replying To smallfrank:  "He was a selector in 19 when we were very strong and let an All Ireland slip but more importantly we brought through Johnny McGrath, Cian Hernon, Tomo Culhane and Daniel O'Flaherty to play senior"
He was involved as selector with Donall O Fartharta for those 2 or 3 years from 2017 to 2019 where they they made it to couple of minor finals.

Alwaysencourage (Galway) - Posts: 549 - 17/08/2025 11:23:06    2632227

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Replying To Joed1987:  "Wat a strange post
First you congratulate the team and then you are almost suprised because mb have 6 players on the team. 6 players who were part of the team who got to div 1 feile final last year and some of those players were part of the minor panel this year.
Why does it always have to be the same team that have the county players each year? That's wat is holding the senior team back from wining all irelands. Always lookin at the same players from the same clubs. Never lookin outside the box. Big clubs don't always guarantee good players. It's just that they get seen much quicker because they are from a certain aera or parish"
Times have changed and naming clubs and commenting on how many from clubs shows that someone hasn't a clue. Lots of savage work being done in clubs and schools every corner of the county. The one good thing about the academy system is and I can say this with confidence, every young lad is getting a chance

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 556 - 17/08/2025 11:27:16    2632228

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I still think Liam Costello is county standard. He has pace, power, work rate and can finish. He seems to deliver every day now for Milltown as well so not much more he can do.

smallfrank (Galway) - Posts: 556 - 17/08/2025 11:31:47    2632232

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Replying To galway19:  "Mountbellew a bit slow to start today but they were always comfortable. Ciaran Mulhern won't be far away from Galway squad next year. He looks the part at senior level. Barry McHugh is still easily the best free taker in Galway."
!00% about Mulhern. Has skill and explosiveness. Should be closely looked at by Galway over the winter.

Marooned (Galway) - Posts: 2416 - 17/08/2025 11:39:33    2632235

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Replying To Joed1987:  "Wat a strange post
First you congratulate the team and then you are almost suprised because mb have 6 players on the team. 6 players who were part of the team who got to div 1 feile final last year and some of those players were part of the minor panel this year.
Why does it always have to be the same team that have the county players each year? That's wat is holding the senior team back from wining all irelands. Always lookin at the same players from the same clubs. Never lookin outside the box. Big clubs don't always guarantee good players. It's just that they get seen much quicker because they are from a certain aera or parish"
Firstly, I'm not at all surprised that there's a strong MB group involved, in fact I'm delighted to see the diversity, and it's something that's badly needed. My original point was in reference to the list that appeared in the Tuam Hearld article, which hadn't included any players from Oranmore, S/K or Moycullen etc. Looking at the full squad now, we can see those clubs are indeed represented as suspected.

That said, I do agree with you it often feels like the same clubs are producing the county players year in, year out. If we take the U20s as an example Dunmore won the North Board U19 last year and only lost the County final by 4 points, yet just 1 player made the U20 squad. Meanwhile, 6 players from Corofin were included, despite the fact that they weren't able to match Dunmore at U19 level.

So the question is where does the issue lie? Is it that coaches aren't attending enough games outside the A grade? Or is there too much focus on the bigger, established clubs? Schools football also plays a role here, depending on location and grade, which can unfairly influence who gets spotted.

At the end of the day, if we want to develop stronger county teams, the net needs to be cast wider. Talent exists in every parish, it's just about giving those players the same chance to be seen.

WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 57 - 17/08/2025 13:57:48    2632248

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Is Tuam v Dunmore on any streaming service this evening ?

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11744 - 17/08/2025 14:24:52    2632252

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Replying To WonTon5:  "Firstly, I'm not at all surprised that there's a strong MB group involved, in fact I'm delighted to see the diversity, and it's something that's badly needed. My original point was in reference to the list that appeared in the Tuam Hearld article, which hadn't included any players from Oranmore, S/K or Moycullen etc. Looking at the full squad now, we can see those clubs are indeed represented as suspected.

That said, I do agree with you it often feels like the same clubs are producing the county players year in, year out. If we take the U20s as an example Dunmore won the North Board U19 last year and only lost the County final by 4 points, yet just 1 player made the U20 squad. Meanwhile, 6 players from Corofin were included, despite the fact that they weren't able to match Dunmore at U19 level.

So the question is where does the issue lie? Is it that coaches aren't attending enough games outside the A grade? Or is there too much focus on the bigger, established clubs? Schools football also plays a role here, depending on location and grade, which can unfairly influence who gets spotted.

At the end of the day, if we want to develop stronger county teams, the net needs to be cast wider. Talent exists in every parish, it's just about giving those players the same chance to be seen."
Hard to believe that this is a problem in this day and age. Not rocket science to ring a representative of every club, and find out who their top players are at every level, and trial them out, or make sure to see them in some game. If you're a Galway manager at any level in either code, and you're not scoping the county for the top talent available to you, then you shouldn't be a Galway manager at any level in either code.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4371 - 17/08/2025 14:54:06    2632256

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Replying To backtooldwall:  "Who won between the Jimmies and Killanin today, What's T Score no longer with us.The GAA or local media don't update outside office for the most part and my profession doesn't facilitate radio listening all day."
What's The Scór seems to be back in operation?

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4371 - 17/08/2025 15:03:55    2632260

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Is Tuam v Dunmore on any streaming service this evening ?"
No just the radio...Galway bay fm

Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 354 - 17/08/2025 17:45:06    2632279

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Who was marking Colm Costello that he was kept so quiet for Dunmore?

galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 965 - 17/08/2025 18:24:30    2632283

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