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Replying To Galwaysam277: "Great to see Oughterard winning today Dunmore thought they would have it nice and handy" I don't think Dunmore would be expecting anything handy because they know that Oughterard are longer in senior grade of these two present day teams also they were one of only two Galway teams to go all the way to winning in Croke Park at intermediate level . backtooldwall (Galway) - Posts: 255 - 13/09/2026 09:25:35 2693661 Link
Replying To fairplay4ever: "Was at the Corofin v Caherlistrane game and very entertaining in tough conditions. Man of the match was Rory Fahey for Corofin and well deserved.Hard to understand how he wasnt part of Galway minor panel this year.Couldnt be 12 better forwards in the county Not far behind was Caherlistrane midfielder." Is Rory Fahey the big lad that play at 14 for the Corofin minors? If so he is very dominant. Im also confused how he was not involved with the Galway Minors this year. (I heard only 3 lads not involved with the u16 winning ted webb team were selected from the trials of 80+ lads) Saw him play in the championship and he is an absolute handful, has speed and strength. Someone mentioned to me hes a very competitive basketball player as well. Definitely one to watch out for WonTon5 (Galway) - Posts: 176 - 13/09/2026 14:30:20 2693678 Link
Replying To Yvrjd: "I have to laugh when I hear people talking about four Connacht titles as if it's some massive achievement. In reality, there are only really three teams capable of regularly winning a Connacht title, Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. Sligo might win one every 20 or 25 years, and Leitrim maybe once every 50 years. And there's no point including New York or London, let's be honest. So realistically, most years it's a competition between three teams, meaning you're really only competing against two others for a Connacht title. I wouldn't be getting too carried away with four Connacht titles as some huge achievement." That's all well and good but when is the last time Galway did 4 in a row in Connacht? ahsure. (Galway) - Posts: 1799 - 13/09/2026 15:47:06 2693683 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "That's all well and good but when is the last time Galway did 4 in a row in Connacht?" The provincial titles mattered back in the day, but alas, not anymore. They are just a distraction maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1288 - 13/09/2026 18:16:02 2693693 Link
are there any exciting prospect for next year inter county season and any rumour or updates on manager search dualcounty2027 (Galway) - Posts: 10 - 13/09/2026 18:59:25 2693695 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "That's all well and good but when is the last time Galway did 4 in a row in Connacht?" 1960s? Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 920 - 13/09/2026 19:27:55 2693698 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "That's all well and good but when is the last time Galway did 4 in a row in Connacht?" Its been a while but the last team to do it also added 3 All Irelands to their 4 Connaughts seventyniner (Galway) - Posts: 42 - 13/09/2026 19:34:26 2693699 Link
Quarter final predictions Senior Corofin Salthill Knocknacarra Moycullen Claregalway vs Annaghdown will be a toss up Intermediate Oranmore Caherlistrane Micheál Breathnachs St Micheals Galwayforsam26 (Galway) - Posts: 14 - 13/09/2026 19:46:28 2693702 Link
Thoughts lads from this weekend everyone? Hot contenders Tuam are out. Oughterard a suberb win. They can't keep leaving it this late in the game to get it together tho. Must be absolutely kicking themselves not to top the group in the first place. If they can get their head around it and get their confidence right, they can definitely beat Salthill. Do they realise that themselves is the question. MM were playing great football, Joyce didn't take advantage of the Dalys half enough. Are Salthill and Maigh Cuillin as safe as they think they are? One of them won't be the shock not in the semis I feel. Heart has to go out to Monivea Abbey. Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 233 - 13/09/2026 22:45:04 2693716 Link
Replying To WonTon5: "Is Rory Fahey the big lad that play at 14 for the Corofin minors? If so he is very dominant. Im also confused how he was not involved with the Galway Minors this year. (I heard only 3 lads not involved with the u16 winning ted webb team were selected from the trials of 80+ lads) Saw him play in the championship and he is an absolute handful, has speed and strength. Someone mentioned to me hes a very competitive basketball player as well. Definitely one to watch out for" yes,was wearing no 14 and corofin lad beside me said he has been excellent all year. fairplay4ever (Galway) - Posts: 466 - 13/09/2026 22:48:03 2693717 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "That's all well and good but when is the last time Galway did 4 in a row in Connacht?" 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 was the last 4 in a row for Galway. Mayo did 5 in a row 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 however during that time Roscommon was in Division 3 and 4 and Galway after relegation in 2011 wouldn't return back to Division 1 until 2018 so the standard of the Connacht championship was lower then than what Joyce had to face and beat to win 4 in a row provincial titles. Was it a huge achievement? No but what is truly laughable it is now trying to belittle the work Joyce did and remains to be seen if his replacement will do any better. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 4073 - 14/09/2026 03:01:21 2693720 Link
Replying To ahsure.: "That's all well and good but when is the last time Galway did 4 in a row in Connacht?" '82-'87 did 5 out of 6, which was better in a way, unless Galway win it next year, and do their own 5 out of 6. The difference between Galway's 4 in a row '22-25, and Mayo's '11-'15 or Ros '77-'80, is that Galway were winning in less dominant fashion in Connacht as their reign progressed. We accumulated 4 in a row, with only paper thin margins of victory over Mayo, despite all the grandiose talk of being a generational team. Then again, Sam now resides in Mayo, which proves conclusively that they were never far off us '22-'25. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4910 - 14/09/2026 07:24:01 2693721 Link
Replying To WonTon5: "Is Rory Fahey the big lad that play at 14 for the Corofin minors? If so he is very dominant. Im also confused how he was not involved with the Galway Minors this year. (I heard only 3 lads not involved with the u16 winning ted webb team were selected from the trials of 80+ lads) Saw him play in the championship and he is an absolute handful, has speed and strength. Someone mentioned to me hes a very competitive basketball player as well. Definitely one to watch out for" Yes that's him. MrVelo (Galway) - Posts: 30 - 14/09/2026 09:21:45 2693726 Link
If Claregalway are anyway coherent on the day then Annaghdown wont have any chance of beating them. Salthill will choke as they inevitably do, and it ill be between Corofin and the transfers of Moycullen. MinorChamp_09 (Galway) - Posts: 43 - 14/09/2026 10:20:41 2693734 Link
Replying To Gearoid1998ffowaed: "Thoughts lads from this weekend everyone? Hot contenders Tuam are out. Oughterard a suberb win. They can't keep leaving it this late in the game to get it together tho. Must be absolutely kicking themselves not to top the group in the first place. If they can get their head around it and get their confidence right, they can definitely beat Salthill. Do they realise that themselves is the question. MM were playing great football, Joyce didn't take advantage of the Dalys half enough. Are Salthill and Maigh Cuillin as safe as they think they are? One of them won't be the shock not in the semis I feel. Heart has to go out to Monivea Abbey." Oughterard lost by about 10 points to Tuam in r1. How was McHugh for MM seeing as he's been touted as the Clifford of the Galway championship. Oughterard should give Moycullen a game but I'd still fancy Moycullen. Same goes for MM and Salthill. ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 229 - 14/09/2026 11:16:14 2693747 Link
Replying To dualcounty2027: "are there any exciting prospect for next year inter county season and any rumour or updates on manager search" No updates on manger search AFAIK. The new players should realistically be putting their hands up for selection in the club championship. ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 229 - 14/09/2026 11:17:27 2693748 Link
Replying To MinorChamp_09: "If Claregalway are anyway coherent on the day then Annaghdown wont have any chance of beating them. Salthill will choke as they inevitably do, and it ill be between Corofin and the transfers of Moycullen." Berna gave a lot of problems for them in the 1st half when at HT it was 2 - 04 0 - 06 with a few missed goal chances for Bearna. That being said Cg scored 3 - 09 in the 2nd half. Annaghdown have conceded 20 scores in r1, 17 scores in r2 and 19 scores in r3 averages to about 18 scores per game and they've scored 18 scores in r1, 16 scores in r2 and 17 scores in r3 which averages to 17 scores per game. Cg we're poor enough against Cfin and slightly lucky to win against MM. Annaghdown however started off OK against St James's then got a good win against Tuam and once in control didn't really look like losing and drew against Oughterard whilst playing well. The game will be closer than you think. ColmFlaherty (Galway) - Posts: 229 - 14/09/2026 11:27:59 2693753 Link
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Berna gave a lot of problems for them in the 1st half when at HT it was 2 - 04 0 - 06 with a few missed goal chances for Bearna. That being said Cg scored 3 - 09 in the 2nd half. Annaghdown have conceded 20 scores in r1, 17 scores in r2 and 19 scores in r3 averages to about 18 scores per game and they've scored 18 scores in r1, 16 scores in r2 and 17 scores in r3 which averages to 17 scores per game. Cg we're poor enough against Cfin and slightly lucky to win against MM. Annaghdown however started off OK against St James's then got a good win against Tuam and once in control didn't really look like losing and drew against Oughterard whilst playing well. The game will be closer than you think." lol MinorChamp_09 (Galway) - Posts: 43 - 14/09/2026 11:39:19 2693755 Link
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Oughterard lost by about 10 points to Tuam in r1. How was McHugh for MM seeing as he's been touted as the Clifford of the Galway championship. Oughterard should give Moycullen a game but I'd still fancy Moycullen. Same goes for MM and Salthill." McHugh has been touted as an incredibly reliable freetaker, particularly those from long distance with the greater reward from these under the new rules. Something we've been lacking consistently at county level. He has continued to show this ability again in this year's championship. He's been the best free taker in Galway senior football for almost a decade. You have your fixtures mixed up there. Oughterard are playing Salthill and Mountbellew are against Maigh Cuilinn. I think at least one of those games will be competitive, if not both. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 3057 - 14/09/2026 11:44:06 2693756 Link
Replying To ColmFlaherty: "Oughterard lost by about 10 points to Tuam in r1. How was McHugh for MM seeing as he's been touted as the Clifford of the Galway championship. Oughterard should give Moycullen a game but I'd still fancy Moycullen. Same goes for MM and Salthill." My prediction: Oughterard Moycullen Corofin Annadown One of the "big 3" will be the shock exit . It won't be Corofin. Will be either Maigh Cuillin knocked out by MM, or Salthill by Oard. Gearoid1998ffowaed (Galway) - Posts: 233 - 14/09/2026 11:45:03 2693757 Link

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