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Replying To Overdahill: "Senior Quarter Finals Clarinbridge v Gort Bridge by 6 - I think Gort have probably played their final Loughrea v Athenry Loughrea by 3 - Champs dig it out, But fitness of Morgan could be huge Craughwell v sarsfields Craughwell by 2 - the upset of the week. The scare against Ardrahan will stand to Craughwell Turloughmore v Tommy Larkins. Turlough by 3 Good lord- so I agree with Katser! Senior Relegation Final Moycullen v Cappataggle Moycullen. I think Cappy are in freefall Intermediate Quarter Finals Mullagh v Ballindeeren Ballindereen by 3 Tynagh Abbey-Duniry v Kilconerion TAD by 5 Portumna v Skehana Mountbellew Moylogh SMM by 5 Meelick-Eyrecourt v Ballygar ME by 10 Intermediate Relegation Final Beagh v Padraig Pearses Beagh dig deep to keep their status" I agree Cappy are goosed and heading down to Intermediate. Beagh are also goosed and heading down to the embarrassing Junior yoke! As for Intermediate absolute belter of games! I expect the Magnificent 4 all East Galway neighbours....Mullagh, Tynagh Abbey-Duniry, Portumna and Meelick-Eyrecourt to reach Semi Finals. Meelick-Eyrecourt and Portumna should comfortably win but WOW Mullagh v Ballindeeren and Tynagh Abbey-Duniry v Kilconerion.....skin and hair flying nothing between them only puck of a ball!!....surely those two games double header in Loughrea with 5000 crowd bouncing with excitement. katser (Galway) - Posts: 2948 - 22/09/2026 13:11:37 2694632 Link
The Rise of Athenry....... Only Club still on for Quadruple Senior Quarter Finals Reeves Cup Semi Finals ..aka proper top Junior Level Junior B Semi Finals Junior E Semi Finals That's 4 Adult teams deep in respective Competitions What a Club strong at Football, Camogie and Soccer too!! katser (Galway) - Posts: 2948 - 22/09/2026 13:24:07 2694635 Link
Replying To katser: "The Rise of Athenry....... Only Club still on for Quadruple Senior Quarter Finals Reeves Cup Semi Finals ..aka proper top Junior Level Junior B Semi Finals Junior E Semi Finals That's 4 Adult teams deep in respective Competitions What a Club strong at Football, Camogie and Soccer too!!" Fixtures Out Intermediate Quarter Finals Saturday 3rd October Loughrea Portumna v Skehana Mountbellew Moylogh Meelick-Eyrecourt v Ballygar Sunday 4th October Gort Mullagh v Ballindeeren Tynagh Abbey-Duniry v Kilconerion Madness Gort won't hold the crowd for that double header, it should have been fixed for Loughrea with the other double header moved to Duggan Park Saturday 3rd October. The Ballinasloe Fair doesn't start till Sunday 4th October!! Gort absolute hell hole to get in or out of with one tiny little road out to the pitch which is way outside the town on the way to the Burren! No proper car park nothing put narrow stone walls each side of the road, with all traffic travelling the same road...joke! katser (Galway) - Posts: 2948 - 26/09/2026 10:23:41 2695092 Link
Replying To katser: "Fixtures Out Intermediate Quarter Finals Saturday 3rd October Loughrea Portumna v Skehana Mountbellew Moylogh Meelick-Eyrecourt v Ballygar Sunday 4th October Gort Mullagh v Ballindeeren Tynagh Abbey-Duniry v Kilconerion Madness Gort won't hold the crowd for that double header, it should have been fixed for Loughrea with the other double header moved to Duggan Park Saturday 3rd October. The Ballinasloe Fair doesn't start till Sunday 4th October!! Gort absolute hell hole to get in or out of with one tiny little road out to the pitch which is way outside the town on the way to the Burren! No proper car park nothing put narrow stone walls each side of the road, with all traffic travelling the same road...joke!" You're right about Gort hosting that double header. Bad spot for it. Traffic will be a nightmare. I'd rather park in the town square and walk it to the pitch. It's not a bad walk. Better than sitting in traffic and you'll get out easier. SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 289 - 28/09/2026 02:19:46 2695252 Link
Should be a fairly comfortable win for Clarinbridge but I wouldn't like to call the other three quarter finals. Loughrea have a better overall squad than Athenry but they have no one anywhere near big enough in their back line to compete with Rabbitte. He will cause them awful trouble. Sarsfields out for revenge against Craughwell after last year's brilliant quarter final. That's a 50:50 game. Larkins coming in after winning their group and have looked really good but this is the hurdle the usually fall at. Turlough very hot and cold - they had more than 20 wides the last day. They have the backs to keep Flynn and Gardiner quiet but will their forwards keep the scoreboard ticking? Should be a cracking weekend in Athenry for the four games. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1120 - 28/09/2026 09:05:47 2695271 Link
Replying To galway19: "Should be a fairly comfortable win for Clarinbridge but I wouldn't like to call the other three quarter finals. Loughrea have a better overall squad than Athenry but they have no one anywhere near big enough in their back line to compete with Rabbitte. He will cause them awful trouble. Sarsfields out for revenge against Craughwell after last year's brilliant quarter final. That's a 50:50 game. Larkins coming in after winning their group and have looked really good but this is the hurdle the usually fall at. Turlough very hot and cold - they had more than 20 wides the last day. They have the backs to keep Flynn and Gardiner quiet but will their forwards keep the scoreboard ticking? Should be a cracking weekend in Athenry for the four games." Well you were right about the Clarenbridge v Gort match. Gort got hammered. I thought it would be closer. SouthGalway (Galway) - Posts: 289 - 03/10/2026 16:14:56 2696019 Link
That performance from Jason Flynn in the second half yesterday will live long in the memory. The sideline cut he put over the bar towards the end was almost on the halfway line and he had already scored one from the same spot on the stand side in the first half. Carried Larkins pretty much on one leg. Cian Daniels going back to centre back completely changed the game in the last 20 minutes and McHugo was brilliant beside him. Turlough had too many wides. Same issues as usual with them, they just have no marquee forwards. galway19 (Galway) - Posts: 1120 - 04/10/2026 11:12:35 2696087 Link
Replying To katser: "The Rise of Athenry....... Only Club still on for Quadruple Senior Quarter Finals Reeves Cup Semi Finals ..aka proper top Junior Level Junior B Semi Finals Junior E Semi Finals That's 4 Adult teams deep in respective Competitions What a Club strong at Football, Camogie and Soccer too!!" They were knocked out of all 4 this weekend. None of them will be making a final. Seniors took a serious beating from Loughrea, which wasn't predicted. Loughrea starting to motor now as it gets to the business end. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 3095 - 04/10/2026 21:48:37 2696165 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "They were knocked out of all 4 this weekend. None of them will be making a final. Seniors took a serious beating from Loughrea, which wasn't predicted. Loughrea starting to motor now as it gets to the business end." Ha ha ha good old Katser. BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 292 - 05/10/2026 09:17:24 2696195 Link
One has to be delighted for Jason Flynn and Co. What a performance from the man. Turloughmore is it 6 members on a County panel and Conor Walsh their best man on the field NOT. How and why can this be right with so many players from Loughrea and the like who cant get a minute? It is so obvious to all. Watchthepost (Dublin) - Posts: 16 - 06/10/2026 09:46:16 2696354 Link
Replying To Watchthepost: "One has to be delighted for Jason Flynn and Co. What a performance from the man. Turloughmore is it 6 members on a County panel and Conor Walsh their best man on the field NOT. How and why can this be right with so many players from Loughrea and the like who cant get a minute? It is so obvious to all." It's been obvious for years. There is a clear bias. Sure Paul hoban is one of the best corner backs in Galway for the last decade and never even got a sniff on the panel once BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 292 - 06/10/2026 09:58:03 2696355 Link
Replying To Watchthepost: "One has to be delighted for Jason Flynn and Co. What a performance from the man. Turloughmore is it 6 members on a County panel and Conor Walsh their best man on the field NOT. How and why can this be right with so many players from Loughrea and the like who cant get a minute? It is so obvious to all." That is absolute nonsense. Trayers and Daithi Burke are allstar nominees in 2026. None of Loughrea's established brigade are county material. Killeen is progressing well, and hopefully will be joined on the county side by some of Loughrea's younger cohorts in the coming seasons. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4922 - 06/10/2026 12:13:41 2696387 Link
Replying To Watchthepost: "One has to be delighted for Jason Flynn and Co. What a performance from the man. Turloughmore is it 6 members on a County panel and Conor Walsh their best man on the field NOT. How and why can this be right with so many players from Loughrea and the like who cant get a minute? It is so obvious to all." Loughrea are a savage unit but none of the lads currently not making the county panel are realistic options imo. Killeen Hanrahan and Morgan are well good enough and Morgan should have got more time last year imo. But their forward line is mroe savage depth of 9/10 club players than superstars who are good enough for county. I thought Shaughnessy might get a run last year but hasn't been great this year until Sunday. Best club team doesn't mean most players on the county panel. I'm not from Turlough btw! Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 150 - 06/10/2026 12:18:28 2696390 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "It's been obvious for years. There is a clear bias. Sure Paul hoban is one of the best corner backs in Galway for the last decade and never even got a sniff on the panel once" I 've good time for Hoban and he did a savage job on rabbitte but for clarity he was on the panel under Cunningham and again under Donohue in 2016, he was unlucky with injury that year. He then hurled with Warwickshire from 2017-2019. Coming back into the country at 27-28 isn't a great selling point for a county call up. Again a very good player and good enough to be a county player but the bias is on your part to say he never got a sniff of the panel once given the facts Overdahill (Galway) - Posts: 150 - 06/10/2026 12:36:43 2696392 Link
Replying To Overdahill: "Loughrea are a savage unit but none of the lads currently not making the county panel are realistic options imo. Killeen Hanrahan and Morgan are well good enough and Morgan should have got more time last year imo. But their forward line is mroe savage depth of 9/10 club players than superstars who are good enough for county. I thought Shaughnessy might get a run last year but hasn't been great this year until Sunday. Best club team doesn't mean most players on the county panel. I'm not from Turlough btw!" Shaughnessy was in with the county panel at the start of the season I believe, but wasn't kept on. What is the extent of his shoulder injury I wonder? Triffic (Galway) - Posts: 195 - 06/10/2026 13:11:04 2696400 Link
Replying To Overdahill: "I 've good time for Hoban and he did a savage job on rabbitte but for clarity he was on the panel under Cunningham and again under Donohue in 2016, he was unlucky with injury that year. He then hurled with Warwickshire from 2017-2019. Coming back into the country at 27-28 isn't a great selling point for a county call up. Again a very good player and good enough to be a county player but the bias is on your part to say he never got a sniff of the panel once given the facts" Paul hoban is a better corner back than any of the lad that have fielded for Galway over the last 5-8 years. That fella grealish from gort should've been nowhere near the panel and the other fella from beagh Touhy. Hoban gave a motm display against bgunner last year with one hamstring until he eventually had to come off. Loughrea and bridge had a lot of bad blood over the years and it's obvious that has influenced his selections. Most of the lads from other clubs around the county say the same thing to me about other Loughrea players. Shocks (Darren) was in there and got no game time was only on extended panel and left. Loughrea will be gunning to beat cwell the next day. Morgan and Anthony burns back onto the fray also. Shocks injury not serious. BigBàsMan (Galway) - Posts: 292 - 06/10/2026 14:12:50 2696409 Link
Replying To BigBàsMan: "Paul hoban is a better corner back than any of the lad that have fielded for Galway over the last 5-8 years. That fella grealish from gort should've been nowhere near the panel and the other fella from beagh Touhy. Hoban gave a motm display against bgunner last year with one hamstring until he eventually had to come off. Loughrea and bridge had a lot of bad blood over the years and it's obvious that has influenced his selections. Most of the lads from other clubs around the county say the same thing to me about other Loughrea players. Shocks (Darren) was in there and got no game time was only on extended panel and left. Loughrea will be gunning to beat cwell the next day. Morgan and Anthony burns back onto the fray also. Shocks injury not serious." You said Hoban unfairly never got a sniff of the Galway panel. Then it was correctly pointed out to you that he was on some of ACs panels 2012-2015, and some of MDs panels 2016-2019. Get your facts right, and your criticisms might have more credibility. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4922 - 06/10/2026 15:22:21 2696419 Link