The Galway Senior Hurling team to face Offaly in Round 2 of the Leinster SHC is announced!

GAILLIMH V UÍBH FHAILÍ
📍Pearse Stadium
🗓️Sunday 26th April 2026
🕓3.30PM
📻Radio Commentary on Galway Bay FM

Buy Match Tickets in advance🎟
https://www.ticketmaster.ie/event/18006473BBC13186

Tickets also available in Centra and SuperValu stores.

❗Tickets will not be on sale at the ground, there is no tap and pay facility available.

Best of Luck to our Senior Hurlers & Team Management!

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#GaillimhAbú

Match Day Information Supporters attending Pearse Stadium

On behalf of Galway GAA and the Pearse Stadium Committee we welcome all GAA Supporters to
Salthill on Sunday next, the 26th of April 2026 for the Galway v Offaly Leinster GAA Hurling Senior
Championship Rd 2 fixture.
The game on Sunday will attract a large attendance and will result in increased volumes of
traffic in the Galway, Salthill and Pearse Stadium areas and we urge all Supporters to arrive
early, 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 grounds on the
day. We would like to remind patrons that there will be no Tap or Card Facility.
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 for the Terraces at the Main Entrance on Rockbarton Road and Arus Bóthar
na Trá on Dr. Mannix Road. Entry to the Stand is via the gates at the back of the Stand.
All Gates will open at 2.00pm.
There is 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 (Colaiste Éinde) St. Enda’s Secondary School on
Threadneedle road. H91 X798
Again, we ask all Supporters to arrive early, to park in the designated Car Parks and to park
legally and responsibly, at all times.
We appeal to patrons not to park on double yellow lines, on footpaths or to block entrances to
private residences.
Please note that the Gardai will be operating mobile patrols in the vicinity of Pearse Stadium
and in the adjoining residential areas, before during and after the game.
Please distribute and communicate this important notice to all your Clubs, Supporters and your
Local Media.
Finally, we appeal to all Supporters to be conscious, mindful and respectful to the needs of
our neighbours and local residents

GAILLIMH V CILL CHAINNIGH
📍Pearse Stadium
🗓️Saturday 7th March 2026
🕓5.15PM
📻Radio Commentary on Galway Bay FM

Match Day Information for supporters attending the game in Pearse Stadium

#riseofthetribes
#gaillimhabú

The Galway Senior Hurling team to face Offaly in Round 4 of the Hurling League is announced:

GAILLIMH V UÍBH FHAILÍ
St. Brendan’s Park, Birr
Sunday 22nd February 2026
2.00PM
Radio Commentary on Galway Bay FM

Buy Match Tickets 

https://am.ticketmaster.com/gaa/buy/26SB2202

Tickets also available in Centra and SuperValu stores.

Best of Luck to our Senior Hurlers & Team Management !

Dioralyte Walsh Cup final

Galway 1-16 Dublin 2-13

* Galway win 2-1 on penalties

By Paul Keane at Parnell Park

Just 17 days into 2026 and already Galway have managed to get their hands on silverware, Leinster hurling’s Dioralyte Walsh Cup.

But a fifth pre-season title for the western county didn’t come without an epic and hugely entertaining struggle with penalties ultimately required to separate them from old rivals Dublin.

Conor Cooney’s levelling point four minutes into stoppage time sent the game to penalties – extra-time wasn’t played – and despite missing their first two attempts, Galway eventually overcame the hosts with successful conversions from rising star Ciaran Leen and Colm Molloy.

They were grateful also to goalkeeper Darach Fahy who pulled off two important saves to deny Dublin.

It’s Galway’s first Walsh Cup success since 2023 for Galway though boss Micheal Donoghue will be just as glad to get out of Dublin with no fresh injuries ahead of next weekend’s trip to Tipperary for their National League opener.

It was also a first piece of silverware for new Galway captain Darren Morrissey to lift having been installed as team skipper this week.

Evan Niland was Galway’s leading scorer with 0-7 and took the Man of the Match award while Conor Whelan struck their only goal in a gruelling contest.

Dublin will kick themselves for not holding out and taking a ninth title themselves as Donohoe had put them ahead before Cooney levelled at the death.

The bigger picture for last season’s All-Ireland semi-finalists is that it was their fourth game in the competition and amounted to more precious game time ahead of next weekend’s Allianz League Division 1B opener against Clare.

Both sides were down key players and took the opportunity to experiment a week out from the start of League action.

Dublin had already used 33 different players in the competition despite operating without experienced performers like Danny Sutcliffe, Fergal Whitely, Daire Gray, Paddy Doyle and John Hetherton.

As for Galway, we still haven’t seen Cathal Mannion in action while Loughrea’s All-Ireland club final contingent were absent again too.

Galway won a coin toss to advance beyond Kildare so only had a semi-final tie against Offaly.

They fielded 25 different players in that match, handing out a whopping 10 debuts, and Donoghue changed things up again for the decider.

Eanna Murphy returned in goals, Whelan made his seasonal return up front while there were starts for established players like Padraic Mannion, TJ Brennan and Niland.

In all, Galway retained just three players in their lineup – new captain Morrissey, rookie Cian Daniels and Declan McLaughlin – from the team that started against Offaly.

Galway racked up the wides initially, hitting as many scores, four, as wides in the opening quarter and find themselves on level terms at 0-4 apiece.

Dublin surged ahead with 1-1 in the space of 60 seconds or so shortly after, Ollie Gaffney first to react when Sean Gallagher’s long point attempt came back off the crossbar.

Then Conor Burke finished a terrific passing move that started with the Dublin goalkeeper to shove the Sky Blues 1-6 to 0-5 clear.

But six Galway points in a row approaching half-time left them with a narrow 0-11 to 1-7 interval lead.

Donoghue rang the changes again at half-time, bringing on three more players but things went Dublin’s way initially.

Donal Burke planted a penalty to the net two minutes after the restart and a point from Conor Burke shortly after left the hosts 2-08 to 0-11 up.

The game swung back and forth in an entertaining and hard-hitting second-half.

Burke was denied a second goal when he went for goal with a 39th minute free that he’d won himself.

Galway were on top at that stage but three Dublin points in a row from Donal Burke, Cian O’Sullivan and Conor Donohoe tied it up at 2-11 to 1-14.

Both sides held the lead in the closing 10 minutes and Dublin thought they’d surged to success following points from Conor Groarke and Donohoe which left them one up in the 64th minute.

Cooney tied it up right at the death for Galway though and sent the game to penalties, nailing a long-range free and punching the air in delight.

Galway scorers: Evan Niland 0-7 (0-6f), Conor Whelan 1-0, John Fleming 0-2, Paddy MacCarthaigh 0-2, Declan McLoughlin 0-2, Alex Connaire 0-1, Tom Monaghan 0-1, Conor Cooney 0-1 (0-1f).

Dublin scorers: Ollie Gaffney 1-0, Donal Burke 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f), Davy Keogh 0-2, Conor Burke 0-2, Cian O’Sullivan 0-2, Conor Donohoe 0-2, Conor Groarke 0-1.

Galway: Eanna Murphy; Ronan Glennon, Darren Morrissey, Seán Murphy; Padraic Mannion, Cian Daniels, TJ Brennan; Alex Connaire, Sean Linnane; John Fleming, Conor Whelan, Paddy MacCárthaigh; Evan Niland, Declan McLaughlin, Ciaran Leen.

Subs: Daniel Comar for Daniels h/t, Tom Monaghan for Leen h/t, Cillian Whelan for Connaire h/t, Darach Fahy for Eanna Murphy h/t, Conor Cooney for McLoughlin 45, Colm Molloy for Whelan 45, Daniel Loftus for Murphy 51, Daithi Burke for Mannion 51, Michael Power for Niland 57,

Dublin: Sean Brennan; John Bellew, Paddy Smyth, Cathal Kennedy; Andrew Dunphy, Sean Gallagher, Conor Burke; Conor Groarke, Conor Donohoe; Davy Keogh, Donal Burke, Darragh Power; Ollie Gaffney, Ronan Hayes, Cian O’Sullivan.

Subs: Tom Brennan for Donal Burke 45, Darragh Kenny for Gaffney 53, James Madden for Keogh 58.

Referee: Eamonn Furlong (Wexford).