Match Day Information: Galway v Kilkenny

Re: Game in Pearse Stadium, Sunday 28th April, 2024.

Gaillimh v Cill Chainnigh in the Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship.

On behalf of Galway GAA and the Pearse Stadium Committee we welcome all GAA Supporters to Salthill on Sunday 28th April for the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship game between Galway V Kilkenny, which will throw-in at 2.00pm.

This game Sunday will result in increased traffic in 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 on line 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 Bothar na Tra on Dr. Mannix Road. Entry to the Stand is via the gates at the back of the stand. All Gates will open at 12.30pm.

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.

Finally, we appeal to all Supporters to be conscious, mindful and respectful to the needs of our neighbours and local residents.

In Summary:

  • Please ensure that you buy your ticket in advance. (No tickets for sale at the ground)
  • Please travel with care and arrive early.
  • Please Park legally and responsibly.
  • Please be respectful and mindful of the needs of Local Residents
  • Enjoy the game

Thank You for your co-operation and your support.

Team News: Galway v Dublin, Leinster Minor Hurling

The Galway Minor hurling team to face Dublin in the Leinster Minor Hurling championship tomorrow is announced

Dublin v Galway
đŸ—“ïžSaturday 27th April
📍Parnell Park
🕑2.00pm

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Watch Live Streamed on clubber.ie

Match Commentary on Galway Bay FM Radio.

Best of luck to Kenneth Burke, Team Management and our Minor Hurling Squad!

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Team News: Galway v Kilkenny, Leinster SHC

The Galway Senior Hurling Team to face Kilkenny in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship is announced

Galway v Kilkenny

đŸ—“ïžSunday 28th April

📍Pearse Stadium

🕑2.00pm

Buy Match Tickets online in advance

https://www.ticketmaster.ie/leinster-senior-hurling-championship-round-2-co-galway-28-04-2024/event/18006076849F2107

Game is broadcast live on RTE TV.

Radio Commentary on Galway Bay FM and RnaG SpĂłrt.

Live score updates on our social channels via WhatstheScor App.

Best of luck to Henry Shefflin, Team Management and our Senior Hurling Squad on Sunday !

 

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Canning backs Conor Cooney to make a difference for Tribesmen

By John Harrington

Joe Canning has backed Conor Cooney to be a difference-maker for the Tribesmen in this year’s Championship.

The St. Thomas’ man scored 1-10, 1-5 of it from play, in their Leinster SHC first round victory over Carlow last weekend and seems to be high on confidence at the moment.

Now 31, Cooney is a very experienced player and his ability has never been in question, but he hasn’t always been as consistent for Galway as he has for his club.

Canning believes if he could hurl to his full potential in the maroon jersey throughout this year’s championship then he’ll bring a new dimension to the team.

“Conor, for me, is hands down the best club hurler in Galway for the last six, seven, eight years,” says Canning.

“Nobody can touch him in Galway, club-wise. To be honest, he probably didn’t reach that height at inter-county level over the last number of years and he’d probably say the same himself.

“But at club level nobody can get near him in Galway club hurling. He’s brilliant for St. Thomas’. This year he seems to have come straight in and continued his club form with the county. And Galway need that. Galway need Conor Cooney playing well. In 2017 he was very good for us.

“Conor is faster than he looks and he’s good in the air. He’s a big man, he’s six foot two or three. He’s a confidence player. I think being on the frees is good for him as well. If he can start well on that it’s always a big plus for him.

“And if he can perform for Galway this year it would be massive. He scored 1-5 on Sunday and is worth a couple of points every day to you. I’m just hopeful that he continues that form.

“If you add him in to Conor Whelan, Brian Concannon, Cathal Mannion, Joey Cooney, Tom Monaghan, Johnny Glynn, Evan Niland, Deccie McLoughlin…and there’s a few more there you can add in and out the whole time.”

It’ll be interesting to see what sort of impact Johnny Glynn will have now that he has returned to the Galway panel.

A key figure in their 2017 All-Ireland winning team, he hasn’t featured on the panel since 2019 after a move to New York.

Johnny Glynn has returned to the Galway hurling panel after an absence of five years. 

Five years in a big gap at the highest level, but Canning believes his former team-mate’s return is a big boost for the panel.

“Johnny has been playing inter-county for the last few years with New York so that’s one side of things, albeit it football, and he was playing a bit of hurling with New York as well.

“But he’s been playing club championship with Ardrahan last year as well. There’s no fear of Johnny physically. No fear of him whatsoever. Physically he’s always in great shape. Mentally he’s a very strong character. It’s very hard to get the better of Johnny Glynn mentally.

“So I don’t think he has any fear. The only fear was the first touch and stuff like that. Maybe the little bit of match sharpness moreso than anything for inter-county. But supposedly the last number of weeks he’s been training really well. They went to a camp to Portugal and he was flying out there.

“And Johnny was never known really for his unbelievable skills either. He was winning hard ball and laying it off to guys and creating moreso than scoring. So if you get a guy like that that can win ball and lay it off to guys like Whelo or Brian Concannon around him or Deccie McLoughlin, that’s a huge weapon to have.

“Hopefully he’ll get a chance to play at some stage, but I don’t know what way Henry (Shefflin) sees using him. I can only see it as a plus.”

Does Canning feel like his native county are equipped to do better than they did in the first two years of Henry Shefflin’s reign when they were beaten at the Leinster Final and All-Ireland semi-final stages in both years?

“Realistically they were very unlucky last year in the Leinster Final,” says Canning. “The last second goal. You’d never even dream of it happening really. And even then against Limerick at stages when the ball hit off the crossbar and Padraig Mannion flicked it and if he didn’t flick it it would have been cleared and he actually flicked it back to Aaron Gillane for a goal that changed the game.

“Those little things…they neeed a bit of luck. Every team needs a small bit of luck. Limerick had the luck yesterday when Byrnes mis-hit free ended up in the back of the net and brought them back into it. I think they need to try to win a Leinster Championship.

“That will give you a bit of momentum and confidence but it’s easier said than done. But, for me, that’s your first and foremost. Try to get to a Leinster Final and win a Leinster Championship.

“If I was playing that’s what I’d be aiming for and whatever happens after that happens after that. They need a bit of confidence.”

Leinster SHC: Galway surge sees off game Carlow

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Round 1

GALWAY 2-25 CARLOW 2-14

By Billy Coss at Pearse Stadium

A final quarter spell that delivered 1-7 without reply helped Galway survive a scare from Carlow in this afternoon’s Leinster Senior Hurling Championship opener in sunny Salthill.

Conor Cooney top scored with 1-10, 1-5 from play, as the Tribesmen were forced to weather a stirring fightback from last year’s Joe McDonagh Cup champions.

A 52nd minute Conor Kehoe goal and Martin Kavanagh’s accuracy helped Tom Mullaly’s side close to within striking distance, 1-18 to 1-14.

But the home side accelerated clear thereafter with Cooney rifling home the winners’ second goal and captain Conor Whelan making a major impact off the bench.

A second minute Gavin Lee major gave Galway an ideal start shooting into the Árus Bóthar na Trå end, though Carlow stayed on their coat-tails at 1-6 to 0-5 by the end of the first quarter following a fourth point from star man Kavanagh.

Galway outscored the visitors by eight points to four from there to the break with Cooney’s marksmanship central to it all and the impressive Cathal Mannion also grabbing his third. Kavanagh matched that return from play at the other end while also contributing four from placed balls.

1-14 to 0-9 at the interval became 1-18 to 1-14 at the three-quarter mark after Carlow seized the initiative. Chris Nolan, Jon Nolan and Kavanagh contributed their points and they struck for a well deserved goal when Jon Nolan netted to put matters back into the melting pot.

That was the signal for Galway to up the ante. Conor Whelan and Conor Cooney, captain and vice-captain, led the charge with a series of white flags and Cooney rifled home a brilliant goal on 56 minutes to release the pressure valve for Henry Shefflin’s team.

Though Carlow’s challenge faded, Jon Nolan struck for a second goal after Kavanagh’s injury-time penalty was saved by Darach Fahy.

Overall, it was an unconvincing performance from Galway who ran out 11-point victors and quickly turned their sights to next Sunday’s visit of Kilkenny.

Scorers for Galway: Conor Cooney 1-10 (3f, 2 65s), Gavin Lee 1-2, Cathal Mannion and Conor Whelan 0-3 each, Tom Monaghan 0-2, Declan McLoughlin, Donal O’Shea, Adrian Touhey, Ronan Glennon and Evan Niland 0-1 each.

Scorers for Carlow: Martin Kavanagh 0-8 (5f), Jon Nolan 1-1, Conor Kehoe 1-0, Chris Nolan 0-2, Ciarån Whelan, Tony Lawlor and John Michael Nolan 0-1 each.

GALWAY: Darach Fahy; Jack Grealish, Fintan Burke, Padraic Mannion; SeĂĄn Linnane, Adrian Touhey, DaithĂ­ Burke; Ronan Glennon, Donal O’Shea; Gavin Lee, Tom Monaghan, John Cooney; Cathal Mannion, Conor Cooney (captain), Declan McLoughlin. Subs: Evan Niland for Monaghan (49), Conor Whelan for McLoughlin (49), David Burke for Glennon (57), Darren Morrissey for Linnane (57), Joseph Cooney for Touhey (62).

CARLOW: Brian Tracey; Paul Doyle, Dion Wall, Kevin McDonald; Jack Kavanagh, Niall Bolger, Tony Lawlor; Richard Coady, Fiachra Fitzpatrick; John Michael Nolan, CiarĂĄn Whelan, Jon Nolan; Martin Kavanagh, Chris Nolan, Conor Kehoe. Subs: Jack McCullagh for Jack Kavanagh (60), Paddy Boland for Kehoe (61), John Doyle for Fitzpatrick (62), Fiach O’Toole for Whelan (65), Scott Treacy for Chris Nolan (67), Jake Doyle for John Michael Nolan (69)

Ref: Seån Stack (Dublin).

Team News: Galway v Carlow, Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

The Galway Senior Hurling Team to face Carlow in the opening round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship is announced

Galway v Carlow
đŸ—“ïžSunday 21st April
📍Pearse Stadium
🕑2.00pm

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Live score updates on our X feed via WhatstheScor App

Game is not Streamed or broadcast on TV, do not click on fake links.

Best of luck to Henry Shefflin, Team Management and our Senior Hurling Squad as their championship season begins!

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Team News: Galway U17 Hurling vs Kilkenny

The Galway Minor Hurling team to face Kilkenny on Saturday in the opening round of the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship is announced.

Kilkenny v Galway
đŸ—“ïžSaturday 20th April
📍UMPC Nowlan Park
🕑2.00pm

Buy Match Tickets online in advance, click here

Game is Live Streamed on Clubber, www.clubber.ie

Match Commentary on Galway Bay FM Sports.

Best of luck to Kenneth Burke, Team Management and our Minor Hurling Squad as their championship season begins!

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Team News: U20 Hurling v Offaly

The Galway U20 Hurling Team to face Offaly on Saturday in the O’Neills.com Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship is announced

Round 2 – Group 1 – Tier 1
Offaly vs Galway
Glenisk O’Connor Park
Saturday, 6th April 2024
Time: 2.00pm

Buy Match Tickets online in advance:
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Streaming on Clubber TV click on https://www.clubber.ie/

Best of Luck to Fergal Healy, Team Management & our U20 Hurlers as Championship season gets underway !

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AHL R4 Team News: Galway v Dublin

The Galway Senior Hurling team to face Dublin in Round 4 of #AllianzLeagues Hurling on Sunday is announced

Fixture Details as follows

Buy  Match Tickets Online in advance

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Ticket T & C’s

· Tickets must be purchased in advance.

· No Ticket Sales at the Venue on Match Day

Game is not televised, live score updates on our Social Media Channels via #WhatstheScĂłr App

Live Match Commentary on Galway Bay FM Sports

Best of Luck to Henry Shefflin, Team Management and our Senior Hurlers!

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AHL R3: Team News Galway v Antrim

The Galway Senior Hurling team to face Antrim in Round 3 of #AllianzLeagues Hurling on Sunday is announced

Fixture Details as follows

Buy  Match Tickets Online in advance

Click here to purchase tickets.

Ticket T & C’s

· Tickets must be purchased in advance.

· No Ticket Sales at the Venue on Match Day

Game is not televised, live score updates on our Social Media Channels via #WhatstheScĂłr App

Live Match Commentary on Galway Bay FM Sports

Best of Luck to Henry Shefflin, Team Management and our Senior Hurlers!

#riseofthetribes

#gaillimhabĂș