Galway’s use of Thomas Flynn to replace Peter Cooke in the Connacht quarter-final win over Mayo on Sunday did not breach a substitute rule.

Not since 1998 and 1999 has there been this much fanfare about Connacht championship games, writes John Divilly

On Damien Comer’s last visit to MacHale Park, referee Paddy Neilan sent him for an early shower.

‘Throughout the spring, June 13 had hibernated in my head… In the dressing room just before going out I spoke to the players in a group. That was something I never did. This game was different. I spoke from my heart about who we were and what we were about and what we were going to do when we went out the door, what we had to do.’ — Paul Galvin, In My Own Words: The Autobiography