When five minutes went up on the board yesterday, I said to Brendan Cummins that a draw would be the fairest result.

On a dull rain-soaked afternoon at Gaelic Park last Sunday, one noticeable figure enthusiastically roaming the sidelines for New York’s clash with Mayo was All-Ireland winning Galway hurler Johnny Glynn.

Former Galway captain Ollie Canning has admitted little brother Joe’s groin injury couldn’t have occurred at a worse time.

New York boss Justin O’Halloran admits his side will be underdogs against Mayo in next month’s Connacht SFC opener — but is relishing the tag.

Galway manager Micheál Donoghue has been handed a boost ahead of their Leinster Senior Hurling Championship campaign.

Sunday’s league semi-final will tell Galway manager Micheál Donoghue whether the fringe players he has persisted with throughout the spring are capable of making an impact come championship, according to former Galway forward Niall Healy.

Galway and Limerick have both named their starting lineups ahead of this Sunday's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final at Croke Park.

Éamonn Fitzmaurice shipped some criticism last week when he reintroduced Paul Geaney against Monaghan after a disappointing initial foray for the Dingle man.

Over the last while, I’ve been listening to Alan O’Mara’s excellent podcast ‘Real Talks’.

The Twitterati, and numerous other Twitter bandits, were laying it into Jackie Tyrrell and I hot and heavy last Sunday night. They weren’t happy with our comparative analysis between the Munster and Leinster finals. A few of them told us to go away and watch the World Cup, that we might know more about Colombia and Japan than Cork and Clare.

Galway manager Micheal Donoghue is keen to have Johnny Glynn continue with the Tribesmen next year, though Glynn is working in America.

Waterford went a point up ten minutes into the second half. It had been tit for tat in the second period, but from that point on Galway had the scoring power to creep ahead and the experience to see out the game.

A righteous delivery is how Micheál Donoghue framed this victory and few could dispute him although we may have to wait for the dust to settle for him to point out exactly who were calling Galway “chokers” in the build-up to yesterday.

From a distance, the world looks maroon and white this morning.

Micheál Donoghue said criticism of Galway as chokers was well and truly answered by today’s All-Ireland final victory, writes John Fogarty

Not many counties have managed the full set in the one calendar year but this was all about the moment Galway captain David Burke trotted up the steps of the Hogan Stand just after five o’clock and raised the last bit of silverware high above his head.

Donal O’Grady gives his tactical breakdown of an intriguing All-Ireland final.

The build up to the 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final continues today, with Galway and Waterford set to finalise their teams later.

As Galway v Tipperary games go, Anthony Daly felt yesterday’s was on another level.

One of the more delightful pageants of Irish broadcasting is the Monday hurling draw on Morning Ireland, writes Eimear Ryan.

Pat Hartnett doesn’t see any notable shift in mindset or culture as being the root cause of Cork hurling’s latest coming. The players, he insists, are simply doing themselves justice.

At around half six on Sunday evening, most of the Galway team were to be found licking ice creams outside Supermacs on the Old Ennis Road.

Former Galway hurler Damien Hayes says he’ll be “shocked” if the Tribesmen don’t overcome Limerick in Sunday’s Allianz HL semi-final.

Galway defender Pádraic Mannion has explained Jonathan Glynn will be based at home for significant parts of the summer as he returns to the panel. 

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When the Cork- Dublin hurling/football double-header was first played in Croke Park in 2014, Cork edged the hurling match by one point. I met Jimmy Barry-Murphy upstairs afterwards and he was delighted.

A fleece of us in Clare got nominated for All Stars in 1998 and the county board obligingly decided to fly us up on the Friday and back down on the Saturday.

Experienced defender Fergal Moore says Galway must learn from the mistakes of previous All-Ireland final losses if they are to bounce back in 2016.

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Week 36. It’s the first Sunday in September but it’s always in or around week 36 of the year. The longest seven days for Cillian Buckley.

It was Johnny Glynn’s dispossession of Pádraic Maher two minutes from the end of normal time that told David Collins he’d see Croke Park in September.

It was without doubt the game of the year. The picture of the Tipp players prostrate on the ground as Galway celebrated said it all. The Premier came up just short and Galway won because they stubbornly refused to be beaten.

On the way home from Dublin last week, Niall Gilligan stopped off to break the journey in Francis Loughnane’s old pub in Roscrea, which is now run by John Carroll.

I was impressed by how comfortable Tipperary were against Waterford in the Munster final. 

Former All-Ireland winning manager Nicky English believes Tipperary should accept that they’re going to concede aerial possession to Galway’s powerful forwards and must simply concentrate on what to do next.

David Collins wasn’t surprised by Jonathan Glynn’s frank remarks in the aftermath of Galway’s sensational quarter-final win over Cork.

The stats from Sunday’s semi-final loss to Galway will offer few crumbs of comfort for Jimmy Barry-Murphy and his management team.