Meanwhile substitute Cian O’Brien was the hero for Meath as his late equaliser rescued a draw.

A blistering second-half start – in which the visitors hit an unanswered 1-3 – powered Mayo to a fifth consecutive championship win over Galway this afternoon.

Galway 3-12 Kildare 1-12: A performance symbolic of a regressive spring campaign, Kildare dropping to the league’s third tier with hardly a punch thrown in this deciding bout.

Second-half goals from Fintan Ó Curraoin and Shane Walsh preserved Galway’s Division 2 status, and, in the process, condemned Kildare to the third tier.

Both Galway and Roscommon are still in the hunt for promotion to Division 1 after Damien Comer's goal helped the Tribesmen to their third win of the campaign at Hyde Park.

Galway 0-10, Cavan 0-12:

Down 1-17, Galway 1-16: Kevin Walsh was left regretting Galway’s wastefulness as Down came with a late charge to snatch a valuable win which moved them to the top of Div 2 in the Allianz Football League.

Allianz FL Division 1 Round 2: Westmeath 2-12 Galway 2-13: It’s an awful pity that Paddy Sweeney didn’t live to see this day. A stalwart of the Killannin club which also produced Kevin Walsh, Sweeney also served as an officer of Galway football board but was killed in a work accident over a year ago.

Roscommon 4-8 Galway 1-12: FBD Connacht final: There is growing optimism in Roscommon that a succession of good underage sides is about to mark them as a serious force at senior level, but the need to temper that expectation was also obvious at Kiltoom yesterday.

Cork manager Jimmy Barry Murphy has named an unchanged side for Sunday's Munster Hurling final clash with Limerick.

David Breen will make his first competitive start of the year for Limerick in Sunday’s Munster hurling final against Cork.

Sligo 0-11 Galway 0-16

London 0-7 Galway 3-17

Meath 0-17 Galway 0-13

Monaghan 0-13 Galway 0-12

Laois 1-20 Galway 0-8

Galway 0-12 Donegal 1-16

Galway 0-12 Donegal 1-16

Mayo GAA officials are “100% sure” Elverys will honour their sponsorship deal with the county despite the retail chain announcing it was going into receivership yesterday.

Galway 0-13 GMIT 0-6

Cork 1-17 Galway 1-16

Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-9

Galway 1-12 Tipperary 0-11

Mayo 4-16 Galway 0-11

Mayo’s injury crisis is close to crippling point going into Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final derby with Galway.

Armagh 0-21 Galway 1-12

Armagh 0-21 Galway 1-12

Galway 1-16 Wexford 0-11

Galway 1-16 Wexford 0-11

Laois 1-15 Galway 0-10

Laois 1-15 Galway 0-10

Louth 0-17 Galway 0-11

Louth 0-17 Galway 0-11

Galway 1-15 Derry 0-15

Galway 1-15 Derry 0-15

Michael Meehan looked back to his best for Galway as his four points helped the Tribesmen to a facile win 0-16 to 0-6 over NUI Galway at Tuam Stadium yesterday.

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan has rejected claims by Paul Galvin that the county “are lagging behind at a coaching level”.

Nine points from Young Footballer of the Year, Cillian O’Connor, proved to be the difference as Galway surrendered their provincial and All-Ireland U21 FC crowns in last night’s Connacht preliminary round clash in Castlebar.

Galway’s All-Ireland U21-winning midfielder Fiontain Ó Curraoin has been named in the side for the opening defence of their crown in tomorrow night’s Cadbury’s Connacht U21FC quarter-final against Mayo in McHale Park but remains a major doubt due to an ankle injury.

A point by Paul Bannon, with virtually the last kick of the game, gave Westmeath a shock win over Galway in Mullingar yesterday.

Westmeath 0-13 Galway 0-12

Leinster Council chairman Martin Skelly feels that weaker counties — and in particular Kilkenny — should be given special dispensation to assemble squads outside of the GAA’s designated inter-county off-season.

CORNER-FORWARD Michael Martin fired two excellent goals as Galway wrapped up their FBD League campaign with a win over Sligo at Tuam Stadium yesterday.