Galway 4-17 Donegal 0-14: Galway had never scored four goals against an Ulster team in championship football before but such was the ease with which they prised open the Donegal rearguard in Sligo on Saturday that they could have got double that haul.

Former Galway footballer Diarmuid Blake doesn’t expect Aidan O’Shea to start Sunday’s Connacht semi-final, claiming the two-time All Star is “not at the top of his game” at present.

Galway 0-18 Kildare 0-16: The increasing depth of this Galway panel means Kevin Walsh has an interesting nine weeks ahead of him in attempting to piece together his strongest team.

Galway attacker Shane Walsh reckons the huge amount of players that knocked back the opportunity to play for the county in recent seasons are regretting their decisions this week.

From second-level colleges glory to All-Ireland minor and senior titles with Kerry, Jack O’Connor has seen it, done it and written the book.

Two goals from penalties by Salthill/Knocknacarra’s Shane Maughan couldn’t prevent All-Ireland champions Corofin win on their return to the Galway SFC.

Former Galway footballer Michael Meehan believes top players who put inter-county activity ahead of their careers are sending out a worrying message.

Former Galway captain Michael Meehan has conceded he’s ‘unlikely’ to revive his inter-county career.

The GAA have been criticised for their lackadaisical attitude to implementing player concussion protocols and ex-Galway attacker Michael Meehan has vehemently stated the “casual approach” to occurrences such as these within the Association needs to be stamped out immediately.

The best place to begin any appraisal of Tommy Walsh’s career is not with the All-Ireland medals, not with the All Stars but on a Sunday afternoon at Walsh Park in the summer of 1997.

Galway SFC

That it’s been five years since the two giants of Connacht contested a provincial final tells you all you need to know about the health of Galway football in recent years.

Former Connacht rugby star Gavin Duffy made his championship debut for Salthill/Knocknacarra as two Sean Armstrong goals helped last year’s finalists into the third round of the Galway SFC.

You can’t help thinking Eoin Cadogan is playing a blinder as the big brother when he perceives his younger sibling Alan and the rest of the Cork U21 footballers are being hyped up ahead of Saturday’s All-Ireland U21FC semi-final.

Galway star Michael Meehan has not ruled out a return to inter-county football if he can recover from the ankle injury which has plagued him for the last four years.

Galway footballers have suffered a massive blow with the news that Michael Meehan will not feature in this year’s championship.

Galway football has been dealt a massive blow with news that defender Colin Forde will miss their entire 2014 campaign after emigrating to England.

ARMAGH

Former Kildare star James Kavanagh hopes he can continue to impress for Galway after making an excellent debut for the Tribesmen on Sunday.

Frightening was the word used in description.

2013 All-Ireland SFC winning captain Stephen Cluxton and 11 of his Dublin team-mates have been nominated for GAA/GPA Football All-Stars awards.

A little over a week after the 2005 All-Ireland football final, this writer received an email from a fairly irate Kerry supporter.

Salthill-Knocknacarra remain on course for successive Galway SFC titles for the first time after holding off the challenge of a Caltra side forced to start without Michael Meehan.

It’s already five days since Seán Cavanagh dragged Conor McManus to the turf in Croke Park, but the tackle — helped by Joe Brolly’s TV rant — refuses to depart the stage as hurling prepares to reclaim top billing this coming weekend.

After a weekend and summer of GAA like that, we have to dispense with our normal practice of zoning in on just the one thing.

ALL-IRELAND SFC RD4 QUALIFIER:

Cork 1-17 Galway 1-16

For some reason or another, not everyone is sure Alan Mulholland is certain of his job going into next season.

Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-09

Galway 1-11 Armagh 0-9

Galway manager Alan Mulholland has made switches in defence and attack for tomorrow's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Armagh at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 5pm).

Galway 1-12 Waterford 0-14

The first half of this encounter at a windy Pearse Stadium provided a perfect example of how Gaelic football can be a pig ugly field game when it is played in a certain way, by limited teams.

Star forward Michael Meehan is doubtful for Galway’s All-Ireland SFC qualifier against Tipperary at Pearse Stadium.

Galway defender Gareth Bradshaw was sent off for the second week in a row when he received a second yellow card as his club Moycullen were defeated by Kilconly in the first round of the Galway SFC yesterday.

Galway 0-11 Mayo 4-16

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

Galway captain Finian Hanley has been ruled out of the team to face Mayo in Sunday's Connacht SFC quarter-final clash at Pearse Stadium (throw-in 4pm).