Corofin’s five-year reign as Galway SFC champions looked to have ended yesterday, but captain Micheál Lundy rescued them with an equaliser in the fourth minute of added time to force a replay and deny a determined Mountbellew/Moylough at Pearse Stadium.

Both Mayo and Galway have championship debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final clash in MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

New Cork senior hurling boss Kieran Kingston has described the post as a “fantastic opportunity”, confirming yesterday that his former Cork team-mate Pat Harnett is joining him as a selector.

All-Ireland club hurling champions Ballyhale have been beaten in the Kilkenny SHC semi-final, 2-15 to 2-13 by O’Loughlin Gaels.

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.

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Cork’s dual playing triumvirate have been promoted to the team for Sunday’s Munster final against Kerry.

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.

Kilkenny last night refused to comment on the appointment of Westmeath’s James McGrath for Sunday week’s All-Ireland SHC final against Galway.

Padraic Joyce rolled back the clock with a blistering hat-trick as Killererin sealed their spot in the Galway SFC quarter-finals yesterday.

Galway football manager Alan Mulholland received another boost as both Padraic Joyce and Michael Meehan showed great form and kicked their clubs into the third round of the county SFC.

SALTHILL/KNOCKNACARRA needed a Sean Armstrong point in added-time to grasp a draw after a terrific second-half comeback from Tuam Stars almost saw them reach their first Galway SFC final in 16 years.

CORK county board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan, vice-chairman Bob Ryan and secretary Frank Murphy will all sit on the committee charged withselecting the county’s next senior hurling manager.

GALWAY football officials are hopeful of restarting their club championship early next month despite a row dragging on between two clubs over a player’s eligibility.

THE Galway senior football championship has been thrown into disarray as a new appeal is to be heard into the eligibility of a player.

O’LOUGHLIN GAELS from Kilkenny claimed their first Féile na nGael Division One title when they defeated Limerick’s Na Piarsaigh (3-7 to 0-4) at Pearse Stadium in Galway yesterday.

A ROW has broken out in Galway football after a Connemara club was thrown out of the county SFC.

FORMER Galway inter-county sharpshooter, Derek Savage, rolled back the years and fired Cortoon Shamrocks into the second round of the Galway SFC.

GALWAY’S preparations for the Connacht football championship received a major boost yesterday when star forward Padraic Joyce returned to club action after an ankle injury.

CHAMPIONS Corofin laid down a firm marker at the weekend that they are driven in their quest to become the first Galway club in 50 years to complete three county senior football titles in a row.

EXILED Westmeath star Dessie Dolan has revealed he is set to return to the county football ranks ahead of their Leinster SFC opener against Wicklow or Carlow on June 6.

GALWAY’S hopes of finally getting the go-ahead for floodlights at Pearse Stadium have received another set-back with Galway City Council demanding more information before making a decision on planning permission.

Corofin 0-11 'Montbellew-Moylough 1-5

GALWAY will be using Cork as the template for how they want to progress and become All-Ireland contenders again under the management of Joe Kernan.

Corofin 0-9 Mountbellew-Moylough 0-9

Mountbellew-Moylough will enter the Galway Senior Football Championship final tomorrow as outsiders with many pundits, when they face reigning champions, Corofin in Tuam Stadium at 4pm.

ALAN MULHOLLAND, who led Galway to their sixth All-Ireland minor football title in 2007, will tonight be appointed manager of the county’s U21 side for next season.

Young forward Sean Armstrong has been added to Galway's lengthening injury list ahead of Saturday's GAA Football All-Ireland quarter-final showdown with Kerry.

Bustling Sligo midfielder Eamonn O'Hara looks certain to miss the Yeats county's All-Ireland SFC third round qualifier against Clare on Sunday.

If former Mayo footballer Peter Ford is to win the Connacht SFC title in his first season in charge of Galway, his youthful selection for Sunday will be championed.

Former Galway GAA star Enda Colleran has died at his home in Barna aged 63.

A fixtures backlog in the Galway SFC is threatening to leave the county without a representative in the Connacht championship.