The village hoping to welcome home two All-Ireland winning captains this year

The village hoping to welcome home two All-Ireland winning captains this year

Moycullen will be hoping that Seán Kelly skippers the Tribesmen to victory over Armagh on Sunday. Photo: Media West (Ireland)

Galway is football mad this week but one village is celebrating sporting achievements on a variety of fronts and could become the first to produce the captain of the men’s and ladies All-Ireland champions in the same year.

But while Moycullen will be hoping that Seán Kelly skippers the Tribesmen to victory over Armagh on Sunday and Ailbhe Davoren follows up by leading Galway to victory in the TG4 All-Ireland final against Kerry at Croke Park a week later, the village already has plenty to cheer about.

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