Battle-hardened Killererin eyeing up final appearance

KILLERERIN’S celebrations after ousting local rivals Corofin were in full flow last month before older members of the club doused the current players euphoria by pointing out a glitch in their record.

Despite accumulating four Galway titles over the past 11 seasons, success on the provincial front has eluded the current bunch of Killererin players.

“They’ve one over on us alright,” laughs player-manager Tommy Joyce. “The teams that won the club’s first two Galway titles in the 70’s, both managed to win in Connacht. Stephen Flaherty from that team is a current selector and my uncle Billy has one as well. During the celebrations after beating Corofin we had fellas reminding us about the Connacht record and slagging us off. There’s good banter about them having Connacht medals so we’d love to get our hands on one. This is more than likely a lot of the current lads last chance to win a Connacht title and we’re taking this year very seriously.”