Moycullen making most of hurling success

IN Galway GAA circles, Moycullen buck the trend.

The powerbase of hurling in the county lies in the strongholds in the south and the east, yet it is Connemara club Moycullen who bid to claim a provincial title in tomorrow’s Connacht IHC final against Roscommon champions Four Roads in Athleague.

The achievements of the town’s basketball team in the Superleague and their football prowess, which has seen local players Paul Clancy and Gareth Bradshaw star on the national stage with Galway, has tended to put hurling in the shade. But Moycullen manager Fergal Clancy, whose father Tomás played for the Galway senior footballers in the sixties and is a first cousin of Paul, has always prioritised hurling.