New York’s Galvin has high hopes

Playing for pride might sound trite and defeatist but it has different and meaningful connotations for Ian Galvin as he gears up his New York team to face Mayo in Gaelic Park this Sunday.

Hailed by chairman Liam Bermingham as “the most professional set-up that we’ve had”, the Waterville-born manager’s preparations have been hampered somewhat by what Bermingham says has been the worst winter there in 25 years.

Up until three weeks ago, the players endured training in sub-zero temperatures although Galvin brushed it off as adding “a bit of character to the lads”.