Joe Connolly’s unbreakable Fitzgibbon Cup bonds
It is 38 years since Joe lined out for UCG in a Galway senior championship semi-final against Ballinasloe in Tuam Stadium, but the background to how that came about has a special relevance this coming weekend. Joe and his comrades from the 1977 UCG Fitzgibbon Cup winning side will come together on the 40th anniversary of their win and to honour the late Joe McDonagh, who was also a member of that team.
On the first Sunday in August 1979, McDonagh and Connolly played on a Galway team that surprised Cork in an All-Ireland semi-final.
