The perfect storm: Galway football on the rise once again

The trajectory in Galway is only pointed one way. The county minors are All-Ireland champions. It was the fourth time in seven years they reached the showpiece

PROVINCIAL HONOURS: Moycullen's Dessie Conneely lifts the Shane McGettigan Cup. Pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

One can come thanks to a stroke of luck. Two indicates talent. Three? That is no coincidence or flash in the pan. Three is a shining beacon.

Champions Kerry boast three clubs in semi-final action this weekend across senior, intermediate and junior. Nationally that is taken as typical and telling of the perpetual football county. Galway, who they bested in the All-Ireland decider, also have three representatives across the grades: Moycullen at senior, Dunmore MacHales in the intermediate and Clifden at junior. Is it by accident or design? Well, take a look. Trace the footsteps.