Seán Fahy: 'It’d be easier to win the lotto than to do what St. Thomas have eventually achieved'

They first won a Galway SHC in 2012 and have since won eight, including a recently secured six-in-a-row.

Conor Cooney, captain of St. Thomas lifts the cup after wining the Galway County Senior Hurling Championship.

Dream big. They wanted to bring the parishes Kilchreest and Peterswell together and form a hurling club. It was the ultimate punt at a time when there wasn’t a penny to spend on it.

In 1968 Mikie Coleman and his cousin Seán Fahy combined to create St Thomas hurling club. A changing of the papal guard meant there was no opposition from the reigning decision-maker. The previous parish priest had been from Castlegar and may not have been as open to competition.