Split the split season: Galway plan to separate hurling and football

Padraig Mannion of Galway hurlers and Damien Comer of Galway footballers. Pics: Sportsfile

Galway have devised a draft proposal to overhaul the inter-county calendar with exclusive senior football and hurling weekends from 2026.

In a document they have submitted to Croke Park, all but two weekends of a January to July season would be organised on a football or hurling-only basis.