Galway GAA mourns former player and manager Billy Joyce

The former midfielder is uncle of current Galway football manager Pádraic Joyce

Billy Joyce as Killererin manager in 2004, during the Connacht Club Senior Football Final with Ballina Stephenites. Pic: David Maher / SPORTSFILE

Galway GAA is mourning the death of former player and manager Billy Joyce.

An uncle of current Galway football manager Pádraic Joyce, he was a mainstay in the middle of the field for the Tribesmen in an inter-county career that spanned a decade and a half.