Inter-county action returns to ‘spiritual home’ of Clare hurling
*Dr Daly Park. Photograph: Natasha Barton INTER-COUNTY hurling action returns to Dr Daly Park in Tulla this weekend for the first time in five decades.
*Dr Daly Park. Photograph: Natasha Barton INTER-COUNTY hurling action returns to Dr Daly Park in Tulla this weekend for the first time in five decades.
*Hughie Keleghan Chairman of the WGOBA makes the presentation to Sean Meade of Miltown Malbay after Paradise Gomez won the Stake Final MILTOWN MALBAY’s Sean Meade was in paradise on Saturday night or rather celebratory form in Galway following the success of Paradise Gomez.
*Sorcha Costelloe and Mary MacNamara. WHEN MARY MacNamara takes to the glór stage on Friday night, alongside her daughter Sorcha Costello, it won’t just be a performance, it will be a celebration of a musical tradition that has been passed down through generations.
*Brian Torpey and Bosco Clancy led the parade in Tulla. Photograph: Tom Micks TULLA PLAYERS took the top award at the St Patrick’s Day parade.
James Murray Galway Racing Manager makes the presentation to James McMahon after Lissatuuk Bailey won the S8 Stake Final. Also pictured is James’ father James. COORACLARE OWNED Lissatouk Bailey took the spoils in the S8 350 Yards Sweepstake Final in Galway.
*Photograph: John O’Neill CLARE TURNS green this weekend with St Patrick’s Day parades taking place across the county.
NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS owners were in the winners enclosure of Galway Greyhound Stadium.
*Liam Boyce. KILKISHEN’s Liam Boyce claimed the individual speaker award at the country’s longest-running third-level debating competition.
Friday night’s Galway card was dominated by the opening round heats of the Kilcolgan Castle Connacht Derby which carries a €9000 winners prize.
*Chapel Street in Tulla. PLANS FOR 39 HOUSES to be built at a site on Church Road in Tulla have hit a snag with Clare County Council.