By Jacqueline Hogge THE power of the mind has long been associated with personal success but willpower has often eluded the best of people as they try to attain certain goals. Life coaching and other psychological tools have become popular in recent years as people try to harness their hidden strengths to achieve personal and [...]
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By NOEL CARNEY Waterford ………………. 2-23 Galway …………………… 2-13 YET ANOTHER season of cautious optimism and hopes of a step towards glory has ended in broken dreams and crushing disappointment. The pattern has become as predictable as it is frustrating for management, players and supporters. This latest disaster at Semple Stadium, Thurles last Sunday is [...]
By JIM CARNEY St Brendan’s …………………………………. 1-15 Corofin ………………………………………….. 1-8 PRIDE and passion carried the football men of Ballygar and Newbridge to a vital win over Corofin in this I.F.C. Group 3 fixture at Tuam Stadium last Saturday evening. A result that means St Brendan’s qualify for the quarter-finals along with table-toppers An Spidéal, while [...]
By NOEL CARNEY Menlough ……………….. 2-11 Williamstown …………… 3-7 THIS was classic Championship fare with both teams showing heart, spirit and passion before Menlough finally emerged with a victory by the narrowest of margins in the second game of Saturday evening’s Intermediate Football double-bill at Tuam Stadium.Om more than one occasion Menlough seemed to be [...]
By JIM CARNEY GALWAY and Mayo football rivalry will be renewed next Monday (August Bank Holiday) in the final of the Connacht U-16 Football Championship, for the Ted Webb Memorial Cup, at Ballyhaunis GAA grounds, 4.30 p.m. The finalists are Galway County and Mayo North-West.The curtain-raiser at 2.30 will be the U-16 Shield final: Galway [...]
By JIM CARNEY THE 1970s, a golden era for Gaelic football with the thrilling rivalry between Kerry and Dublin, was a decade of despair for Galway, losing three All-Ireland senior finals in four years: 1971 (to Offaly), 1973 (to Cork) and 1974 (to Dublin). Sadly for the brilliant youngsters coming through from the 1970 and [...]
DARLING GIRLS FROM CLARE: Sisters Mary, Sarah, Katherine and Joanne Skelly from Scariff, Co Clare, at the Galway Races on Tuesday evening. Photo: Ray Ryan
