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Padraic O'Ciardha

Freelance Sports Reporter | Sports Journalist at Connacht Tribune

Journalist at Tuairisc

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  • 1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Padraic O'Ciardha

    By Pádraic Ó CiardhaGalway manager Pádraic Joyce did his best to put a positive spin on his side’s one-point defeat to Dublin in Pearse Stadium last weekend but for the talk of “super performances” and “great entertainment”, there was no getting away from the fact that this was a setback for Galway.

  • 1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Padraic O'Ciardha

    By Pádraic Ó CiardhaWHEN you get drawn in a group that’s instantly given the ‘Group of Death’ moniker, you should probably take it as a given that there’ll be no easing your way into things and that’s certainly the case for the Galway footballers as they welcome Dublin to Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening (5.00pm).

  • 1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Padraic O'Ciardha

    Galway 1-17Mayo 1-15By Pádraic Ó Ciardha at MacHale ParkAND to think that some people suggested that Galway might be better off losing this one? Pádraic Joyce’s side have made it four Connacht titles in-a-row for the first time since the golden years of the mid-1960s after coming out the right side of another squeaker in Castlebar.

  • 1 month ago | connachttribune.ie | Padraic O'Ciardha

    By Pádraic Ó CiardhaYOU have to go back a long way for the last time the Galway footballers entered a Connacht final against Mayo as heavily fancied as they are for this Sunday’s set piece (MacHale Park, 4pm), especially when you consider that the game is in Castlebar, but the bookies’ odds are merely a reflection of where both teams stand at the minute.

  • Mar 28, 2025 | connachttribune.ie | Pádraic Ó Ciardha |Padraic O'Ciardha

    Galway 2-19Kerry 3-24By Pádraic Ó Ciardha in Pearse StadiumKERRY’S took Galway’s place in this weekend’s Division 1 league final after a sparkling attacking display saw the men from the Kingdom leave Salthill with an eight-point victory.

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