Galway

By Cian O'Connell Forging deep and meaningful connections is critical for the long term development of Galway football. Pádraic Joyce's management team and ...

“The senior clubs are well on their road, we have a lot of very good senior and intermediate clubs in Galway,” Divilly remarks. Of the five clubs we've gone to so far, we have coached some underage teams, some of the junior teams were getting ready to play league games, we have offered to come back out again to do a session, they are all delighted with that. At the end of 2022 the Galway players and management worked closely with the coaching and games department in the county, illustrating what can be achieved. “Now we can see from being on the ground, that there is so much work being done in junior clubs around Galway. “That just gives a lot of energy to a community and parishes around Galway. You have about 11 or 12 out and out junior clubs in Galway, we are trying to get to all of them. They come for a while, then they go home to relax and get ready to play a National League game the following day.” We are there from 10-12 to coach whatever is there, we will have a chat, we try to bring in two or three senior players to each club. “Whenever we are playing at home, we try to do it the day before. “The junior clubs coaching initiative has been a particular highlight of recent months in Galway GAA,” Bellew says. “There is a real integrated approach taking shape across the county led by Dennis Carr and Paddy Ó Gríofa. It's also another example of the great work going on with coaching and games in Galway.