Galway's senior hurlers produced a thrilling fightback at the TUS Gaelic Grounds on Saturday (21st March 2026) in the National Hurling League, but couldn't stop Limerick setting up a final clash with Cork.
The Tribesmen trailed by 11 points early in the second half but reduced that deficit to two before the finish. However, they paid the price for goals conceded to Cathal O'Neill and Aaron Gillane. Aaron Niland was Galway's top scorer with 0-10 while Cathal Mannion, Jason Rabbitte and Darragh Neary shared 0-11 from play.
Afterwards, Galway senior manager Micheál Donoghue gave his views to Galway Bay FM's Niall Canavan.
Galway Bay FM's Sean Walsh, Andy Coen and Cyril Farrell looked back on a pulsating encounter.
Galway Bay FM's match commentary team were Sean Walsh, Andy Coen, Cyril Farrell and Niall Canavan.
Galway's next game is the opening round of the Leinster championship on Saturday, 18th April. Throw-in at Pearse Stadium is 4.30pm.
Scorers for Limerick: Cathal O’Neill 1-6; Aaron Gillane 1-4; Aidan O’Connor 0-5 (3fs); Adam English 0-4; Gearoid Hegarty 0-3; David Reidy 0-2; Donnacha Ó Dálaigh 0-2; Ethan Hurley 0-1.
Scorers for Galway: Aaron Niland 0-10 (8fs); Cathal Mannion, Jason Rabbitte 0-4 each; Darragh Neary 0-3; Thomas Monaghan
Colm Molloy, Conor Whelan 0-2 each; Padraic Mannion, Ronan Glennon, Tiernan Killeen, Brian Concannon 0-1each.
Limerick: Nickie Quaid; Seán Finn, Darragh Langan, Barry Nash; Diarmaid Byrnes, William O’Donoghue, Kyle Hayes; Adam English, Cian Lynch (Capt); Gearóid Hegarty, Aidan O’Connor, Cathal O’Neill; Aaron Gillane, Shane O’Brien, David Reidy.Subs: Donnacha Ó Dálaigh for O’Brien (half-time); Ethan Hurley for Lynch (temp 39 – 43); Hugh Flanagan for Hegarty (56); Mike Casey for Nash (62); Paddy O’Donovan for O’Connor (64); Colin Coughlan for Byrnes (69).
Galway: Darach Fahy; Joshua Ryan, Cillian Trayers, Darren Morrissey (c); Ronan Glennon, Padraic Mannion, Cianan Fahy; TJ Brennan, Cian Daniels; Thomas Monaghan, Cathal Mannion, Tiernan Killeen; Conor Whelan, Jason Rabbitte, Aaron Niland.Subs: Shane Morgan for Morrissey, Darragh Neary for C Fahy, Colm Molloy for Brennan (all half-time); Brian Concannon for Monaghan (48); Sean Linnane for Glennon (67).Referee: Chris Mooney (Dublin).
