For those who wish to attend the Funeral of Niall Donoghue in Kilbeacanty, the following are the funeral arrangements. Niall Donoghue, Ballyturn, Kilbeacanty, Co. Galway. Family request privacy today (Friday)! Reposing at his Family home on Saturday from 3pm to 7pm. Private removal Sunday, arriving…
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Co Hurling Finals Notice
On account of the tragic death of Galway and Kilbeacanty hurler Niall Donoghue, the Galway Senior and Minor Hurling Finals take now place this coming Monday in Pearse Stadium, Salthill. Throw-in for the Minor Final between Liam Mellows and Turloughmore is at 1pm. Throw-in for…
Read MoreJunior Cs into Semi-Final
After a long wait for a first win, on the field, our Junior C hurlers have now put wins back to back. This 3-17 to 1-7 Shield Quarter-Final victory over Kinvara today in Carnmore means they have scored a total of 6-31 in their two…
Read MoreMinors Go Out in Quarter-Final
Our Minor hurlers exited the Championship, when they lost out to an impressive Killimor side in Loughrea earlier today. Pearses were playing catch-up from the start and when Killimor opened a seven point lead after twelve minutes of the second half it looked like they…
Read MoreBack in Action!
After a quiet couple of weeks on the playing fields our U10, U12 and Minor hurlers make a return to action this weekend. Our U12s have been unbeaten to date in the Championship and they play Sylane, in Sylane, in the last game of the…
Read MoreCoaching Courses
Galway Coaching and Games Development Committee/Tutor Committee are running a series of Coach Education courses for our Autumn programme 2013 in Hurling. We encourage anyone interested to apply, in particular Parents of current or future juvenile players who may be interested in becoming involved in…
Read MoreLoughrea Lucky to Escape!
SHC Quarter-Final, Loughrea 0-14 Pearses 1-10: Going down by just one point, to a last minute free was a cruel way for Pearses to lose this Senior Hurling Quarter-Final. Loughrea surely would have been relieved to have a draw, when target man Johnny Maher seen…
Read MoreGreat Day at Hurling Festival
Our U12 hurlers were one of twelve underage teams in action at the International Hurling Festival over the weekend, in the Prairie in Salthill (just behind Pearse Stadium). There were four host teams (Ballinasloe, Loughrea, Salthill-Knocknacarra and Gort), four visiting teams (Crusheen, Cuala, Ballycastle McQuillans…
Read MoreSHC Quarter-Final Preview
Pearses take on 2006 County Champions Loughrea, in the second of the Senior Hurling Quarter-Finals, tomorrow at 12pm in Kenny Park, Athenry. This is the first meeting of the two clubs in the Championship since 1994, when Loughrea came out on top. This time around…
Read MoreU16 Football Shield Final
Despite two quickfire attacks at the start, where Pearses were unlucky not to have had at least one goal, it was plain sailing all the way for Williamstown, yesterday evening in Loughgeorge. The early Pearses pressure served only to stir the North Galway boys to…
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