Sunday will see Galway compete in an All-Ireland semi-final for the 10th time since their relatively hassle-free route to that stage was removed 25 years ago.
Having checked out of the Munster Championship after 10 fruitless years in 1969, Galway returned to the All-Ireland series as Connacht’s sole representatives in 1970.
Initially they paired off with London in semi-finals against the Munster and Leinster champions but after three years of one-sided encounters, it was decided to pit the exiles against Galway in a one-off quarter-final, with the winners alternating against the provincial winners year on year in a single semi-final.
