Galway GAA fans' flag banned and confiscated
GAA officials thought the banner was offensive
A lot has changed in four decades but throwing it back to 1987 and before Galway beat Kilkenny to get their claws on Liam MacCarthy again, there was controversy in the stands.
Two brothers had their banner banned and confiscated by the GAA during the September final nearly forty years ago.
RTE have shared a throwback to the interview with the siblings who explained that officials thought the banner was offensive.
You can find the full clip of the interview here.
You can follow every puck of a hurl in our live blog here.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship between Galway and Limerick gets underway on Sunday afternoon at 3:30pm. Limerick are aiming to win the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 2023. Cork native Colm Lyons takes charge of the big game.
It is a repeat of the 2018 final where Limerick narrowly edged Galway 3-16 to 2-18. Micheal Donoghue’s charges arrive into the All-Ireland final on the back of winning the Leinster Championship with a 4-29 to 4-16 win over Dublin. The men in maroon and white followed that up with an impressive victory over Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Limerick just did enough to get past Cork in the Munster final and the Shannonsiders needed a late goal from Aidan O’Connor to get past Clare in the All-Ireland semi-final.
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The Connacht Tribune Sports department will be bringing viewers all the action, insight, and analysis from Croke Park on Sunday afternoon in our live blog.
How are both teams lining-up
GALWAY: Darach Fahy; Joshua Ryan, Cillian Trayers, Darren Morrissey (Captain); Padraic Mannion, Daithi Burke, Ronan Glennon;, Tiernan Killeen, Gavin Lee; Tom Monaghan, Cathal Mannion, Darragh Neary; Conor Whelan, Jason Rabbitte, Aaron Niland.
SUBS: Eanna Murphy, Shane Morgan, Fintan Burke, Cian Daniels, Cianan Fahy, Conor Cooney, John Fleming, Sean Linnane, Cillian Whelan, Colm Molloy, Brian Concannon.
LIMERICK: Nickie Quaid; Sean Finn, Mike Casey, Barry Nash; Diarmaid Byrnes, William O’Donoghue, Kyle Hayes; Adam English, Cian Lynch (Captain); Gearoid Hegarty, Aidan O’Connor, Cathal O’Neill; Aaron Gillane, Shane O’Brien, Peter Casey.
SUBS: Colin Ryan, Colin Coughlan, Fintan Fitzgerald, Matthew Fitzgerald, Hugh Flanagan, Ethan Hurley, Darragh Langan, Dan Morrissey, Tom Morrissey, Darragh O’Donovan and David Reidy.
Who is the referee?
CORK native Colm Lyons takes charge of the big game.His score umpires on the day will be Ciarán Hanley from the Brian Dillons Club, Jim McEvoy from Blarney, Philip Mackey and Finian Mullane, both from the Nemo Rangers club.
His line umpires on the day will be Wexford’s James Owens and Dublin’s Chris Mooney. James will be the standby referee, and the Sideline Official will be Niall Malone from Clare. David Grogan from Tipperary will be the Hawkeye Official.