Editing Galway (section)

====Gaelic games====
{{Main|Galway GAA}}
[[File:Pearse Park.jpg|thumb|[[Pearse Stadium]]]]
Both [[hurling]] and [[Gaelic football|football]] are strong in Galway city. [[Pearse Stadium]] in Salthill is the home to [[Galway GAA]], the county's [[Gaelic games]] body. The Galway hurlers compete annually in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] for the [[Liam MacCarthy Cup]].  Despite having won the cup only five times in their history, Galway is considered one of the top teams in the Championship. Galway reached the [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2012 All-Ireland final]] only to draw with [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] to force a replay, the first since 1959, which they eventually lost. In 2017 Galway lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time in 29 years beating Waterford by [[List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners|0–26 to 2–17]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/galway-end-all-ireland-famine-with-tight-win-over-waterford-at-croke-park-36095604.html|title=Galway end All Ireland famine with tight win over Waterford at Croke Park|work=[[Irish Independent]]|first=Sean|last=McGoldrick|date=3 September 2017}}</ref> The footballers compete annually in the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] for the [[Sam Maguire Cup]]. The Gaelic footballers have won the cup nine times with the most recent being in [[2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|2001]].