Loughrea are Galway Hurling County Champions for the third time in a row after a 0-17 to 0-16 win over Tommy Larkins at Pearse Stadium. Brillliant performances from Jamie Ryan and Tiernan Killeen saw Loughrea over the line in an extremely tight final. Tommy Larkins will be incredibly disappointed and will feel that they left a number of scores behind them on the day. Loughrea will march on to the All-Ireland series where they will hope to get back to another final and make amends for their defeat to Ballygunner in last year’s decider.

Hello and welcome along to to today’s live blog of the Senior Hurling County Final between Tommy Larkins and Loughrea. Throw in at Pearse Stadium is 3pm and we will be keeping you up to date on Galway Bay FM with live commentary and a live blog here on the website.

67 Minutes: Loughrea 0-17 Tommy Larkin 0-16, Loughrea have won the Senior County Final after a frantic last few minutes where Tommy Larkins just couldn’t find another score.

64 minutes: Loughrea LEAD, Tiernan Killeen with a massive point that could be the winner.

62 minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-16 Loughrea 0-16, Both sides hit wides with two minutes left.

60 Minutes: Loughrea Level, Tiernan Killeen with a huge score bring it back to 0-16 apiece. Four minutes of additional time…

59 Minutes: Tommy Larkins Lead, Jason Flynn nails his free from out near the touchline to put Larkins ahead.

59 Minutes: Still all level, No score in nearly ten minutes here in Pearse Stadium, Jason Flynn with a free to put Larkins ahead..

50 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-15 Loughrea 0-15, Jamie Ryan and Jason Flynn are having a personal scoring contest at this point, and the sides remian level.

43 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-14 Loughrea 0-14, It’s all level in Pearse Stadium, Jason Flynn pointed from a free, but back-to-back scores from Jamie Ryan who is having a fantastic County Final, has levelled this game.

39 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-13 Loughrea 0-12, The sides trade scores, with Ronan Murphy landing a huge long range effort for Tommy Larkins. Jamie Ryan responds with a brilliant score of his own.

37 Minutes: Loughrea score, A wonderful sideline cut from Jamie Ryan brings it back to a one point game.

35 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-12 Loughrea 0-10, Jason Flynn gets his fourth point of the game, with Jamie Ryan responding with a free for Loughrea, before another Jasonb Flynn point.

32 minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-10 Loughrea 0-09, Tiernan Killeen gets another score for Loughrea to bring it back to a one point game.

31 Minutes: Loughrea Score, The second half is underway here with Loughrea getting the opening score.

Half Time: Tommy Larkins 0-10 Loughrea 0-07, The sides trade scores in added time here at the end of a brilliant first half. Both sides have left a lot of scores behind them, but this is well set up for the second half.

30 Minutes: Loughrea Score, Tiernan Killeen with a brilliant score for Loughrea. There two minutes added on at the of the first half.

28 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-09 Loughrea 0-05, Vince Morgan gets a point for Loughrea to make it a four point game.

27 minutes: Goal Chance, Jason Flynn goes for goal from a free but it’s blocked on the line by Loughrea.

25 Minutes: Loughrea Score, Jamie Ryan points the resulting 65′ to nring it back to a five point game.

24 Minutes gone Goal Chance, Eanna Murphy makes a brilliant double save from Culleen Killeen and then Vince Morgan.

22 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-08 Loughrea 0-03, Cian Daniels adds another point for Tommy Larkins and they go three points up.

15 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-06 Loughrea 0-03, Both sides are playng with real intesnity in this County Final so far.

9 Minutes: Tommy Larkins 0-04 Loughrea 0-02, Tommy Larkins back in the county final for the first time in 55 years have started the stronger here.