{"id":531233,"date":"2026-07-03T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/531233\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:30:11","slug":"preview-all-ireland-shc-semi-final-cork-v-galway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/531233\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final – Cork v Galway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click here<\/a> to listen to an interview with Galway senior hurling manager Miche\u00e1l Donoghue.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to listen to an interview with Cork senior hurling team captain Darragh Fitzgibbon.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to listen to an interview with Galway senior hurling team captain Darren Morrissey.<\/p>\n

All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final<\/p>\n

Saturday July 4<\/p>\n

Cork v Galway, Croke Park, 3.30pm, RTE\/BBC<\/p>\n

A full house at GAA headquarters provides an ideal backdrop for an intriguing All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final.<\/p>\n

Having suffered a narrow defeat in the Munster decider on home soil to Limerick, Cork responded by cruising to an emphatic win over Offaly.<\/p>\n

That match illustrated Cork’s inside attacking threat so Galway will be fully aware of Ben O’Connor’s talented outfit.<\/p>\n

Galway, though, enjoyed a hugely impressive Leinster Final success over Dublin with Miche\u00e1l Donoghue’s charges delivering a stylish display.<\/p>\n

Daith\u00ed Burke and Padraic Mannion are still going strong, while further up the pitch Cathal Mannion and Conor Whelan continue to supply leadership and class.<\/p>\n

A new wave of talent including Cillian Trayers, Darragh Neary, Aaron Niland, and Jason Rabbitte is being developed by Donoghue and his backroom team.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, they’ll know that a most demanding assignment awaits against Cork. Shane Barrett will dash about craving involvement, while inside Brian Hayes remains a key influence. Hayes likely battle with Galway’s Daith\u00ed Burke promises to be lively.<\/p>\n

Patrick Collins was accomplished in the Munster showpiece, while the Downey brothers are always relevant to the Cork cause too.<\/p>\n

Darragh Fitzgibbon’s return to action in the Offaly win was another boost for Cork, who’re looking to reach a third All-Ireland final on the spin, but they’ve lost the last five Championship clashes against Galway since 2008.<\/p>\n

Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Damien Cahalane, Se\u00e1n O’Donoghue; Eoin Downey, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O’Mahony, Tommy O’Connell; Darragh Fitzgibbon, Shane Barrett, Diarmuid Healy; Alan Walsh, Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes.<\/p>\n

Subs: Paudie O’Sullivan, Ger Millerick, Eoin Roche, Cormac O’Brien, Brian Roche, Hugh O’Connor, Robbie O’Flynn, Shane Kingston, William Buckley, S\u00e9amus Harnedy, Barry Walsh.<\/p>\n

Galway: Darach Fahy; Joshua Ryan, Cillian Trayers, Darren Morrissey; Padraic Mannion, Daith\u00ed Burke, Ronan Glennon; Tiernan Killeen, Gavin Lee; Tom Monaghan, Cathal Mannion, Darragh Neary; Conor Whelan, Jason Rabbitte, Aaron Niland.<\/p>\n

Subs: Eanna Murphy, Shane Morgan, Fintan Burke, Cian Daniels, Cianan Fahy, Conor Cooney, John Fleming, Se\u00e1n Linnane, Cillian Whelan, Colm Molloy, Brian Concannon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Click here to listen to an interview with Galway senior hurling manager Miche\u00e1l Donoghue. Click here to listen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-531233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}