Association profile

Galway & District underage league

At a glance

Association: Galway
County: Galway
Province: Connacht

Galway’s youth football community

From local pitches to national honours

City and county clubs share a youth programme under the Galway Football Association.

The association

Football across city and county

Galway’s underage leagues form part of the Galway Football Association, the volunteer organisation responsible for association football in Galway. The GFA’s wider remit includes adult competitions, while this profile focuses on the youth game and its local club community.

The official website brings fixtures, results, competitions and a team directory together. Use the age-group heading when following a team: a club may have several sides in different competitions, and an adult league table does not describe its underage programme.

The 2026/2027 programme

A new season for girls and boys

The GFA announced that its 2026/27 season would begin on 29 August, with under-14, under-16 and under-18 boys’ and girls’ teams taking the opening weekend’s field. The announcement covered clubs across Galway city and county.

Families should start with their local club for available places, registration, training and the correct team contact. Match schedules can differ between age groups, so check the named competition and published fixture date before planning a weekend around a game.

Official GFA fixtures and news

Association honours

Kennedy Cup champions, twice

Galway won the Kennedy Cup in 2023, defeating Midlands 2–1 in the final. A 3–0 semi-final win over Wexford had taken the representative side into that decider, following a penalty-shootout victory against Kilkenny in the quarter-final.

In June 2026, Galway lifted the trophy again with a 1–0 final victory over North Eastern Regional League at the University of Limerick. That campaign included a quarter-final shootout against Kilkenny and a semi-final win over DDSL. The two titles belong to Galway’s representative football history, bringing players together beyond their individual club teams.

League information

An office and resources for the game

The Galway Football Association lists its address at Eamonn Deacy Park, Dyke Road, Galway, H91 AV81. This is the association’s published contact location; a youth team’s match venue should be checked separately on its fixture and with its club.

The GFA’s Downloads & Links page groups player-development material, representative-team information, referee documents and safeguarding resources. Some documents carry earlier season dates, so ask the association or your club which version applies before using a form or relying on a competition rule.

GFA documents and club links

Clubs in this league association

34 clubs

Athenry FC

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Founded 1971

Galway & District underage league

At a glance

From local pitches to national honours

Football across city and county

A new season for girls and boys

Kennedy Cup champions, twice

An office and resources for the game

Clubs in this league association

Athenry FC

Ballinasloe Town AFC

Bearna Na Forbacha Aontaithe

Cois Fharraige

Colemanstown United FC

Colga FC

Coole FC

Corofin Utd

Corrib Celtic FC

Corrib Rangers FC

Craughwell United

Cregmore Claregalway FC

East Galway United

Galway Bohemians

Galway Hibernians

Gort Utd

Kilshanvey Utd

Kiltullagh Pioneers FC

Kinvara United FC

Knocknacarra FC

Loughrea Rams FC

MacDara

Maree/Oranmore F C

Merlin Woods

Mervue United

Moyne Villa

Oughterard

Renmore AFC

Salthill Devon

St. Bernards United

Fixtures and results