Galway Amateur Boxing Association

31/08/2026

Fantastic incentive from Boxing Ireland delivered by our own Gabe Cronnelly 🥊

Fighting for more than medals – Boxing Ireland has partnered with Cuan Mhuire in Galway to deliver a pivotal Start Box programme.

Cuan Mhuire is Ireland’s largest voluntary provider of Addiction Treatment Services and Residential Rehabilitation. Its main objective is the rehabilitation of people suffering from alcohol, drug and gambling addictions. Programmes enable participants to become aware of, and learn to deal with the underlying problems relating to these addictions, and discover their uniqueness, giftedness and their real purpose in life.

Boxing Ireland’s Gabe Cronnelly of Monivea BC partnered with Cuan Mhuire Centre Leader Martin Gavin to deliver the course. Martin was a key member of the former Four Corners BC in Roscommon.

Over a period of 6 weeks, 20 men and women took part in an on-site StartBox programme, using boxing as another tool to support recovery, and to re-build confidence, gain boxing skills and develop life-skills.

The programme also supported creating a sustainable pathway into clubs through recreational boxing.

Boxing Ireland's vision is to make StartBox an ongoing programme in Cuan Mhuire centres and expand it to rehabilitation and addiction treatment centres across every province, giving more people the opportunity to rebuild their lives through boxing.

https://boxingireland.ie/boxing-ireland-supporting-recovery/

28/08/2026

What a unit of Galway boxers travelling to Dublin for Irish squad training!

Sophie Finnerty, Celtic Eagles
Córa Ní Catháin, Conamara
Andrew Nugent, Olympic
Edward Ward, Olympic
Martin Nevin, Olympic
Paddy Heneghan, Galway
Romeo Barrett, Titans

Best of luck also to Sophie Potter from our very good friends in Gateway BC Sligo🥊

The 3 Queens of Connacht♠️♦️♣️

All Ireland champions:
Sophie Finnerty, Celtic Eagles,
Córa Ní Catháin, Conamara &
Sophie Potter, Gateway

The 3 girls are training in Dublin again this week hoping to secure their place on the Irish Under-15 team heading to the European championships.

Our female champions are joined by 5 Connacht lads also hoping to book their tickets:

Andrew Nugent, Olympic
Edward Ward, Olympic
Martin Nevin, Olympic
Paddy Heneghan, Galway
Romeo Barrett, Titans

All the very best to our Connacht champions🥊

28/06/2026

Galway Boxing Club set a new milestone today hosting an event promoting mental health awareness supported by Galway Traveller Movement & Galway Sports Partnership in the fantastic Ballinfoile Castlegar Neighbourhood Centre.

The event endorsed all of the positive aspects of our sports' community whilst also offering fantastic action in over 60 exhilirating bouts.

Enormous credit must go to Eddie & all at GBC for arranging such a fantastic event - and for sharing it, not only with clubs throughout Galway, but with visitors from every province on the island!

This was without a doubt one of the most enjoyable events of the entire season.

Well done all🙌

15/06/2026

Team Ireland's elite squad have travelled to Guiyang, China for the Chinese leg of the World Boxing Cup.

Monivea Boxing Club's Adam Hession and Tobar Pheadair's Cliona Darcy will both be in action on the opening day.

Best of luck to all of Team Ireland 🥊

14/06/2026

Team Ireland have returned from the 4-Nations championships with a haul of 33 medals, including 11 gold.

Galway boxers featured heavily amongst medallists with Conamara's Cora Ní Catháin winning out her division.

Galway's full list of medallists are below:

Under 15
66kg Cora Keane, Conamara BC🥇

Under 17
46kg Lacey Shaughnessy, Monivea BC🥈
66kg Eddie Sweeney, Galway BC🥈
80kg Dominick Barrett, Titans BC🥈

Congratualtions to all the Galway boxers on their terrific achievement.

Galway also featured heavily on Ireland's team of Coaches/officials.

Well done to Team Ireland manager Gabe Cronnelly, coach Gus Farrell of Monivea and R&J Eddie McDonagh, Galway BC👏

12/06/2026

Ba mhaith linn i gClub Dornálaíochta Chonamara gach rath a ghuí ar ár gCora Keane féin agus í ag dul isteach sna ceithre náisiún le foireann na hÉireann. Táimid an-bhródúil asat. Bain sult as an gcomórtas.

Boxing can be streamed on the Scotland official YouTube channel

12/06/2026

That’s a wrap! Camp done for Team Ireland, and on to Guiyang City for World Boxing Cup China.

The draw takes place on Sunday, and boxing begins on Monday.

Stay tuned across Boxing Ireland channels for the draw, daily schedules, live stream links and live bout results

11/06/2026

Best wishes to the Galway boxers representung Ireland in the Four Nations over the coming weekend in Scotland.

It is a huge honour to represent your country on the international stage and testament to the hard work going on in clubs throughout Galway to see such a strong representation:

Team Ireland Under 15s
44kg Edward C. Ward, Olympic BC
54kg John Paul Ward, Olympic BC
66kg Cora Keane, Conamara BC

Team Manager: Gabe Connelly, Monivea BC

Team Ireland Under 17s
46kg Lacey Shaughnessy, Monivea BC
66kg Eddie Sweeney, Galway BC
80kg Dominick Barrett, Titans BC

Team Ireland Coach: Gus Farrell, Monivea BC

Team Ireland Elite
85kg Robbie Olusola, Celtic Eagles BC

Best of luck all 🥊

02/06/2026

Congratulations to Titans BC on their success at the Portimao International Boxing tournament last weekend.

Titans travelled with 9 boxers and returned with 6 gold medals, 1 silver & 1 bronze.

Titans were awarded 2nd best club of the tournament, an enormous achievement considering the 1200 boxers from 132 clubs who participated.

Well done Team Titans🥊

31/05/2026

The 2026 West of Ireland Novices came to a close in Conamara today. Clubs from Galway, Connacht & Munster shared hundreds of rounds in a 2-day development tournament enjoyed by all.

Day 1 saw many young boxers take their first steps into the sport following the trail set by boxers such as former European pro champion Willie 'Big Bang' Casey who travelled with his team to take part.

added to the excitement on final's day and former WBA World bantamweight champion Bernard Dunne arrived to enjoy the atmosphere and share his experience with the sport's future.

Bouts were hotly contested, sportsmanship was shown throughout and friendships built outside the ropes.

Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí🥊