Galway masters of the endgame as Dublin take their leave of the top flight

NFL Division One: Galway 0-20 Dublin 1-15 Dublin lost their precarious tenancy in Division One after a raucous match in Pearse Stadium concluded with their losing to Galway by two points. As was well advertised, they needed to win by four to survive. At various stages of the afternoon, each of three endangered counties – Galway, Armagh and Dublin – all occupied seventh place in the table. The frustration for Dublin will be that they actually held the required lead for about half the match but when the music stopped, they were trailing to Robert Finnerty’s sumptuous 66th-minute two-pointer and heading into the second tier for the second time in four years. The match was marked by outbreaks of...