A Brief History of Cricket in Galway
	Cricket has been played in Co. Galway since the early nineteenth century and records indicate a game was played in Eyre Square, Galway City, in 1838.   However local games were probably played in the grounds of the Erasmus Smith's College, which was the local grammar school. In the period 1870 to 1914 the Club produced 12 Irish internationals. Following the Great War (1914-18) cricket declined in the west of Ireland and it is unlikely that much cricket was played in Galway until the Club was revived in 1948. The new Club had a successful period winning the Irish Junior Cup in 1953 and finishing as runners-up in 1954.  During this period the wicket was located in the Grammar School, College Road, Galway, but in 1958 the buildings and grounds were sold to University College Galway who, almost immediately, dug up the cricket pitch and the Club folded.
					The present ground
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