Galway Bohemians were apparently favourites to be elected to the
then League of Ireland. Anecdotal evidence tells me that the then chairman
of Athlone Town (Seamus O'Brien ? ) was instrumental in getting Galway Rovers
into the league, although it was never made clear to me whether he just wanted
a Galway side in the LOI, or Galway Rovers in particular.
One thing is for certain. Those behind Galway Rovers were heroic visionaries, who took a gamble and brought senior football to Galway.
The best source of information would be newspaper archives. NUIG have the national broadsheets on microfilm.
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