Former Galway footballer Billy Joyce has died at the age of 75.
A native of Killererin, Joyce enjoyed a lengthy inter-county career with Galway, spanning from 1969 until his retirement at the end of the 1984 championship.
During his career, Galway racked up eight Connacht titles, dominating the province in the early 1970s and early 1980s and reaching four All-Ireland finals.
Usually deployed at midfield, Joyce was an ever-present in the Galway side that reached three All-Ireland deciders in 1971, 1973 and 1974, however the westerners fell short on each occasion, losing to Offaly, Cork and then Dublin.
Joyce, by then in his mid-30s, was still part of the Galway squad that next reached the All-Ireland…