Joe Brolly was greeted by a hilarious gift after checking into a Galway hotel last weekend.

The Derryman went to Galway for Saturday's Connacht Senior Club Football Championship semi-final between Corofin and Ballina at Pearse Stadium.

And after checking into the Dean Hotel on Prospect Hill, he was greeted with a framed photograph of Mickey Harte on his bed.

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Making light of the photograph that was surrounded by rose petals, Brolly said: "Used to be you could drive two miles to see a game of football. Nowadays, its 200. For Corofin, it is worth it.

"When I checked into the Dean in Galway, the staff had left a framed photograph of Mickey Harte on my bed. What a pity. I used to like that hotel."

It comes after Brolly recently slammed Derry's appointment of former Tyrone boss Mickey Harte as their new manager.

"The Derry board is a caravan of fools. F*** them and f*** Mickey Harte," Brolly said.

Brolly has also told of his psychedelic experience when taking magic mushrooms when in Amsterdam.

He added: "The glamorous brunette said to me 'is there nothing happening here at all? Maybe they're just too mild'.

"Well the next thing, well hello, hello world. The carpet in the hotel started to come towards me in waves, I mean waves. It was fascinating, we were on the fifth floor so I rang down to reception.

"I said 'my good man, I have to report that the carpet is lapping at the foot of our bed, you may need to send a rescue boat'.

"They obviously get these calls all the time and he said 'we should certainly take that under advisement and if the situation worsens let us know, ring us back and we shall certainly send some emergency rescue boats'.

"She was so jealous at how I reacted, I had an ecstatic five hours. I mean it was ecstatic.

"It doesn't put any pressure on your heart, all it does is tweak your brain.

"So the next night we both had them and we went out into the street in Amsterdam and walked. I mean it was incredible. The cathedral came alive. The statues in the cathedral came alive. It was like those special effects children's movies, A Night At The Museum."

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