Galway GAA

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Galway GAA
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Irish: Gaillimh
Province: Connacht
Nickname(s): The Tribesmen
County colours: Maroon and White
Ground(s): Pearse Stadium, Galway
St. Jarlath's Park, Tuam
Dominant sport: Dual County
NFL: Division 1
NHL: Division 1
Football Championship: Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship: Liam McCarthy Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football: Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie: O'Duffy Cup
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The Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae na Gaillimhe) or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county board is also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams

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[edit] History

The first county in Connacht to organise also contested the first All Ireland hurling final in 1887. Galway provided a much needed boost to football in the 1930s and 1960s and hurling in the 1980s.

[edit] Gaelic football

Galway and Down in action in the 1965 National League semi-final
Galway and Down in action in the 1965 National League semi-final

In a county so well known for its race meeting, pedigree counts. Jimmy Duggan was on Galway football teams that lost three-in-a-row in the 1940s, his son Jimmy was on teams that lost three finals in four years between 1971 and 1974. Michael Donnellan was on the 1925 team that won an All Ireland by default, and the 1934 team which won it without question. His sons, John Donnellan and Pat Donnellan were on the three-in-a-row teams of the 1960s and grandson Michael sent the pass to Padraig Joyce for a breakthrough goal to win the first of two All Irelands in a four year period in 1998. Led by Mayo-born manager John O'Mahoney, With outstanding performances from Ja Fallon and Michael Donnellan and a superbly taken goal from Padraig Joyce, Galway succeeded in 1998 and came back for an astonishing demolition of Meath in 2001 after losing the 2000 final in a replay to Kerry.

Football in Galway was set back by the defeat of the 1983 team by the depleted Dubs, down to 12 men after three were sent off. Galway struggled. That team had led the eventual All Ireland champions Offaly for most of the 1982 All Ireland semi-final, succumbing to a point from goalscorer Brendan Lowry. Depleted by four injuries and a fifth to free-taker Gay MacManus, Galway were well beaten in 1984, but near-misses in semi-finals against Tyrone in 1986 and Cork in 1987 (when Larry Tompkins forced a replay) left the county out of the reckoning until another three-point defeat at the hands of Tyrone in 1995. However, that return to the semi final stage after an eight year break was to be the catalyst for further breakthroughs.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Hurling

The story goes that a priest noticed that some of the Galway hurling team leaving mass early one Sunday morning, because they were on their way to Dublin to play a big match. He put a curse on them, that they would never win another All-Ireland (they were champions in 1923). Connacht's reaching the Railway Cup final in 1969 and holding Munster to a draw before succumbing in the replay boosted the game in the province but disaster followed, Galway losing to London in the 1969 championship and Connacht losing at home to Ulster in the preliminary round of the 1970 Railway Cup on a day they ran up 20 wides. By the time their hurlers were heavily beaten in 1975 and 1979 finals the curse was part of the folklore.

Then Castlegar won the All-Ireland Club Championship in 1980, Galway beat Munster in that year's Railway Cup final, in September Galway beat Limerick in a five-goal thriller to win the All-Ireland. John Fahy's Vocational Schools team won an unprecedented eight-in-a-row, Galway players won five more Railway Cups, Galway won minor titles in 1992 and 1994, under-21 in 1996, and Eugene Cloonan leads a new breed of hurler which has grown accustomed to crossing camans with Cork through under-age competition.

The youth and skill of the team which won All Irelands in 1986 (adding the League and Railway cup as well) and 1987 was suggestive of more to come. John Commins penalty and race back to the line was one of the great images indicating the spirit of the team. Galway were narrowly beaten by Tipperary in a controversial 1989 semi-final and Cork in the final of 1990, while the brilliance of the 1993 final defeat by Kilkenny is sometimes forgotten because of the drama that ensued in the following years. Galway clubs took three successive All Ireland titles in 1992-94 and Athenry three in 1997, 2000 and 2001.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Galway Hurling Squad

Number Player Position Local Club
1 James Skehil Goalkeeper Cappataggle
2 Conor Dervan Right Corner Back Mullagh
3 Tony Og Regan Full Back Rahoon-Newcastle
4 Fergal Moore Left Full Back Turloughmore
5 Adrian Cullinane Right Half Back Craughwell
6 John Lee Centre Back Liam Mellowes
7 Shane Kavanagh Left Half Back Kinvara
8 Kevin Hynes Midfield Sarsfields
9 Richie Murray Midfield St. Thomas's
10 Ger Farragher Right Half Forward Castlegar
11 Fergal Healy Centre Forward Craughwell
12 Niall Healy Left Half Forward Craughwell
13 Damien Hayes Right Full Forward Portumna
14 Joe Canning Full Forward Portumna
15 Iarla Tannian Left Full Forward Ardrahan
Substitutes
16 Colm Callanan Goalkeeper Kinvara
17 Ger Mahon Left Half Back Kinvara
18 Damian Joyce Right Corner Back Cappataggle
19 Andrew Keary Left Half Back Killimor
20 David Forde Centre Half Forward Clarinbridge
21 Eoin Lynch Midfielder Portumna
22 Andrew Smyth Left Half Forward Portumna
23 Aongus Callanan Full Forward Liam Mellowes
24 Alan Kerins Right Half Forward Clarinbridge
25 Kerril Wade Left Corner Forward Sarsfields
26 Greg Kennedy Right Corner Back Loughrea
27 Kenneth Burke Left Half Forward St. Thomas's
28 Alan Gaynor Right Half Back Mullagh
29 Alan Leech Left Half Back Kinvara
30 Aidan Harte Left Half Back Gort
31 Ollie Canning Left Corner Back Portumna
Injured David Collins Captain Right Half Back Liam Mellowes
Management Team
Ger Loughnane Manager Feakle
Sean Treacy Selector Portumna
Louis Mulqueen Trainer St. Joseph’s Doora-Barefield

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Camogie

[edit] Honours

  • All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championships: 1
  • All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championships: 7
    • 1972, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2003
  • All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championships: 9
    • 1977, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2004

[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football

[edit] Honours

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

Galway GAA
Affiliated Clubs
Senior Football Championship

An Cheathrú Rua - Annaghdown - Barna - Caherlistrane - Caltra - Claregalway - Corofin - Cortoon Shamrocks - Kilconly - Kilkerrin-Clonberne - Killanin - Killererin - Menlough - Michael Breathnach's - Milltown - Mountbellew-Moylough - Moycullen - NUIG - Salthill-Knocknacarra - St.Brendan's - Tuam Stars
Intermediate Football Championship

Caherlistrane 2 - Carna-Caiseal - Clifden - Clonbur - Corofin 2 - Dunmore McHales - Glenamaddy - Michael Breathnach's 2 - Monivea-Abbey - Naomh Anna - Oranmore-Maree - Oughterard - Spiddal - St.James' - St.Michael's - Williamstown
Junior Football Championship

Aran Islands - Athenry - Bearna na Forbacha - Father Griffins-Éire Óg - Glynsk - Headford - Loughrea - Na Piarsaigh Portumna - Renvyle - St.Colman's - St.Gabriel's - St Grellan's - St.Kerill's
Junior 'B' Football Championship

Ballindereen - Kinvara - Mullagh
Senior Hurling Championship

Ardrahan - Athenry - Ballindereen - Beagh - Carnmore - Castlegar - Clarenbridge - Craughwell - Gort - Kiltormer - Kinvara - Liam Mellow's - Loughrea - Mullagh - Pádraig Pearse's - Portumna - Sarsfields - St.Thomas' - Tommy Larkin's - Turloughmore
Intermediate Hurling Championship

Abbeyknockmoy - Ahascragh-Fohenagh - Annaghdown - Athenry 2 - Ballygar - Cappataggle - Castlegar 2 - Clarenbridge 2 - Kilbeacanty - Kilconieron - Killimor - Killimordaly - Kilnadeema-Leitrim - Meelick-Eyrecourt - Moycullen - Oranmore-Maree - Rahoon-Newcastle - Sarsfields 2 - Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry
Junior Hurling Championship

Ballinasloe - Menlo Emmett's - Skehana - Sylane
Junior 'B' Hurling Championship

Bearna na Forbacha - Michael Breathnach's - St.Columba's


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