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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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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.
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.
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.
| Number | Player | Position | Local Club | ||
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| 1 | Colm Callanan | Goalkeeper | Kinvara | ||
| 2 | Gregory Kennedy | Right Full Back | Loughrea | ||
| 3 | Ger Mahon | Full Back | Kinvara | ||
| 4 | Fergal Moore | Left Full Back | Turloughmore | ||
| 5 | Shane Kavanagh | Right Half Back | Kinvara | ||
| 6 | John Lee | Centre Back | Liam Mellowes | ||
| 7 | David Collins Captain | Left Half Back | Liam Mellows | ||
| 8 | Fergal Healy | Midfield | Craughwell | ||
| 9 | Richie Murray | Midfield | St. Thomas\'s | ||
| 10 | Alan Kerins | Right Half Forward | Clarinbridge | ||
| 11 | Niall Healy | Centre Forward | Craughwell | ||
| 12 | Iarla Tannian | Left Half Forward | Ardrahan | ||
| 13 | Damien Hayes | Right Full Forward | Portumna | ||
| 14 | Eugene Cloonan | Full Forward | St. Mary\'s Athenry | ||
| 15 | Kerrill Wade | Left Full Forward | Sarsfields | ||
| Substitutes | |||||
| 16 | Aidan Ryan | Goalkeeper | Craughwell | ||
| 17 | Damien Joyce | Right Corner Back | Cappataggle | ||
| 18 | Conor Dervan | Right Half Back | Mullagh | ||
| 19 | Eoin Lynch | Midfielder | Portumna | ||
| 20 | Derek Hardiman | Right Half Back | Mullagh | ||
| 21 | David Tierney | Midfielder | Kilnadeema-Leitrim | ||
| 22 | Kevin Broderick | Left Corner Forward | Tynagh-Abbey-Duniry | ||
| 23 | Aongus Callanan | Full Foward | Liam Mellowes | ||
| 24 | David Forde | Centre Half Foward | Clarinbridge | ||
| 25 | Mark Kerins | Left Half Foward | Clarinbridge | ||
| 26 | Kenneth Burke | Left Corner Forward | St. Thomas\' | ||
| 27 | Ger Farragher | Right Corner Forward | Castlegar | ||
| 28 | Adrian Cullinane | Right Corner Foward | Craughwell | ||
| 29 | Rory Gantly | Midfielder | Beagh | ||
| 30 | MJ Quinn | Left Wing Back | St. Marys Athenry | ||
| 31 | Diarmuid Cloonan | Full Back | St. Marys Athenry | ||
| 32 | Shane Burke | Right Corner Back | Clarinbridge | ||
| Management Team | |||||
| Ger Loughnane | Manager | Feakle | |||
| Sean Treacy | Selector | Portumna | |||
| Brendan Lynskey | Selector | Meelick-Eyrecourt | |||
| Michael Murray | Selector | Sarsfields | |||
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| Gaelic Athletic Association National Leagues | |
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| National Football League | |
| Division 1 | Donegal • Derry • Galway • Kerry • Kildare • Laois • Mayo • Tyrone |
| Division 2 | Armagh • Cavan • Cork • Dublin • Meath • Monaghan • Roscommon • Westmeath |
| Division 3 | Down • Fermanagh • Limerick • Leitrim • Longford • Louth • Sligo • Wexford |
| Division 4 | Antrim • Carlow • Clare • London • Offaly • Tipperary • Waterford • Wicklow |
| National Hurling League | |
| Division 1 | 1A Clare • Cork • Down • Offaly • Waterford • Wexford1B Antrim • Dublin • Galway • Kilkenny • Limerick • Tipperary |
| Division 2 | 2A Armagh • Carlow • Derry • Laois • Meath • Wicklow2B Kerry • Kildare • London • Mayo • Westmeath |
| Division 3 | 3A Donegal • Leitrim • Louth • Monaghan • Sligo3B Cavan • Fermanagh • Roscommon • Longford • Tyrone |
| Connacht • Leinster • Munster • Ulster • Third level | |
| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Liam McCarthy Cup (2008) |
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Antrim | Clare | Cork | Dublin | Galway | Kilkenny | Laois | Limerick | Offaly | Tipperary | Waterford | Wexford Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3) |
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