Galway GAA

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Galway GAA
Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:O'Duffy Cup

The Galway County Boards of the

county boards in Ireland; they are responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway
, and for the Galway county teams.

Galway is one of the few dual counties in Ireland, competing in a similar level in both hurling and football codes. Prior to amalgamation of the hurling and football county boards into one county board, each of the two codes were previously run by their separate boards in Galway, which was unusual for a dual county.

The county football team was the first from the province of Connacht to win an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC), but the second to appear in the final, following Mayo. It contests the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship via the Connacht Senior Football Championship. It is currently in Division 1 of the National Football League.

The county hurling team contests the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship via the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. It is currently in Division 1 of the National Hurling League.

Governance

See also: County (Gaelic games)

Galway GAA has jurisdiction over the area of the traditional

codes, the organisation of the annual county club championships in football and hurling for the clubs of Galway
. In hurling, the Hurling Committee, also organises the Minor, U-21 and Junior competitions while in football, these grades are organised primarily by regional committees, the West GPC and the North GPC. Intercounty adult teams fall under the jurisdiction of the County Committee. Underage club competitions (U-16 and younger) are organised in each code by separate committees, Coiste Peil na nÓg and Coiste Iomána na nÓg. Underage development squads and activities at ages under 11 are under the auspices of the Coaching and Games Committee.

Noel Treacy served as the chairman of Galway County Board for five years and, afterwards, served on the Connacht Council.[3]

Football

Clubs

Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Galway

Clubs contest the Galway Senior Football Championship (SFC).

As of 2023, Corofin are the Galway SFC title holders.

Corofin have five All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championships.

County team

Main article: Galway county football team

Despite having represented the province a number of times by default, it wasn't until

Cork in the semi-finals, losing by 3-4 to 0-2. Galway were also Connacht champions in 1913 and 1917, without winning their semi-finals, but the 1919 championship saw them reach their first ever All-Ireland final. After beating Cavan 4-2 to 2-2 in the replay of their semi-final, the Tribesmen lost the final by 2-5 to 0-1, against Kildare
.

Galway won their first ever title in the 1925 championship. The championship has become known for the farcical manner in which the play-offs took place. The Connacht final was not held in time to produce a team to play the other three provinces in the semi-finals. Mayo, the previous season's Connacht champions were nominated to represent the province. Mayo beat Wexford in their semi-final, while Kerry beat Cavan in the other semi-final. However, both Kerry and Cavan were disqualified for fielding illegal players. Mayo were declared champions without the need for a final. However, in the meantime, Galway defeated Mayo in the Connacht final, which caused confusion. The nomination of Mayo to represent Connacht was withdrawn, and Galway were declared rightful Connacht champions and All-Ireland champions.

This was deemed unsatisfactory, however, and the GAA ordered the semi-finals to be replayed, with Galway taking the place of Connacht champions. However, Kerry complained that their semi-final victory over Cavan should stand. When the GAA insisted that it should not stand due to the disqualifications Kerry withdrew, leaving Cavan to automatically proceed to the final. Galway defeated Cavan in the final. The farce went on so long that the final was not played until 10 January 1926. In the end Cavan, despite having previously been disqualified, finished with a silver medal, Mayo, despite having previously been declared champions, were eliminated, and Galway, despite having previously been removed from the tournament, were champions. Officially there wasn't any championship in 1925.

Their next title came under more straightforward circumstances, in

1956 final in Croke Park
.

1966 was perhaps Galway's most successful year in football. Their Connacht campaign began in Castlebar against Roscommon, Galway winning, by a score of 1–11 to 0–5. In the final, the Tribesmen came up against Mayo in Castlebar and were fortunate to win, edging Mayo out by a single point with a final score of 0–12 to 1–8. The semi-final win over Cork was a close affair as Johnny Geraghty made two wondrous saves from Niall Fitzgerald in the second half. Galway eked out a win 1–11 to 1–9 with Jimmy Duggan again outstanding and Coleen McDonagh fitting in well and Cyril Dunne (1–7) best in attack. Meath defeated Down in the other semi-final and were firm favourites to beat Galway in the final. Galway travelled as a united front to the final and pulverized Meath to win comfortably by 1–10 to 0–7. That victory sealed a memorable "3 In A Row" of All-Ireland titles.

Galway won five Connacht titles in the 1980s, but qualified for only one All-Ireland final. The team did come close to making the final at the expense of eventual All Ireland champions Offaly in 1982, leading for most of the 1982 All Ireland semi-final, before succumbing to a point from Brendan Lowry. The one final the team did qualify for in the decade was in 1983, where they came up against Dublin, in a match now infamous for foul play and thuggery. After an undisciplined beginning to the game, Barney Rock scored a bizarre goal from 40 yards after a poor free-out from Galway goalkeeper Padraig Coyne. The Galway players protested, claiming the goal should not have stood, due to Dublin manager Kevin Heffernan interfering with play as he attended to the injured Joe McNally, but the goal stood. Not long after, following a tussle in midfield, Dublin's Brian Mullins swung back his arm and connected with Brian Talty and the referee decided to send Mullins off. Shortly before half-time a number of players clashed beneath the Hogan Stand, leading referee John Gough to send off a player from each side, Dublin's Ray Hazley and Galway's Tomás Tierney. The match remained heated until half-time. Players from both sides clashed in the tunnel as they left the field for the break, and although rumours circulated for years about the incident, whatever happened in the tunnel, stayed in the tunnel. Whatever peace had the time apart may have brought completely disappeared five minutes after the restart, with the dismissal of Kieran Duff of Dublin after he kicked Galway’s Pat O’Neill while he was on the ground. This left Dublin with 12 men on the field to Galway's 14. Galway, however, could not make their two-man advantage count and ultimately lost 1-10 to 1-8. In the aftermath of the match, Galway players Tomás Tierney and Peter Lee were given one month bans, while four individuals from the Dublin team received bans including a 12-month ban to Duff, for the kick to O'Neill's head, and a 3-month ban to manager Heffernan.[4]

In the

Michael Donnellan in that match, along with a superbly taken goal from a young Pádraic Joyce, helped Galway overcome the Lilywhites by 1-14 to 1-10. Captain Ray Silke lifted the Sam Maguire
, and Galway became the first Connacht team in 32 years to win an All-Ireland title.

Galway made a strong start to the new millennium. After beating Leitrim in the Connacht final, Galway faced Kildare in the semi-final, winning by 0-15 to 2-6 to progress to the final, with Pádraic Joyce scoring 7 of Galway's points.[6] Galway's opponents in the final were a Kerry team managed by eight time All-Ireland winning player, Páidí Ó Sé. Galway came from behind to draw level with Kerry at 0-14 each, putting the game through to a replay. In the replay, however, Galway were beaten by four points, with a final score of 0-17 to 1-10.

Galway came back the following year, however. Due to rule changes in the

Cork
in Round 4, who they beat by a score of 1-14 to 1-10 to qualify for the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

In the quarters, the team came up against Roscommon, the team that had knocked them into the qualifiers to begin with. Galway made use of their second chance, beating the Rossies by 0-14 to 1-05, to qualify for a semi-final against fellow 'back door' team

All-Ireland final, thus becoming the first team to qualify for an All-Ireland final without being champions of their own province. They went into the final as massive underdogs, however, as their opponents Meath had beaten the previous year's champions Kerry 2-14 to 0-05, and had limited Kerry to a single point in the second half.[8][9] Things did not work out as expected for Meath fans however, and after going in level at the break at 6 points apiece, Galway came out after half-time and blew Meath away, scoring 11 second half points to Meath's 2, giving a final score of 0-17 to 0-08. Pádraic Joyce alone scored 10 points in the final to take his tally to 3-45 in eight games, and finished the season as the Championship's top scorer. This time it was Gary Fahey who lifted the Sam Maguire
, giving the Tribesmen their second All-Ireland win in four years, and making Galway the first ever 'back door' champions.

Hurling

Clubs

Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland § Galway

Clubs contest the Galway Senior Hurling Championship (SHC).

As of 2022, St Thomas' are the Galway SHC title holders.

Galway clubs took three successive All-Ireland titles in 1992–94 and Athenry three in 1997, 2000 and 2001.

County team

Main article: Galway county hurling team
Pádraic Mannion in action for Galway in the team's 2015 National Hurling League victory over All-Ireland SHC title holder Kilkenny

Galway finished as runner-up in the first edition of the

1979
All-Ireland SHC finals, "the curse" had become part of folklore.

Galway GAA club

1988 final
, winning a fourth All-Ireland SHC title. This was also the first time Galway had retained the title it had won the previous year.

For the 2009 All-Ireland SHC, Galway began a trial period of three years participation in the Leinster SHC.

Davy Glennon was fouled and Joe Canning scored for Galway from the free, sending the All-Ireland SHC Final to a replay for the first time in 53 years. Kilkenny easily won the replay, by a final scoreline of 3–22 to 3–11. Under Cunninghan's successor Micheál Donoghue
, Galway won its fifth All-Ireland SHC title in 2017, its first since 1988.

Camogie

After losing eight All Ireland finals including the first final in 1932, Galway won their first

1996. They won three National Camogie League titles in 1994, 2002 and 2005. Five Galway clubs Oranmore (1974), Pearses (1996,1997, 2000, 2001, 2002), Athenry (1977), Mullagh (1990) and Killimor (2011) have won the All Ireland senior club championship.[11]

Notable players include All Star award winners[12]

Deirdre Costello
, and All Ireland final stars Imelda Hobbins Denise Gilligan Sharon Glynn Eileen Naughton

Under Camogie's National Development Plan 2010-2015, "Our Game, Our Passion",[13] five new camogie clubs were to be established in the county by 2015.[14]

Galway have the following achievements in camogie.

Ladies' football

Galway have the following achievements in ladies' football.

References

  1. ^ "Galway fans take issue with questionable spelling of 'Gaillimh'". Hogan Stand. 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Supermacs chips in to unite Galway codes". Irish Examiner. 29 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Noel Treacy, Fianna Fáil stalwart who as junior minister played vital roles in science, EU affairs". Sunday Independent. 6 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Scannal! Game of Shame". RTÉ Television. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Underdogs Galway all set to test the mettle of fancied Lilywhites". Connacht Tribune. 18 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014. MOST football people will remember the last time a Kildare team were raging hot favourites heading into an important inter-county championship clash with Galway. No need to gloat . . . but the bookmakers were wrong, the Lilywhites wilted, and Galway bridged a 32-year gap to win the 1998 All-Ireland senior football final.
  6. ^ "Galway striking in clash of styles". Irish Times. 28 August 2000. Archived from the original on 23 January 2001.
  7. ^ "As it happened: Galway v Armagh, All-Ireland SFC round 3 qualifier". The Score. 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.Back in 2001 Galway and Armagh met in an epic Croke Park third round tussle. The maroons shaded that one by 0-13 to 0-12. Paul Clancy’s sweet winner, crafted by Michael Donnellan, was the decisive blow.
  8. ^ Breheny, Martin (22 September 2001). "Galway have the stomach to digest Meath". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 22 September 2001. So much money has flooded onto Meath to win their eighth All-Ireland senior football title tomorrow that it's virtually impossible to believe that this is essentially the same side which took to the championship road last June shackled by uncertainty.
  9. ^ O'Rourke, Colm (23 September 2001). "Expect a Royal party by tea". Sunday Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 23 September 2001. ...I expect that Meath, by teatime, will have started a Royal party.
  10. ^ "Galway Board to investigate sale of Leinster winner's medal on eBay". RTÉ. 12 February 2013.
  11. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  12. ^ "All-stars on camogie.ie". Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  13. ^ Irish Independent 29 March 2010: Final goal for camogie
  14. ^ National Development Plan 2010-2015, Our Game, Our Passion information page on camogie.ie Archived 1 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, pdf download (778k) from Camogie.ie download site Archived 16 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship: Roll of Honour", RTÉ, 9 May 2008.
  16. ^ "McGrath on song as Tribeswomen make amends". Irish Examiner. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.

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