All-Ireland Winning Galway Team Of 1998 To Be Honoured At Connacht Final

It has been announced that the Galway Senior Football team who won the All-Ireland title in 1998 will be honoured on Sunday week at the Connacht Senior Final in McHale Park in Castlebar.

On September the 27^th 1998, Galway beat Kildare by 1-14 to 1-10 in what has been called one of the greatest All-Ireland Finals in history.

It was also the first time since 1966 that Galway had won an All-Ireland Senior Football Title. An interesting side note is that current Galway Manager Padraic Joyce was Galway’s Top scorer that day with 1-2.

The other Galway scorers for the record were Niall Finnegan with 0-4, Jarlath Fallon with 0–3, Seán Óg de Paor and Man of the Match Michael Donnellan scored 0–2 each and Seán Ó Domhnaill scored 0–1.

The team will be honoured before the throw in of the Senior Final at 1.45 pm.

The Galway team and Subs that famous day were…

1        Martin McNamara         

2        Tomás Meehan              

3        Gary Fahey          

4        Tomás Mannion            

5        Ray Silke (c)                  

6        John Divilly         

7        Seán Óg de Paor            

8        Kevin Walsh                 

9        Seán Ó Domhnaill         

10      Michael Donnellan         

11      Jarlath Fallon                

12      Shay Walsh downward-facing red arrow 66′

13      Derek Savage                

14      Pádraic Joyce                

15      Niall Finnegan               

Substitutes:

16      Pat Comer           

17      Brian Silke           

18      Richie Fahey                 

19      Kevin Fallon                 

20      Damien Mitchell            

21      Paul Clancy

22      Declan Meehan              

23      Tommy Joyce                

24      Fergal Gavin