1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Galway Kildare
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1–14
(17)		1–10
(13)
Date27 September 1998
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match Michael Donnellan
Referee John Bannon (Longford)
Attendance65,886
WeatherDry
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The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 111th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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In 2018, Martin Breheny listed this as the third greatest All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. [1]

Background

This was Kildare's first appearance in an All-Ireland football final since 1935. [2] They were assisted on their way there by a semi-final victory over Kerry, masterminded by Kerryman Mick O'Dwyer. [3] Going into the final Kildare were favourites to beat Galway. [4]

Kildare were marginal favourites to take the title after dethroning reigning champions Kerry in a tight and close game. As well as dethroning the reigning champions, Kildare had also defeated Meath and Dublin, the 1996 and 1995 champions respectively. [1] Galway were never in danger of losing against Derry in the semi-final and won a five-points victory in the end.

Match

Summary

Galway defeated Kildare by a scoreline of 1–14 to 1–10. [5] They took their first Sam Maguire Cup in 32 years - since the 1966 team completed a three-in-a-row for the county. [6] [7]

Like in their semi-final against Derry, Galway started well and had three unanswered points on the board by the 13th minute, one of which saw Michael Donnellan race towards the Kildare at great speed before taking his point. Kildare got their first score through Eddie McCormack In the 20th minute, Kildare took the lead, after Dermot Earley scored a goal. [8]

In response, Michael Donnellan galvanised his team with a moment of GAA magic. From his own defence, he proceeded to charge up the field at lightning pace, exchanging a pass with Kevin Walsh in midfield. The ball found its way to Seán Óg De Paor who finished the move with a well-taken point. It was a score that quelled a potential run of scores for the Lilywhites. At the interval, the score was 1–05 to 0–05 in favour of Kildare.

After the restart, Ja Fallon sniped a point off the arrears before Pádraic Joyce struck with a wonderful goal where he rounded goalkeeper Christy Byrne before finishing in front of an empty net. Galway had regained the lead and would never surrender it until the final whistle. By 50th minute, it was 1–11 to 1–06 to Galway. Kildare managed to cut the lead to three before injury time but Galway had the final score, courtesy of De Paor to give them their first title in 32 years. [9]

Details

Galway 1–14 – 1–10 Kildare
Pádraic Joyce 1–2 (0–1f), Niall Finnegan 0–4 (0–2f), Jarlath Fallon 0–3 (0–1 sideline), Seán Óg de Paor 0–2, Michael Donnellan 0–2, Seán Ó Domhnaill 0–1 Report Dermot Earley 1–1, Pádraig Brennan 0–3 (0–2f), Eddie McCormack 0–2, Karl O'Dwyer 0–2, Declan Kerrigan 0–1, Niall Buckley 0–1
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,886
Referee: John Bannon (Longford)
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Galway
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Kildare
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
9Seán Ó Domhnaill
10 Michael Donnellan
11 Jarlath Fallon
12Shay WalshSub off.svg 66'
13 Derek Savage
14 Pádraic Joyce
15 Niall Finnegan
Substitutes:
16Pat Comer
17Brian Silke
18Richie Fahey
19Kevin Fallon
20Damien Mitchell
21Paul ClancySub on.svg 66'
22 Declan Meehan
23Tommy Joyce
24Fergal Gavin

Manager:
John O'Mahony
1 Christy Byrne
2 Brian Lacey
17Seamus Dowling
4Ken Doyle
5John Finn
6 Glenn Ryan (c)
7 Anthony Rainbow
8Niall Buckley
9Willie McCreery
10Eddie McCormack
11Declan Kerrigan
12 Dermot Earley
13 Martin Lynch Sub off.svg 58'
14 Karl O'Dwyer
15Pádraig GravenSub off.svg 45'
Substitutes:
16Paul Flood
3Ronan Quinn
18Davy Dalton
19 Bryan Murphy Sub on.svg 58'
20 Pádraig Brennan Sub on.svg 45'
21Martin Ryan
22Paul McCormack
23Derek Maher
24Noel Donlon

Manager:
Mick O'Dwyer

Post-match

Kildare lost against Offaly in the first round of the following year's Leinster championship and then were relegated from the National League Division 1, [10] but won the Leinster Title again in 2000 before losing again to Galway in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Galway lost the following years Connacht final to Mayo. They reclaimed the Connacht & All-Ireland Title again in 2001, after losing to Kerry in the 2000 final after a replay. Michael Donnellan's run from defence culminating in a Seán Óg De Paor point was voted #1 in the 2005 TV programme Top 20 GAA Moments .

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References

  1. 1 2 Breheny, Martin. "Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals". Irish Independent . 1 September 2018, p. 7.
  2. ↑ Foley, Cliona (31 August 1998). "Kildare celebrate famous victory". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Unimaginable hysteria greeted Kildare's victory which now pits them against Galway on September 27 in their first All-Ireland final since 1935.
  3. ↑ McGee, Eugene (31 August 1998). "Kerry left to lament Karl move". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Mick O'Dwyer used his knowledge of his countymen to provide Kildare with a blueprint for Kerry's destruction.
  4. ↑ Bradley, Dara (19 April 2013). "Underdogs Galway all set to test the mettle of fancied Lilywhites". Galway News. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 14 April 2011. In 1998, we were champions again by beating Kildare 1 – 14 to 1 – 10.
  6. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  7. ↑ "The inside story of 'A Year 'Til Sunday,' the great film that captured Galway's All-Ireland win in 1998". The 42. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "Dermot Earley admits Kildare overtraining resulted in 'niggly injuries' ahead of 1998 All-Ireland final". Irish Examiner . 7 February 2021. An All-Star that year and a goalscorer in the first half of the final, Earley acknowledges the injuries which some players carried into the final may have been due to their tough preparation.
  9. ↑ "Flashback - 1998 All-Ireland Football Final: Galway v Kildare". GAA.ie. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Sunday is the day when either Galway or Kildare will be found out at Croker". The Kerryman. 25 August 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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