Gary Fahey

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Gary Fahey
Personal information
Irish name Gearóid Ó Fathaigh
Sport Gaelic football
Position Full Back
Born Galway, Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Club(s)
YearsClub
 Killannin
Colleges(s)
YearsCollege
 UCG
College titles
Sigerson titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
1992–2004
 Galway
Inter-county titles
Connacht titles 5
All-Irelands 2
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Gary Fahey is a former Gaelic footballer who captained the Galway county team in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Playing primarily in a full-back position, Fahey won five Connacht Senior medals and two All-Ireland medals. [1] He is the brother of Niamh Fahey, the Republic of Ireland women's national football team player. [2]

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Playing career

College

Gary Fahey won a Sigerson Cup with UCG, defeating Queen's in the 1992 final. [3]

Inter-county

His inter-county career began in 1992 when he joined the Galway panel after playing a role in UCG's Sigerson Cup-winning team. Fahey made his inter-county debut in the summer of 1992 when he came on as a substitute in a defeat against Mayo in Castlebar. In the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Galway won the Connacht title under Bosco McDermott. They defeated Mayo in Tuam Stadium to win their first provincial title in 8 years. Galway later lost to Tyrone in the All-Ireland semi-final.[ citation needed ]

Mayo defeated Galway in both the 1996 and 1997 Connacht campaigns where they also lost both subsequent All-Ireland finals. John O'Mahony was brought in as Galway manager in September 1997,[ citation needed ] and in the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, the team defeated Kildare in the All-Ireland final. It was Galway's first All-Ireland win in 32 years.

In the next four years, Fahey played in several big games for Galway.[ citation needed ][ tone ] In 1999, a hamstring injury kept him out of the Connacht final. However, he returned for the 2000 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship season where Galway re-claimed the Connacht title after defeating Leitrim before losing to Kerry in the All-Ireland Final after a replay.[ citation needed ]

Galway began the 2001 championship season with a defeat to Roscommon. However, through the new 'back-door' system, and following victories over Wicklow, Cork, Armagh, Roscommon (again) and Derry, they met Meath in the All-Ireland final.[ citation needed ] Galway beat Meath in the final by nine points, and Fahey collected his second All-Ireland medal. He also lifted the Sam Maguire trophy as captain.[ citation needed ]

Galway won the Connacht title again in both the 2002 championship and 2003 competition.

John O'Mahony departed as Galway manager in 2004 and Fahey retired from inter-county football shortly afterwards. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Neville, Conor (4 February 2015). "The Best Footballers Who Have Never Won An All-Star XV". Balls Media Ltd. Balls.ie. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Barry, Brian (25 September 2020). "Niamh Fahey: Liverpool captain and All-Ireland winner with Galway". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ↑ McCoy, Niall (21 July 2022). "Seán Kelly's eye on a perfect season finale". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Kelly, like Fahey, wore number three on his back. Kelly, like Fahey, won a Sigerson at NUIG – although it was UCG when Fahey's side defeated Queen's in the 1992 final.
  4. ↑ Keys, Colm (25 November 2004). "GAELIC GAMES: Fahey calls time on Galway". Irish Independent.
Achievements
Preceded by All-Ireland SFC
winning captain
2001 		Succeeded by
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