1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Event

1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway	Kildare

1-14	1-10

Date

27 September 1998

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

John Bannon (Longford)

Attendance

65,886

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.

This was Kildare's first appearance in an All-Ireland football final since 1935.^[1] They were assisted on their way there by a semi-final victory over Kerry, masterminded by Kerryman Mick O'Dwyer.^[2] Going into the final Kildare were raging hot favourites to beat Galway.^[3] They didn't.

Galway defeated Kildare by a scoreline of 1 – 14 to 1 – 10.^[4] They took their first Sam Maguire Cup in 32 years - since the 1966 team completed a three-in-a-row for the county. Michael Donnellan's goal was #1 in the 2005 TV programme Top 20 GAA Moments.^[5]

Kildare went into freefall. They failed miserably against Offaly in the first round of the following year's Leinster championship and then were relegated from the National League.^[6] They have not appeared in an All-Ireland football final since.

Galway v Kildare

27 September 1998
Final

Galway	1-14 - 1-10	Kildare
P. Joyce 1-2, N. Finnegan 0-4, J. Fallon 0-3, M. Donnellan, S. O´g d Paor 0-2 each, S. O´ Domhnaill 0-1	Report	D. Earley 1-1, P. Brennan 0-3, E. McCormack, K. O'Dwyer 0-2 each, D. Kerrigan, N. Buckley 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,886
Referee: J. Bannon (Longford)

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. Galway were never in danger of losing against Derry in the semi-final and won by 5 points in the end victory.

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.

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.

Galway Maroon and White Shirts/White Shorts/Maroon Socks	1-14 - 1-10 (final score after 70 minutes)	Kildare White shirts/White shorts/White socks
Manager: John O'Mahony Team: Martin McNamara (GK) Tomás Meehan Gary Fahey Tomás Mannion Ray Silke (Capt.) John Divilly Seán Óg De Paor Kevin Walsh Seán Ó Domhnaill Michael Donnellan Ja Fallon Shay Walsh Derek Savage Pádraic Joyce Niall Finnegan Substitutes: Paul Clancy	Half-time: 0-05 - 1-05 Competition: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (Final) Date: 15.30 BST Sunday, September 27, 1998 Venue: Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 65,886 Referee: John Bannon Match rules: 70 minutes. Replay if scores still level. Maximum of 3 substitutions.	Manager: Mick O'Dwyer Team: Christy Byrne (GK) Brian Lacey Davy Dalton Ken Doyle Anthony Rainbow Glen Ryan John Finn Niall Buckley Willie McCreery Eddie McCormack Declan Kerrigan Dermot Earley Martin Lynch Karl O'Dwyer Padraig Graven

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Bradley, Dara (19 April 2013). "Underdogs Galway all set to test the mettle of fancied Lilywhites". Galway News. Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
↑ 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.
↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
↑ "Sunday is the day when either Galway or Kildare will be found out at Croker". The Kerryman. 25 August 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2013.

Galway – 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (8th title)

1 M. McNamara
2 T. Meehan
3 G. Fahey
4 T. Mannion
5 R. Silke (c)
6 J. Divilly
7 S. de Paor
8 K. Walsh
9 S. Ó Domhnaill
10 M. Donnelan
11 J. Fallon
12 S. Walsh
13 D. Savage
14 P. Joyce
15 N. Finnegan

Subs: 21 P. Clancy for S. Walsh

Subs not used: 16 P. Comer; 17 B. Silke; 18 R. Fahey; 19 K. Fallon; 20 D. Mitchell; 22 D. Meehan; 23 T. Joyce; 24 F. Gavin

Manager: J. O'Mahony

Selectors: S. Joyce; P. Warren

Kildare – 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runners-up

1 C. Byrne
2 B. Lacey
18 D. Dalton
4 K. Doyle
5 A. Rainbow
6 G. Ryan
7 J. Finn
8 N. Buckley
9 W. McCreery
10 E. McCormack
11 D. Kerrigan
12 D. Earley
13 M. Lynch
14 K. O'Dwyer
15 P. Graven

Subs used: 20 P. Brennan for Graven; 19 B. Murphy for Lynch

Subs not used: 3 R. Quinn; 16 P. Flood; 17 S. Dowling; 21 M. Ryan; 22 P. McCormack; 23 D. Maher; 24 N. Donlon

Manager: M. O'Dwyer

Selectors: P. Dunny; J. Crofton; P. McCarthy

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