1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates3 May 1998 – 27 September 1998
Teams32
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (8th win)
CaptainRay Silke
ManagerJohn O'Mahony
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKildare
CaptainGlenn Ryan
ManagerMick O'Dwyer
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterDerry
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
No. matches played36
Goals total61 (1.69 per game)
Points total860 (23.89 per game)
Top Scorer Declan Browne (2-29)
Player of the Year Jarlath Fallon
Michael Donnellan
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The 1998 Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 112th edition of the GAA's premier Gaelic football competition. The championship began on 3 May 1998 and ended on 27 September 1998.

Galway's 1-14 to 1-10 victory over Kildare in the All-Ireland final meant that the Sam Maguire Cup returned to the county and the province of Connacht for the first time since 1966. This was Galway's eighth All-Ireland triumph in all. Kildare, managed by Mick O'Dwyer, had defeated the 1995 champions Dublin and the 1996 champions Meath to win their first Leinster title since 1956, before defeating the 1997 champions Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Format

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The Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht championships were conducted as straight knock-out competitions. The Munster football championship for the 2nd year running had Kerry, Cork and Clare as byes to the semi-finals while Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford played a lone-first-round game with the bye team in a lone quarter final. The winners of each provincial competition went on to play in the All Ireland semi-finals.

Results

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Sligo 0-14
London 1-07 Sligo 0-15
Roscommon 1-13
Roscommon 0-17
Galway 1-17
Leitrim 0-05
Mayo 2-06 Galway 1-16
Galway 1-13

Quarter-finals

24 May 1998 Quarter-final Mayo 2-6 - 1-13 Galway McHale Park, Castlebar
K McDonald 2-1, M Sheridan 0-3, J Horan 0-1, N Connelly 0-1. P Joyce 0-5, N Finnegan 0-4, D Savage 1-0, J Fallon 0-2, P Clancy 0-1, T Mannion 0-1. Attendance: 30,000
Referee: E Neary (Sligo)
31 May 1998 Quarter-final London 1-7 - 0-14 Sligo Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip
P Coggins 1-0, I Reilly 0-3, B McDonagh 0-1, D Gillespie 0-1, A O'Halloran 0-1, A Creamer 0-1. S Davey 0-5, P Taylor 0-3, K Killeen 0-2, B Walsh 0-1, E O'Hara 0-1, T Brennan 0-1, M Maguire 0-1. Attendance: 2,000
Referee: W Feeley (Mayo)

Semi-finals

14 June 1998 Semi-final Leitrim 0-5 - 1-16 Galway Páirc Sheáin Mhic Dhiarmada, Carrick On Shannon
F McBrien 0-2, S Quinn 0-1, P McLoughlin 0-1, L Conlon 0-1. N Finnegan 1-4, P Joyce 0-5, D Savage 0-3, T Mannion 0-1, S Óg de Paor 0-1, P Clancy 0-1, M Donnellan 0-1. Attendance: 12,000
Referee: S Mac Éil (Mayo)
28 June 1998 Semi-final Roscommon 2-12 - 1-15 Sligo Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
E Lohan 1-6, N Dineen 1-1, L Dowd, M Ryan 0-2 each, G Keane 0-1 P Taylor 0-6, S Davey 1-1, B Walsh 0-3, K Killeen 0-2, B Kilcoyne, N Clancy, G McGowan 0-1 each Attendance: 15,000
Referee: S Prior (Leitrim)
5 July 1998 Semi-final replay Sligo 0-15 - 1-13 Roscommon Markievicz Park, Sligo
P Taylor 0-8, K Killeen 0-3, S Davey 0-2, B Walsh, C O'Meara 0-1 each T Grehan 1-2, E Lohan 0-5, N Dineen, L Dowd, T Ryan 0-2 each Attendance: 12,000
Referee: S Prior (Leitrim)

Finals

19 July 1998 Final Galway 0-11 - 0-11 Roscommon Tuam Stadium, Tuam
P Joyce, N Finnegan 0-3 each, J Fallon 0-2, S O Domhnaill, D Meehan, T Joyce 0-1 each E Lohan 0-8, F O'Donnell, T Grehan, L Dowd 0-1 each Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S Prior (Leitrim)
2 August 1998 Final replay Roscommon 0-17 - 1-17
(aet)		 Galway Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
E Lohan 0-8, N Dineen 0-3, F O'Donnell, T Grehan 0-2 each, L Dowd, V Glennon 0-1 each M Donnellan 1-3, J Fallon 0-5, D Savage 0-3, S Óg de Paor, N Finnegan 0-2 each, P Joyce, S Walsh 0-1 each Attendance: 30,000
Referee: S Prior (Leitrim)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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First round Second round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Kildare 0-12
Dublin 1-8
Kildare 2-13
Laois 0-8
Laois 1-15
Westmeath 1-18 Westmeath 0-15
Carlow 2-5 Westmeath 3-14
Longford 0-16 (1-16) Longford 1-13
Wexford 2-17 (2-13) Kildare 1-12
Meath 0-10
Louth 3-14
Wicklow 1-11
Meath 0-15
Louth 1-11
Meath 3-10
Offaly 0-7

First round

3 May 1998 First round Westmeath 1-18 - 2-5 Carlow Cusack Park, Mullingar
G Heavin 1-5, K Lyons 0-5, M Staunton 0-3, D Healy 0-1, P Conway 0-1, S Colleary 0-1, D Gavin 0-1, J Cooney 0-1. M Carpenter 1-0, W Quinlan 1-0, R Donnelly 0-2, N Doyle 0-1, B Hannon 0-1, J Nevin 0-1. Attendance: 5,677
Referee: N Cooney (Offaly)
3 May 1998 First round Wexford 2-13 - 1-16 Longford O'Kennedy Park, New Ross
J Lawlor 1-3, J Hegarty 1-1, S Doran 0-4, L O'Brien 0-4, J Kinlough 0-1. D Barry 0-9, N Sheridan 1-1, P Davis 0-3, E Barden 0-1, D Hanniffy 0-1, T Smullen 0-1. Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J Harlin (Meath)
10 May 1998 First round replay Longford 0-16 - 2-7 Wexford Pearse Park, Longford
P Davis 0-8, D Barry 0-3, P Lynch 0-2, D Hanniffy 0-1, P Farrell 0-1, T Smullen 0-1. L O'Brien 0-4, S Doran 1-0, M Mahon 1-0, J Hegarty 0-2, J Lawlor 0-1. Attendance: 7,500
Referee: E Whelan (Laois)

Second round

17 May 1998 Second round Longford 1-13 - 3-14 Westmeath Pearse Park, Longford
D Barry 1-4, P Davis 0-5, D Hanniffy 0-2, T Smullen 0-1, P Farrell 0-1. G Heavin 1-5, P Conway 0-4, J Deehan 1-0, K Lyons 1-0, D Healy 0-1, D Gavin 0-1, M Staunton 0-1, S Colleary 0-1, M O'Reilly 0-1. Attendance: S McCormack (Meath)
Referee: 10,012

Quarter-finals

24 May 1998 Quarter-final Meath 3-10 - 0-7 Offaly Croke Park, Dublin
B Reilly 1-3, R Magee 1-0, S Dillon 1-0, T Dowd 0-3, T Giles 0-3, G Geraghty 0-1. C Quinn 0-4, C McManus 0-2, R Malone 0-1. Attendance: 48,856
Referee: P Casserley (Westmeath)
31 May 1998 Quarter-final Louth 3-14 - 1-11 Wicklow Drogheda Park, Drogheda
C Kelly 1-5, S White, A Hoey 1-2 each, N Malone, J Donaldson, O McDonnell, C O'Hanlon, G Curran 0-1 each D Coffey 1-3, C Daye, S Byrne 0-2 each, R Coffey, K O'Brien, K Byrne, J Behan 0-1 each Referee: J Bannon (Longford)
7 June 1998 Quarter-final Laois 1-15 - 0-15 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin
S Kelly 1-2, I Fitzgerald, M Lawlor 0-4 each, C Parkinson 0-2, T Maher, C Conway, B McDonald 0-1 each T Cleary 0-5, G Heavin 0-4, P Conway 0-3, M Staunton 0-2, K Lyons 0-1 Attendance: 60,058
Referee: S McCormack (Meath)
7 June 1998 Quarter-final Dublin 0-10 - 0-10 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
D Darcy 0-4, J Gavin 0-2, D Farrell, D Harrington, B Stynes, J Sherlock 0-1 each P Graven 0-4, N Buckley, E McCormack, K Dwyer 0-2 each Attendance: 60,058
Referee: B White (Wexford)
21 June 1998 Quarter-final replay Kildare 0-12 - 1-8 Dublin Croke Park, Dublin
P Graven 0-4, N Buckley 0-3, E McCormack 0-2, G Ryan 0-1, A Rainbow 0-1, K O'Dwyer 0-1. D Darcy 1-5, J Gavin 0-1, P Curran 0-1, B Stynes 0-1. Referee: M Coffey (Galway)

Semi-finals

28 June 1998 Semi-final Meath 0-15 - 1-11 Louth Croke Park, Dublin
T Dowd 0-5, G Geraghty 0-3, T Giles 0-3, J McGuinness, R Magee, B Reilly, H Traynor 0-1 each S White 1-3, C O'Hanlon 0-3, C Kelly 0-2, G Curran, A Hoey, A Rooney 0-1 each Referee: B White (Wexford)
19 July 1998 Semi-final Kildare 2-13 - 0-8 Laois Croke Park, Dublin
P Graven 1-4, N Buckley 1-1, K O'Dwyer 0-3, P Brennan 0-2, D Earley, E McCormack, M Lynch 0-1 each S Kelly 0-3, M Lawlor 0-2, D Conroy, D Lawlor, C Conway 0-1 each Referee: P McGann (Westmeath)

Final

2 August 1998 Final Kildare 1-12 - 0-10 Meath Croke Park, Dublin
P Graven 0-4, B Murphy 1-0, E McCormack, W McCreery, K O'Dwyer 0-2 each, D Kerrigan, A Rainbow 0-1 each Report T Giles 0-3, R McGee 0-3, J McDermott, O Murphy, T Dowd, J Devine 0-1 each Attendance: 62,504
Referee: J Bannon (Longford)

Munster Senior Football Championship

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First round Quarter-final Semi-finals Final
Clare 0-12
Tipperary 1-16
Waterford 0-07
Tipperary 1-13 Tipperary 1-16
Limerick 1-12 Tipperary 1-10
Kerry 0-17
Cork 1-11
Kerry 1-14

First round

10 May 1998 First round Limerick 1-12 - 1-13 Tipperary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
P Galvin 0-4, M Reidy 1-0, T Cummins 0-3, D Reidy 0-2, J Quane 0-1, S Ahern 0-1, N Frewen 0-1. D Browne 1-6, P Lambert 0-4, B Burke 0-2, B Cummins 0-1. Attendance: 2,730
Referee: M Collins (Cork)

Quarter-final

30 May 1998 Quarter-final Tipperary 1-16 - 0-7 Waterford Ned Hall Park, Clonmel
D Browne 0-9, J Williams 1-0, P Lambert 0-2, Seán Maher 0-2, M Spillane 0-1, B Cummins 0-1, D Foley 0-1. Martin Power 0-5, O Costello 0-1, I Daniels 0-1. Attendance: 2,000
Referee: M O'Sullivan (Kerry)

Semi-finals

28 June 1998 Semi-final Tipperary 1-16 - 0-12 Clare Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
D Browne 1-7, P Lambert 0-3, B Cummins 0-3, J Williams 0-2, D Foley 0-1 M Daly 0-3, P Hehir 0-3, M Hynes, J Enright, G Keane 0-2 each Attendance: 8,378
Referee: N Barrett (Cork)
5 July 1998 Semi-final Kerry 1-14 - 1-11 Cork Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney
M Fitzgerald 1-4, J Crowley 0-5, MF Russell 0-4, D Ó Cinnéide 0-1 J Kavanagh 0-6, A O'Regan 1-1, A Dorgan, L Tompkins, T Davis, C O'Sullivan 0-1 each Attendance: 43,994
Referee: P Russell (Tipperary)

Final

2 August 1998 Final Tipperary 1-10 - 0-17 Kerry Semple Stadium, Thurles
D Browne 0-7, J Williams 1-0, B Cummins, D Foley, C McGrath 0-1 each Report M Fitzgerald 0-10, P Laide, D Ó Cinnéide 0-2 each, D Daly, MF Russell, J Crowley 0-1 each Attendance: 27,263
Referee: N Barrett (Cork)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Preliminary round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Monaghan 0-11
Derry 3-13
Derry 2-13
Tyrone 2-07 Armagh 1-12
Down 0-15 Down 0-11
Armagh 0-16
Derry 1-07
Donegal 0-08
Antrim 0-11
Donegal 1-11
Donegal 0-15
Cavan 0-13
Fermanagh 0-11
Cavan 0-13

Preliminary round

17 May 1998 Preliminary round Tyrone 2-7 - 0-15 Down Healy Park, Omagh
A Cush 1-3, S Lawn 1-1, E Gormley 0-2, B Dooher 0-1. R Carr 0-5, S Mullholland 0-5, M Linden 0-2, G Deegan 0-1, Shane Ward 0-1, C Deegan 0-1. Attendance: 13,500
Referee: P McEneaney (Monaghan)

Quarter-finals

24 May 1998 Quarter-final Antrim 0-11 - 1-11 Donegal Casement Park, Belfast
J McManus 0-6, M Boyle 0-2, K Madden 0-1, K Brady 0-1, F Wilson 0-1. T Boyle 0-5, B Devenny 1-0, A Sweeney 0-3, J Gildea 0-1, N Hegarty 0-1, J McGuinness 0-1. Attendance: 6,000
Referee: B Crowe (Cavan)
31 May 1998 Quarter-final Derry 3-13 - 0-11 Monaghan Celtic Park, Derry
E Burns 1-3, G Magill, J Cassidy 1-1 each, J Brolly, D Doogan 0-4 each D Smith 0-8, D Freeman 0-2, M Daly 0-1 Referee: M McGrath (Donegal)
7 June 1998 Quarter-final Cavan 0-13 - 0-11 Fermanagh Breffni Park, Cavan
D McCabe, L Reilly 0-4 each, R Carolan 0-3, M Leddy, M Graham 0-1 each Raymond Gallagher, Rory Gallagher 0-4 each, C Donnelly, C Curran, R Johnson 0-1 each Referee: B Gorman (Armagh)
14 June 1998 Quarter-final Down 0-11 - 0-16 Armagh St Tiernach's Park, Clones
D Dougan 2-0, J Brolly, S Downey 0-4 each, E Burns, G Magill 0-2 each, E Muldoon 0-1 D Marsden 0-7, C O'Rourke 0-3, O McConville, G Houlihan 0-2 each, P McGrane, P McKeever 0-1 each Attendance: 24,300
Referee: M McBrien (Fermanagh)

Semi-final

21 June 1998 Semi-final Cavan 0-13 - 0-15 Donegal St Tiernach's Park, Clones
R Carolan 0-7, B Rogers 0-1, L Reilly 0-1, R Cunningham 0-1, M Graham 0-1, F Cahill 0-1, D McCabe 0-1. T Boyle 0-5, M Boyle 0-3, B Devenny 0-1, J Gildea 0-1, J McGuinness 0-1, J Duffy 0-1, D Dwyer 0-1, N McGinley 0-1, B Roper 0-1. Attendance: 26,811
Referee: M McBrien (Fermanagh)
28 June 1998 Semi-final Armagh 0-12 - 2-13 Derry Athletic Grounds, Armagh
P McKeever, O McConville 0-4 each, D Marsden 0-2, G Houlihan, J McNulty 0-1 each D Dougan 2-0, J Brolly, S Downey 0-4 each, E Burns, G Magill 0-2 each, E Muldoon 0-1 Attendance: 21,000
Referee: P McEneaney (Monaghan)

Final

19 July 1998 Final Derry 1-7 - 0-8 Donegal St Tiernach's Park, Clones
J Brolly 1-2, G Magill 0-2, E Burns, D Dougan, J Cassidy 0-1 each T Boyle 0-3, D Devenney 0-2, J Duffey, A Sweeney, N Hegarty 0-1 each Referee: J Curran (County Tyrone)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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Semi-finals Final
      
Kildare 0-13
Kerry 1-09
Kildare 1-10
Galway 1-14
Galway 0-16
Derry 1-08

Semi-finals

23 August 1998 Semi-final Derry 1-8 - 0-16 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
G Coleman 1-1, E Burns 0-3, E Gormley 0-2, P McFlynn, J Cassidy 0-1 each Report P Joyce 0-8, J Fallon 0-4, M Donnellan 0-2, N Finnegan, S Ó Domhnaill 0-1 each Attendance: 38,569
Referee: J Bannon (Longford)
30 August 1998 Semi-final Kildare 0-13 - 1-9 Kerry Croke Park, Dublin
P Graven 0-4, K O'Dwyer 0-3, M Lynch, E McCormack 0-2 each, J Finn, P Brennan 0-1 each Report M Fitzgerald 0-4, J Crowley 1-0, D Ó Cinnéide 0-2, D Daly, MF Russell, J Crowley 0-1 each Attendance: 65,002
Referee: M Curley (Galway)

Final

27 September 1998 Final Galway 1-14 - 1-10 Kildare Croke Park, Dublin
P Joyce 1-2, N Finnegan 0-4, J Fallon 0-3, M Donnellan, S Óg de Paor 0-2 each, S Ó Domhnaill 0-1 D Earley 1-1, P Brennan 0-3, E McCormack, K O'Dwyer 0-2 each, D Kerrigan, N Buckley 0-1 each Attendance: 65,886
Referee: J Bannon (Longford)
Main article: 1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Kildare win the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1956, and reach their first All Ireland final since 1935.
  • The Galway-Derry All Ireland semi-final was the first meeting of them.
  • Galway won the All Ireland title for 1st in 32 years also were the first Connacht team since then to do so.

Top scorers

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Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Declan Browne Tipperary 2-29 35 4 8.75
2 Eddie Lohan Roscommon 1-27 30 4 7.50
3 Pádraic Joyce Galway 1-24 27 6 4.50
4 Pádraic Graven Kildare 1-20 23 6 3.83
5 Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 1-18 21 3 7.00
Niall Finnegan Galway 1-18 21 6 3.50
7 Ger Heavin Westmeath 2-14 20 3 6.66
8 Dessie Barry Longford 1-16 19 3 6.33
9 Paul Taylor Sligo 0-17 17 3 5.66
10 Pádraic Davis Sligo 0-16 16 3 5.33
Jarlath Fallon Galway 0-16 16 6 2.66
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Declan Browne Tipperary 1-07 10 Clare
Maurice Fitzgerald Kerry 0-10 10 Tipperary
3 Declan Browne Tipperary 1-06 9 Limerick
Eddie Lohan Roscommon 1-06 9 Sligo
Dessie Barry Longford 0-09 9 Wexford
Declan Browne Tipperary 0-09 9 Waterford
7 Ger Heavin Westmeath 1-05 8 Carlow
Declan Darcy Dublin 1-05 8 Kildare
Ger Heavin Westmeath 1-05 8 Longford
Colin Kelly Louth 1-05 8 Wicklow
Paul Taylor Sligo 0-08 8 Roscommon
Eddie Lohan Roscommon 0-08 8 Galway
Eddie Lohan Roscommon 0-08 8 Galway
Pádraic Davis Longford 0-08 8 Wexford
Declan Smyth Monaghan 0-08 8 Derry
Pádraic Joyce Galway 0-08 8 Derry

Roll of Honour

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  • Kerry - 31 (1997)
  • Dublin - 22 (1995)
  • Galway - 8 (1998)
  • Meath - 6 (1996)
  • Cork - 6 (1990)
  • Down - 5 (1994)
  • Wexford - 5 (1918)
  • Cavan - 5 (1952)
  • Kildare - 4 (1928)
  • Tipperary - 4 (1920)
  • Offaly - 3 (1982)
  • Louth - 3 (1957)
  • Mayo - 3 (1951)
  • Roscommon - 2 (1944)
  • Limerick - 2 (1896)
  • Donegal - 1 (1992)
  • Derry - 1 (1993)
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