1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1998 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates	3 May 1998 – 27 September 1998
Teams	32
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (8th win)
Captain	Ray Silke
Manager	John O'Mahony
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kildare
Captain	Glenn Ryan
Manager	Mick O'Dwyer
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played	36
Goals total	61 (1.69 per game)
Points total	860 (23.89 per game)
Top Scorer	Declan Browne (2-29)
Player of the Year	Jarlath Fallon; Michael Donnellan
	← 1997 1999 →

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

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

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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

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		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

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		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

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 (Tyrone)

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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		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		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)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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

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
5	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
10	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
1	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

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