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1997–98 National Football League (Ireland)

1997–98 National Football League
League details
Dates 19 October 1997 – 26 April 1998
Teams 33
League champions
Winners Offaly (1st win)
Captain Finbarr Cullen
Manager Tommy Lyons
League runners-up
Runners-up Derry
Captain Kieran McKeever

The 1997–98 National Football League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Church & General National Football League, was the 67th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

The Kerry v Cavan Round 1 game was played at the Polo Grounds, New York City, to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1947 All-Ireland Final.

Offaly won their first and only league title.

The teams are in four sections, three of 8 teams and one of 9. Each team plays all the other teams in its division once: either home or away. Teams earn 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The top two teams in each section contest the NFL quarter-finals.


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