Gary Fahey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Gearóid Ó Fathaigh | ||
| Sport | Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Full Back | ||
| Born | Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Killanin | |||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| UCG | |||
| College titles | |||
| Sigerson titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1992–2004 | Galway | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| NFL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 1 | ||
Gary Fahy is a former All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer who captained Galway in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
His reputation as an excellent full-back in the annals of Galway football is assured, with five Connacht Senior medals and two All-Ireland medals which is a terrific personal haul.
Fahy’s intercounty career began in 1992 when he joined the Galway panel after playing a crucial role for the Sigerson Cup winning UCG team. Seán Óg De Paor was captain that year and Niall Finnegan also played when the Galway college defeated a star-studded Queen's University Belfast side in Pearse Stadium, Galway. He made his debut in the summer of '92 when he came on as a substitute against Mayo in Castlebar. Galway were defeated on the day and remained in the football wilderness after defeats by Leitrim in 1993 and '94. It wasn't until 1995 that they finally managed to win the Connacht title under Bosco McDermott. They defeated Mayo in the glorious sunshine in Tuam Stadium: their first provincial title in 8 years. Galway narrowly lost to Tyrone in the All-Ireland semi-final.
Mayo under the guidance of John Maughan defeated Galway in both the 1996 and 1997 Connacht campaigns where they also lost both subsequent All-Ireland finals. John O'Mahony, who had brought Connacht titles to both Mayo and Leitrim, was announced as the new Galway manager in September 1997 after Val Daly's sole year in charge. The Mayo native then presided over what was to be a glorious period in Galway football with Fahy a central cog in the team.
Galway football supporters will never forget 1998 when their county defeated Kildare in the All-Ireland final to end 32 years of anguish. Gary Fahy had a great game at full-back that day and his tussle with Kildare’s Karl O'Dwyer was a feature of the final. The journey to the Holy Grail and Sam Maguire had started with a pulsating contest against who else but Mayo in Castlebar in May '98. It was here that the seeds of success were sown for a Galway team that badly needed to overcome their arch rivals to silence the doubters. Their 1–13 to 2–06 was the catalyst for an amazing season for Galway, who followed up with victories over Leitrim, Roscommon in the Connacht final and Derry in the semi-final.
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