Jarlath Fallon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Iarlaith Ó Fallúin | ||
| Sport | Gaelic Football | ||
| Position | Centre Forward | ||
| Born | 1973 (age 43–44) Galway, Ireland |
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| Occupation | Post Man | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Tuam Stars | |||
| Club titles | |||
| Galway titles | 1 | ||
| Connacht titles | 1 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
| 1992-2003 2006-2007 |
Galway Galway |
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| Inter-county titles | |||
| Connacht titles | 5 | ||
| All-Irelands | 2 | ||
| All Stars | 2 | ||
Jarlath "Ja" Fallon (born 1973) is a Gaelic footballer for County Galway and Tuam Stars. He is widely regarded as one of the finest players to come from Tuam since the legendary Seán Purcell and . He has been an integral part of Galway County Football for the past 15 years.
Fallon was born in Tuam and played Gaelic Football in secondary school with St. Jarlath's College Tuam.
He began his inter-county career with Galway in 1991, having already established himself with his local team Tuam Stars.
He became captain of the County side after Tuam Stars triumph in the Galway Senior Club Football Championship of 1994.
He led Galway to the 1995 Connacht Senior Football Championship but lost out to the Peter Canavan inspired Tyrone on a score-line of 1-13 to 0-13 in the Semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Galway failed to build on their success of that year in '96 and '97 but things turned around when John O'Mahony was appointed manager in August of '97.
Galway won the 1998 All-Ireland Football Title with Fallon playing a pivotal role in bringing back the Sam Maguire Cup to Galway for the first time since 1966 with brilliant individual performances in the Connacht Final replay against Roscommon, the Semi-Final against Derry and his 2nd half-performance in the final against Kildare where Galway came from behind at half-time to win by 1-14 to 1-10. He deservedly won Footballer Of The Year that year. Galway failed to defend their title the next year after losing to fierce rivals Mayo in the Connacht Final at Tuam stadium.
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