Anthony Finnerty

Anthony Finnerty is a former Gaelic football player who played for Mayo from 1986 until 1996, lining out at right corner-forward. He played in the 1989 All-Ireland Final and in the 1996 All-Ireland Final for Mayo, and his honours list shows five Connacht Senior Football Championship titles, in 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1996. At club level he won the Galway Senior Football Championship with An Cheathrú Rua in 1996, and he also lined out for Moygownagh. In one game against Cork he scored the only goal, though the result did not go his way. He is the father of Robert Finnerty, who plays for Galway, and he lives in Salthill, Galway, where he runs the family business, Wards Hotel and pub, and manages the ladies football side at Salthill Knocknacarra.