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Galway county football team

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The Galway county football team represents Galway in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Galway GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It competes in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Connacht Senior Football Championship and the National Football League, and plays home games at Pearse Stadium in Salthill. Galway was the first Connacht county to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and has nine titles, the third highest total after Kerry and Dublin. It won three consecutive championships in the mid-1960s and, from 1998 onwards, two titles in four years, the latest in 2001, while its most recent National League title came in 1981.

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Source Galway county football team (Wikipedia)

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Source Galway county football team (Wikipedia)

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Source Enda Colleran (Wikipedia)
Source Finian Hanley (Wikipedia)
Source Joe Bergin (Gaelic footballer) (Wikipedia)
Source Seán Purcell (Wikipedia)
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1. Galway county football team (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, All-Ireland titles
    It has nine All-Ireland SFCs
  • Plays: Gaelic Football, Lead, sport
    represents Galway in men's Gaelic football
  • Competed In: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Lead, competitions
    the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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Seán Purcell (Wikipedia)
Roster: Seán Purcell, Lead, county team
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played at senior level for the Galway county team
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Enda Colleran (Wikipedia)
Roster: Enda Colleran, Lead
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Enda Colleran (May 1942-8 April 2004) was an Irish Gaelic footballer and manager who played for the Mountbellew-Moylough club and at senior level for the Galway county team.
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Finian Hanley (Wikipedia)
Roster: Finian Hanley, Article text
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inter-county football for Galway from 2005 to 2017.
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Joe Bergin (Gaelic footballer) (Wikipedia)
Roster: Joe Bergin (Gaelic footballer), Lead
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Joe Bergin (born 17 February 1981) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played at senior level for the Galway county team from 2000 to 2012.
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