Galway Advertiser 1981/1981_01_01/GA_01011981_E1_012.pdf 

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1980 -- Galway's Greatest Hurling Year -- Our Tribute

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A m o m e n t w e w a i t e d for in G a l w a y for 5 6 y e a r s . Galway Captain, Seosamh 0 Conghaile (Castlegar), h o l d s t h e M c C a r t h y C u p aloft i n elation after t h e final w i n o v e r L i m e r i c k o n t h e s c o r e G a l w a y 2 -- 1 5 Limerick 3--9.

H a i l t h e c o n q u e r i n g h e r o e s . F r o n t (left t o r i g h t ) : N i a l l M c l n e r n e y , S e a m u s C o e n , J i m m y C o o n e y , J o e C o n n o l l y ( C a p t . ) , Sylvie L i n n a n e , P . J. M o l l o y a n d B e r n i e F o r d e . B a c k R o w (left t o right): C o n o r H a y e s , S t e v e M a h o n , J o h n C o n n o l l y , M i c h a e l C o n n o l l y , M i c h a e l C o n n e e l y , F r a n k B u r k e , N o e l L a n e a n d S e a n Silke.

R a i l w a y C u p C h a m p i o n s for t h e s e c o n d t i m e e v e r . C o n n a c h t w o n o n a b i t t e r c o l d S t . P a t r i c k ' s D a y in a s p a r s e l y a t t e n d e d C r o k e P a r k , d e f e a t i n g M u n s t e r b y 1--5 t o 0 -- 7 . F r o n t R o w : S. Silke, P . J. M o l l o y , M . K i l k e n n y , J. C o n n o l l y , J. C o o n e y , S. L i n n a n e , F . G a n t l e y . Back R o w : C . H a y e s , N . L a n e , I . C l a r k e , S. M a h o n , N . M c l n e r n e y , G . C u r t i n , S. S h i n n o r s , a n d J o h n C o n n o l l y .

Pictorial two-page Souvenir Supplement rompiled and edited by Sam Maguire

I t w a s a y e a r o f years for Joe C o n n o l l y . H e r e h e s p e a k s t r e G a e i l g e ar fad after r e c e i v i n g t h e R a i l w a y C u p f r o m t h e D u f f l e - c o a t e d U a c h t a r a n of C . L . C . G . , Padhraic M a c Floinn.

I t ' s t h e ritual s h a k e - h a n d s b e f o r e t h e semi-final g a m e b e t w e e n Offaly's P a d r a i g H o r a n a n d o u r o w n J o e C o n n o l l y w a t c h e d b y a s m i l i n g J . J . L a n d e r s ( R e f e r e e ) . J u s t as t h e final w h i s t l e s o u n d e d t h e s e s a m e c a p t a i n s e m b r a c e d in a s p o r t i n g g e s t u r e s o typical o f t h e 1980 h u r l i n g year.

N o e l L a n e , G a l w a y ' s classy c o r n e r f o r w a r d from B a l l i n d e r r e e n , s c o r i n g o n e of h i s b r i l l i a n t first half p o i n t s i n t h e A l l - I r e l a n d final. It was a p a c k e d C r o k e P a r k , full of a t m o s p h e r e a n d s p o r t i n g play. N o e l is followed b y L i m e r i c k ' s D o n a l M u r r a y .