{"id":795,"date":"2026-02-18T23:32:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/?p=795"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T23:32:49","slug":"98s-gaa-club-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/98s-gaa-club-50th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"98s GAA Club \u2013 50th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 98s evolved from the Bohermore Club. It was named after the 1798 Rebellion; later Tonery\u2019s pub became known as the \u201898\u2019s Bar\u2019. One notable County Junior Cup final against Woodford, played in Gort, ended in a running battle through the streets after the match. The clubhouse was situated in Bohermore. The site was later occupied by \u2018Monto\u2019s\u2019 shop; today it’s covered by townhouses. One of the last achievements for the 98s was in 1968 when they won the Under-16 Galway City Hurling and Football Leagues. The 50th<\/sup> Anniversary Celebrations were held in Tonery\u2019s Pub (2018). Part of the celebration was Galway’s history-making champions in 2017, winning: Liam McCarthy All-Ireland Hurling Cup \u2013 Leinster Cup (Bob O’Keeffe) \u2013 National Hurling League Cup \u2013 Walsh Cup \u2013 All-Ireland Poc Fada Cup (Tadhg Haran) \u2013 Liam Mellows County Hurling Champions. The following photographs are courtesy of David Henry.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Front row from the left: Ollie Henry, Danny Cody, Peter Flaherty, Pat Hughes, John Cloonan, Padain Nolan, Joe Connelly. Back Row from the left: Joe Keating, Frank Farragher, Michael O\u2019Connor, Kenneth O\u2019Holloran, Bernard Craven, Sean Bann, Joe Conroy, Tom O\u2019Neill, Jimmy Lawless, Rickie<\/em>
Fahy, William Henry, Aidan Burke<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From the left: Rickie Fahy, Joe Connelly, Brian Fahy<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From the left: Joe Connolly, Jimmy Duggan, Mick O\u2019Sullivan,<\/em> Pat Houlihan<\/em> 1 Liam McCarthy Cup – 2 Leinster Cup – 3 National Hurling League Cup – 4 Walsh Cup – 5: Poc Fada Cup – 6: Shield: County Hurling Championship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From the left: Peadar Tonery, Joe Connolly, Jimmy Duggan, Joe Keating<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Vincent and Jacqueline O\u2019Brien and William Henry<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From the left: Jimmy Lawless, Mike Diviney, Sean Bann, Kenneth<\/em> O\u2019Holloran, Michael O\u2019Connor<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From the left: Danny Cody, Peter Flaherty, Hugh Ryan, Tom O\u2019Neill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From the left: Joe Keating, Aidan Burke, Bernard Craven, John Cloonan<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Patrick Henry with the Liam McCarthy Cup<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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From the left: Christopher, Christy and Jeffrey Lynskey<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 98s evolved from the Bohermore Club. It was named after the 1798 Rebellion; later Tonery\u2019s pub became known as the \u201898\u2019s Bar\u2019. One notable County Junior Cup final against Woodford, played in Gort, ended in a running battle through the streets after the match. The clubhouse was situated in Bohermore. The site was later … Continue reading “98s GAA Club \u2013 50th Anniversary”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184,9],"tags":[268,270,5,50,269,271],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galway-musings","category-galway-photos","tag-98s","tag-bob-okeeffe","tag-bohermore","tag-gaa","tag-liam-mccarthy","tag-walsh-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galwaysown.ie\/Galway%20Stories\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}