Minor Football 28th February vs Croom in Croom
Galbally Minor Football Team began their south league campaign with a defeat in desperate conditions on Sunday week last. This is an amalgamation side with Garryspillane and their opponents were Croom, the premier county champions of last year and the score was 1-6 to 0-1 at half time. Despite excellent displays from Robert Healy, John Sheehan, Bill Hayes, William Harty, Martin O'Halloran and Declan Dineen the final score was 2-8 to 1-1 in Crooms favour. Croom had a number of last years team available and their experience showed on the day. However this was a young Galbally team and they will have better days ahead. The team that lined out was, Robert Healy; John Creed, John Sheehan, Padraig Wallace; John Hayes, Seamus Bourke, TJ Begley; Maurice O'Brien, Declan Dineen; Bill Hayes, William Harty, Martin O'Halloran; Tim O'Meara, Niall Henebry and Seamus O'Reilly. It was encouraging to see so many Garryspillane players in attendance and already it looks as though the amalgamation will be a successful one.

Minor Football 17th April vs Knockainey in Galbally
The Minor football team played the second game of their league campaign and had a convincing win over a knockainey team that included two limerick minors. Playing some superb football the team scored 3-4 and were generally on top for the whole game. The amalgamation with garryspillane at this level is clearly working and this was also evident on the previous Friday night when the garryspillane minor hurlers beat coshlea gaels convincingly. Best for Galbally on the night were John Sheehan & Declan Dineen who are both starring on the senior team at the moment, The superb William Harty who scored two goals, Owen Bourke and Bill Hayes.
The Team was, Robert Healy, TJ Begley, Colin Watters, Pat Keane, James Noonan, John Sheehan, Padraig Wallace, Declan Dineen, Michael O’ Donnell, William Harty(2-0), Andrew Healy(0-1), Owen Bourke(0-1), Johnny Hayes(1-0), Billy Hayes(0-2), Vincent Sheehan. Subs. Damien Ryan for Andrew Healy.

11th April 1999 Under 21 Championship vs Kilmallock in Knocklong
The Galbally Under 21 team suffered defeat to Kilmallock in this first round game. Galbally, the holders of the south championship fielded an extremely young team and conditions were poor which didn’t help.Best for Galbally were John Sheehan, Declan Dineen and Eddie Scully.
The Team Was: Thomas Ryan, William Hanrahan, Mike Davern, Pat Keane, TJ Begley, John Sheehan, Gary Henebry, Declan Dineen, Richard Bourke, Karole Drea, Eddie Scully, Eoin Bourke, Conor Henebry, Vincent Sheehan, Dion O’Brien.

Minor South Championship
The minor footballers who have amalgamated with Garryspillane had an emphatic win over Ballylanders in the south championship. The final score was 6-11 to 0-08. Best for Galbally were Maurice O’Brien, Micheal O’Donnell, Andrew Healy, and Billy Hayes. The team was Robert Healy, Martin Halloran, John Sheehan, TJ Begley, Maurice O’Brien (0-1), Seamus Bourke, James Noonan, Micheal O’Donnell (0-1), Declan Dineen(1-1), Eoin Bourke (0-1), Billy Harty (0-1), Andrew Healy (0-2), Stephen Bourke(1-1), Billy Hayes(3-2), Johnny Hayes(1-1). Subs Thomas Kirby and Vincent Sheehan.

Minor County Final
The Galbally Minor Football team was awarded the County Championship on Friday night last in controversial circumstances. Having played magnificently throughout the year, they qualified for the final beating South Liberties in the semi-final. The final was fixed for last Friday night in Pallasgreen at 7pm. A large crowd attended in anticipation of a memorable final. Regrettably the Ahane team never showed up and Galbally were awarded the title. The referee, under the instruction of a delegate from the central council who had attended the game, began the game with one team, waited for Galbally to score and then awarded them the title. Many thanks to John Keane an Ahane man for presenting the cup in difficult circumstances and who apologised profusely for the inconvenience caused. Keane has been a great ambassador for Limerick football over the years and was visibly upset over the situation. Various rumours circulated around the venue as to why the team didn’t show up and it seems a though a player was involved in the County Senior Hurling Semi Final two days later. It also seems Ahane had a requested postponement rejected by the county board. Most Galbally people will remember Eddie Scully and Jeremy Staunton play a county minor semi final in 1997 against Cappagh 18 hours before they played Oola in the County Senior Semi Final. Enough Said. Congratulations to the side on giving us such enjoyment for the year and a special thanks to the garryspillane players for showing such dedication and commitment to the side. It would not have been possible to field a minor team without you. For the record the team that lined out was exactly the same as that which started the semi-final. Robert Healy, Padraig Wallace, John Sheehan, TJ Begley, Colin Watters, Seamus Bourke, James Noonan, Micheal O’Donnell, Declan Dineen, Eoin Bourke, William Harty, Andrew Healy, Maurice O’Brien, Billy Hayes, Stephen Bourke. Amazingly it took the team three attempts to score, the score being a superb point by inspirational captain Declan Dineen. He then accepted the cup on behalf of the team.

Minor Hurling vs Knockainey in Galbally 7th March 1999
Their hurling counterparts playing as Garryspillane drew with Knockainey on Sunday last in an entertaining game of hurling at Galbally. The team included some nice hurlers who will no doubt lead the team to greater things later in the year. The final score in the game was 1-6 to 1-6 and because the game had to produce a winner, both teams decided to toss to decide a winner. Garryspillane won the toss and will now progress with confidence to the next game.
The team was, Alan Noonan, Padraig Wallace, Anton Perkins, James Noonan, John Hayes, Seamus Bourke, Colin Watters, John Cleary, Maurice O'Brien (0-3), TJ Begley, William Harty (0-1), Owen Bourke, Dion O'Brien (1-2), Bill Hayes, John Creed.
Sub. Martin O'Halloran for Creed.

The Garryspillane Minor Hurlers have subsequently lost to Kilmallock on St Patricks Day and have beaten Coshlea Gaels in early April.

They reached the south final in July losing to Bruree in Bruff by 1-03 to 1-06
The team was:
John Cleary, Padraig Wallace, John Sheehan, Colin Watters, Johnny Hayes, Seamus Bourke, James Noonan, Maurice O'Brien (1-03), Micheal O'Donnell, Eoin Bourke, William Harty, Patrick Cleary, Vincent Sheehan, Stephen Bourke, Dion O'Brien.

24th April 1999 South Junior Hurling League vs Bruff in Galbally
The Galbally Junior Hurling Team minus the Galtee Gaels contingent put up a brave fight in desperate conditions on Saturday night last. Playing against a gale force wind for the first half they went two points behind after ten minutes. However an opportunist goal put galbally into the lead but bruff took over after that and lead convincingly at the interval. Galbally scored four points in the second half but it wasn’t enough. The final score was Bruff 2-11 Galbally 0-4. Best for Galbally were Mike Sheehan, John Sheehan, Tommy Fraser, Eddie Scully and the Goalscorer Henry Martin.
The Team Was: Mike Sheehan, John Hyland, Marcus Browne, Mike Davern, Kevin Condon, John Sheehan (0-1), Richard Bourke, Kieran Begley, Tommy Fraser, Pat Gooley, Eddie Scully (0-2), John Hanrahan, Henry Martin (1-0), PJ Sullivan (0-1), Patrick Cleary.

8th May 1999 South Junior Hurling League vs Kilmallock in Kilmallock
The Galbally junior hurling team lost their second game to Kilmallock in Kilmallock on Saturday night last.Again similar to the junior football team Galbally were missing a number of regulars due to exams and Kilmallock also had a number of players with vast senior experience including some who played in an All Ireland Club Final. Galballys situation was not helped by an injury to regular full forward PJ O'Sullivan. The Final score was Galbally 0-3 Kilmallock 3-7. Best for Galbally were John Hyland, Joe Kearney, Fergal Finnan and Kieran Begley.
The Team was: Mike Sheehan, John Hyland, Marcus Browne, Mike Kearney, Patrick Cleary, Joe Kearney, Kevin Condon, Fergal Finnan, Thomas Noonan, John Hanrahan, Kieran Begley(0-2), Pat Byrnes, Henry Martin, Johnny Dillon, CJ Fahy(0-1). Subs Tommy Fraser for Martin, PJ O'Sullivan for Dillon, Henry Martin for O'Sullivan.

22nd May 1999 South Junior Hurling League vs Effin in Galbally
Galbally were beaten on Saturday night last in the south junior hurling league game against effin. The final score was 2-12 to 2-5 and the best for Galbally were Eddie Scully who performed like a county player in goal after starting outfield, Fergal Finnan, Mike Davern and Declan Dineen who scored 1-1 with his right boot and had two other kicked efforts at goal saved.
The team was Mike Sheehan, John Hyland, Mike Kearney, Marcus Browne, Declan Wallace, Joe Kearney, Kevin Condon, Fergal Finnan, Tommy Fraser, John Hanrahan (0-1), Eddie Scully, Declan Dineen (1-1), Johnny Dillon (0-1), CJ Fahy, Mike Davern (1-0). Subs Vincent Sheehan for Mike Sheehan.

6th May 1999 South Junior Football League vs Hospital/Herbertstown in Galbally
The Galbally junior football team lost their opening game to Hospital/Herbertstown in Galbally on thursday night last. Missing a number of regulars due to exams, Galbally were unfortunate to lose on the night even though the opposition had a number of players with vast senior experience. The final score was Galbally 1-12 Hospital Herbertstown 0-16. Galbally play Galtee Gaels in the next round on Friday next 14th May. Best for Galbally were John Sheehan, Liam Morrissey, Danny Farrell and Denis Ryan.
The Team was: Dessie Hayes, Miah O'Donnell, Marcus Browne, Mike Hennessey, Gary Hennebry, John Sheehan, Joe Bourke, Philip Sullivan, Quin Perry(1-0) , Timmy Taylor (0-4), Liam Morrissey, Danny Farrell(0-5), Denis Ryan(0-2), Willy Casey, Johnny Morrissey. Subs: Tom Quinlan For O'Donnell

20th May 1999 South Junior Football League vs Blackrock in Kilfinnane
Galbally junior footballers had a morale boosting win over Kilfinnane last week in the south junior football league. Best for Galbally on the night were Mike Davern, Tom Quinlan, Liam Morrissey and Denis Ryan. Miah O’Donnell assumed the role of super sub, coming on to score the winning goal. They now face stakers this Thursday night 3rd June in an away fixture.
The team was Dessie Hayes, Marcus Browne, Mike Davern, CJ Fahey, Joe Bourke, Tom Quinlan, William Hanrahan, John Hanrahan, Philip Sullivan, Michael Hennessey, Liam Morrissey (0-3), Timmy Taylor (1-0), Denis Ryan (0-4), Willie Casey, Johnny Morrissey (0-2). Subs Miah O’Donnell (0-1) for Casey

10th June 1999 South Junior Football League vs Galtee Gaels in Galbally
The Galbally Junior football team drew with Galtee Gaels in an entertaining game on Thursday night last. With both sides fielding a number of players who had played at either intermediate or senior level, the standard of football was extremely high and both teams were disciplined in their approach to the game. Galbally went behind early on but then took the lead through a Denis Ryan goal and held the lead for most of the game. However Galtee Gaels regained the lead with time running out and it took a brilliant long-range point from sharpshooter Denis Ryan to equalise. Best for Galbally on the night were Pat Gooley, Willie Donoghue, Liam Morrissey, and Denis Ryan.

The team was: Dessie Hayes, John Hanrahan, Tom Quinlan, Miah O’Donnell, CJ Fahey, Pat Gooley, Willie O’Donoghue, Philip Sullivan, Joe Bourke, Henry Martin, Liam Morrissey (0-2), Johnny Morrissey (0-4), Timmy Taylor (0-1), Willie Casey, Denis Ryan (1-1).
Sub Michael Davern for Miah O’Donnell.

The team that lined out on this night was possibly the strongest to play in a junior game this year. Indeed this team may have been strong enough to win the south championship. Sadly however the draw wasnt enough and the team failed to make the league semi finals. The team subsequently broke up with players ineligible and injured for the championship. In the end they were beaten in the south semi final.

Championship vs Stakers 1999

The Galbally Junior football team had a comprehensive victory over stakers on Sunday last in knocklong. The star of the show was undoubtedly Johnny Morrissey one of the forgotten sons of Galbally Football. Morrissey scored 1-10 from play and generally created havoc in the stakers defence. Others to play well for Galbally were Desmond Hayes who showed extreme agility to deny stakers a late late goal from the penalty spot. John Dunne, Inspirational Captain Philip Sullivan and Timmy Taylor also played well. The Team was Desmond Hayes, Mike Davern, John Dunne, Marcus Browne, Pat Gooley, Tom Quinlan, Willie Donoghue, Philip Sullivan (0-1), John Hanrahan, Karole Drea (1-3), Quin Perry (1-0), Liam Cunningham, Damien Drea, Timmy Taylor (1-2), Johnny Morrissey(1-10). Subs Paddy O’Brien(1-0) for Karole Drea, Miah O’Donnell for Dunne, Jamie Hedigan for Sullivan.

Senior Football Championship Round 1 1999 vs Claughaun in Caherconlish 4th June 1999
Galbally 0-07 Claughaun 3-03
The old story of a game of two halves was resurrected last Friday night as a depleted galbally team took on old rivals Claughaun in the first round of the championship. Galbally defied their critics by leading by 0-04 to 0-00 at half time. Claughaun looked to be dead and buried, but aided by a strong breeze Claughaun lead by two points, two minutes into the second half after two early goals. Galbally never recovered after that and a late goal sealed the game for Claughaun. The next game is against glin on the weekend of the 4th of July.
The team was John Scully, Gary Henebry, Ger Fahy, John Kiely, Declan Wallace, Mike McGrath, Kieran Begley, Martin Dineen, Pat Ryan, Pat Byrnes, Fergal Finnan, Seamus Morrissey(0-2), Declan Dineen, Eddie Scully(0-1), Johnny Cummins(0-4).

Galbally 1 14 Glin 1 9
GALBALLY bounced back into the race for the Limerick senior football championship title when scoring a delightful four point win over Glin at the Gaelic Grounds. Glin led on two occasions in the opening half but it was Galbally who held the advantage at the break 0 8 to 1 4. The Glin goal came in the 20th minute from the boot of John Horan. John Cummins, the veteran Galbally corner forward, was in kicking mood, firing over no less than nine points of his sides total. Eddie Scully put Galbally in a strong position with 12 minutes left when he found an opening in the Glin defence hit a good goal. Glin fought feverishly in the last ten minutes and could have been much closer to Galbally were it not for a super save by John Scully.
Scorers, Galbally ; J. Cummins 0-9, E. Scully 1-0, M. McGrath 0-2, P. Ryan, F. Finnan, D. Wallace 0-1 each.
Glin; M. Culhane 0 5, J. Horan 1 0, L. Long 0 2, B. Mulvihill, J. Wallace 0 01 each.
GALBALLY ; J. Scully, M. Sheehan, G. Fahy, J. Sheehan, R. Burke, M. Dineen, K. Begley, M. McGrath, P. Ryan, P. Burns, F. Finnan, E. Scully, D. Dineen, S. Morrissey, J. Cummins.
GLIN; S. Adams, L. McMahon, S. Lyons, K. Kelly, P. Costelloe, S. Fitzgerald, J. Wallace, P. Hogan, B. Mulvihill, S. Culhane, L. Long, A. Woods, J. Horan, M. Culhane, G. O'Connor. Referee; M. Mann, Ballybrown.

Galbally 2 7 St. Kierans 1 7 SECOND HALF goals from substitute, Denis Ryan and Deckie Dineen threw a lifeline to Galbally in this seasons Limerick senior football championship. The South Limerick club needed to topple the hitherto unbeaten St. Kierans at Balleyagran and duly obliged with an excellent team performance, though St. Kierans will bemoan a series of missed chances in the first half when full forward Seamus O’Donnell was very much off kicking form. In a tightly contested first half, in which they played with a stiffish breeze, Kierans had the better chances and an early goal from O Donnell appeared to set them up but a tigerish Galbally kept ticking over and a string of points from Eddie Scully and John Cummins had them level 0 5 to 1 2 at the interval. Michael Greaney had St. Kierans ahead within ten seconds of the second half and O'Donnell then made a two points difference. But then Dick Dineen, with a 41st minute goal, put Galbally in front and they never looked back afterwards.
Scorers, Galbally ; D. Ryan, D. Dineen 1-0 each, J. Cummins 0 3, E. Scully 0 2, P. Ryan, P. Begley 0 1 each.
St. Kierans; S. O Donnell 1-3, M. Greaney, M. Moran 0 2 each. GALBALLY; J. Scully, B. Begley, G. Fahy, J. Sheehan, D. Bourke, M. Dineen, J. Bourke, P. Ryan, M. McGrath, P. Burns, E. Scully, N. Healy, D. Dineen, S. Morrissey, J. Cummins. Sub; D. Ryan for Healy.
ST. KIERANS; D. Woulfe, K. Madigan, P. Windle, P. McCarthy, B. Nolan, N. Kelly, M. Murphy, T. Guiney, P. Woulfe, M. Moran, L. Flahavan, P. Histon, M. Greaney, S. O Donnell, C. Madigan. Referee; M. Mann, Ballybrown

Galbally lost to Newcastlewest and Mungret in their remaining games to end their campaign.

The following report was taken from the Limerick Leader and reports on the Drawn game between Galbally and Fr. Caseys in the 1998 County Senior Football championship

Galbally 1-11 Fr Casey's 0-14
WHATEVER the outcome of this season's Limerick senior county football championship, Galbally can stand up proudly and say that they gave it their best shot. Looking out of it going into the final quarter of this exciting clash with a fancied Fr Casey's side at Kilmallock on Sunday last, they showed exceptional courage and spirit, snatching a draw in the dying minutes and going agonisingly close to scoring a last second point that would have given them a sensational victory. While Fr Casey's played by far the most attractive football during the hour, there was a lack of bite about their play that eventually cost them victory. They withstood an early Galbally surge to lead comfortably by 0-10 to 1-3 at the break and three minutes into the second period they maintained that advantage. Galbally manager Johnny Wallace, however, is a tough taskmaster. He instills a sense of pride in his charges that is impossible to ignore and soon the black and whites were playing with new-found spirit. The impressive Eddie Scully popped over a brace of frees, Ger Fahy added a lovely point from play and even though a point from Tom Fitzgerald appeared to rescued the win for Fr Casey's, Mike McGrath, who had moved from centre back to the forward line, drove over the bar for Galbally to leave just a point between the sides with four minutes remaining. It was exciting stuff and for the only time in the game, Galbally were on top. Their equalising point, however, had a real touch of class about it. They won a free 30 metres out on the left sideline and with time running out the kick was entrusted to the youthful county minor star, Eddie Scully. Eddie's kick was straight and true. It pierced the centre of the posts and instead of bemoaning a defeat that would have put an end to their championship aspirations, determined Galbally were given a lifeline. At the end of the game Galbally manager Johnny Wallace was pragmatic about his side's performance: "I'm disappointed that we did not win, but I cannot say a word about the performance of the Galbally lads out there today. To the man they fought to the end and I am proud of each and every one of them. We now have to beat the University of Limerick and hope that Hospital-Herbertstown can do us a turn by beating Fr Casey's." While Galbally were relieved at their last-minute escape from the jaws of defeat, Fr Casey's will look back on this game as one they should really have won. They played some fluent football at times, working the ball intelligently from defence to attack and finding their players with accuracy with well-placed passes from both hand and foot. Their midfield partnership of Tony Scannell and Liam Quirke enjoyed the lion's share of possession against Jeremy Staunton and Patrick Ryan and with most of their attacks operating through the silken skills of centre forward Tom Fitzgerald, the Abbeyfeale lads at times looked a class apart. Johnny Wallace's advice to his players at half time had a significant influence on the outcome of the tie: "Keep Tom Fitzgerald out of the game," he told his marker, "and you will have done a good evening's work." The fact that the Fr Casey's centre forward scored only two points during the second 30 minutes showed how tight the Galbally defence became during the second period. Playing against the breeze, Galbally got of to a flying start with points from Jeremy Staunton and Denis Ryan in the first two minutes. Similar efforts from Tom Fitzgerald and Paul Sugrue for Casey's levelled matters but a point from Seamie Morrissey and a Pat Byrne goal put Galbally 1-3 to 0-2 ahead after eight minutes. Fr Casey's then began to turn on the style and a point from Tony Scannell, two from Tom Fitzgerald and a wonderful score from Pádraig O'Donnell following an eight-man move, brought the teams level once again. Three further points from O'Donnell and one from Fitzgerald emphasised Fr Casey's superiority at this stage and Galbally breathed with relief when a Johnny Colbert goal was disallowed just before the half time whistle. Galbally started the second half as they did the first with points from Eddie Scully and Jeremy Staunton. Tom Fitzgerald replied with a Fr Casey's point and one minute later it was 12 points to 1-5 in favour of the Abbeyfeale side thanks to a truly well-taken score. Substitute Shay McAuliffe, who made an impression when introduced at the break, fielded well outside the square, passed intelligently inside and Tom Scannell added the score. Mike McGrath for Galbally and Brendan Walsh for Casey's traded points before the black and whites launched their late comeback that brought them parity at the very last minute. This was a game that portrayed local football as competitive, attractive and of a reasonably high standard. It was a sporting contest between two very committed sides - both of whom will be hoping for different results in the final series of games. Galbally - John Scully; Pat McCarthy, Tom Quinlan, Barty Begley; John Kiely, Mike McGrath (0-2), Fergal Finnan; Jeremy Staunton (0-2), Patrick Ryan; Declan Wallace, Eddie Scully (0-4), Seamie Morrissey (0-1), Pat Byrnes (1-0), Denis Ryan (0-1), Ger Fahy (0-1). Subs., Karole Drea for Pat Byrnes (43 mins.), Declan Dineen for Declan Wallace (49 mins.). Fr Casey's - Brian Grealish; Brian O'Connor, Derry Quirke, Conor McCarthy; Gerry Lyons, Gerard O'Connor, Liam Galvin; Tony Scannell (0-2), Liam Quirke; Pádraigh O'Donnell (0-4), Tom Fitzgerald (0-6), Paul Sugrue (0-1); Barry Murphy, Brendan Walsh (0-1), John Colbert. Subs., Stephen Murphy for Liam Galvin (26 mins.), Shay McAuliffe for Barry Murphy (30 mins.).