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Top 20 GAA Moments

Top 20 GAA Moments was a poll of the best moments of Gaelic football and hurling in the television era. In early 2005, the Irish public chose its favourite from 20 memorable moments from the last 40 years, as selected by ten RTÉ sports personalities and featured on the "Sunday Sport" programme. The number one moment was revealed in a special broadcast on Saturday, May 7, 2005, the eve of the beginning of the All-Ireland hurling and football championships.

The special programme included the views of the ten judges, Des Cahill, Jim Carney, Ger Canning, Brian Carthy, Michael Lyster, Jimmy Magee, Marty Morrissey, Tony O'Donoghue, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Darragh Maloney. There were also discussions with former players as to their views regarding the best moments.

Moment 1:

Mattie McDonagh's goal in the 1966 All-Ireland football final, as Galway clinch a three-in-a-row milestone.
Judge: Brian Carthy

Moment 2:

Look, no boots! Tipp hurling great Babs Keating scores a truly unorthodox point during his county's 1971 All-Ireland final win over the Cats.
Judge: Jimmy Magee

Moment 3:

Eddie Keher finds the net on his way to a 2-9 tally, almost single-handedly winning Kilkenny the 1972 All-Ireland hurling title.
Judge: Jim Carney

Moment 4:

A teenage Jimmy Barry Murphy signals his arrival as a major star with a stunning goal for Cork on their way to their 1973 All-Ireland football final victory.
Judge: Tony O'Donoghue

Moment 5:

Goalkeeper Paddy Cullen makes a crucial penalty save during Dublin football's glorious All-Ireland day in 1974.
Judge: Des Cahill

Moment 6:

Mikey Sheehy's audacious lobbed goal sinks the Dubs in the famous 1978 All-Ireland football final.
Judge: Ger Canning

Moment 7:

Joe Connolly's rousing victory speech following the Galway hurlers' historic 1980 Liam McCarthy Cup success.
Judge: Micheal O Muircheartaigh

Moment 8:

The great Jack O'Shea scores a spectacular goal for Kerry against Offaly in the 1981 football final.
Judge: Jim Carney

Moment 9:

Offaly's Seamus Darby finds the back of the net to deprive the Kingdom's football greats a coveted five-in-a-row in 1982.
Judge: Marty Morrissey

Moment 10:

Frank McGuigan is in a class of his own as he hits 11 scintillating points for Tyrone in the 1984 Ulster football final.
Judge: Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh

Moment 11:

It's all too easy for Dublin star Barney Rock as he scores a bizarre goal against an absent Cork team in the quarter-final of the 1987 National Football League.
Judge: Des Cahill

Moment 12:

Against Limerick, Cork's John Fenton produces one of the greatest ground stroke goals ever in the Munster hurling semi final.
Judge: Ger Canning

Moment 13:

The 1991 Meath/Dublin epic is remembered here, with Kevin Foley's dramatic late goal for the Royals in the fourth replay singled out.
Judge: Jimmy Magee

Moment 14:

Limerick's hurlers are stunned by Offaly's amazing comeback in the so-called 'five-minute final' in 1994.
Judge: Tony O'Donoghue

Moment 15:

Goalkeeper Davy Fitzgerald's penalty for a resurgent Clare side in the 1995 Munster hurling final.
Judge: Marty Morrissey

Moment 16:

Controversy rages at the end of the 1998 All-Ireland hurling semi-final as Offaly stage a sit-down protest after the ref blows the game up too early.
Judge: Michael Lyster

Moment 17:

Michael Donnellan's inspirational point seals Galway's historic 1998 All-Ireland football final win over Kildare, ending the Tribesmen's 32-year drought.
Judge: Michael Lyster

Moment 18:

Maurice Fitzgerald coolly slots over a gravity-defying sideline point for Kerry to force a replay against the Dubs in the 2001 All-Ireland football quarter-final.
Judge: Darragh Maloney

Moment 19:

This vote wouldn't be complete without a moment of DJ Carey magic. Here the Kilkenny supremo fires over a glorious point in the 2002 All-Ireland hurling final against Clare.
Judge: Brian Carthy

Moment 20:

Peter Canavan plays through the pain barrier during Tyrone's 2003 All-Ireland victory.
Judge: Darragh Maloney