# Jarlath Fallon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jarlath_Fallon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jarlath_Fallon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarlath_Fallon > Source revision: 1304348835 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Galway Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox GAA player |image = |name = Jarlath Fallon |irish = Iarlaith Ó Fallúin |nickname = Jas the man |occupation = Postman |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}} |birth_place = [Galway](/source/Galway), [Ireland](/source/Ireland) |height = 6" 1 |sport = Gaelic football |code = Football |county = Galway |province = Connacht |club = [Tuam Stars](/source/Tuam_Stars_GAA) |clyears = |clposition = Centre forward |clapps(points) = |clcounty = 1 |clprovince = 1 |clallireland = |counties = [Galway](/source/Galway_county_football_team)
[Galway](/source/Galway_county_football_team) |icyears = 1992–2003
2006–2007 |icposition = Centre forward |icapps(points) = |icprovince = 5 |icallireland = 2 |nfl = |allstars = 2 |clupdate = |icupdate = }} '''Jarlath "Ja" Fallon''' (born 1973) is a former [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football)er who played for the [Tuam Stars](/source/Tuam_Stars) club and at senior level for the [Galway county team](/source/Galway_county_football_team).{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=64286|title=Fallon set to start|date=27 July 2006|work=[Hogan Stand](/source/Hogan_Stand)|accessdate=13 April 2011}} He is regarded as one of the finest players to come from Tuam since [Seán Purcell](/source/Se%C3%A1n_Purcell) and [Frank Stockwell](/source/Frank_Stockwell). He was an integral part of the [Galway county football team](/source/Galway_county_football_team) from 1995 to 2005, winning All Stars footballer of the year in 1998. Fallon was born in [Tuam](/source/Tuam) and played Gaelic football in primary school at [St Patrick's](/source/St_Patrick's_Primary_School%2C_Tuam) and in secondary school with [St Jarlath's College](/source/St_Jarlath's_College), both in Tuam. He began his inter-county career with Galway in 1991, having already established himself with his local team [Tuam Stars](/source/Tuam_Stars). He became [captain](/source/Captain_(Gaelic_games)) of the county team after Tuam Stars won the 1994 [Galway Senior Football Championship](/source/Galway_Senior_Football_Championship). He led Galway to the 1995 [Connacht Senior Football Championship](/source/Connacht_Senior_Football_Championship) but lost out to the [Peter Canavan](/source/Peter_Canavan)-inspired [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_county_football_team) on a scoreline of 1-13 to 0-13 in the semi-finals of the [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/1995_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship). Galway failed to build on their success of that year in 1996 and 1997, but things turned around when [John O'Mahony](/source/John_O'Mahony_(Mayo_politician)) was appointed [manager](/source/Manager_(Gaelic_games)) in August 1997. Galway won the 1998 All-Ireland SFC title, with Fallon playing a pivotal role in bringing the [Sam Maguire Cup](/source/Sam_Maguire_Cup) back to Galway for the first time since 1966, with notable individual performances in the Connacht SFC final replay against [Roscommon](/source/Roscommon_county_football_team), the semi-final against [Derry](/source/Derry_county_football_team) and his second-half performance in [the final](/source/1998_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final) against [Kildare](/source/Kildare_county_football_team), in which Galway came from behind at half-time to win by 1-14 to 1-10. He deservedly won Footballer Of The Year that year. Galway failed to defend their title the following year after losing to fierce rivals [Mayo](/source/Mayo_county_football_team) in the Connacht SFC final at Tuam stadium. Fallon sustained a cruciate ligament injury in a club game versus UCG in Caherlistrane in 2000. His loss was felt by the Galway team against [Kerry](/source/Kerry_GAA) in the All-Ireland SFC final that year, which Kerry won. Fallon returned to the Galway set-up in 2001 and, made an impact as Galway, despite losing to Roscommon in the Connacht SFC second round, reached the All-Ireland SFC final for the third time in four years, a game in which they outclassed [Meath](/source/Meath_county_football_team) on a scoreline of 0-17 to 0-08. Galway reached the quarter-final stage of the 2002 All-Ireland SFC but lost to Kerry. In 2003, they reached the same stage again but lost to [Donegal](/source/Donegal_county_football_team) after a replay. After the game, Fallon announced his retirement from inter-county football. In 2004, newly appointed county manager [Peter Ford](/source/Peter_Ford_(Gaelic_footballer)), chose Fallon as one of his three selectors on the Galway backroom staff. In 2006, Fallon's fine form for Tuam Stars prompted him to come out of Inter-County retirement and play for Galway again. However, his fairytale return was short-lived, as he lasted less than 20 minutes in Galway's 5th-round defeat to [Westmeath](/source/Westmeath_GAA), suffering a broken-collarbone. After a disappointing Championship season for Galway in 2007, Ja decided to retire from Inter-county football for the final time, to allow younger players to make a name for themselves. He continues to play club football with Tuam Stars. In March 2013, he was profiled on the [TG4](/source/TG4) television programme ''[Laochra Gael](/source/Laochra_Gael)''.{{cite web|url=https://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=187936|title= Laochra Gael features Jarlath Fallon|date=|work=Hogan Stand|accessdate=26 March 2013 }} In May 2020, the ''[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)'' named Fallon as one of the "dozens of brilliant players" who narrowly missed selection for its "Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years".{{cite news|first=Martin|last=Breheny|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/the-greatest-players/revealed-the-top-20-footballers-in-ireland-over-the-past-50-years-39244335.html|title=Revealed: The Top 20 footballers in Ireland over the past 50 years|newspaper=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)|date=30 May 2020|accessdate=30 May 2020}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before=[Maurice Fitzgerald](/source/Maurice_Fitzgerald_(footballer)) | title=[All Stars Footballer of the Year](/source/All_Stars_Footballer_of_the_Year) | years=1998 | after=[Trevor Giles](/source/Trevor_Giles) }} {{s-end}} {{Navboxes |title=Galway squads |bg=maroon |fg=white |list1= {{Galway Football Team 1998}} {{Galway Football Team 2001}} }} {{Navboxes |title=Awards |bg=gold |fg= |list1= {{1995 All Stars}} {{1998 All Stars}} {{All Stars Footballer of the Year}} {{Galway All Stars record}} }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fallon, Jarlath}} Category:1973 births Category:Living people Category:All Stars Awards winners (football) Category:Gaelic football selectors Category:Galway inter-county Gaelic footballers Category:Irish international rules football players Category:Irish postmen Category:Sportspeople from Tuam Category:Tuam Stars Gaelic footballers Category:Winners of two All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jarlath Fallon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarlath_Fallon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarlath_Fallon?action=history)). 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