''Top 20 GAA Moments'' is a poll of the best moments of

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and

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...

in the television era.

Background

In early 2005, the Irish public chose its favourite from 20 memorable moments from the last 40 years, as selected by ten

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sports personalities and featured on the ''Sunday Sport'' programme. The number one moment was revealed in a special broadcast on Saturday 7 May 2005, the eve of the beginning of the All-Ireland hurling and football championships. The special programme included the views of the ten judges,

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, Jim Carney, Ger Canning,

Brian Carthy Brian Carthy works as a Gaelic games correspondent and commentator for RTÉ, specialising in Gaelic games. Early life and family Carthy is a native of Ballymore, near Strokestown, County Roscommon. His mother was Susan. In 2012, his son John Bri ...

, Michael Lyster,

Jimmy Magee Jimmy Magee (31 January 1935 – 20 September 2017) was an Irish sports broadcaster, known as The Memory Man, he spent over half a century in sports broadcasting, and presented radio and television coverage of the Olympic Games since 1968 and the ...

, Marty Morrissey,

Tony O'Donoghue Tony O'Donoghue is an Irish sports commentator and Group Soccer Correspondent for RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television broadcaster. He reports on Republic of Ireland, League of Ireland, UEFA Champions League and English Premier League g ...

, Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Darragh Maloney. There were also discussions with former players as to their views regarding the best moments. As the programme was made in 2005 it does not feature more recent GAA highlights, such as

Kevin Cassidy Kevin Cassidy (born 1981) is an Irish-Scottish Gaelic footballer, businessperson, columnist and commentator. Though born in Glasgow, Scotland, he has been living in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal from a young age. Cassidy plays his club football ...

's long-range winner against Kildare in stoppage time at the end of extra-time in the 2011 All-Ireland quarter-final, or Michael Murphy's thunderbolt of a piledriver into the back of the net in the third minute of the

2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final The 2012 All-Ireland Football Final, the 125th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park, Dublin, on 23 September 2012. Donegal and Mayo, widely considered "one of the mos ...

List of "moments"

References

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External links

Top 20 GAA Moments
(in a different order, from the Wayback Machine)

2005 in Gaelic games 2005 in Irish television Gaelic games television series RTÉ original programming