{"id":576685,"date":"2026-07-31T06:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576685\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T06:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:15:10","slug":"kate-geraghty-captaining-galway-in-all-ireland-final-a-special-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/576685\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Geraghty: Captaining Galway in All-Ireland final a ‘special feeling’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Galway captain Kate Geraghty said it is special to be captaining her county on the biggest day in the ladies football calendar on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Geraghty will look to follow in Annette Clarke footsteps and become the second Galway ladies footballer to captain her county to All-Ireland success.<\/p>\n

Clarke was the Galway captain in 2004 when the Tribeswomen last won the Brendan Martin Cup. That is the only time Galway have managed to get their hands on the Brendan Martin Cup, they have suffered defeats in the 1975, 2005, 2019 and 2024 All-Ireland finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a special feeling but at the end of the day it\u2019s just another day of football. There will be a bit of excitement and nerves, I think once you’re out on the pitch it\u2019s just another game,\u201d said Geraghty.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on Galway\u2019s 2024 All-Ireland final loss to Kerry, Geraghty admitted it\u2019s important for her side to take the learnings from that defeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have to take our learnings from that game, and look back and see what we can do differently. There\u2019s loads of different players that are playing this time, it\u2019ll be a different game.<\/p>\n

\"PERCHED:PERCHED: Kerry footballer S\u00edofra O\u2019Shea and Geraghty pose at Croke Park. Pic: Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are gelling together and putting in consistent performances, we\u2019ve players from the half back line, half forward line and full forward line, we are not just relying on one or two players getting those scores,\u201d added Geraghty.<\/p>\n

The full-back line of Kate Geraghty, Bronagh Quinn and Sarah N\u00ed Loingsigh produced a disciplined performance in Galway\u2019s All-Ireland semi-final win over Armagh holding them to just one point from play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have a really solid defensive structure, we had Siobhan (Divilly) stepping back there as well, but there was so much work done in the middle third cutting out the ball in and that really helped us in the full-back line.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Galway were frustrated by last year\u2019s All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Dublin after controlling large periods of the game, they came up short after extra time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Geraghty admitted the Tribeswomen have used that hurt heading into this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a huge motivator, nobody wants to be in that position in a semi final losing out and our ultimate goal was getting back to the final this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"REPEAT:REPEAT: Geraghty goes to block down Danielle O’Leary of Kerry during the 2024 final. Pic: Ray McManus\/Sportsfile <\/p>\n

The Tuam Cortoon player feels Galway are starting to reap the rewards of having Daniel Moynihan in charge for three seasons this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the first time that we\u2019ve had a manager for a couple of years. I think it makes a huge difference, having that consistency. This is their third year, getting used to your management team and trusting your management team is a huge thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means everything to all of us, all you want to do is win a final in Croke Park, hopefully we will be able to do that,\u201d concluded Geraghty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Galway captain Kate Geraghty said it is special to be captaining her county on the biggest day in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30883,6937,43268,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-576685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-galway-gaa","tag-kerry-gaa","tag-ladies-football","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}