Jarlath Fallon

Who is Jarlath Fallon?

Jarlath "Ja" Fallon is a Gaelic footballer for County Galway and Tuam Stars. He is widely regarded as one of the finest players to come from Tuam since the legendary Seán Purcell and Frank Stockwell. He has been an integral part of Galway County Football for the past 15 years.

Fallon was born in Tuam and played Gaelic Football in secondary school with St. Jarlath's College Tuam.

He began his inter-county career with Galway in 1991, having already established himself with his local team Tuam Stars.

He became captain of the County side after Tuam Stars triumph in the Galway Senior Club Football Championship of 1994.

He led Galway to the 1995 Connacht Senior Football Championship but lost out to the Peter Canavan inspired Tyrone on a score-line of 1-13 to 0-13 in the Semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Galway failed to build on their success of that year in '96 and '97 but things turned around when John O'Mahony was appointed manager in August of '97.