The Terry Reilly Interview: The Godfather of Galway

Over the course of almost half a century, Liam Sammon has been in service to Galway football. Now he hopes a new generation can restore county pride.

The house Liam Sammon grew up in was cut off from the world of GAA. His mother Chris never saw him play. There were no family celebrations when he won his first Connacht title despite kicking the winning point against Mayo in 1966 to set up a famed Galway three in a row. No banners appeared over their pub and home in Eyre Square when they beat Meath by six points in front of 71,000 people to claim Sam. It was a different time.

“I don’t think there was ever that sort of thing. We had a business and that was it. Business was business and that was it, you had to be there.”