| Matthew Tierney | |
| Irish: | Maithiú Ó Tiarnaigh |
| Sport: | Gaelic Football |
| Clposition: | Midfield |
| Icposition: | Right Half Forward |
| Birth Date: | 9 August 2000 |
| Clyears: | 2018– |
| Clubs: | Oughterard |
| Code: | Football |
| County: | Galway |
| Clcounty: | 1 |
| Province: | Connacht |
| Clprovince: | 1 |
| Clallireland: | 1 |
| Colleges: | NUI Galway |
| Sig: | 1 |
| Icyears: | 2021– |
| Counties: | Galway |
| Icconnacht: | 3 |
Matthew Tierney is a Gaelic footballer who plays for Oughterard and the Galway county team.
Tierney won an All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship with Galway in 2020, scoring four points in the final against Dublin.[1]
He captained NUI Galway to the Sigerson Cup in 2022, meaning he had won an All-Ireland Under-20 FC, an All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship and a Sigerson Cup by the time he was 21.[2]
He made his championship debut in 2021, scoring a goal and three points against Roscommon and getting the RTÉ man of the match award.[3] He was nominated for the Young Footballer of the Year Award.[4] Pádraic Joyce appointed Tierney as vice-captain of Galway in 2022.[5] [6]
In the 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final between Armagh and Galway at Croke Park, Armagh's Greg McCabe struck Tierney's head with his shoulder. Referee David Coldrick showed McCabe a straight red card, meaning he had to exit the game. The panel on The Sunday Game highlights programme was unanimous in its support for the decision.[7] Tierney "got himself together" for the shootout and scored the penalty that sent Galway through.[8]