Martin McNamara (born 11 November 1966) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer from Corofin, County Galway, Ireland. McNamara was the reliable servant in goal for the Galway county team for several years. It was the time when a Galway match wouldn't be a Galway match without a McNamara save of blinding quality. Unfortunately it was also the time of a barren spell for the Galway team. That barren spell seemed to turn around with a first Connacht title in 8 years in 1995 and a narrow semi-final defeat to Tyrone but Mayo seemed to halt any revival that Galway were planning when they reached the next two All-Ireland finals, both at Galway's expense in Connacht.