1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Championship details
Dates	1905 – 16 June 1907
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kildare (1st win)
Captain	Jack Murray
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Maurice McCarthy
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship statistics
← 1904 1906 →

The 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 19th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kildare were the winners ended 2 years of Kerry in the All Ireland final. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Format

The four provincial championships were played as usual; the four champions joined London in the All-Ireland Championship.

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

8 April 1906
Semi-Final

Roscommon	0–8 – 0–3	Galway

Claremorris

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29 April 1906
Semi-Final

Mayo	1–7 – 0–2	Sligo

Claremorris

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27 May 1906
Final

Roscommon	0–7 – 0–5	Mayo

Tuam

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship

1906
Quarter-Final

Kilkenny	2–7 – 1–4	Laois

Athy

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1906
Quarter-Final

Louth	1–8 – 1–1	Wexford

Jones' Road, Dublin

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19 August 1906
Quarter-Final

Dublin	0–2 – 0–6	Kildare

Athy

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2 September 1906
Quarter-Final

Offaly	0–8 – 0–1	Meath

Jones' Road, Dublin

Referee: Joe Kenny

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14 October 1906
Semi-Final

Kildare	1–6 – 0–6	Offaly

Geashill

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1906
Semi-Final

Louth	0–5 – 0–5	Kilkenny

Jones' Road, Dublin

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1906
Semi-Final 1st Replay

Louth	1–1 – 0–6	Kilkenny

Jones' Road, Dublin

An objection was made and a replay ordered.

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1906
Semi-Final 2nd Replay

Louth	0–6 – 0–5	Kilkenny

Jones' Road, Dublin

Kildare v Louth

6 January 1907 [4] [5] [6] Final	Kildare	0–12 – 1–7	Louth	Jones' Road, Dublin
	J. Scott 0–4, F. Conlan 0–3, B. Losty 0–2, E. Kennedy, W. Bracken, W. Merriman 0–1 each		N. McCourt 1–0, M. Byrne, S. Fitzsimons, J. Hanlon, P. Hughes, J. Matthews, J. Mulligan, J. Ross 0–1 each	Referee: M.F. Crowe (Dublin)

1 Jack Fitzgerald (Roseberry) (gk) 2 Jack Murray (Roseberry) (c) 3 Jack Gorman (Roseberry) 4 Larry Cribbin (Clane) 5 Tom Brown (Roseberry) 6 William Merriman (Clane) 7 Edward Kennedy (Clane) 8 Mick Fitzgerald (Roseberry) 9 Joe Rafferty (Clane) 10 Mick Murray (Roseberry) 11 Mick Kennedy (Roseberry) 12 Jim Scott (Roseberry) 13 William Bracken (Clane) 14 Matt Donnelly (Roseberry) 15 Bill Losty (Clane) 16 Tom Crowley (Kilcock) 17 Frank Conlan (Roseberry)

1 Frank Ward (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk) 2 Peter Markey (Ardee Volunteers) 3 Matt Coleman (Dundalk Young Irelands) 4 Arthur Hanratty (Dundalk John Dillons) 5 Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c) 6 Pat Brennan (Geraldines) 7 James Coburn (Geraldines) 8 Eoin Markey (Ardee Volunteers) 9 John McCabe (Geraldines) 10 Joe Hanlon (Dundalk Rangers) 11 William McAllister (Dundalk Young Irelands) 12 Joe Matthews (Geraldines) 13 Pat Hughes (Dundalk Young Irelands) 14 Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands) 15 Joe Ross (Dundalk Rangers) 16 Nick McCourt (Dundalk Young Irelands) 17 Michael Byrne (Geraldines) Substitutes: 18 Nick Tuite (Dundalk John Dillons) for McAllister

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship

1905
Preliminary Round

Waterford	2–10 – 0–6	Clare

Tipperary

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27 August 1905
Quarter-Final

Kerry	5–8 – 1–4	Tipperary

Cork Athletic Grounds

Referee: W. Curtin (Cork)

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13 May 1906
Quarter-Final

Cork	3–8 – 0–5	Waterford

Dungarvan

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20 January 1907
Semi-Final

Kerry	1–7 – 0–5	Cork

Cork Athletic Grounds

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7 April 1907
Final ^[7]

Kerry	2–10 – 1–6	Limerick

Tralee

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

1905
Final

Cavan	0–7 – 0–3	Monaghan

Quarter-final

As the Leinster Championship was not finished by the time London was supposed to play their quarter-final, Dublin was nominated to face them. When Kildare won the Leinster Championship, they were deemed to have defeated London.

5 August 1906
Quarter-Final

Dublin	1–9 – 1–4	London

Jones' Road, Dublin

Semi-finals

2 September 1906
Semi-Final

Kerry	2–10 – 1–3	Roscommon

Limerick

Kildare v Cavan

30 September 1906 Semi-Final

Kildare

4–15 – 1–6

Cavan

Jones' Road, Dublin

Final

Main article: 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

16 June 1907
Final

Kildare	1–7 – 0–5	Kerry
Ned Kennedy 0–3, Jack Connolly 1–0, Bill "Steel" Losty 0–2, Frank "Joyce" Conlan 0–1

Thurles

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: M. F. Crowe (Dublin)

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• Roscommon are Connacht champions for the first time.
• Kildare are All Ireland champions for the first time.

References

1. "Football Results 1887 – 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). leinster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
4. Mulligan, Fr. John (1984). The GAA in Louth – An Historical Record. Louth GAA.
5. "Brilliant Victory For Kildare". Kildare Observer and Eastern Counties Advertiser. 12 January 1907.
6. "Centenary of Kildare's first All Ireland victory". Kildare Voice. 15 June 2007.
7. Kerryman; 13/04/1907