1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Event	1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Louth 1–9 (12) 0–6 (6)
Date	5 December 1909
Venue	Jones' Road, Dublin
Referee	M. F. Crowe (Dublin)
Attendance	16,000
Weather	Fine
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The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Match

Summary

Kerry led by 1-3 to 0-3 at half-time ^[1] and eventually won by double scores to claim their third All-Ireland SFC title, their marksmen being: Jack Skinner (1–2); ^[2] Paddy Mullane (0–3); ^[3] Jack Kennelly (0–2); ^[3] Tom Costelloe (0–1) ^[4] and Dick Fitzgerald (0–1). ^[5]

This was also the first championship meeting of Kerry and Louth. ^[6]

Details

5 December 1909 ^[7]
Final

Kerry	1-9 – 0-6	Louth
		J. Carvin 0-3 (2f), J. Brennan, T. Matthews, T. Morgan 0-1 each

Jones' Road, Dublin

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: M. F. Crowe (Dublin)

Kerry

Louth

1 Paddy Dillon (Dr Crokes) (gk) 2 Denny Breen (Castleisland Desmonds) 3 Maurice McCarthy (Tralee Mitchels) 4 Tom Costelloe (Tralee Mitchels) (c) 5 Con Healy (Tralee Mitchels) 6 Jack McCarthy (Valentia) 7 Tom Rice (Abbeydorney) 8 Frank Cronin (Tralee Mitchels) 9 Ned Spillane (Dr Crokes) 10 Con Murphy (Dr Crokes) 11 Batt O'Connor (Dingle) 12 Jack Kennelly (Listowel Emmets) 13 Paddy Mullane (Listowel Emmets) 14 John O'Sullivan (Tralee Mitchels) 15 Jack Skinner (Dr Crokes) 16 Dick Fitzgerald (Dr Crokes) 17 Michael J. Quinlan (Tralee Mitchels)

1 Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk) 2 John Clarke (Tredaghs) 3 Jimmy Quinn (Tredaghs) 4 Joe Donnelly (Dundalk Young Irelands) 5 Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands) 6 Jack Clarke (Tredaghs) 7 Eddie Burke (Tredaghs) 8 Jack Carvin (Tredaghs) (c) 9 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs) 10 Jack Bannon (Tredaghs) 11 Tom Morgan (Tredaghs) 12 Pat Donegan (Tredaghs) 13 Michael Hand (Tredaghs) 14 Tom Matthews (Ardee Volunteers) 15 Eoin Markey (Ardee Volunteers) 16 Johnny Brennan (Dundalk Rangers) 17 Joe Hanlon (Dundalk Rangers)

References

1. "All-Ireland Football Final - Laurels Go To The Kingdom". Dundalk Democrat . 11 December 1909.
2. The Kerryman ., 11 December 1909.
3. Limerick Leader . 13 September 1958, p. 15.
4. The Kerryman . 11 December 1909.
5. The Kerryman . 29 July 1961, p. 1.
6. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent . 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
7. "All Ireland Football Final - Louth Beaten By Kerry". The Argus . 11 December 1909.