1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Louth (1st win)
Captain	Larry McCormack
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Tom Costelloe
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Louth
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
← 1909 1911 →

The 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 24th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Louth were the winners, receiving a walkover from Kerry in the 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 Senior Football Championship

6 November 1910
Quarter-Final

Leitrim	0-3 – 0-0	Sligo

Carrick-on-Shannon

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26 March 1911
Semi-Final

Galway	0-5 – 0-3	Leitrim

Athlone

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16 July 1911
Semi-Final

Mayo	0-5 – 0-6	Roscommon

Athlone

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Final

6 November 1910
Final

Roscommon	1-2 – 1-3	Galway

Athlone

Attendance: 3,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

1910
Preliminary Round

Dublin	1-11 – 0-5	Wicklow

Jones Road, Dublin

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1910
Preliminary Round

Wexford	2-11 – 0-2	Laois

Jones Road, Dublin

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1910
Quarter-Final

Wexford	0-1 – 1-6	Dublin

Jones Road, Dublin

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19 June 1910
Quarter-Final

Offaly	1-9 – 0-5	Kilkenny

Maryboro

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3 July 1910
Quarter-Final

Louth	3-12 – 0-10	Kildare

Jones Road, Dublin

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1910
Semi-Final

Louth	3-12 – 1-3	Meath

Athletic Grounds, Dundalk

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25 September 1910
Semi-Final

Offaly	1-0 – 3-7	Dublin

Jones Road, Dublin

Referee: J McHale

Final

16 October 1910 ^[4]

Louth	0-3 – 0-0	Dublin
J. Brennan 0-2, J. Bannon 0-1

Navan Showgrounds

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: S. McNamee (Meath)

1 Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk) 2 John Clarke (Tredaghs) 3 Joe Donnelly (Geraldines) 4 Jimmy Quinn (Tredaghs) 5 Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands) 6 Jim Smith (Tredaghs) 7 Eddie Burke (Tredaghs) 8 Johnny Brennan (Dundalk Rangers) 9 Eoin Markey (Ardee Volunteers) 10 Tom Matthews (Ardee Volunteers) 11 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs) (c) 12 Jack Bannon (Tredaghs) 13 Michael Hand (Tredaghs) 14 Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs) 15 Jim McDonnell (Tredaghs) 16 Tom Morgan (Tredaghs) 17 Jack Carvin (Tredaghs) Substitutes: 18 Jim Morgan (Dundalk Young Irelands) for McDonnell

1 P. Fallon (Geraldines) (gk) 2 D. Kavanagh (C.J. Kickhams) 3 H. Hilliard (C.J. Kickhams) 4 T. Walsh (C.J. Kickhams) 5 J. Brennan (Keatings) 6 T. Healy (Keatings) 7 T. Donnelly (Parnells) 8 E. Letman (Parnells) 9 J. Brennan (Sandymount) 10 J. Shouldice (Geraldines) (c) 11 J. Grace (C.J. Kickhams) 12 P. Daly (Geraldines) 13 P. Whelan (Geraldines) 14 D. Kelleher (Geraldines) 15 M. Collins (Geraldines) 16 R. Flood (Geraldines) 17 B. Halliden (Geraldines)

Munster Senior Football Championship

1910
Quarter-Final

Kerry	2-13 – 0-1	Waterford

Cork Athletic Grounds

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1910
Quarter-Final

Clare	0-0 – 0-0	Limerick

Ennis

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17 July 1910
Semi-Final

Cork	2-10 – 0-3	Tipperary

Dungarvan

Referee: J.F. O'Donnell (W)

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2 October 1910
Semi-Final

Kerry	3-1 – 0-0	Clare

Market's Field, Limerick

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Final

30 October 1910
Final

Kerry	0-4 – 0-2	Cork

Cork Athletic Grounds

Ulster Senior Football Championship

1 May 1910
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	0-10 – 1-7	Armagh

Castleblayney

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1 May 1910
Quarter-Final

Antrim	w/o – scr.	Down

Belfast

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1 May 1910
Quarter-Final

Cavan	0-2 – 0-2 Abandoned	Fermanagh

Belturbet

Game abandoned after the ball burst.

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3 July 1910
Quarter-Final Replay

Monaghan	1-5 – 0-4	Armagh

Crossmaglen

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8 May 1910
Quarter-Final

Tyrone	w/o – scr.	Derry

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3 July 1910
Quarter-Final Replay

Cavan	1-9 – 0-5	Fermanagh

Belturbet

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17 July 1910
Semi-Final

Cavan	1-9 – 1-4	Tyrone

Bundoran

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4 September 2010
Semi-Final

Antrim	1-4 – 1-3	Monaghan

Armagh

An objection was made and a replay ordered.

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4 September 1910
Semi-Final Replay

Antrim	1-2 – 0-3	Monaghan

Athletic Grounds, Dundalk

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Final

18 June 1911
Final

Antrim	3-4 – 0-1	Cavan

Athletic Grounds, Dundalk

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Dublin were nominated to represent Leinster. When Louth beat Dublin in the Leinster final, they were given Dublin's place in the All-Ireland semi-final.

9 October 1910
Quarter-Final

Dublin	3-5 – 1-2	Antrim

Jones' Road, Dublin

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21 August 1910
Semi-Final

Kerry	1-7 – 0-4	Galway

Tuam

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11 September 1910
Semi-Final

Louth	3-4 – 1-2	London

Athletic Grounds, Dundalk

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Final

Main article: 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

13 November 1910
Final

Louth	w/o 1	Kerry

Jones' Road, Dublin

¹ The final was scratched and Louth were awarded the championship after Kerry refused to travel to Dublin. This was because the Great Southern and Western Railway company would not sell tickets to their supporters at reduced rates. ^[5]

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• It was the only year between 1907 and 2001 that there was a quarter-final in the All Ireland Series and the only year from 1909 to 1974 that London played.
• Louth win their first ever All Ireland title.

References

1. "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
4. Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
5. "The forgotten Kerry strike that gave Louth an All-Ireland". Irish Examiner . 16 June 2023.