1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Wexford (5th win)
Captain	Jem Byrne [1]
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Tipperary
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1917 1919 →

The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 32nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won a record fourth title in a row, an achievement which had never been completed. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

30 June 1918
Quarter-Final

Roscommon	0-5 – 1-4	Leitrim

Elphin

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18 August 1918
Semi-Final

Mayo	1-6 – 1-0	Sligo

Swinford

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25 August 1918
Semi-Final

Galway	1-5 – 1-0	Leitrim

Elphin

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22 September 1918
Final

Mayo	0-4 – 0-1	Galway

Castlerea

Leinster Senior Football Championship

June 1918

Preliminary Round

Westmeath	3-3 – 0-3	Longford

Edgeworthstown

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June 1918

Preliminary Round

Louth	1-4 – 0-3	Meath

Drogheda

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30 June 1918

Preliminary Round

Wexford	2-2 – 0-3	Laois

Portlaoise

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1918

Quarter-Final

Carlow	4-3 – 0-1	Wicklow

Ferns

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2 June 1918

Quarter-Final

Wexford	2-6 – 0-1	Kilkenny

New Ross

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23 June 1918

Quarter-Final

Westmeath	4-4 – 1-2	Offaly

Rochfort Bridge

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8 September 1918

Quarter-Final

Louth	3-5 – 3-3	Dublin
	Report

Shamrock Lodge, Drogheda

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Mr P Duffy

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13 October 1918

Quarter-Final

Kildare	4-2 – 0-3	Westmeath

Croke Park, Dublin

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22 September 1918

Semi-Final

Wexford	5-8 – 2-2	Carlow

Enniscorthy

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27 October 1918

Semi-Final

Kildare	0-1 – 0-7	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 5,000 - 6,000

Wexford v Louth

19 January 1919 [5] [6] [7] Final	Wexford	2-5 – 1-4	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
	G. O'Kennedy 1-2, J. Byrne 0-2 (1f), J. Redmond 1-0, R. Reynolds 0-1		N. Butterly 1-2 (all frees), N. Murphy, A. Tipping 0-1 each	Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Maurice J. Collins (Dublin)

GK 1 Tom McGrath (Blue and Whites) RCB 2 Nick Stewart (Murrintown) FB 3 Paddy Mackey (New Ross Geraldines) LCB 4 Jem Byrne (Fethard) (c) RHB 5 Tom Murphy (Starlights) CHB 6 Tom Doyle (Ballyhogue and Davidstown) LHB 7 Martin Howlett (Gusserane and Campile United) MF 8 Bill Hodgins (Brideswell) MF 9 John Doran (Ballyhogue and Davidstown) RHF 10 Jack Crowley (Blue and Whites) CHF 11 Rich Reynolds (Blue and Whites) LHF 12 Pierse Todd (UCD, Dublin) RCF 13 Aidan Doyle (New Ross Geraldines) FF 14 Gus O'Kennedy (New Ross Geraldines) LCF 15 Jim Redmond (Enniscorthy Volunteers)

GK 1 Willie Donough (Drogheda Stars) RCB 2 John Clarke (Tredaghs) FB 3 Jack Murray (Drogheda Stars) LCB 4 Peter Kiely (Éamonn Ceannt's) RHB 5 Jim Smith (Tredaghs) CHB 6 Nick Butterly (Drogheda Stars) LHB 7 Pat Balfe (Tredaghs) MF 8 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs) MF 9 Paddy Lambe (Drogheda Stars) RHF 10 Eoin Markey (Éamonn Ceannt's) CHF 11 Tom Burke (Drogheda Stars) (c) LHF 12 Joe Burke (Drogheda Stars) RCF 13 Nick Murphy (Drogheda Stars) FF 14 Andy Tipping (Dundalk O'Rahilly's) LCF 15 Frank Byrne (Tredaghs) Substitutes used: 16 Larry Feehan (Dundalk Young Irelands) 17 Jim Morgan (Dundalk Young Irelands)

Munster Senior Football Championship

1918
Quarter-Final

Waterford	won – lost	Limerick

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2 June 1918
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	1-5 – 0-2	Cork

Thurles

Referee: A. Quillinan (Limerick)

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21 July 1918
Semi-Final

Tipperary	4-4 – 0-0	Waterford

Clonmel

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25 August 1918
Semi-Final

Kerry	5-3 – 1-3	Clare

Limerick

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22 September 1918
Final

Tipperary	1-1 – 0-1	Kerry

Cork Athletic Grounds

Referee: M. Mehigan ( C )

Ulster Senior Football Championship

28 April 1918
Quarter-Final

Antrim	4-1 – 2-4	Derry

Belfast

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5 May 1918
Quarter-Final

Armagh	0-5 – 0-4	Down

Camlough

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26 May 1918
Quarter-Final

Cavan	1-4 – 1-2	Fermanagh

Belturbet

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10 June 1918
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	4-4 – 1-0	Tyrone

Armagh

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30 June 1918
Semi-Final

Antrim	1-2 – 0-3	Monaghan

Armagh

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17 August 1918
Semi-Final

Cavan	2-4 – 0-0	Armagh

Cootehill

Attendance: 3,000

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15 September 1918
Final

Cavan	3-2 – 0-0	Antrim

Belturbet

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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

20 October 1918
Semi-Final

Louth	2-4 – 0-4	Cavan

Belturbet

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1 December 1918
Semi-Final

Tipperary	2-2 – 1-4	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: J. McGrath

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16 February 1919
Final

Wexford	0-5 – 0-4	Tipperary

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Due to Spanish flu most games were delayed.
• Wexford become the first county to win the Leinster football title for the sixth year in a row and the All Ireland football title for the fourth year in a row.

Roll of Honour

• Dublin - 11 (1908)
• Wexford - 5 (1918)
• Kerry - 5 (1914)
• Tipperary - 3 (1900)
• Limerick - 2 (1896)
• Cork - 2 (1911)
• Louth - 2 (1912)
• Kildare - 1 (1905)

References

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4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
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