1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Kildare gaa football team 1919.jpg
Kildare, champions
Event 1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kildare Galway
Colours of Kildare.svg Colours of Galway.svg
2–5
(11)		0–1
(1)
Date28 September 1919
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Pat Dunphy (Laois) [1]
Attendance32,000
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The 1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 32nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Wexford were the reigning champions, having completed a first senior four-in-a-row in 1918. However, Wexford did not qualify for the 1919 final as they were knocked out in the semi-final of that year's Leinster Senior Football Championship. [2]

Match

Summary

Kildare won an extremely one-sided final, with goals from Frank "Joyce" Conlan and Jim O'Connor. [3]

This was Galway's first appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final. They would not win the All-Ireland football title until 1925, having also been beaten in the final of 1922. [4]

Details

Galway, losing team Galway gaa football team 1919.jpg
Galway, losing team
28 Sep 1919
Final		 Kildare 2–5 – 0–1 Galway Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)

Kildare

References

  1. ↑ O'Connell, Cian (9 December 2016). "1916 All Ireland referees remembered".
  2. ↑ Moran, Seán (11 September 2019). "Will time be on Dublin's side once more?". The Irish Times . Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  3. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  4. ↑ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 14 April 2011.
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