1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1924 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Kerry all ireland champions 1924.jpg
Kerry, winners
Event 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date26 April 1925
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee T Shevlin (Roscommon)
Attendance28,844
1923
1925

The 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 37th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Match

Summary

The Hogan Stand and a new scoreboard were unveiled at Croke Park for this final. Con Brosnan scored the winning point. [1]

Dublin would not win another All-Ireland SFC title until 1942. [2]

It was the first of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Kerry in the 1920s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Dublin, also winner of three. [3]

Details

Kerry 0–4 – 0–3 Dublin
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 28,844
Referee: T Shevlin (Roscommon)

Kerry

Trainer
Jeremiah Collins

Dublin

References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. Moran, Sean (17 September 2011). "Kerry pioneers the kings of the urban-rural frontier". The Irish Times . Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  3. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent . 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.