1925 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1925 Central Council Tournament
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Galway, champions
Event1925 Central Council Tournament
Galway Cavan
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3–2
(11)		1–2
(5)
Date10 January 1926
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
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There was no All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final in 1925. The 1925 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship ended in chaos, with first Mayo, and then Galway being proclaimed champions after Kerry and Cavan were disqualified. Instead, a new inter-provincial tournament was organised by the GAA Central Council, of which the final was played between Galway and Cavan on 10 January 1926. [1] [2]

Galway were under pressure to cement their All-Ireland title, and soothe the dissatisfaction over the manner of their claiming it. [1]

Match summary

Galway won the match by two clear goals, 3–2 to 1–2. [3] It was their first ever All-Ireland football title, and it followed two previous losing appearances in the final (a loss to Kildare in 1919 and a loss to Dublin in 1922). [4] The GAA lists this match as the 1925 All-Ireland Final on their website, though it was the final of a distinct and separate tournament. [5]

2025 will mark the 100th anniversary of the event - celebrations will begin in Galway's opening Connacht championship game against New York.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Galway's Task", Irish Independent, 8 January 1926, p. 8
  2. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ↑ "Good Football at Croke Park", Irish Independent, 11 January 1926, p. 9
  4. ↑ Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Roll of Honour". GAA. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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