 Kerry, champions | |||||||
| Event | 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 22 September 1929 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Attendance | 43,839 | ||||||
The 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 42nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Kerry won the final by three points, with a goal by Ned Sweeney. [1]
It was the third 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. [2]
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