1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Mayo (1st win)
Captain	Séamus O'Malley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Laois
Captain	J. McDonnell
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Laois
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1935 1937 →

The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 50th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the All Ireland semi-final Laois ended Cavan's year as All Ireland champions. Mayo won their first title. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

24 May 1936
Semi-Final

Mayo	5–6 – 0–4	Sligo
G Ormsby (1–0), T McNicholas (1–1), J Munnelly (0–1), G Courell (0–1), S O’Malley (1–0), P Munnelly (1–2).

James Stephens Park, Ballina

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7 June 1936
Semi-Final

Galway	2–6 – 1–4	Roscommon

Castlerea

Attendance: 4,000

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19 July 1936
Final

Mayo	2–4 – 1–7	Galway
J Munnelly (0–1), P Laffey (0–1); G Courell (2–0), P Munnelly (0–1).

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Attendance: 20,000

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2 August 1936
Final Replay

Mayo	2–7 – 1–4	Galway
P Flannelly (1–4, four points from frees), G Ormsby (0–1, free), J Munnelly (1–1), P Munnelly (0–1).

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

Attendance: 15,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

3 May 1936
Preliminary Round

Carlow	2–6 – 2–0	Wexford

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

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3 May 1936
Preliminary Round

Offaly	6–5 – 0–11	Westmeath

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

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24 May 1936
Quarter-Final

Offaly	0–8 – 1–3	Dublin

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Referee: JV Kelly (Longford)

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7 June 1936
Quarter-Final

Kildare	0–12 – 1–6	Meath
P.Byrne 0–8, T.Mulhall 0–2, R.O'Hara, P.Martin 0–1.

Cusack Park, Mullingar

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14 June 1936
Quarter-Final

Louth	2–5 – 1–5	Wexford

Wexford Park, Wexford

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28 June 1936
Semi-Final

Laois	4–5 – 3–4	Offaly

Geraldine Park, Athy

Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

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5 July 1936
Semi-Final

Kildare	1–8 –1-4	Louth
P. Martin 1–1, P. Byrne 0–3, T. Mulhall, P. Bourke, M. Geraghty, R. O'Hara 0–1.

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

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19 July 1936
Final

Laois	3–3 – 0–8	Kildare
John O'Reilly 3–0 and Tom Keogh 0–3		Paddy Byrne 0-4f, Paddy Martin 0–2, Mick Brosnan and Paddy Burke 0–1

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 13,567

Referee: Martin Lynch (Carlow)

Munster Senior Football Championship

24 May 1936
Quarter-Final

Kerry	7–7 – 1–4	Limerick
Miko Doyle (0–1), Gearoid Fitzgerald (0–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (4–4), John Joe Landers (2–0) & Tim Landers (1–1).

Foynes

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24 May 1936
Semi-Final

Clare	2–6 – 1–3	Cork
		R. Harnedy (1–0), M. Duggan (0–1) & D. O'Sullivan (0–2).

Cusack Park, Ennis

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12 July 1936
Semi-Final

Kerry	1–5 – 0–5	Tipperary
Dan Spring (0–1), John Joe Landers (1–0) & Tim Landers (0–3).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Referee: J. O'Regan (CIare)

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26 July 1936
Final

Kerry	1–11 – 2–2	Clare
Sean Brosnan (0–1), Paddy Kennedy (0–3), Willie Brick (0–1), John Joe Landers (1–1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0–1) & Tim Landers (0–4).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Ulster Senior Football Championship

14 June 1936
Quarter-Final

Armagh	0–11 – 2–1	Antrim

Belfast

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14 June 1936
Quarter-Final

Down	4–6 – 2–3	Tyrone

Warrenpoint

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21 June 1936
Quarter-Final

Donegal	1–8 – 0–7	Fermanagh

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

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28 June 1936
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	3–5 – 2–8	Down

Carrickmacross

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12 July 1936
Quarter-Final Replay

Monaghan	4–9 – 0–4	Down

Pairc Esler, Newry

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19 July 1936
Semi-Final

Armagh	2–1 – 1–8	Cavan

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

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26 July 1936
Semi-Final

Monaghan	2–8 – 0–11	Donegal

Carrickmacross

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9 August 1936
Final

Cavan	1–7 – 0–7	Monaghan

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

9 August 1936
Semi-Final

Mayo	1–5 – 0–6	Kerry
P Flannelly (1–3, two points from frees) & J Munnelly (0–2).		Miko Doyle (0–1), Gearoid Fitzgerald (0–1), John Joe Landers (0–1), Mick Ferriter (0–1) & Tim Landers (0–2).

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

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23 August 1936
Semi-Final

Laois	2–6 – 1–5	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin

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Main article: 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

27 September 1936
Final

Mayo	4–11 – 0–5	Laois
Patsy Flannelly (0–2), Jackie Carney (1–0), Tommy Grier (0–1), Josie Munnelly (2–3), Paddy Moclair (0–5), Paddy Munnelly (1–0).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 50,168

Referee: Sean McCarthy (Kerry)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Roscommon's pitch becomes known as St. Coman's Park, until 1971 when it was replaced by Dr. Hyde Park.
• The following GAA grounds are named after famous people, Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney after Dick Fitzgerald, Dr. Cullen Park in Carlow after Matthew Cullen & Cusack Park in Ennis after Michael Cusack.
• Laois win the Leinster title for the first time since 1889.
• Mayo are All Ireland champions for the first time ever becoming the second from Connacht after Galway in 1925 to do so.

References

1. "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.