1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1936 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
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Event 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date27 September 1936
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
Attendance50,168
WeatherSun [1]
1935
1937

The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 49th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Match

Summary

Séamus O'Malley, a native of Lavalley, Ballinrobe, was captain of the victorious team.

Henry Kenny, father of the future Taoiseach Enda Kenny, was on the winning Mayo team.

Paddy Munnelly scored a hat-trick[ contradictory ] as Mayo coasted to an easy victory. Laois's Bill Delaney played with two broken bones in his foot. [2] [3]

This was Mayo's first All-Ireland SFC title. Two more would follow by mid-century.

Details

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Laois team, runners-up

Final
Mayo 4–11 0–5 Laois
Gls: Jackie Carney (1), Josie Munnelly (2) & Paddy Munnelly (1).
Pts: Patsy Flannelly (2), Tommy Grier (1), Josie Munnelly (3) & Paddy Moclair (5).
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
Attendance: 50,168
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Mayo
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Laois

Mayo

Subs not used
16 Patrick Collins
17 M. Joyce
18 Paddy Brett
19 Tommy McNicholas
20 Gerald Courell
21 M. O'Malley
22 R. Winters
23 Billy Mongey

References

  1. "1936 All Ireland Senior Football Final - Laois v Mayo" via www.youtube.com.
  2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. "Mayo win their first All-Ireland - eir GAA". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.