1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1936 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final

Event	1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Mayo Laois 4–11 (23) 0–5 (5)
Date	27 September 1936
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
Attendance	50,168
Weather	Sun [1]
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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.

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

Laois team, runners-up

Mayo v Laois

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

Mayo

Laois

Mayo

• 1 Tom Burke
• 2 Jim McGowan
• 3 Paddy Quinn
• 4 Patrick Kelly
• 5 Timmy Regan
• 6 Séamus O'Malley (c)
• 7 George Ormsby
• 8 Patsy Flannelly
• 9 Henry Kenny
• 10 Jackie Carney
• 11 Peter Laffey
• 12 Tommy Grier
• 13 Josie Munnelly
• 14 Paddy Moclair
• 15 Paddy Munnelly

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.

External links

• 1936 All Ireland Senior Football Final - Laois v Mayo on YouTube