1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1939 All-Ireland
Senior Football Final
Kerry football team 1939.jpg
Kerry (in Cork shirts), champions
Event 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Meath
Gort GAA colours.png Donegal colours.jpg
2-5
(11)		2-3
(9)
Date24 September 1939
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee J Flaherty (Offaly)
Attendance46,828
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The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Kerry had to play without their captain Sean Brosnan who had a heavy cold. [1] Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides. [2]

It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s. [3]

This was the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.

To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, the county champions at the time. [4]

Details

Meath team, runners-up Meath gaa football team 1939.jpg
Meath team, runners-up
24 September 1939
Final
Kerry 2–5 – 2–3 Meath
Croke Park , Dublin
Referee: J Flaherty (Offaly)
Attendance: 46,828

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References

  1. ↑ Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939.
  2. ↑ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ↑ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  4. ↑ "Kerry Colours", The Kerryman, 05/12/1953, 9.14
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