1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
1940 all ireland football final programme.jpg
Official programme
Event 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date22 September 1940
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Referee Seamus Burke (Kildare)
Attendance60,821
1939
1941

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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Match

Summary

Joe Duggan scored a goal for Galway just before half-time, but Kerry hit four points in the second half to secure a narrow victory. The game was plagued by fouls, sixty-two frees being awarded in all. [1]

It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1940s. [2]

It was also the first of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway. [3]

With their 1940 win, Kerry reached 14 All-Ireland titles, drawing level with Dublin. [4] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin equalled the new total in 1942, but never again managed to surpass Kerry's total. [4]

Details

Team of Kerry, champions Kerry gaa football team 1940.jpg
Team of Kerry, champions
Kerry 0-7 – 1-3 Galway
Tom Gega O'Connor (0-1), Murt Kelly (0-2), Dan Spring (0-1), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-2) & Sub, Paddy Bawn Brosnan (0-1) for Dan Spring.J. Duggan (1-0), B. Nestor, J. Dunne & J. Burke (0-1) each.
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 60,821
Referee: Seamus Burke (Kildare)

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References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  3. Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser . Retrieved 14 April 2011. Then, they lost three in a row, in 1940 to Kerry by 0 – 7 to 1 – 3; in 1941 to Kerry by 1 – 8 to 0 – 7; and in 1942 to Dublin by 1 – 10 to 1 – 8.
  4. 1 2 Moran, Seán (11 September 2019). "Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park". The Irish Times . Retrieved 11 September 2019.