| Event | 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 20 September 1942 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Sean Kennedy (Donegal) | ||||||
| Attendance | 37,105 | ||||||
The 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 55th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Paddy O'Connor goaled for Dublin in the 10th minute, and five late points gave them a narrow victory, their first title in nineteen years. [1] Bobby Beggs of the Dublin team beat his former team of Galway, having won an All-Ireland medal with them in 1938 and being on the Dublin team losing to Galway in the 1934 final. [2]
Dublin's first All-Ireland football title since 1923, brought to an end a 19-year barren spell for the county, rivalled only by their team of the late 1990s and 2000s. [3]
This was the third of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway, following defeats to Kerry at the final hurdle in 1940 and 1941. [4]
With their 1940 win, Kerry had reached 14 All-Ireland titles, drawing level with Dublin. [5] Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin's 1942 win equalled the new total, but never again did Dublin manage to surpass Kerry's total. [5]
| Dublin | 1-10 – 1-8 | Galway |
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| T. Banks (0-6), P. O'Connor (1-1), J. Joy (0-2) & M. Fletcher (0-1). | S. Thronaton (0-4), J. Casey (1-0), M. Fallon (0-2) P. Thornton & J. Flavin (0-1). |
|* = Note the same score was repeated in 1983.
Dublin =
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