1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Explained

Year:	1905
Dates:	1905 – 16 June 1907
Team:	Kildare
Titles:	1st
Captain:	Joe Rafferty
Team2:	Kerry
Captain2:	Maurice McCarthy
Leinster:	Kildare
Munster:	Kerry
Ulster:	Cavan
Connacht:	Roscommon
Next:	1906

The 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 19th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kildare were the winners ended 2 years of Kerry in the All Ireland final.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Format

The four provincial championships were played as usual; the four champions joined in the All-Ireland Championship.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Leinster Senior Football Championship

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1 Frank Ward (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk) 2 Peter Markey (Ardee Volunteers) 3 Matt Coleman (Dundalk Young Irelands) 4 Arthur Hanratty (Dundalk John Dillons) 5 Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c) 6 Pat Brennan (Geraldines) 7 James Coburn (Geraldines) 8 Eoin Markey (Ardee Volunteers) 9 John McCabe (Geraldines) 10 Joe Hanlon (Dundalk Rangers) 11 William McAllister (Dundalk Young Irelands) 12 Joe Matthews (Geraldines) 13 Pat Hughes (Dundalk Young Irelands) 14 Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands) 15 Joe Ross (Dundalk Rangers) 16 Nick McCourt (Dundalk Young Irelands) 17 Michael Byrne (Geraldines) Substitutes: 18 Nick Tuite (Dundalk John Dillons) for McAllister

Munster Senior Football Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

As the Leinster Championship was not finished by the time London was supposed to play their quarter-final, Dublin was nominated to face them. When Kildare won the Leinster Championship, they were deemed to have defeated London.

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See main article: 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Roscommon are Connacht champions for the first time.
• Kildare are All Ireland champions for the first time.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA . 2011-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030258/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html . 2012-03-21 . dead .
2. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx . 2011-07-16 . dead .
3. Web site: Archived copy . leinster.gaa.ie . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf . 28 September 2011 . dead.