1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final explained

1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event:1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Team1score:2–5
(11)
Team2score:0–1
(1)
Date:28 September 1919
Stadium:Croke Park
City:Dublin
Referee:Pat Dunphy (Laois)[1]
Attendance:32,000
Previous:1918
Next:1920

The 1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 32nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Wexford were the reigning champions, having completed a first senior four-in-a-row in 1918. However, Wexford did not qualify for the 1919 final as they were knocked out in the semi-final of that year's Leinster Senior Football Championship.[2]

Kildare won an extremely one-sided final, with goals from Frank "Joyce" Conlan and Jim O'Connor.[3]

This was Galway's first appearance in an All-Ireland football final. They would not win the All-Ireland football title until 1925, having also been beaten in the final of 1922.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1916 All Ireland referees remembered. Cian. O'Connell. 9 December 2016.
  2. News: Seán. Moran. Will time be on Dublin's side once more?. The Irish Times. 11 September 2019. 11 September 2019.
  3. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  4. News: Tom. Kenny. The men who first brought Sam to Galway. Galway Advertiser. 14 April 2011. 14 April 2011.