1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final explained

1939 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Event:1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Team1score:2–5
(11)
Team2score:2–3
(9)
Date:24 September 1939
Stadium:Croke Park
City:Dublin
Referee:J. Flaherty (Offaly)
Attendance:46,828
Previous:1938
Next:1940

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]

Notes and References

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