1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final explained

1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event:1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Team1score:3–7
(16)
Team2score:1–4
(7)
Date:27 September 1959
Stadium:Croke Park
City:Dublin
Referee:John Dowling (Offaly)
Attendance:85,897
Previous:1958
Next:1960

The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 72nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Kerry won easily with goals by Dan McAuliffe (2) and Garry McMahon.[1]

It was the third of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1950s.[2]

Galway were beaten by Kerry.[3]

Notes and References

  1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. News: Kerry on honour roll. Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. 14 September 2009.
  3. News: Tom. Kenny. The men who first brought Sam to Galway. Galway Advertiser. 14 April 2011. 14 April 2011. In 1959, Kerry beat them 3 – 7 to 1 – 4, and in 1963 that Simon Behan goal for Dublin beat us, the score 1 – 9 to 0 – 10..