1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 37th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1924 All-Ireland
Senior Football Final
Kerry, winners
Event1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date26 April 1925
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeT Shevlin (Roscommon)
Attendance28,844
1923
1925

Match edit

Summary edit

The Hogan Stand and a new scoreboard were unveiled at Croke Park for this final. Con Brosnan scored the winning point.[1]

Dublin would not win another All-Ireland football title until 1942.[2]

It was the first of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1920s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Dublin who also won three.[3]

Details edit

Kerry0–4 – 0–3Dublin
Attendance: 28,844
Referee: T. Shevlin (Roscommon)

References edit

  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ Moran, Sean (17 September 2011). "Kerry pioneers the kings of the urban-rural frontier". The Irish Times. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.