1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
Event1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kildare Kerry
0–5 0–3
Date25 September 1927
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeT Shevlin (Roscommon)
Attendance36,529
WeatherSunny

The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 40th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Background

This was the second of four consecutive appearances in the decider for Kildare.[1]

Match

This year's final was played on 25 September.[2]

Summary

The match was a repeat of the 1926 final which Kerry won by 1–4 to 0–4. Kerry opened the scoring and led by 0–3, with points from Landers, Baily and Ryan before Keogh scored Kildare's first point. At half time the score was 0–3 to 0–1 in favour of Kerry. Kerry failed to score in the second half, while Kildare added scores from Doyle with a free, a second score from Keogh and a point each for Curtis and Martin.[3][4]

Details

Kildare0–5 – 0–3Kerry
Keogh (0–2), Doyle (0–1f), Curtis (0–1), Martin (0–1) Landers (0–1), Baily (0–1), Ryan (0–1)
Attendance: 36,529
Referee: T Shevlin (Roscommon)
1 M Walsh
2 M Buckley (c)
3 G Fitzpatrick
4 F Malone
5 J Higgins
6 J Hayes
7 J Loughlin
8 B Gannon
9 J Curtis
10 P Martin
11 P Doyle
12 B Mangan
13 P Loughlin
14 T Keogh
15 M Goff
1 J O'Riordan
2 D O'Connor
3 J Barrett
4 J Walsh
5 D O'Connell
6 P O'Sullivan
7 J Slattery
8 C Brosnan
9 R Stack
10 J Ryan
11 E Fitzgerald
12 T Mahony
13 J Baily
14 JJ Landers
15 JJ Sheehy

References

  1. ^ Diallo, Raf (31 December 2025). "Sport in 1926: Radio advent in hurling and a Five Nations near miss". RTÉ.
  2. ^ The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES. DBA. 2021. p. 148.
  3. ^ "Kildare defeat Kerry". Belfast Telegraph. 26 September 1927. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  4. ^ The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES (PDF). DBA. 2021. p. 160.
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