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1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Tipperary gaa football team 1920.jpg Tipperary, champion 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Tipperary 40px 1–6(9) Dublin 40px 1–2(5) 11 June 1922 Croke Park Dublin Willie Walsh (Waterford) 17,000 1919 1921
The 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 33rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Pre-match
The final was the first time the teams had met since Bloody Sunday (21 November 1920); since then, the Anglo-Irish Treaty had been signed and 26 counties had been offered independence from British rule.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Match
Summary
IRA volunteer Dan Breen, who previously fought against the British Empire during the War of Independence, threw the ball in at kickoff. The Civil War would begin just 17 days after. https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/something-from-the-weekend-the-echo-of-the-1920-semi-finals-100-years-on-dan-breen-and-the-looming-civil-war-39779455.html Something from the weekend: The echo of the 1920 semi-finals 100 years on, Dan Breen and the looming Civil War www.independent.ie 16 January 2021
Dublin were held scoreless in the second half, they had led by 1–2 to 0–3 at half-time. A late goal by Tommy Powell sealed victory for Tipperary."All-Ireland Football Honours for Tipperary", The Freemans Journal, 12 June 1922, p.7https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40087385.html GAA talking points: Tipperary and Cavan symmetry; Decisions to make in Cork Irish Examiner 22 November 2020 22 November 2020
It was Tipperary's fourth All-Ireland SFC title, following success in 1889, 1895 and 1900. Football later became the secondary Gaelic sport in the county, with hurling taking its place.Liam Myles http://www.hoganstand.com/Dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=133300 A star for both Tipperary and Dublin Hogan Stand 20 December 1996
Details
11 June 1922 3.30 p.m. Tipperary football 1–6 – 1–2 Dublin football T Powell (1–3)V Vaughan (0–2)G McCarthy (0–1) Frank Burke (1–0)P McDonnell (0–1)S Synott (0–1) Croke Park, Dublin 17,000 Willie Walsh (Waterford)"All-Ireland Football Final", The Cork Examiner, 12 June 1922, p.10
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Tipperary
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1 Arthur Carroll Jimmy McNamara Ned O'Shea Dick Lannigan Bill Ryan 6 Jerry Shelly (c) Bill Grant Bill Barrett Mick Tobin Jim Ryan Jimmy Doran Gus McCarthy Vincent Vaughan Mick Arrigan Tommy Powell Manager:
1 J McDonnell W Robbins Joe Joyce P Carey Joe Synnott Joe Norris John Reilly 8 J Murphy 9 W Donovan J Carey P McDonnell (c) G Doyle John Synnott Stephen Synnott Frank Burke Manager:
Linesmen:
Sideline Official
References
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1920
Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals
Category:GAA finals at Croke Park
Category:Dublin county football team matches
Category:Tipperary county football team matches
Category:1922 in Gaelic football
Category:June 1922 sports events in Europe