1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

none April 2022 1918 Wexford 5th Jim Byrnehttps://www.independent.ie/ad-test-2/blacksmiths-son-with-the-sharp-shooting-shoe/27034851.html Blacksmith's son with the sharp-shooting shoe Wexford People 1 June 2010 Tipperary Wexford Tipperary Cavan Mayo 1917 1919 The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 32nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won a record fourth title in a row, an achievement which had never been completed.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA 2011-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030358/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html 2012-03-21 dead All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010 http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 2011-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx 2011-07-16 dead Leinster Senior Football Champions http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf 2011-09-28 Results Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-final 30 June 1918 Quarter-final Roscommon football 0–5 – 1–4 Leitrim football Elphin Semi-finals 18 August 1918 Semi-final Mayo football 1–6 – 1–0 Sligo football Swinford 25 August 1918 Semi-final Galway football 1–5 – 1–0 Leitrim football Elphin Final 22 September 1918 Final Mayo football 0–4 – 0–1 Galway football Castlerea Leinster Senior Football Championship Preliminary round June 1918 Preliminary round Westmeath 3–3 – 0–3 Longford Edgeworthstown June 1918 Preliminary round Louth 1–4 – 0–3 Meath Drogheda 30 June 1918 Preliminary round Wexford 2–2 – 0–3 Laois Portlaoise 1918 Preliminary round Carlow 4–3 – 0–1 Wicklow Ferns Quarter-finals 2 June 1918 Quarter-final Wexford 2–6 – 0–1 Kilkenny New Ross 23 June 1918 Quarter-final Westmeath 4–4 – 1–2 Offaly Rochfort Bridge 8 September 1918 Quarter-final Louth 3–5 – 3–3 https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=DDT%2F1918%2F09%2F14&id=Ar00709&sk=577817DE Dublin Shamrock Lodge, Drogheda 2,000 Mr P Duffy 13 October 1918 Quarter-final Kildare 4–2 – 0–3 Westmeath Croke Park, Dublin Semi-finals 22 September 1918 Semi-final Wexford 5–8 – 2–2 Carlow Enniscorthy 27 October 1918 Semi-final Kildare 0–1 – 0–7 Louth Croke Park, Dublin 5,000 – 6,000 Final 19 January 1919Leinster Football Final – Wexford Defeat Louth After A Great Match New Ross Standard 24 January 1919https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/gorey-news/medal-collection-of-four-in-a-row-footballer-pierse-goes-to-auction/38201198.html Medal collection of four-in-a-row footballer Pierse goes to auction Gorey Guardian 15 June 2019 Mulligan Fr. John The GAA in Louth – An Historical Record Louth GAA 1984 Final border|20px Wexford 2–5 – 1–4 20px|border Louth G. O'Kennedy 1–2, J. Byrne 0–2 (1f), J. Redmond 1–0, R. Reynolds 0–1 N. Butterly 1–2 (all frees), N. Murphy, A. Tipping 0–1 each Croke Park, Dublin 10,000 Maurice J. Collins (Dublin) GK1 Tom McGrath (Blue and Whites)RCB2 Nick Stewart (Murrintown)FB3 Paddy Mackey (New Ross Geraldines)LCB4 Jem Byrne (Fethard) (c)RHB5 Tom Murphy (Starlights)CHB6 Tom Doyle (Ballyhogue and Davidstown)LHB7 Martin Howlett (Gusserane and Campile United)MF8 Bill Hodgins (Brideswell)MF9 John Doran (Ballyhogue and Davidstown)RHF10 Jack Crowley (Blue and Whites)CHF11 Rich Reynolds (Blue and Whites)LHF12 Pierse Todd (UCD, Dublin)RCF13 Aidan Doyle (New Ross Geraldines)FF14 Gus O'Kennedy (New Ross Geraldines)LCF15 Jim Redmond (Enniscorthy Volunteers) GK1 Willie Donough (Drogheda Stars)RCB2 John Clarke (Tredaghs)FB3 Jack Murray (Drogheda Stars)LCB4 Peter Kiely (Éamonn Ceannt's)RHB5 Jim Smith (Tredaghs)CHB6 Nick Butterly (Drogheda Stars)LHB7 Pat Balfe (Tredaghs)MF8 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs) MF9 Paddy Lambe (Drogheda Stars)RHF10 Eoin Markey (Éamonn Ceannt's) CHF11 Tom Burke (Drogheda Stars) (c)LHF12 Joe Burke (Drogheda Stars)RCF13 Nick Murphy (Drogheda Stars)FF14 Andy Tipping (Dundalk O'Rahilly's)LCF15 Frank Byrne (Tredaghs)Substitutes used: 16 Larry Feehan (Dundalk Young Irelands) 17 Jim Morgan (Dundalk Young Irelands) Munster Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals 1918 Quarter-final Waterford football won – lost Limerick football 2 June 1918 Quarter-final Tipperary football 1–5 – 0–2 Cork football Thurles A. Quillinan (Limerick) Semi-finals 21 July 1918 Semi-final Tipperary football 4–4 – 0–0 Waterford football Clonmel 25 August 1918 Semi-final Kerry football 5–3 – 1–3 Clare football Limerick Final 22 September 1918 Final Tipperary football 1–1 – 0–1 Kerry football Cork Athletic Grounds M. Mehigan (Cork) Ulster Senior Football Championship Quarter-finals 28 April 1918 Quarter-final Antrim football 4–1 – 2–4 Derry football Belfast 5 May 1918 Quarter-final Armagh football 0–5 – 0–4 Down football Camlough 26 May 1918 Quarter-final Cavan football 1–4 – 1–2 Fermanagh football Belturbet 9 June 1918 Quarter-final Monaghan football 4–4 – 1–0 Tyrone football Armagh Semi-finals 30 June 1918 Semi-final Antrim football 1–2 – 0–3 Monaghan football Armagh 18 August 1918 Semi-final collapsible Cavan football 2–4 – 0–0 Armagh football Cootehill 3,000 Final 15 September 1918 Final Cavan football 3–2 – 0–0 Antrim football Belturbet All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-finals By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Louth were nominated to represent Leinster. When Wexford beat Louth in the Leinster final, they were given Louth's place in the All-Ireland final. 20 October 1918 Semi-final Louth football 2–4 – 0–4 Cavan football Belturbet 1 December 1918 Semi-final Tipperary football 2–2 – 1–4 Mayo football Croke Park, Dublin J. McGrath Final 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final 16 February 1919 Final Wexford football 0–5 – 0–4 Tipperary football J. Redmond, P. Todd 0-2 each, J. Byrne 0-1. G. McCarthy 0-2, J. Skinner, T. Ryan 0-1 each. Croke Park, Dublin 12,000 Patrick Dunphy (Laois) Statistics Miscellaneous Due to Spanish flu most games were delayed. Wexford become the first county to win the Leinster football title for a sixth year in a row and the All-Ireland football title for a fourth year in a row. Roll of Honour Dublin – 11 (1908) Wexford – 5 (1918) Kerry – 5 (1914) Tipperary – 3 (1900) Limerick – 2 (1896) Cork – 2 (1911) Louth – 2 (1912) Kildare – 1 (1905) References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship