1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none June 2018 June 2018 1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Dublin gaa football team 1923.jpg Dublin, champions 1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Dublin 40px 1–5(8) Kerry 40px 1–3(6) 28 September 1924 Croke Park Dublin James Byrne (Wexford) 18,500 dry, sunny, cold 1922 1924 The 1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 36th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1923 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Pre-game The Irish Civil War cast a shadow on the match — Kerry initially considered refusing to play in protest at the imprisonment of County Board chairman and republican Austin Stack. The Kerry team played a selection match between pro- and anti-Treaty players. Match Summary Dublin won the final by two points, with a goal by P. J. Kirwan.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Kerry had led 1–2 to 0–1 at half-time, with a goal from Brosnan, but failed to score again in the game. Joe Stynes, granduncle of Australian rules footballer Jim Stynes, played on the winning Dublin team that day.http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2012/0324/1224313809857.html Dubliner who made a big impact playing Aussie Rules The Irish Times 24 March 2012 24 March 2012 His parents were Gaelic games enthusiasts – a grand uncle, Joe, had played on the 1923 All-Ireland winning Dublin team – and his father, a public servant, had played for the Civil Service club. It was the third of three All-Ireland SFC titles won by Dublin in the 1920s, which made them joint "team of the decade" with Kerry, also winner of three.https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-26565988.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 Details 28 September 1924 Final Dublin football 1–5 – 1–3 Kerry football Croke Park, Dublin 18,500 James Byrne (Wexford) _2_white_stripes 8FB8EE 8FB8EE 8FB8EE ffffff 000055 Dublin _vneckgold _hoops gold 006600 006600 006600 ffffff 006600 Kerry Dublin 1 Johnny McDonnell 2 Jack O'Reilly 3 Paddy McDonnell (c) 4 John Murphy 5 Joe Norris 6 Joe Synnott 7 Paddy Carey 8 Paddy Kirwan 9 Joe Stynes 10 Frank Burke 11 John Synnott 12 Martin Shanahan 13 Jack Sherlock 14 P. O'Beirne 15 Larry Stanley Kerry 1 Jack Sheehy (goal) 2 Phil O'Sullivan (c) 3 Joe Barrett 4 Eugene Moriarty 5 John Russell 6 Toss Kelleher 7 Jerry Moriarty 8 Con Brosnan 9 Pat McKenna 10 John Ryan 11 Redmond Prendiville 12 J. J. Sheehy 13 John Bailey 14 Jimmy Bailey 15 Bill Landers Subs 16 Denis O'Donoghue 17 Jack McCarthy 18 Moss Galvin 19 Bob Stack 20 Michael Murphy 21 Tom O'Mahony 22 Denis Hurley Post-match The 1923 final marked the end of the initial era of the Dublin–Kerry Gaelic football rivalry. Dublin would not beat Kerry in the championship again until the 1976 final. An attendance of 25,000 people was reported at the 1923 final. Dublin would not win another All-Ireland SFC title until 1942, the county's 19-year barren spell rivalled only by their team of the late 1990s and 2000s.Sean Moran https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/kerry-pioneers-the-kings-of-the-urban-rural-frontier-1.602387 Kerry pioneers the kings of the urban-rural frontier The Irish Times 17 September 2011 17 September 2011 The initial era of the rivalry ended in the 1923 championship – by which stage Dublin had recorded half of their six victories in the fixture's history – with Dublin recording the county's third and final three-in-a-row, clinching it with what would be the last All-Ireland championship win over Kerry until 1976. Contemporary reports put the attendance at 25,000. References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1923 Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Dublin county football team matches Category:Kerry county football team matches Category:1924 in Gaelic football Category:September 1924 sports events in Europe