1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

June 2018 June 2018 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Dublin 40px 1–10(13) Galway 40px 1–8(11) 20 September 1942 Croke Park Dublin Sean Kennedy (Donegal) 37,105 1941 1943 The 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 55th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Match This year's final was played on 20 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 150July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Summary Paddy O'Connor goaled for Dublin in the 10th minute, and five late points gave them a narrow victory, their first title in nineteen years.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. Bobby Beggs of the Dublin team beat his former team of Galway, having won an All-Ireland medal with them in 1938 and being on the Dublin team losing to Galway in the 1934 final.https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/sport/gaa/harps-pay-fitting-tribute-to-bobby-31156962.html Harps pay fitting tribute to Bobby Fingal Independent 31 May 2021 20 April 2015 Rory Kerr Dublin's first All-Ireland football title since 1923, brought to an end a 19-year barren spell for the county, 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 Irish Times Trust 17 September 2011 17 September 2011 A year later the tables had been turned and Dublin entered a barren era, the longest spell without an All-Ireland in the county’s history – 19 seasons until 1942. The current team is 16 years into a similar sequence. This was the third of three consecutive All-Ireland football finals lost by Galway, following defeats to Kerry at the final hurdle in 1940 and 1941.Tom Kenny https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/38701/the-men-who-first-brought-sam-to-galway The men who first brought Sam to Galway Galway Advertiser 14 April 2011 14 April 2011 Then, they lost three in a row, in 1940 to Kerry by 0 – 7 to 1 – 3; in 1941 to Kerry by 1 – 8 to 0 – 7; and in 1942 to Dublin by 1 – 10 to 1 – 8. With their 1940 win, Kerry had reached 14 All-Ireland titles, drawing level with Dublin.Seán Moran https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/remembering-when-kerry-kicked-ahead-of-dublin-78-years-ago-1.4014161 Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park The Irish Times 11 September 2019 11 September 2019 Dublin had been in the lead since 1892. In 1941, Kerry would take the lead; Dublin's 1942 win equalled the new total, but never again did Dublin manage to surpass Kerry's total. Details 20 September 1942Final* Dublin football 1-10 – 1-8 Galway football T. Banks (0-6), P. O'Connor (1-1), J. Joy (0-2) & M. Fletcher (0-1). S. Thronaton (0-4), J. Casey (1-0), M. Fallon (0-2) P. Thornton & J. Flavin (0-1). Croke Park, Dublin 37,105 Sean Kennedy (Donegal) |* = Note the same score was repeated in 1983.| Dublin 1 Charlie Kelly 2 Bobby Beggs 3 Paddy Kennedy 4 Caleb Crone 5 Paddy Henry 6 Peter O'Reilly 7 Brendan Quinn 8 Mick Falvey 9 Joe Fitzgerald (c) 10 Jimmy Joy 11 Paddy Bermingham 12 Gerry Fitzgerald 13 Matt Fletcher 14 Paddy O'Connor 15 Tommy Banks Substitutes 16 P. Ryan 17 Jack Murphy 18 S. Healy 19 S. Moriarty 20 M. Richardson References All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1942 Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Dublin county football team matches Category:Galway county football team matches Category:September 1942 sports events in Europe