1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

none February 2020 February 2020 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Wexford gaa team 1916.jpg Wexford, champions 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Wexford 40px 3–4(13) Mayo 40px 1–2(5) 17 December 1916 Croke Park Dublin Pat Dunphy (Laois)https://www.gaa.ie/stories/1916-all-ireland-referees-remembered/ 1916 All Ireland referees remembered Cian O'Connell 9 December 2016 18 August 2022 18 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220818034243/https://www.gaa.ie/stories/1916-all-ireland-referees-remembered/ dead 3,000 cold, wintry 1915 1917 The 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 29th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Match Summary The Croke Park pitch frosted over overnight, but was pronounced playable. Mayo were the first Connacht team to reach the final, but Wexford won by a wide margin. The low attendance was due to the lack of special trains under the martial law introduced after the Easter Rising.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998. It was the second of four All-Ireland SFC titles won by Wexford in the 1910s.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-1885579.html Kerry on honour roll Irish Independent 14 September 2009 14 September 2009 Seán O'Kennedy, whose brother Gus played at corner-forward, captained Wexford. Details thumb|left|Mayo team, runners-up 17 December 1916 Final Wexford football 3–4 1–2 Mayo football Dublin Croke Park Pat Dunphy (Laois) 3,000 _gold_hoop _upper_purple _gold_hoop 800080 ffcc00 800080 ffffff 800080 Wexford _red_hoop _redhorizontal _red_hoop 006600 006600 006600 ffffff 006600 Mayo Wexford Seán O'Kennedy (c) Tom McGrath (goal) Paddy Mackey Edmund Wheeler Jim Byrne Tom Murphy Tom Mernagh Martin Howlett Frank Furlong Tom Doyle John Crowley Dick Reynolds J. Wall Aidan Doyle Gus O'Kennedy References Gaelic football Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals Category:1910s in Dublin (city) Category:GAA finals at Croke Park Category:Mayo county football team matches Category:Wexford county football team matches Category:December 1916 sports events in the United Kingdom