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1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final Galway gaa football team 1934.jpg Team of Galway, champions 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Galway 40px 3–5(14) Dublin 40px 1–9(12) 23 September 1934 Croke Park Dublin Sean McCarthy (Kerry) 36,143 Dry and fine 1933 1935
The 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 47th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Paths to the final
Dublin easily defeated Kerry in the All-Ireland SFC semi-final, held in 1934 in Tralee.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
Match
This year's final was played on 23 September.https://www.gaa.ie/api/pdfs/image/upload/t8bphnbixyanijooj1un.pdfbook The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES 2021 DBA 149
Summary
A crowd of 36,143 attended the match. Galway had a two-point win over Dublin, with goals by the Kerry-born Michael Ferriter (2) and Martin Kelly.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
The winning Galway team was the first to wear the now famous maroon and white colours of the county.
Bobby Beggs played for the losing Dublin team that day; he would line out for the winning Galway team in 1938.
This was Galway's second All-Ireland SFC title (the first was in 1925), and the first time the Sam Maguire Cup went west, since it had first been presented to the winning team in 1928.
Details
23 September 1934Final Galway football 3–5 – 1–9 Dublin football Croke Park, Dublin 36,143 Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
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Galway
M. Higgins (c)
M. Brennan
P. J. McDonnell
M. Ferriter
H. Carey
D. O'Sullivan
T. Hughes
T. McCarthy
F. Fox
J. Dunne
M. Connaire
R. Griffin
M. Kelly
D. Mitchell
B. Nestor
Post-match
The winning team went to New York to play some games for the Americans there.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 In 1933 Cavan beat Galway in the final by 2 – 5 to 1 – 4, but in defeat the Galway team were hailed as a major force for the future, a prediction that turned out to be accurate as they beat Dublin the following year by 3 – 5 to 1 – 9, the first Galway team to wear the maroon and white colours and the first Galway team to bring the Sam Maguire west. The crowd at the game numbered 36,143.
A photograph exists showing the 1934 All-Ireland SFC title winning team aboard the ship on their way across the Atlantic to America.
The captain was Mick Higgins. Also included are Mick Ferriter, Frank Fox, Dinny Sullivan, Tadg McCarthy, Fr Brune, masseur Toddy Ryan, County Board secretary Martin Regan, Mick Connaire, Brendan Nestor, Frank Burke, goalkeeper Michael Brennan, Joe Kelleher, Paddy Stephens, Ralph Griffin, John Dunne, Dermot Mitchell, Hugo Carey, Pat McDonnell, Tommy Hughes, trainer Tom Molloy, Fr Eugene McLoughlin, and various others whose identities are unknown.
References
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1934
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
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