1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 49th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final. Cavan won their second title in three years.[1][2][3]

1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamCavan (2nd win)
CaptainHughie O'Reilly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKildare
CaptainJack Higgins
Provincial Champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
1934
1936

Results

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Sligo3-10 – 3-3Roscommon

Mayo9-2 – 3-3Leitrim

Galway5-4 – 0-2Sligo
Attendance: 4,000

Final

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Mayo0-12 – 0-5Galway
G Courell (0-7, six frees), P Moclair (0-1), P Munnelly (0-3).
Attendance: 26,000
Westmeath3-7 – 2-2Offaly
Referee: JV Kelly (Longford)

Carlow5-7 – 1-6Wexford

Carlow3-6 – 4-3Westmeath

Carlow2-2 – 3-6Westmeath

Louth0-6 – 0-3Dublin

Meath2-7 – 0-8Westmeath

Kildare1-9 – 0-3Laois
M.Geraghty 0-4, J.Dowling 1-0, T.Keogh, P.Byrne 0-2, P.Martin 0-1.

Meath1-4 – 1-5Louth

Final

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  Kildare0-08–0-06  Louth
Paddy Byrne (0-3f), Paddy Martin (0-2), Tom Mulhall (0-1), Mick Geraghty (0-1), Tom Keogh (0-1) Tom Caffrey (0-2f), Paddy Moore (0-2), Paddy Cluskey (0-1f), Jimmy Coyle (0-1)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Martin Lynch (Carlow)
GK 1 Paddy Chanders (Athy)
RCB 2 William Mangan (Garda)
FB 3 Matt Goff (Army Metro)
LCB 4 James Byrne (Army Metro)
RHB 5 Peter Waters (Raheens)
CHB 6 Jack Higgins (Naas)
LHB 7 Frank Dowling (Robertstown)
MF 8 Paul Matthews (Athy) (c)
MF 9 Christopher Higgins (Naas)
RHF 10 Tommy Mulhall (Athy)
CHF 11 Patrick Martin (Castledermot)
LHF 12 Patrick Byrne (Castledermot)
RCF 13 Patrick Geraghty (Roseberry)
FF 14 Mick Geraghty (Roseberry)
LCF 15 Thomas Keogh (Garda)
GK 1 Hugh Callan (Dundalk Gaels)
RCB 2 Paddy McManus (Wolfe Tones)
FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams)
LCB 4 Jim Culligan (Newtown Blues)
RHB 5 Jimmy Kelly (Glyde Rangers)
CHB 6 Eugene Callan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
LHB 7 Paddy Cluskey (Darver Young Irelands)
MF 8 Jim Curran (Erin's Hope, Dublin)
MF 9 Jimmy Coyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin) (c)
RHF 10 Seán Taaffe (Glyde Rangers)
CHF 11 Tom Caffrey (Newtown Blues)
LHF 12 Patrick Cluskey (St Magdalene's)
RCF 13 Seán McShane
FF 14 Paddy Moore (St Magdalene's)
LCF 15 Pete Martin (Army Metro, Dublin)
Substitutes:
16 James McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams) for Kelly

Boycott of 1935 which leads to GAA's collapse in Kerry for over a year and severely damages credibility of IRA in Kerry caused them not to play in the 1935 Munster football championship.

TipperaryW – LKerry

Clare2-4 – 0-6Waterford

Cork2-3 – 0-4Limerick
W. Lynch (1-0) & T. Cotter (1-1).

Tipperary1-8 – 0-8Clare
Referee: W. Hough (L)

Final

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Tipperary2-8 – 1-2Cork
F. Healy & S. Sheehan (0-1) & T. Cotter (1-1).
Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)
Armagh2-5 – 0-5Down

Cavan1-11 - 1-09Donegal

Fermanagh0-5 – 1-2Tyrone

Monaghan3-8 – 2-2Antrim

Fermanagh1-11 – 2-6Tyrone

Cavan2-12 – 0-1Monaghan
Attendance: 5,000

Fermanagh0-9 – 1-6Armagh

Fermanagh3-4 – 2-2Armagh

Final

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Cavan2-6 – 2-1Fermanagh
Cavan1-7 – 0-8Tipperary
Referee: P. McDonnell

Kildare2-6 – 0-7Mayo
M.Geraghty 1-2, T.Keogh 1-0, J.Dowling 0-2, P.Byrne, P.Waters 0-1. P Flannelly (0-2), G Courell (0-3, two frees), P Moclair (0-1), P Munnelly (0-1).

Final

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Cavan3-6 – 2-5Kildare
M.Geraghty 1-1, T.Mulhall 1-0, P.Martin 0-2, P.Matthews, J.Dowling 0-1.
Attendance: 50,380
Referee: Stephen Jordan (Galway)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Kerry withdrew from championship due to Boycotts with the IRA awarded their Munster Quarter Final to Tipperary.
  • Navan GAA Grounds become Páirc Tailteann.
  • Tipperary end a 13 year for the Munster title winning their first since 1922, their only title between then and 2020.

References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)