1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 19th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kildare were the winners ended 2 years of Kerry in the All Ireland final.[1][2][3]

1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Championship details
Dates1905 – 16 June 1907
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKildare (1st win)
CaptainJoe Rafferty
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
CaptainMaurice McCarthy
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterCavan
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship statistics
1904
1906

Format

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The four provincial championships were played as usual; the four champions joined London in the All-Ireland Championship.

Results

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Roscommon0-8 – 0-3Galway

Mayo1-7 – 0-2Sligo

Roscommon0-7 – 0-5Mayo
Kilkenny2-7 – 1-4Laois

Louth1-8 – 1-1Wexford

Dublin0-2 – 0-6Kildare

Offaly0-8 – 0-1Meath
Referee: Joe Kenny

Kildare1-6 – 0-6Offaly

Louth0-5 – 0-5Kilkenny

Louth1-1 – 0-6Kilkenny

An objection was made and a replay ordered.


Louth0-6 – 0-5Kilkenny

Kildare0-12 – 1-7Louth
Referee: M.F. Crowe (Dublin)
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1 Frank Ward (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk)
2 Peter Markey (Ardee Volunteers)
3 Matt Coleman (Dundalk Young Irelands)
4 Arthur Hanratty (Dundalk John Dillons)
5 Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands) (c)
6 Pat Brennan (Geraldines)
7 James Coburn (Geraldines)
8 Eoin Markey (Ardee Volunteers)
9 John McCabe (Geraldines)
10 Joe Hanlon (Dundalk Rangers)
11 William McAllister (Dundalk Young Irelands)
12 Joe Matthews (Geraldines)
13 Pat Hughes (Dundalk Young Irelands)
14 Stephen Fitzsimons (Dundalk Young Irelands)
15 Joe Ross (Dundalk Rangers)
16 Nick McCourt (Dundalk Young Irelands)
17 Michael Byrne (Geraldines)
Substitutes:
18 Nick Tuite (Dundalk John Dillons) for McAllister
Waterford2-10 – 0-6Clare

Kerry5-8 – 1-4Tipperary
Referee: W. Curtin (Cork)

Cork3-8 – 0-5Waterford

Kerry1-7 – 0-5Cork

Kerry2-10 – 1-6Limerick
Cavan0-7 – 0-3Monaghan

As the Leinster Championship was not finished by the time London was supposed to play their quarter-final, Dublin was nominated to face them. When Kildare won the Leinster Championship, they were deemed to have defeated London.

Dublin1-9 – 1-4London

Kerry2-10 – 1-3Roscommon

Kildare4-15 – 1-6Cavan

Kildare1-7 – 0-5Kerry
Ned Kennedy 0-3, Jack Connolly 1-0, Bill "Steel" Losty 0-2, Frank "Joyce" Conlan 0-1
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: M.F. Crowe (Dublin)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Roscommon are Connacht champions for the first time.
  • Kildare are All Ireland champions for the first time.

References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). leinster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Mulligan, Fr. John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record. Louth GAA.
  5. ^ Kerryman; 13/04/1907