1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 48th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway won they ended Cavan's campaign in the All Ireland semi-final.[1][2][3]

1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamGalway (2nd win)
CaptainMichael Higgins
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamDublin
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterDublin
UlsterCavan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics
1933
1935

Golden Jubilee

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The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1934 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Results

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Galway2-7 – 0-4Roscommon
Attendance: 3,000

Mayo3-7 – 1-3Sligo
P Flannelly (0-1), J Carney (0-4), P Laffey (1-0); P Conboy (1-1), P Moclair (1-2).

Galway2-4 – 0-5Mayo
J Carney (0-3), H Kenny (0-1) & P Moclair (0-1).
Attendance: 16,000
Louth2-5 – 1-6Laois

Offaly3-13 – 0-6Carlow
Attendance: 2000
Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

Wexford1-5 – 0-6Kildare
P.Byrne 0-3, T.Keogh, J.Higgins, J.Fox 0-1.

Dublin2-10 – 0-4Westmeath

Meath2-13 – 2-6Offaly
Referee: J Higgins (Kildare)

Louth3-5 – 1-1Wexford

Dublin2-8 – 2-9Meath

Dublin1-2 – 0-5Louth
J. Colleran 1-0, Gerry Fitzgerald (0-1f) and Murt Kelly (0-1f) 0-1 each Tom Caffrey 0-3 (0-1f), Jimmy Coyle and Sean Cullen 0-1 each
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Jack Higgins (Kildare)

Dublin3-2 – 2-5
(AET)
Louth
Murt Kelly 1-1 (0-1f) J. Colleran and Mick Keating 1-0 each, Ned McCann 0-1 (1 '50) Tom Caffrey 1-3 (0-1f) and Sean Cullen 1-2
Referee: Jack Higgins (Kildare)

Final (2nd Replay)

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Dublin2-9 – 1-10Louth
Colleran 2-0, Comerford 0-5 (0-3f), Wellington 0-3, Beggs 0-1 Caffrey 0-6 (0-3f), McKeown 1-0, Callan (0-1f), Coyle, Keogh, Cullen (0-1f) 0-1 each
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sean Robbins (Offaly)
GK 1 Johnny McDonnell (O'Toole's)
RCB 2 J. O'Shea (Geraldines)
FB 3 Mick Casey (UCD)
LCB 4 Dessie Brennan (O'Toole's)
RHB 5 Paddy Hickey (Round Towers, Clondalkin)
CHB 6 Ned McCann (Parnells)
LHB 7 Paddy Cavanagh (Dolphins)
MF 8 Bobby Beggs (Skerries Harps)
MF 9 Gerry Fitzgerald (Geraldines)
RHF 10 George Comerford (Garda)
CHF 11 Billy Dowling (Round Towers, Clondalkin)
LHF 12 Mick O'Brien (O'Toole's)
RCF 13 Mick Wellington (St Joseph's)
FF 14 James Colleran
LCF 15 Mick Keating (Garda) (c)
GK 1 Jim Murphy (Cooley Kickhams)
RCB 2 Michael McKeown (Wolfe Tones)
FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams)
LCB 4 Joe Hearty (Clan na Gael)
RHB 5 Jimmy Kelly (Glyde Rangers)
CHB 6 Eugene Callan (Glyde Rangers)
LHB 7 Paddy Cluskey (Darver Young Irelands)
MF 8 Jim Culligan (Newtown Blues)
MF 9 Jimmy Coyle (Glyde Rangers)
RHF 10 Gerry Keogh (Newtown Blues)
CHF 11 Tom Caffrey (Newtown Blues)
LHF 12 Jem Moonan (Newtown Blues)
RCF 13 Paddy McKeown (Wolfe Tones)
FF 14 Seán Cullen (Cooley Kickhams)
LCF 15 Seán Taaffe (Glyde Rangers)
Kerry2-6 – 0-3Cork
Charlie O'Sullivan (1-2) & Jackie Ryan (0-2). M. Duggan, J. O'Regan & D. O'Keffe (0-1) each.

Tipperary2-11 – 2-2Clare
Referee: W. Hough (L)

Limerick4-7 – 1-6Waterford

Kerry2-8 – 0-12Tipperary
Paul Russell (0-1), Con Geaney (0-1), Miko Doyle (0-1), Maurice McKenna (1-1) & Jackie Ryan (1-4).
Referee: W. Hough (L)

Kerry1-14 – 1-2Limerick
Willie Brick (1-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), John Joe Landers (0-4) & Jackie Ryan (0-7).
Cavan2-5 – 2-4Tyrone

Monaghan4-7 – 2-6Down

Antrim0-5 – 0-12Armagh

Fermanagh2-5 – 1-3Donegal
Attendance: 3,000

Armagh2-3 – 1-3Monaghan

Fermanagh1-3 – 3-4Cavan

Cavan3-8 – 0-2Armagh
Galway1-8 – 1-4Cavan

Dublin3-8 – 0-6Kerry
Paul Russell (0-1), Miko Doyle (0-1), Martin Regan (0-1) & Jackie Ryan (0-3).

Galway3-5 – 1-9Dublin
Attendance: 36,143
Referee: Sean McCarthy (Kerry)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • The Magherafelt fields became known as Rossa Park.
  • The Tullamore Grounds become known as O'Connor Park.
  • Galway win their second All Ireland title the Connacht championship became seeded this year until 1940 not allowing Galway and Mayo meet before a Connacht final.

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)