1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date24 September 1939
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeJ Flaherty (Offaly)
Attendance46,828

Kerry had to play without their captain Sean Brosnan who had a heavy cold. [1]Dan Spring (later TD and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.[2]

It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[3]

This was the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.

References

  1. Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939.
  2. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
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