1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

1915 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final
Wexford, champions
Event1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Wexford Kerry
2–4
(10)		 2–1
(7)
Date7 November 1915
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereePat Dunphy (Laois)[1]
Attendance27,000
Weatherfine
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The 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 28th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Wexford won by three points; their goals were scored by Jim and Aidan Byrne, while Dick Fitzgerald and Denis Doyle got Kerry's goals.[2]

It was the first of four consecutive All-Ireland football titles won by Wexford between 1915 and 1918.[3]

Seán O'Kennedy, whose brother Gus played at corner-forward, captained Wexford.

Match details

7 Nov 1915
Final
Wexford 2–4 – 2–1 Kerry
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)
Attendance: 27,000
Wexford
Kerry

References

  1. ^ O'Connell, Cian (9 December 2016). "1916 All Ireland referees remembered".
  2. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.