1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match
1936 All-Ireland
Senior Football Final
Event1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Mayo Laois
4-11
(23)
0-5
(5)
Date27 September 1936
VenueCroke Park, Dublin
RefereeSean McCarthy (Kerry)
Attendance50,168
WeatherSun[1]
1935
1937

The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 49th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Seamus O'Malley, a native to Lavalley, Ballinrobe Co.Mayo was captain of the victorious team. Paddy Munnelly scored a hat-trick as Mayo coasted to an easy victory. Laois's Bill Delaney played with two broken bones in his foot.[2][3]

Henry Kenny, father of the future Taoiseach Enda Kenny, was on the winning Mayo team.
This was Mayo's first All-Ireland victory.

Match details

Laois team, runners-up
Mayo v Laois

Final
Mayo 4-11 0-5 Laois
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
Attendance: 50,168
Mayo
Laois

References

  1. ^ "1936 All Ireland Senior Football Final - Laois v Mayo" – via www.youtube.com.
  2. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  3. ^ "Mayo win their first All-Ireland - eir GAA". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.

External links

  • 1936 All Ireland Senior Football Final - Laois v Mayo on YouTube
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