1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
| Event | 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 27 September 1936 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Sean McCarthy (Kerry) | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,168 | ||||||
| Weather | Sun[1] | ||||||
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.
Match
Summary
Séamus O'Malley, a native of Lavalley, Ballinrobe, was captain of the victorious team.
Henry Kenny, father of the future Taoiseach Enda Kenny, was on the winning Mayo 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]
This was Mayo's first All-Ireland SFC title. Two more would follow by mid-century.
Details
Final |
| Mayo | 4–11 – 0–5 | Laois |
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| Gls: Jackie Carney (1), Josie Munnelly (2) & Paddy Munnelly (1). Pts: Patsy Flannelly (2), Tommy Grier (1), Josie Munnelly (3) & Paddy Moclair (5). |
Mayo
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Laois
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Mayo
- 1 Tom Burke
- 2 Jim McGowan
- 3 Paddy Quinn
- 4 Patrick Kelly
- 5 Timmy Regan
- 6 Séamus O'Malley (c)
- 7 George Ormsby
- 8 Patsy Flannelly
- 9 Henry Kenny
- 10 Jackie Carney
- 11 Peter Laffey
- 12 Tommy Grier
- 13 Josie Munnelly
- 14 Paddy Moclair
- 15 Paddy Munnelly
- Subs not used
- 16 Patrick Collins
- 17 M. Joyce
- 18 Paddy Brett
- 19 Tommy McNicholas
- 20 Gerald Courell
- 21 M. O'Malley
- 22 R. Winters
- 23 Billy Mongey
References
- ^ "1936 All Ireland Senior Football Final - Laois v Mayo" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Mayo win their first All-Ireland - eir GAA". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.