1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the eighteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
| Event | 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 16 June 1907 | ||||||
| Venue | Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles | ||||||
| Referee | M.F. Crowe (Dublin) | ||||||
| Attendance | 15,000-20,000 | ||||||
Kildare's seventeen players consisted of Clane players in the forwards and Roseberry players in the backs. Kildare led 0–6 to 0–1 at half-time and Jack Connolly's goal secured victory. For the first time, the telephone was used to relay news of victory back to the winning county.[1][2]
References
- High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- Corry, Eoghan (15 June 2007). "Centenary of Kildare's first All Ireland victory". Kildare Voice. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Co. Kildare Online Electronic History Journal.
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