1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 24th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Louth were the winners, receiving a walkover from Kerry in the final.[1][2][3]

1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamLouth (1st win)
CaptainLarry McCormack
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKerry
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterLouth
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
← 1909
1911 →

Format

The four provincial championships were played as usual; the four champions joined London in the All-Ireland championship.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship
Leitrim0-3 – 0-0Sligo
Galway0-5 – 0-3Leitrim
Mayo0-5 – 0-6Roscommon
Roscommon1-2 – 1-3Galway
Attendance: 3,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Dublin1-11 – 0-5Wicklow
Wexford2-11 – 0-2Laois
Wexford0-1 – 1-6Dublin
Offaly1-9 – 0-5Kilkenny
Maryboro
Louth3-12 – 0-10Kildare
Louth3-12 – 1-3Meath
Offaly1-0 – 3-7Dublin
Referee: J McHale

Final
Louth0-3 – 0-0 Dublin
Johnny Brennan 0-2 and Jack Bannon 0-1
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: S. McNamee (Meath)
1Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk)
2John Clarke (Tredaghs)
3Joe Donnelly (Geraldines)
4Jim Quinn (Tredaghs)
5Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
6Jim Smith (Tredaghs)
7Eddie Burke (Tredaghs)
8Johnny Brennan (Dundalk Rangers)
9Eoin Markey (Ardee)
10Tom Matthews (Ardee)
11Larry McCormack (Tredaghs) (c)
12Jack Bannon (Tredaghs)
13Michael Hand (Tredaghs)
14Paddy Reilly (Tredaghs)
15Jim McDonnell (Tredaghs)
16Tom Morgan (Tredaghs)
17Jack Carvin (Tredaghs)
Substitutes:
18Jim Morgan (Dundalk Young Irelands) for McDonnell

Munster Senior Football Championship

Kerry2-13 – 0-1Waterford
Clare0-0 – 0-0Limerick
Cork2-10 – 0-3Tipperary
Referee: J.F. O'Donnell (W)
Kerry3-1 – 0-0Clare
Kerry0-4 – 0-2Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Monaghan0-10 – 1-7Armagh
Antrimw/o – scr.Down
Cavan0-2 – 0-2
Abandoned		Fermanagh

Game abandoned after the ball burst.

Monaghan1-5 – 0-4Armagh
Tyronew/o – scr.Derry
Cavan1-9 – 0-5Fermanagh
Cavan1-9 – 1-4Tyrone
Antrim1-4 – 1-3Monaghan

An objection was made and a replay ordered.

Antrim1-2 – 0-3Monaghan
Antrim3-4 – 0-1Cavan

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Dublin were nominated to represent Leinster. When Louth beat Dublin in the Leinster final, they were given Dublin's place in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Dublin3-5 – 1-2Antrim
Kerry1-7 – 0-4Mayo
Louth3-4 – 1-2London
Main article: 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Louthw/o 1Kerry

1 The final was scratched and Louth were awarded the championship after Kerry refused to travel to Dublin as the Great Southern and Western Railway would not sell tickets to their fans at reduced rates.

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • It was the only between (1907-2001) that there was a Quarter-final in the All Ireland Series & only year (1909-1974) London played.
  • Louth win their first ever All Ireland title.

References

  1. "Football results 1887-1910". GAA. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1887-2010". HoganStand. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
  3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. Mulligan, Fr.John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record.
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