1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match
1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kildare Kerry
1-7
(10)
0-5
(5)
Date16 June 1907
VenueThurles Sportsfield, Thurles
RefereeM.F. Crowe (Dublin)
Attendancec. 15,000
1904
1906

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.

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]

Match details

16 Jun 1907
Final
Kildare 1–7 – 0–5 Kerry Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
Attendance: c. 15,000

Kildare
Kerry

References

  1. ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
  2. ^ 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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