1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match

1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Team of Galway, champions

Event

1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway	Dublin

3–5 (14)	1–9 (12)

Date

23 September 1934

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

Sean McCarthy (Kerry)

Attendance

36,143

Weather

dry and fine

← 1933

1935 →

The 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 47th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Route to the final

Dublin easily defeated Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final, held in 1934 in Tralee.^[1]

Match

Summary

A crowd of 36,143 attended the match.^[2] Galway had a two-point win over Dublin, with goals by the Kerry-born Michael Ferriter (2) and Martin Kelly.^[3]

The winning Galway team was the first to wear the now famous maroon and white colours of the county.^[2]

Bobby Beggs played for the losing Dublin team that day; he would line out for the winning Galway team in 1938.^[2]

This was Galway's second All-Ireland football title (the first was in 1925) and the first time the Sam Maguire Cup went west since it was first presented to the winning team in 1928.^[2]

Details

23 September 1934
Final

Galway	3-5 – 1-9	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 36,143

Referee: Sean McCarthy (Kerry)

Galway

Dublin

Post-match

The winning team went to New York to play some games for the Americans there.^[2]

A photograph exists showing the 1934 All-Ireland football title winning team aboard the ship on their way across the Atlantic to America.^[2]

The captain was Mick Higgins. Also included are Mick Ferriter, Frank Fox, Dinny Sullivan, Tadg McCarthy, Fr Brune, masseur Toddy Ryan, County Board secretary Martin Regan, Mick Connaire, Brendan Nestor, Frank Burke, goalkeeper Michael Brennan, Joe Kelleher, Paddy Stephens, Ralph Griffin, John Dunne, Dermot Mitchell, Hugo Carey, Pat McDonnell, Tommy Hughes, trainer Tom Molloy, Fr Eugene McLoughlin, and various others whose identities are unknown.^[2]

References

^ Moran, Seán (11 September 2019). "Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park". The Irish Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011. In 1933 Cavan beat Galway in the final by 2 – 5 to 1 – 4, but in defeat the Galway team were hailed as a major force for the future, a prediction that turned out to be accurate as they beat Dublin the following year by 3 – 5 to 1 – 9, the first Galway team to wear the maroon and white colours and the first Galway team to bring the Sam Maguire west. The crowd at the game numbered 36,143.
^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Pre-1928

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927
Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927

Beginning of
Sam Maguire

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Finals	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

80-minute
experiment

Seasons	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Finals	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

Post-experiment

Seasons	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Finals	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

Seasons	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Finals	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Associated competitions

Provincial Championships
Tailteann Cup
Tommy Murphy Cup (formerly)
Minor Championship (final formerly held on same day)

Statistics and awards

Dublin county football team matches

All-Ireland SFC Finals

Pre-1928	1891 1892 1894 1896 1897 1898 1899 1901 1902 1904 1906 1907 1908 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
Post-Sam Maguire	1934 1955 1958 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1983 1984 1985 1992 1994 1995
Qualifiers and quarter-finals era	2011 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023

Other matches

Battle of Omagh (2006)
All-Ireland SFC semi-final v Donegal (2011)
Jim Gavin's only championship defeat as manager (2014)

v t e Galway county football team matches
All-Ireland SFC Finals	1919 1922 1925 1933 1934 1938 1940 1941 1942 1956 1959 1963 1964 1965 1966 1971 1973 1974 1983 1998 2000 2001 2022
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