1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Football championship

1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamKerry (8th win)
CaptainJoe Barrett
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKildare
CaptainJack Higgins
Provincial Champions
MunsterKerry
LeinsterKildare
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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The 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 43rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Kerry were the winners.[1][2][3] Starting their 1st 4 in a row stopped Kildare's bid for 3rd in a row.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Leitrim0–6 – 1–4Sligo
Attendance: 2,000
Mayo6–6 – 0–4Roscommon
M Barrett (0–2), G Courell (2–1).
Sligo0–0 – 1–7Galway
Attendance: 3,000
Mayo1–6 – 0–4Galway
J Kenny (1–0), G Courell (0–6).
Attendance: 5,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-Final
Wexford0–7 – 3–3Laois
Quarter-Final
Kildare1–5 – 0–8Meath
P.Martin 1–0, P.Doyle 0–3, P.Ryan, J.Higgins 0–1.
Quarter-Final
Dublin3–7 – 1–6Longford
Quarter-Final
Kilkenny0–10 – 0–4Louth
Referee: Sean O'Connor
Quarter-Final Replay
Kildare3–5 – 0–9Meath
A.O'Neill 2–1, P.Martin 1–2, P.Doyle 0–2.
Semi-Final
Laois5–5 – 3–10Dublin
Semi-Final
Kildare2–11 – 0–3Kilkenny
A.O'Neill 1–1, P.Martin 0–4, J.Higgins 1–0, P.Pringle 0–3, P.Loughlin, P.Doyle, J.Loughlin 0–1.
Final
Kildare2–3 – 0–6Laois
P.Pringle 2–2, P.Loughlin 0–2, W.Gannon 0–1.

Munster Senior Football Championship

Semi Final
Cork1–3 – 1–7Kerry
J J Landers 1–0, S Locke 0–3, B Stack 0–2, J Stack 0–1 each
Semi Final
Tipperary1–4 – 3–3Clare
Referee: S.Malone (Clare)
Final
Kerry1–14 – 1–2Clare
J Clifford 1–1, N Sweeney, J J Sheehy, J Ryan 0–3 each, S Locke 0–2, J J Landers, M Doyle 0–1 each

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Armagh5–4 – 3–2Down
Tyrone0–8 – 0–2Fermanagh
Cavan1–11 – 0–2Fermanagh
Monaghan2–8 – 0–1Donegal
Tyrone1–2 – 3–7Monaghan
Cavan4–10 – 0–2Armagh
Attendance: 8,000
Monaghan1–4 – 1–4Cavan
Attendance: 10,000
Monaghan1–10 – 0–7Cavan

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-Final
Kerry3–8 – 1–1Mayo
M Doyle 1–4, J J Sheehy 1–1, M Ó'Ruairc 1–0, J Ryan 0–2, P Russell 0–1 F Patten (0–1), M Barrett (1–0).
Kildare0–9 – 0–1Monaghan
T.Wheeler, P.Pringle, P.Martin 0–2, P.Loughlin, J.Higgins, P.Doyle 0–1.
Final
Kerry1–8 – 1–5Kildare
J J Sheehy 0–6, N Sweeney 1–0, J Ryan, J J Landers 0–1 each P.Doyle 0–5, P.Martin 1–0.
Attendance: 43,839
Referee: Tom Burke (Louth)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Kilkenny vs Louth game remains Kilkenny's last winning game in the Leinster championship.
  • The All Ireland semi-final between Kildare and Monaghan was the first meeting between the teams.

References

  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
  4. ^ "G.A.A. games", Irish Independent, 1 July 1929, p. 11
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