The 1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 32nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Background This was Galway's first appearance in an All-Ireland SFC final.
Wexford were the reigning champions, having completed a first senior four-in-a-row in 1918. However, Wexford did not qualify for the 1919 final as they were knocked out in the semi-final of that year's Leinster Senior Football Championship.
Match This year's final was played on 28 September.
Summary Kildare won an extremely one-sided final, with goals from Frank "Joyce" Conlan and Jim O'Connor.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
Details
Kildare 1 Larry Cribbin 2 Jim Conlon 3 James Moran 4 Tom Goulding 5 Mick Buckley 6 Joe O'Connor 7 Paul Doyle 8 Mick Sammon 9 Larry Stanley (c) 10 George Magan 11 Jim Stanley 12 Chris Flynn 13 Bernie McGlade 14 James O'Connor 15 Frank Conlan
Legacy Galway would not win the All-Ireland SFC title until 1925, having also been beaten in the final of 1922.
Kildare would not return to the All-Ireland SFC final until 1926.
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