1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match

1939 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final

Kerry (in Cork shirts), champions

Event

1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Kerry	Meath

2–5 (11)	2–3 (9)

Date

24 September 1939

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee

J. Flaherty (Offaly)

Attendance

46,828

← 1938 1940 →

The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Kerry had to play without their captain Sean Brosnan, who had a heavy cold. Dan Spring (later TD, and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.

It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.

This was the first championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.

To avoid a colour clash, Kerry wore the red and white of Dingle, the county champions at the time.

Details

Kerry v Meath

24 September 1939
Final

Kerry	2–5 – 2–3	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: J. Flaherty (Offaly)
Attendance: 46,828

Kerry

Meath

References

Irish Independent 1905-current, Monday, September 25, 1939.
High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
"Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
"Kerry Colours", The Kerryman, 05/12/1953, 9.14

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

Finals

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 2025
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 2025

Associated competitions

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

Statistics and awards

Kerry county football team matches

All-Ireland
SFC finals

Pre-1928

Post-
Sam Maguire

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

v t e Meath county football team matches
All-Ireland SFC finals	1895 1939 1949 1951 1952 1954 1966 1967 1970 1987 1988 1990 1991 1996 1999 2001
Leinster SFC finals	1894 1895 1896 1911 1923 1930 1939 1940 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1954 1955 1964 1966 1967 1970 1973 1974 1976 1977 1984 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2010 2012 2013 2014 2019 2020
Tailteann Cup finals	2023

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