1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

Football match

Event

Roscommon	Kerry

1-9 (12)	2-4 (10)

Date

24 September 1944

Venue

Paddy Mythen (Wexford)

Attendance

79,245

← 1943 1945 →

The 1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 57th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Roscommon won their second and last title, with late points by Frankie Kinlough and Donal Keenan; Kinlough also scored Roscommon's goal.

Match details

24 Sep 1944 Final	Roscommon	1–9 – 2–4	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 79,245 Referee: Paddy Mythen (Wexford)
	D. Keenan (0-6), F. Kinlough (1-1), J. Murray & L. Gilmatin (0-1).		Bill Dillon (0-1), Paddy Kennedy (0-2), Murt Kelly (1-1) & Eddie Dunne (1-0).

Roscommon

Kerry

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

Statistics and awards

All-Ireland
SFC finals

Pre-1928

Post-
Sam Maguire

Qualifiers and
quarter-finals era

v t e Roscommon county football team matches
All-Ireland SFC finals	1943 1944 1946 1962 1980
Connacht SFC finals	1892 1903 1905 1906 1911 1912 1914 1915 1916 1919 1925 1931 1941 1942 1943 1944 1946 1947 1950 1952 1953 1955 1961 1962 1970 1972 1974 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1998 2001 2010 2011 2016 2017 2018 2019 2022