1919 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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.

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
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.