1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
| Event | 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 25 September 1927 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | T Shevlin (Roscommon)[citation needed] | ||||||
| Attendance | 36,529[citation needed] | ||||||
| Weather | Sunny[citation needed] | ||||||
The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 40th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Background
[edit]This was the second of four consecutive appearances in the decider for Kildare.[1]
Match
[edit]This year's final was played on 25 September.[2]
Summary
[edit]The match was a repeat of the 1926 final which Kerry won by 1–4 to 0–4. Kerry opened the scoring and led by 0–3, with points from Landers, Baily and Ryan before Keogh scored Kildare's first point. At half time the score was 0–3 to 0–1 in favour of Kerry. Kerry failed to score in the second half, while Kildare added scores from Doyle with a free, a second score from Keogh and a point each for Curtis and Martin.[3][4]
Details
[edit]| Kildare | 0–5 – 0–3 | Kerry |
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| Keogh (0–2), Doyle (0–1f), Curtis (0–1), Martin (0–1) | Landers (0–1), Baily (0–1), Ryan (0–1) |
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References
[edit]- ↑ Diallo, Raf (31 December 2025). "Sport in 1926: Radio advent in hurling and a Five Nations near miss". RTÉ.
- ↑ The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES. DBA. 2021. p. 148.
- ↑ "Kildare defeat Kerry". Belfast Telegraph. 26 September 1927. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ↑ The Complete Handbook of GAELIC GAMES (PDF). DBA. 2021. p. 160.
External links
[edit]- "Kildare 1927 Champions", a British Pathé newsreel of the game