1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
 Kerry, champions | |||||||
| Event | 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 28 September 1930 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Jim Byrne (Wexford) | ||||||
| Attendance | 33,280 | ||||||
The 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 43rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match[edit]
Summary[edit]
Monaghan scored first but Kerry won comprehensively with goals by John Joe Landers, John Joe Sheehy (captain of the team) and Ned Sweeney.[1]
It was the first of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.[2]
This was also the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Monaghan.[3] It remains Monaghan's only final appearance.
Monaghan's goalkeeper for this game, Thomas Bradley, was a First World War veteran who had been at the Battle of the Somme and Battle of Passchendaele.[4]
Details[edit]
Final
| Kerry | 3-11 – 0-2 | Monaghan |
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| J J Landers 2-3, N Sweeney 1-0, J J Sheehy, J Ryan 0-3 each, M Doyle 0-2 |
References[edit]
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- ^ "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "WW1 and the GAA - Thomas Bradley". 6 November 2018.