1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

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.

1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Final

Kerry, champions
Event	1930 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry Monaghan 3–11 (20) 0–2 (2)
Date	28 September 1930
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Jim Byrne (Wexford)
Attendance	33,280
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Match

Summary

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

28 September 1930

Final

Kerry	3-11 – 0-2	Monaghan
J J Landers 2-3, N Sweeney 1-0, J J Sheehy, J Ryan 0-3 each, M Doyle 0-2

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 33,280

Referee: Jim Byrne (Wexford)

References

1. High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
2. "Kerry on honour roll". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
3. "Kerry full-house awaits Kilkenny". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
4. "WW1 and the GAA - Thomas Bradley". 6 November 2018.