1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 48th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway won they ended Cavan's campaign in the All Ireland semi-final.^[1][2][3]

1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (2nd win)
Captain	Michael Higgins
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Dublin
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
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Golden Jubilee

The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1934 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

17 June 1934
Semi-Final

Galway	2-7 – 0-4	Roscommon

Castlerea

Attendance: 3,000

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8 July 1934
Semi-Final

Mayo	3-7 – 1-3	Sligo
P Flannelly (0-1), J Carney (0-4), P Laffey (1-0); P Conboy (1-1), P Moclair (1-2).

Tubbercurry

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22 July 1934
Final

Galway	2-4 – 0-5	Mayo
		J Carney (0-3), H Kenny (0-1) & P Moclair (0-1).

Castlerea

Attendance: 16,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

6 May 1934
Preliminary Round

Louth	2-5 – 1-6	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

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20 May 1934
Preliminary Round

Offaly	3-13 – 0-6	Carlow

Geraldine Park, Athy

Attendance: 2000

Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

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27 May 1934
Quarter-Final

Wexford	1-5 – 0-6	Kildare
		P.Byrne 0-3, T.Keogh, J.Higgins, J.Fox 0-1.

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

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3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Dublin	2-10 – 0-4	Westmeath

Kells

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10 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Meath	2-13 – 2-6	Offaly

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Referee: J Higgins (Kildare)

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1 July 1934
Semi-Final

Louth	3-5 – 1-1	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

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8 July 1934
Semi-Final

Dublin	2-8 – 2-9	Meath

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

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29 July 1934
Final

Dublin	1-2 – 0-5	Louth
J. Colleran 1-0, Gerry Fitzgerald (0-1f) and Murt Kelly (0-1f) 0-1 each		Tom Caffrey 0-3 (0-1f), Jimmy Coyle and Sean Cullen 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Jack Higgins (Kildare)

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5 August 1934
Final Replay

Dublin	3-2 – 2-5 (AET)	Louth
Murt Kelly 1-1 (0-1f) J. Colleran and Mick Keating 1-0 each, Ned McCann 0-1 (1 '50)		Tom Caffrey 1-3 (0-1f) and Sean Cullen 1-2

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Jack Higgins (Kildare)

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Final (2nd Replay)

19 August 1934

Dublin	2-9 – 1-10	Louth
Colleran 2-0, Comerford 0-5 (0-3f), Wellington 0-3, Beggs 0-1		Caffrey 0-6 (0-3f), McKeown 1-0, Callan (0-1f), Coyle, Keogh, Cullen (0-1f) 0-1 each

Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Sean Robbins (Offaly)

GK 1 Johnny McDonnell RCB 2 J. O'Shea FB 3 Mick Casey LCB 4 Dessie Brennan RHB 5 Paddy Hickey CHB 6 Ned McCann LHB 7 Paddy Cavanagh MF 8 Bobby Beggs MF 9 Gerry Fitzgerald RHF 10 George Comerford CHF 11 Billy Dowling LHF 12 Mick O'Brien RCF 13 Mick Wellington FF 14 James Colleran LCF 15 Mick Keating (c)

GK 1 Jim Murphy (Cooley Kickhams) RCB 2 Michael McKeown (Wolfe Tones) FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams) LCB 4 Joe Hearty (Clan na Gael) RHB 5 Jimmy Kelly (Glyde Rangers) CHB 6 Eugene Callan (Glyde Rangers) LHB 7 Paddy Cluskey (Darver Young Irelands) MF 8 Jim Culligan (Newtown Blues) MF 9 Jimmy Coyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin) RHF 10 Gerry Keogh (Newtown Blues) CHF 11 Tom Caffrey (Newtown Blues) LHF 12 Jem Moonan (Newtown Blues) RCF 13 Paddy McKeown (Wolfe Tones) FF 14 Seán Cullen (Cooley Kickhams) LCF 15 Seán Taaffe (Glyde Rangers)

Munster Senior Football Championship

27 May 1934
Quarter-Final

Kerry	2-6 – 0-3	Cork
		M. Duggan, J. O'Regan & D. O'Keffe (0-1) each.

Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

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3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	2-11 – 2-2	Clare

Seán Tracey Park, Tipperary

Referee: W. Hough (L)

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24 June 1934
Semi-Final

Limerick	4-7 – 1-6	Waterford

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

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15 July 1934
Semi-Final

Kerry	2-8 – 0-12	Tipperary
Paul Russell (0-1), Con Geaney (0-1), Miko Doyle (0-1), Maurice McKenna (1-1) & Jackie Ryan (1-4).

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

Referee: W. Hough (L)

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29 July 1934
Final

Kerry	1-14 – 1-2	Limerick
Willie Brick (1-2), Charlie O'Sullivan (0-1), John Joe Landers (0-4) & Jackie Ryan (0-7).

Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel

Ulster Senior Football Championship

29 April 1934
Quarter-Final

Cavan	2-5 – 2-4	Tyrone

Omagh

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3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	4-7 – 2-6	Down

Pairc Esler, Newry

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3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Antrim	0-5 – 0-12	Armagh

Corrigan Park, Belfast

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3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Fermanagh	2-5 – 1-3	Donegal

Straleel, Carrick

Attendance: 3,000

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10 June 1934
Semi-Final

Armagh	2-3 – 1-3	Monaghan

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

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15 July 1934
Semi-Final

Fermanagh	1-3 – 3-4	Cavan

Belturbet

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29 July 1934
Final

Cavan	3-8 – 0-2	Armagh

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

12 August 1934
Semi-Final

Galway	1-8 – 1-4	Cavan

Tuam

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9 September 1934
Semi-Final

Dublin	3-8 – 0-6	Kerry
		Paul Russell (0-1), Miko Doyle (0-1), Martin Regan (0-1) & Jackie Ryan (0-3).

Tuam

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23 September 1934
Final

Galway	3-5 – 1-9	Dublin

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 36,143

Referee: Sean McCarthy (Kerry)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• The Magherafelt fields became known as Rossa Park.
• The Tullamore Grounds become known as O'Connor Park.
• Galway win their second All Ireland title the Connacht championship became seeded this year until 1940 not allowing Galway and Mayo meet before a Connacht final.

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