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

Galway	2-7 – 0-4	Roscommon

17 June 1934
Semi-Final

Castlerea

Attendance: 3,000

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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).

8 July 1934
Semi-Final

Tubbercurry

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

22 July 1934
Final

Castlerea

Attendance: 16,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

Louth	2-5 – 1-6	Laois

6 May 1934
Preliminary Round

Croke Park, Dublin

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Offaly	3-13 – 0-6	Carlow

20 May 1934
Preliminary Round

Geraldine Park, Athy

Attendance: 2000

Referee: P Waters (Kildare)

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

27 May 1934
Quarter-Final

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

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Dublin	2-10 – 0-4	Westmeath

3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Kells

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Meath	2-13 – 2-6	Offaly

10 June 1934
Quarter-Final

St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge

Referee: J Higgins (Kildare)

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Louth	3-5 – 1-1	Wexford

1 July 1934
Semi-Final

Croke Park, Dublin

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Dublin	2-8 – 2-9	Meath

8 July 1934
Semi-Final

Drogheda Park, Drogheda

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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

29 July 1934
Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Jack Higgins (Kildare)

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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

5 August 1934
Final Replay

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Jack Higgins (Kildare)

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Final (2nd Replay)

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

19 August 1934^[4]

Gaelic Grounds, Drogheda

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Sean Robbins (Offaly)

GK 1 Johnny McDonnell (O'Toole's) RCB 2 Séamus O'Shea (Geraldines) FB 3 Mick Casey (UCD) LCB 4 Dessie Brennan (C.J. Kickhams) RHB 5 Paddy Hickey (Round Towers, Clondalkin) CHB 6 Ned McCann (Geraldines) LHB 7 Paddy Cavanagh (Dolphins) MF 8 Bobby Beggs (St Joseph's) MF 9 Gerry Fitzgerald (Geraldines) RHF 10 George Comerford (Garda) CHF 11 Billy Dowling (Round Towers, Clondalkin) LHF 12 Mick O'Brien (O'Toole's) RCF 13 Mick Wellington (St Joseph's) FF 14 Joe Colleran (Clanna Gael) LCF 15 Mick Keating (Garda) (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 (Glyde Rangers) RHF 10 Gerry Keogh (Newtown Blues) CHF 11 Tom Caffrey (Newtown Blues) LHF 12 Jem Moonan (Newtown Blues) (c) RCF 13 Paddy McKeown (Wolfe Tones) FF 14 Seán Cullen (Cooley Kickhams) LCF 15 Seán Taaffe (Glyde Rangers)

Munster Senior Football Championship

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

27 May 1934
Quarter-Final

Páirc MacGearailt, Fermoy

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Tipperary	2-11 – 2-2	Clare

3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Seán Tracey Park, Tipperary

Referee: W. Hough (L)

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Limerick	4-7 – 1-6	Waterford

24 June 1934
Semi-Final

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

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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).

15 July 1934
Semi-Final

Ned Hall Park, Clonmel

Referee: W. Hough (L)

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

29 July 1934
Final

Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Cavan	2-5 – 2-4	Tyrone

29 April 1934
Quarter-Final

Omagh

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Monaghan	4-7 – 2-6	Down

3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Pairc Esler, Newry

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Antrim	0-5 – 0-12	Armagh

3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Corrigan Park, Belfast

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Fermanagh	2-5 – 1-3	Donegal

3 June 1934
Quarter-Final

Straleel, Carrick

Attendance: 3,000

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Armagh	2-3 – 1-3	Monaghan

10 June 1934
Semi-Final

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

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Fermanagh	1-3 – 3-4	Cavan

15 July 1934
Semi-Final

Belturbet

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Cavan	3-8 – 0-2	Armagh

29 July 1934
Final

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Galway	1-8 – 1-4	Cavan

12 August 1934
Semi-Final

Tuam

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

9 September 1934
Semi-Final

Tuam

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Main article: 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Galway	3-5 – 1-9	Dublin

23 September 1934
Final

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.