1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Final
Event 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Date 27 September 1959
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance 85,897

The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 72nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Kerry won easily with goals by Dan McAuliffe (2) and Garry McMahon.[1]

It was the third of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1950s.[2]

Galway were beaten by Kerry.[3]

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. Kenny, Tom (14 April 2011). "The men who first brought Sam to Galway". Galway Advertiser. Retrieved 14 April 2011. In 1959, Kerry beat them 3 – 7 to 1 – 4, and in 1963 that Simon Behan goal for Dublin beat us, the score 1 – 9 to 0 – 10.
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