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1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamWexford (5th win)
CaptainJem Byrne[1]
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamTipperary
Provincial Champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterWexford
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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1919 ⊟

The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 32nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won a record fourth title in a row, an achievement which had never been completed.[2][3][4]

Results

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

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Roscommon0-5 – 1-4Leitrim
Mayo1-6 – 1-0Sligo
Galway1-5 – 1-0Leitrim
Mayo0-4 – 0-1Galway

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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Preliminary Round
Westmeath3-3 – 0-3Longford
Preliminary Round
Louth1-4 – 0-3Meath
Preliminary Round
Wexford2-2 – 0-3Laois
Quarter-Final
Carlow4-3 – 0-1Wicklow
Quarter-Final
Wexford2-6 – 0-1Kilkenny
Quarter-Final
Westmeath4-4 – 1-2Offaly
Quarter-Final
Louth3-5 – 3-3Dublin
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mr P Duffy
Quarter-Final
Kildare4-2 – 0-3Westmeath
Semi-Final
Wexford5-8 – 2-2Carlow
Semi-Final
Kildare0-1 – 0-7Louth
Attendance: 5,000 - 6,000
Final
Wexford2-5 – 1-4Louth
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Maurice J. Collins (Dublin)
GK 1 Tom McGrath
RCB 2 Nick Stewart
FB 3 Paddy Mackey
LCB 4 Jem Byrne (c)
RHB 5 Tom Murphy
CHB 6 Tom Doyle
LHB 7 Martin Howlett
MF 8 Bill Hodgins
MF 9 John Doran
RHF 10 Jack Crowley
CHF 11 Rich Reynolds
LHF 12 Pierse Todd
RCF 13 Aidan Doyle
FF 14 Gus O'Kennedy
LCF 15 Jim Redmond
GK 1 Willie Donough (Drogheda Stars)
RCB 2 John Clarke (Tredaghs)
FB 3 Jack Murray (Drogheda Stars)
LCB 4 Peter Kiely (Eamonn Ceannt's)
RHB 5 Jim Smith (Tredaghs)
CHB 6 Nick Butterly (Drogheda Stars)
LHB 7 Pat Balfe (Tredaghs)
MF 8 Larry McCormack (Tredaghs)
MF 9 Paddy Lambe (Drogheda Stars)
RHF 10 Eoin Markey (Eamonn Ceannt's)
CHF 11 Tom Burke (Drogheda Stars) (c)
LHF 12 Joe Burke (Drogheda Stars)
RCF 13 Nick Murphy (Drogheda Stars)
FF 14 Andy Tipping (Dundalk O'Rahilly's)
LCF 15 Frank Byrne (Tredaghs)
Substitutes used:
16 Larry Feehan (Dundalk Young Irelands)
17 Jim Morgan (Dundalk Young Irelands)

Munster Senior Football Championship

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Waterfordwon – lostLimerick
Tipperary1-5 – 0-2Cork
Referee: A. Quillinan (Limerick)
Tipperary4-4 – 0-0Waterford
Kerry5-3 – 1-3Clare
Tipperary1-1 – 0-1Kerry
Referee: M. Mehigan ( C )

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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Antrim4-1 – 2-4Derry
Armagh0-5 – 0-4Down
Cavan1-4 – 1-2Fermanagh
Monaghan4-4 – 1-0Tyrone
Antrim1-2 – 0-3Monaghan
Cavan2-4 – 0-0Armagh
Attendance: 3,000
Cavan3-2 – 0-0Antrim

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Louth were nominated to represent Leinster. When Wexford beat Louth in the Leinster final, they were given Louth's place in the All-Ireland final.

Louth2-4 – 0-4Cavan
Tipperary2-2 – 1-4Mayo
Referee: J. McGrath
Main article: 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Wexford0-5 – 0-4Tipperary
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Due to Spanish flu most games were delayed.
  • Wexford become the first county to win the Leinster football title for the sixth year in a row and the All Ireland football title for the fourth year in a row.

Roll of Honour

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  • Dublin - 11 (1908)
  • Wexford - 5 (1918)
  • Kerry - 5 (1914)
  • Tipperary - 3 (1900)
  • Limerick - 2 (1896)
  • Cork - 2 (1911)
  • Louth - 2 (1912)
  • Kildare - 1 (1905)

References

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  1. ^ "Blacksmith's son with the sharp-shooting shoe". Wexford People. 1 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Leinster Football Final - Wexford Defeat Louth After A Great Match". New Ross Standard. 24 January 1919.
  6. ^ "Medal collection of four-in-a-row footballer Pierse goes to auction". Gorey Guardian. 15 June 2019.
  7. ^ Mulligan, Fr. John (1984). The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record. Louth GAA.
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