The 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the eighteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1905 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
Summary
Kildare's seventeen players consisted of Clane players in the forwards and Roseberry players in the backs. Kildare led 0–6 to 0–1 at half-time, and Jack Connolly's goal secured victory. For the first time, the telephone was used to relay news of victory back to the winning county.[1][2]
Details
| 16 Jun 1907 Final |
Kildare | 1–7 – 0–5 | Kerry | Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles Attendance: c. 15,000 Referee: M. F. Crowe (Dublin) |
     Kildare
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 Kerry
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Kildare
- 1 Jack Fitzgerald
- 2 Jack Murray (c)
- 3 Jack Gorman
- 4 Larry Cribbin
- 5 Tom Keogh
- 6 Bill Merriman
- 7 Eddie Kennedy
- 8 Mick Fitzgerald
- 9 Joe Rafferty
- 10 Mick Murray
- 11 Jack Connolly
- 12 Jim Scott
- 13 Bill Bracken
- 14 Mick Kennedy
- 15 Bill Losty
- 16 Tom Kelly
- 17 Frank Conlan
References
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ Corry, Eoghan (15 June 2007). "Centenary of Kildare's first All Ireland victory". Kildare Voice. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Co. Kildare Online Electronic History Journal.