1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 40th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. The All Ireland semi final between Kildare ended Galway's All Ireland title. Kerry were the winners.^[1][2][3]

1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Kerry (7th win)
Captain	Con Brosnan John Joe Sheehy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kildare
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
← 1925 1927 →

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

30 May 1926
Quarter-Final

Sligo	1-3 – 2-6	Mayo
		F Doherty (1-1), F Patten (1-0) & JE McEllin (0-2).

Castlerea

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2 May 1926
Semi-Final

Galway	2-2 – 1-1	Roscommon

Roscommon

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13 June 1926
Semi-Final

Mayo	2-3 – 0-2	Leitrim
JE McEllin (1-0), J White (0-1) & M Mullins (0-1).

Sligo

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11 July 1926
Final

Galway	3-2 – 1-2	Mayo
		J Forde (0-2).

Roscommon

Attendance: 8,000

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship

9 May 1926

Preliminary Round

Laois	2-8 – 0-4	Carlow

Tullow

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11 April 1926

Preliminary Round

Kilkenny	2-5 – 1-5	Longford

Birr

Referee: Jack Delaney

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16 May 1926

Preliminary Round

Wexford	0-7 – 0-3	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: T. Burke (Louth)

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23 May 1926

Quarter-Final

Kildare	6-7 – 1-5	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: T McDonnell (Dublin)

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20 June 1926

Quarter-Final

Wexford	0-4 – 0-1	Kilkenny

Barrett's Park, New Ross

Attendance: 3000

Referee: Sean O'Neill (Dublin)

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20 June 1926

Semi-Final

Kildare	0-6 – 1-3	Dublin

Ballyduff Park, Tullamore

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4 July 1926

Semi-Final Replay

Kildare	2-5 – 1-2	Dublin

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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18 July 1926

Semi-Final

Wexford	2-6 – 1-2	Laois

St. James Park, Kilkenny

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1 August 1926

Final

Kildare	2-8 – 1-5	Wexford
Larry Stanley 1-3 (0-2f), Bill Gannon 1-0, Paul Doyle and Joe Curtis 0-2 each, Albert O'Neill 0-1		Paddy O'Connor 1-0, Paddy Kilroy 0-2f, Pat Bailey, Martin O'Neill, Jack Fane 0-1 each

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: Tom Burke (Louth)

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship

9 May 1926
Quarter-Final

Kerry	0-6 – 1-1	Clare
Phil O'Sullivan (0-1), Jackie Ryan (0-1) & John Joe Sheehy (0-4).

Milltown Malbay

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27 June 1926
Quarter-Final

Cork	1-6 – 1-1	Waterford

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

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23 May 1926
Semi-Final

Tipperary	6-5 – 6-5	Limerick

Páirc Daibhín, Carrick on Suir

Referee: S. Hogan (W)

There was not time for a replay, so Tipperary advanced.

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18 July 1926
Semi-Final

Kerry	1-9 – 2-1	Cork
Joe Barrett (0-1), Tom O'Mahony (0-2), Pat Farren(1-1) & Jackie Ryan (0-4).

Listowel

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25 July 1926
Final

Kerry	0-11 – 1-4	Tipperary
Jackie Ryan (0-2), Tom O'Mahony (0-1) & John Joe Sheehy (0-7).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Referee: S. Hogan (W)

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

9 May 1926
Preliminary Round

Tyrone	3-8 – 2-1	Fermanagh

Omagh

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9 May 1926
Quarter-Final

Antrim	3-6 – 1-8	Armagh

Camlough

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16 May 1926
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	0-4 – 0-1	Down

Hilltown

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16 May 1926
Quarter-Final

Cavan	4-7 – 1-5	Donegal

Cavan

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6 June 1926
Quarter-Final

Tyrone	3-3 – 2-1	Derry

Dungannon

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27 June 1926
Semi-Final

Cavan	0-7 – 0-7	Monaghan

Belturbet

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5 July 1926
Semi-Final

Antrim	2-5 – 0-3	Tyrone

Omagh

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1 August 1926
Semi-Final Replay

Cavan	0-7 – 1-3	Monaghan

Ballybay

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22 August 1926
Final

Cavan	5-3 – 0-6	Antrim

Cavan

Attendance: 2,000

Semi-finals

8 August 1926
Semi-Final

Kerry	1-6 – 0-1	Cavan
John Joe Sheehy (0-1), Tom O'Mahony (0-1) & Jackie Ryan (1-4).

Croke Park, Dublin

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22 August 1926
Semi-Final

Kildare	2-5 – 0-2	Galway

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Main article: 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

5 September 1926
Final

Kerry	1-3 – 0-6	Kildare
John Joe Sheehy (0-1), Jackie Ryan (0-1) & Bill O'Gorman (1-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 37,500

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17 October 1926
Final Replay

Kerry	1-4 – 0-4	Kildare
Paul Russell (0-1), Jackie Ryan (0-1), Tom O'Mahony (1-1) & Bill O'Gorman (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 35,500

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• The Limerick vs Tipperary game ended in a draw but didn't go to a replay. Tipperary decided to qualify for Munster final.^{[clarification needed]}