1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The 1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 49th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Galway entered the championship as defending champions; however, they were beaten by Mayo in the Connacht final. Cavan won their second title in three years.^[1][2][3]

1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Cavan (2nd win)
Captain	Hughie O'Reilly
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kildare
Captain	Jack Higgins
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kildare
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
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Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

12 May 1935
Quarter-Final

Sligo	3-10 – 3-3	Roscommon

Tubbercurry

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26 May 1935
Semi-Final

Mayo	9-2 – 3-3	Leitrim

Sligo

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2 June 1935
Semi-Final

Galway	5-4 – 0-2	Sligo

McHale Park, Castlebar

Attendance: 4,000

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Final

21 July 1935
Final

Mayo	0-12 – 0-5	Galway
G Courell (0-7, six frees), P Moclair (0-1), P Munnelly (0-3).

Roscommon

Attendance: 26,000

Leinster Senior Football Championship

5 May 1935
Preliminary Round

Westmeath	3-7 – 2-2	Offaly

Cusack Park, Mullingar

Referee: JV Kelly (Longford)

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5 May 1935
Preliminary Round

Carlow	5-7 – 1-6	Wexford

Muineberg

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12 May 1935
Quarter-Final

Carlow	3-6 – 4-3	Westmeath

Croke Park, Dublin

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2 June 1935
Quarter-Final Replay

Carlow	2-2 – 3-6	Westmeath

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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June 1935
Quarter-Final

Louth	0-6 – 0-3	Dublin

Navan

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23 June 1935
Quarter-Final

Meath	2-7 – 0-8	Westmeath

Kells

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7 July 1935
Semi-Final

Kildare	1-9 – 0-3	Laois
M.Geraghty 0-4, J.Dowling 1-0, T.Keogh, P.Byrne 0-2, P.Martin 0-1.

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

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14 July 1935
Semi-Final

Meath	1-4 – 1-5	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

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Final

28 July 1935
Final

Kildare	0-08–0-06	Louth
Paddy Byrne (0-3f), Paddy Martin (0-2), Tom Mulhall (0-1), Mick Geraghty (0-1), Tom Keogh (0-1)		Tom Caffrey (0-2f), Paddy Moore (0-2), Paddy Cluskey (0-1f), Jimmy Coyle (0-1)

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Martin Lynch (Carlow)

GK 1 Paddy Chanders (Athy) RCB 2 William Mangan (Garda, Dublin) FB 3 Matt Goff (Army Metro, Dublin) LCB 4 James Byrne (Army Metro, Dublin) RHB 5 Peter Waters (Raheens) CHB 6 Jack Higgins (Naas) LHB 7 Frank Dowling (Robertstown) MF 8 Paul Matthews (Athy) (c) MF 9 Christopher Higgins (Naas) RHF 10 Tommy Mulhall (Athy) CHF 11 Patrick Martin (Castledermot) LHF 12 Patrick Byrne (Castledermot) RCF 13 Patrick Geraghty (Roseberry) FF 14 Mick Geraghty (Roseberry) LCF 15 Thomas Keogh (Garda, Dublin)

GK 1 Hugh Callan (Dundalk Gaels) RCB 2 Paddy McManus (Wolfe Tones) FB 3 Eddie Boyle (Cooley Kickhams) LCB 4 Jim Culligan (Newtown Blues) RHB 5 Jimmy Kelly (Glyde Rangers) CHB 6 Eugene Callan (Dundalk Young Irelands) LHB 7 Paddy Cluskey (Darver Young Irelands) MF 8 Jim Curran (Erin's Hope, Dublin) MF 9 Jimmy Coyle (Seán McDermott's, Dublin) (c) RHF 10 Seán Taaffe (Glyde Rangers) CHF 11 Tom Caffrey (Newtown Blues) LHF 12 Patrick Cluskey (St Magdalene's) RCF 13 Seán McShane FF 14 Paddy Moore (St Magdalene's) LCF 15 Pete Martin (Army Metro, Dublin) Substitutes: 16 James McKevitt (Cooley Kickhams) for Kelly

Munster Senior Football Championship

Boycott of 1935 which leads to GAA's collapse in Kerry for over a year and severely damages credibility of IRA in Kerry caused them not to play in the 1935 Munster football championship.

12 May 1935
Quarter-Final

Tipperary	W – L	Kerry

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12 May 1935
Quarter-Final

Clare	2-4 – 0-6	Waterford

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

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26 May 1935
Semi-Final

Cork	2-3 – 0-4	Limerick
W. Lynch (1-0) & T. Cotter (1-1).

Charleville

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30 June 1935
Semi-Final

Tipperary	1-8 – 0-8	Clare

Ennis

Referee: W. Hough (L)

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Final

21 July 1935
Final

Tipperary	2-8 – 1-2	Cork
		F. Healy & S. Sheehan (0-1) & T. Cotter (1-1).

Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy

Referee: D. Ryan (Kerry)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

9 June 1935
Quarter-Final

Armagh	2-5 – 0-5	Down

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

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9 June 1935
Quarter-Final

Cavan	1-11 - 1-09	Donegal

Bundoran

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16 June 1935
Quarter-Final

Fermanagh	0-5 – 1-2	Tyrone

Omagh

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16 June 1935
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	3-8 – 2-2	Antrim

St. Mary's Park, Castleblayney

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30 June 1935
Quarter-Final Replay

Fermanagh	1-11 – 2-6	Tyrone

St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown

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30 June 1935
Semi-Final

Cavan	2-12 – 0-1	Monaghan

Breffni Park, Cavan

Attendance: 5,000

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8 July 1935
Semi-Final

Fermanagh	0-9 – 1-6	Armagh

Brewster Park, Enniskillen

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14 July 1935
Semi-Final Replay

Fermanagh	3-4 – 2-2	Armagh

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

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Final

28 July 1935
Final

Cavan	2-6 – 2-1	Fermanagh

Belturbet

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

18 August 1935
Semi-Final

Cavan	1-7 – 0-8	Tipperary

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: P. McDonnell

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25 August 1935
Semi-Final

Kildare	2-6 – 0-7	Mayo
M.Geraghty 1-2, T.Keogh 1-0, J.Dowling 0-2, P.Byrne, P.Waters 0-1.		P Flannelly (0-2), G Courell (0-3, two frees), P Moclair (0-1), P Munnelly (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

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Final

Main article: 1935 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

22 September 1935
Final

Cavan	3-6 – 2-5	Kildare
		M.Geraghty 1-1, T.Mulhall 1-0, P.Martin 0-2, P.Matthews, J.Dowling 0-1.

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 50,380

Referee: Stephen Jordan (Galway)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Kerry withdrew from championship due to Boycotts with the IRA awarded their Munster Quarter Final to Tipperary.
• Navan GAA Grounds become Páirc Tailteann.
• Tipperary end a 13 year for the Munster title winning their first since 1922, their only title between then and 2020.