1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 49th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1936 All-Ireland
Senior Football Championship final

Event	1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Mayo Laois 4–11 (23) 0–5 (5)
Date	27 September 1936
Venue	Croke Park, Dublin
Referee	Sean McCarthy (Kerry)
Attendance	50,168
Weather	Sun[1]
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Match

Summary

Séamus O'Malley, a native of Lavalley, Ballinrobe, was captain of the victorious team.

Henry Kenny, father of the future Taoiseach Enda Kenny, was on the winning Mayo team.

Paddy Munnelly scored a hat-trick^{[contradictory]} as Mayo coasted to an easy victory. Laois's Bill Delaney played with two broken bones in his foot.^[2][3]

This was Mayo's first All-Ireland SFC title. Two more would follow by mid-century.

Details

Laois team, runners-up

Mayo v Laois

Final

Mayo	4–11 – 0–5	Laois
Gls: Jackie Carney (1), Josie Munnelly (2) & Paddy Munnelly (1). Pts: Patsy Flannelly (2), Tommy Grier (1), Josie Munnelly (3) & Paddy Moclair (5).

Croke Park, Dublin Referee: Sean McCarthy (Kerry) Attendance: 50,168

Mayo

Laois

Mayo

• 1 Tom Burke
• 2 Jim McGowan
• 3 Paddy Quinn
• 4 Patrick Kelly
• 5 Timmy Regan
• 6 Séamus O'Malley (c)
• 7 George Ormsby
• 8 Patsy Flannelly
• 9 Henry Kenny
• 10 Jackie Carney
• 11 Peter Laffey
• 12 Tommy Grier
• 13 Josie Munnelly
• 14 Paddy Moclair
• 15 Paddy Munnelly

Subs not used

16 Patrick Collins

17 M. Joyce

18 Paddy Brett

19 Tommy McNicholas

20 Gerald Courell

21 M. O'Malley

22 R. Winters

23 Billy Mongey