1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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{{Infobox Football All-Ireland
|image=
|year=1909
|team=Kerry
|titles=3rd
|captain=Tom Costelloe
|manager=
|team2=Louth
|captain2=Jack Carvin
|manager2=
|top scorer=
|leinster=Louth
|munster=Kerry
|ulster= Antrim
|connacht=Mayo
|poty=
|matches=
|previous=1908
|next=1910
}}
The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 23rd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. In the Leinster semi-final Louth ended Dublin's period as All Ireland champions. Kerry were the winners.{{Cite web |url=http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html |title=Football Results 1887 - 1910 | the Official Website of the GAA |access-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030258/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1887_1910.html |archive-date=2012-03-21 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716104405/http://hoganstand.com/general/champs/honoursf.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928061017/http://leinster.gaa.ie/archive/pdf/P130_134_Senior_FootChamp.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}
Results
=Connacht=
Connacht Senior Football Championship
{{football box
|date=2 January 1910
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|score = 1-3 – 0-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Leitrim|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Carrick-on-Shannon
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=28 August 1910
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}
|score = 1-7 – 2-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Sligo
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
==Final==
{{football box
|date=30 October 1910
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}
|score = 1-4 – 0-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ballina
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Leinster=
Leinster Senior Football Championship
{{football box
|date=1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Laois|football}}
|score = 0-5 – 2-16
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kilkenny|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Kilkenny
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=16 May 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Offaly|football}}
|score = 1-9 – 1-4
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Maryboro
|attendance = 1500
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 11 July 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|score = 0-18 – 0-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Wexford|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 11 July 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 0-7 – 0-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Meath|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Navan"Leinster Championship", Meath Chronicle, 17 July 1909, p. 1,
|attendance = 2,000
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date= 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 1-11 – 1-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Dublin|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dundalk
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kildare|football}}
|score = 1-4 – 2-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Kilkenny|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Carlow
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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==Final==
{{football box
|date=24 October 1909{{cite book|last=Mulligan|first=Fr.John|title=The GAA in Louth - An Historical Record|date=1984}}
{{cite news|url=https://kilkennygaa.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2018-KK-Bible.pdf|title=Kilkenny GAA Bible 2018|work=Gerry O'Neill|publisher=Kilkenny People}}{{cite news|title=Little Louth Leads Leinster|work=Dundalk Democrat|date=30 October 1909}}
|time =
|team1 = File:Colours of Louth.svg {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 2-9 – 0-4
|report =
|team2 = File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg {{GG|Kilkenny|football}}
|goals1 = J. Brennan 0-6, T. Matthews 1-1, J. Hanlon 1-0, J. Bannon 0-2
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones' Road, Dublin
|attendance = 6,000
|referee = M.F. Crowe (Dublin)
}}
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Byrne (Dundalk Young Irelands) (gk) | |
| 2 | John Clarke (Tredaghs) | |
| 3 | Jimmy Quinn (Tredaghs) | |
| 4 | Joe Donnelly (Dundalk Young Irelands) | |
| 5 | Joe Mulligan (Dundalk Young Irelands) | |
| 6 | Jack Clarke (Tredaghs) | |
| 7 | Eddie Burke (Tredaghs) | |
| 8 | Jack Carvin (Tredaghs) (c) | |
| 9 | Pat Burke (Tredaghs) | |
| 10 | Jack Bannon (Tredaghs) | |
| 11 | Tom Morgan (Tredaghs) | |
| 12 | Pat Donegan (Tredaghs) | |
| 13 | Michael Hand (Tredaghs) | |
| 14 | Tom Matthews (Ardee Volunteers) | |
| 15 | Eoin Markey (Ardee Volunteers) | |
| 16 | Johnny Brennan (Dundalk Rangers) | |
| 17 | Joe Hanlon (Dundalk Rangers) |
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|
| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto" | ||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. Holohan (gk) (c) | |
| 2 | P. Dalton | |
| 3 | J. Dwyer | |
| 4 | D. Dalton | |
| 5 | B. Dwyer | |
| 6 | J. Doyle | |
| 7 | J. Galavan | |
| 8 | T. Butler | |
| 9 | J. Foskin | |
| 10 | L. O'Neill | |
| 11 | J. Donovan | |
| 12 | P. O'Neill | |
| 13 | J. Borris | |
| 14 | D. Cass | |
| 15 | D. Hoyne | |
| 16 | M. Drea |
|}
=Munster=
Munster Senior Football Championship
{{football box
|date= 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Limerick|football}}
|score = 0-12 – 0-9
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Clare|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ennis
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date=4 July 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 2-10 – 0-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Tipperary|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Fermoy
|attendance =
|referee = J. Fgan ( C )
}}
----
{{football box
|date=11 July 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cork|football}}
|score = 2-7 – 0-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Waterford|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dungarvan
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 2-18 – 1-2
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Limerick|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Listowel
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
==Finals==
{{football box
|date=19 September 1909
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 2-8 – 1-7
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Cork|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Market's Field, Limerick
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date=7 November 1909
Final Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 1-6 – 0-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Cork|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Ulster=
Ulster Senior Football Championship
{{football box
|date=28 March 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
|score =
Abandoned
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Armagh|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Castleblayney
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
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{{football box
|date=1 August 1909
Quarter-Final Replay
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
|score = 1-7 – 0-3
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Armagh|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Castleblayney
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date=22 August 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}
|score = 2-4 – 1-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Tyrone|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Clones
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date=29 August 1909
Quarter-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|score = W – L
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Down|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Newry
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date=12 September 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|score = 0-10 – 0-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Clones
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date=17 October 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|score = 0-6 – 0-1
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Belturbet
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
==Final==
{{football box
|date=28 November 1909
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|score = 1-9 – 0-5
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Clones
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{football box
|date=10 October 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|score = 2-13 – 0-15
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Shauns Park, Belfast
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
{{football box
|date=21 November 1909
Semi-Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 2-12 – 0-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Ennis
|attendance =
|referee =
}}
----
=Final=
{{main|1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final}}
{{football box
|date=5 December 1909
Final
|time =
|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}
|score = 1-9 – 0-6
|report =
|team2 = {{GG|Louth|football}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Jones' Road, Dublin
|attendance = 16,000
|referee = M. F. Crowe (Dublin)
}}