1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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{{Infobox Football All-Ireland

|image=

|year=1915

|team=Wexford

|titles=2nd

|captain=Seán O'Kennedy

|manager=

|team2=Kerry

|captain2=Dick Fitzgerald

|manager2=

|top scorer=

|leinster=Wexford

|munster=Kerry

|ulster= Cavan

|connacht= Mayo

|poty=

|matches=

|previous=1914

|next=1916

}}

The 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 29th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won the first title of their four-in-a-row.{{Cite web |url=http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.html |title=Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA |access-date=2011-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321030358/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/football_results_1911_1940.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=2011-07-07 |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 }} They ended Kerry's bid for 3 in a row until 1931.

Results

=Connacht=

Connacht Senior Football Championship

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|date=4 July 1915
Quarter-Final

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|team1 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}

|score = 1-2 – 1-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Leitrim|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Carrick-on-Shannon

|attendance =

|referee =

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|date=15 August 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Roscommon|football}}

|score = 1-2 – 0-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Sligo|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Boyle

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{Footballbox

|date=12 September 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}

|score = 3-3 – 0-3

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Athlone

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=26 September 1915
Final

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|team1 = {{GG|Roscommon|football}}

|score = 0-3 – 3-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Mayo|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Castlerea

|attendance = 5,000

|referee =

}}

=Leinster=

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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|date= 1915

|round=Preliminary Round

|time =

|team1 = Dublin

|score = 1-2 – 1-2

|report =

|team2 = Laois

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee =

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|date= 1915

|round=Preliminary Round Replay

|time =

|team1 = Dublin

|score = 1-8 – 0-2

|report =

|team2 = Laois

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Newbridge

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=23 May 1915

|round=Preliminary Round

|time =

|team1 = Louth

|score = 0-4 – 0-1

|report =

|team2 = Carllow

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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|date=23 May 1915

|round=Preliminary Round

|time =

|team1 = Kildare

|score = 1-6 – 1-2

|report =

|team2 = Wicklow

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=20 June 1915

|round=Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = Offaly

|score = 2-5 – 0-4

|report =

|team2 = Meath

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee = TF O Reilly

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=27 June 1915

|round=Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = Wexford

|score = 0-9 – 0-5

|report =

|team2 = Kilkenny

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Waterford

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=8 August 1915

|round=Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = Dublin

|score = 1-2 – 0-1

|report =

|team2 = Kildare

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 1915

|round=Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = Dublin

|score = 2-2 – 0-3

|report =

|team2 = Louth

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Navan

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=18 July 1915

|round=Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = Wexford

|score = 1-7 – 0-2

|report =

|team2 = Offaly

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee = J Conlan

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=12 September 1915

|round=Final

|time =

|team1 = Wexford

|score = 2-2 – 2-2

|report =

|team2 = Dublin

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=10 October 1915

|round=Final Replay

|time =

|team1 = Wexford

|score = 3-5 – 1-3

|report =

|team2 = Dublin

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance = 13,000

|referee = Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

}}

=Munster=

Munster Senior Football Championship

{{footballbox

|date= 18 April 1915
Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}

|score = 4-3 – 0-2

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Limerick|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Markets Field, Limerick

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=9 May 1915
Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Tipperary|football}}

|score = 2-3 – 1-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Cork|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Waterford

|attendance =

|referee = J. McDonnell (K)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 23 May 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Clare|football}}

|score = 2-4 – 1-2

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Waterford|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Fermoy

|attendance =

|referee = A Quinlan (Limerick)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=12 September 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}

|score = 1-6 – 0-2

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Tipperary|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds

|attendance =

|referee = T. Irwin (Cork)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=17 October 1915
Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}

|score = 4-3 – 0-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Clare|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Tipperary

|attendance =

|referee = A Quinlan (Limerick)

}}

=Ulster=

Ulster Senior Football Championship

{{footballbox

|date= 30 May 1915
Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|score = 1-3 – 0-2

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Wattlebridge

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

An objection was made and a replay ordered.

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{{footballbox

|date=13 June 1915
Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|score = 1-2 – 1-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Clones

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=11 July 1915
Quarter-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Armagh|football}}

|score = 1-7 – 1-3

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Down|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Newry

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date= 18 July 1915
Quarter-Final Replay

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|score = 0-3 – 0-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Antrim|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Wattlebridge

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=1 August 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|score = 0-9 – 0-4

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Armagh|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Newbliss

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=8 August 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|score = 5-2 – 2-0

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Fermanagh|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Belturbet

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=22 August 1915
Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|score = 2-5 – 3-2

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Belturbet

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=2 September 1915
Final Replay

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|score = 0-4 – 0-3

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Monaghan|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Clones

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{footballbox

|date=19 September 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}

|score = 2-3 – 1-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Roscommon|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium =O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

|attendance =

|referee = Pat Dunphy (Laois)

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=17 October 1915
Semi-Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Wexford|football}}

|score = 3-7 – 2-2

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Cavan|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

=Final=

{{Main|1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final}}

{{footballbox

|date=7 November 1915
Final

|time =

|team1 = {{GG|Wexford|football}}

|score = 2-4 – 2-1

|report =

|team2 = {{GG|Kerry|football}}

|goals1 =

|goals2=

|stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance = 27,000

|referee = Pat Dunphy (Laois)

}}

Statistics

=Miscellaneous=

  • Wexford win a second All-Ireland football title and a first since 1893.

References

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{{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship}}