1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{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
{{footballbox
|date=4 July 1915
Quarter-Final
|time =
|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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{{footballbox
|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
|time =
|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
{{footballbox
|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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{{footballbox
|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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{{footballbox
|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 =
}}
----
{{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)
}}
----
{{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 =
}}
----
{{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 =
}}
----
{{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 =
}}
----
{{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}}