1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
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| title = 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
| image = 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final programme cover.png
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| event = 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
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| team1score = 3–7
(16)
| team2 = {{GG|Galway|football}}
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| team2score = 1–4
(7)
| details =
| date = 27 September 1959
| stadium = Croke Park
| city = Dublin
| man_of_the_match1a =
| referee = John Dowling (Offaly)
| attendance = 85,897
| weather =
| previous = 1958
| next = 1960
}}
The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 72nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Match
=Summary=
Kerry won easily with goals by Dan McAuliffe (2) and Garry McMahon.High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
It was the third of three All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1950s.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kerry-on-honour-roll-26565988.html|title=Kerry on honour roll|newspaper=Irish Independent|publisher=Independent News & Media|date=14 September 2009|access-date=14 September 2009}}
Galway were beaten by Kerry.{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Kenny|url=https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/38701/the-men-who-first-brought-sam-to-galway|title=The men who first brought Sam to Galway|work=Galway Advertiser|date=14 April 2011|access-date=14 April 2011|quote=In 1959, Kerry beat them 3 – 7 to 1 – 4, and in 1963 that Simon Behan goal for Dublin beat us, the score 1 – 9 to 0 – 10.}}
=Details=
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==Kerry==
- 1 J. Culloty
- 2 J. O'Shea
- 3 N. Sheehy
- 4 T. Lyons
- 5 Seán Murphy
- 6 K. Coffey
- 7 M. O'Dwyer
- 8 Mick O'Connell (c)
- 9 Séamus Murphy
- 10 D. McAuliffe
- 11 T. Long
- 12 P. Sheehy
- 13 D. Geaney
- 14 John Dowling
- 15 T. Lyne
;Subs used
: Jack Dowling for T. Lyons
: Moss O'Connell for Mick O'Connell
: G. McMahon for D. Geaney
==Galway==
- 1 J. Farrell
- 2 J. Kissane
- 3 S. Meade
- 4 M. Greally
- 5 M. Garrett
- 6 J. Mahon
- 7 S. Colleran
- 8 F. Evers
- 9 M. McDonagh
- 10 J. Young
- 11 S. Purcell (c)
- 12 M. McDonagh
- 13 M. Laide
- 14 F. Stockwell
- 15 J. Nallen
;Subs used
: J. Keeley for J. Nallen
: P. Dunne for M. Greally
References
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{{All-Ireland Senior Football Championship}}
{{Galway county football team matches}}
{{Kerry county football team matches}}
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, 1959
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Finals
Category:All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals
Category:GAA finals at Croke Park