1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamWexford (5th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterWexford
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
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The 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 32nd staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won a record fourth title in a row, an achievement which had never been completed.[1][2][3]

Results[]

Connacht Senior Football Championship[]

Roscommon0-5 – 1-4Leitrim
Elphin
Mayo1-6 – 1-0Sligo
Swinford
Galway1-5 – 1-0Leitrim
Elphin
Mayo0-4 – 0-1Galway
Castlerea

Leinster Senior Football Championship[]

Preliminary Round
Westmeath3-3 – 0-3Longford
Longford
Preliminary Round
Louth1-4 – 0-3Meath
Drogheda
Preliminary Round
Wexford2-2 – 0-3Laois
Portlaoise
Quarter-Final
Carlow4-3 – 0-1Wicklow
Ferns
Quarter-Final
Wexford2-6 – 0-1Kilkenny
New Ross
Quarter-Final
Westmeath4-4 – 1-2Offaly
Rochfort Bridge
Quarter-Final
Louth3-5 – 3-3Dublin
Report
Shamrock Lodge, Drogheda
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mr P Duffy
Quarter-Final
Kildare4-2 – 0-3Westmeath
Croke Park, Dublin
Semi-Final
Wexford5-8 – 2-2Carlow
Enniscorthy
Semi-Final
Kildare0-1 – 0-7Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 5,000 - 6,000
Final
Wexford2-5 – 1-4Louth
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 10,000

Munster Senior Football Championship[]

Waterfordwon – lostLimerick
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Tipperary1-5 – 0-2Cork
Thurles
Referee: A. Quillinan (Limerick)
Tipperary4-4 – 0-0Waterford
Clonmel
Kerry5-3 – 1-3Clare
Limerick
Tipperary1-1 – 0-1Kerry
Referee: M. Mehigan ( C )

Ulster Senior Football Championship[]

Antrim4-1 – 2-4Derry
Belfast
Armagh0-5 – 0-4Down
Camlough
Cavan1-4 – 1-2Fermanagh
Belturbet
Monaghan4-4 – 1-0Tyrone
Armagh
Antrim1-2 – 0-3Monaghan
Armagh
Cavan2-4 – 0-0Armagh
Cootehill
Attendance: 3,000
Cavan3-2 – 0-0Antrim
Belturbet

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship[]

By the time the semi-final was to be played, the Leinster championship was not finished, so Louth were nominated to represent Leinster. When Wexford beat Louth in the Leinster final, they were given Louth's place in the All-Ireland final.

Louth2-4 – 0-4Cavan
Belturbet
Tipperary2-2 – 1-4Mayo
Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: J. McGrath
Main article: 1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Wexford0-5 – 0-4Tipperary
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

  • Due to Spanish flu most games were delayed.
  • Wexford become the first county to win the Leinster football title for the sixth year in a row and the All Ireland football title for the fourth year in a row.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-21. Retrieved 2011-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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