The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 49th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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| Event | 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 27 September 1936 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | Sean McCarthy (Kerry) | ||||||
| Attendance | 50,168 | ||||||
| Weather | Sun[1] | ||||||
Seamus O'Malley, a native of Lavalley, Ballinrobe, was captain of the victorious team.
Paddy Munnelly scored a hat-trick as Mayo coasted to an easy victory. Laois's Bill Delaney played with two broken bones in his foot.[2][3]
Henry Kenny, father of the future Taoiseach Enda Kenny, was on the winning Mayo team.
This was Mayo's first All-Ireland victory.
Match details
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  Laois
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References
edit- ^ "1936 All Ireland Senior Football Final - Laois v Mayo" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ High Ball magazine, issue #6, 1998.
- ^ "Mayo win their first All-Ireland - eir GAA". Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.