1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


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The 1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 31st staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won the third title of their four-in-a-row.[1][2][3]

1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamWexford (4th win)
CaptainSeán O'Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamClare
Provincial Champions
MunsterClare
LeinsterWexford
UlsterMonaghan
ConnachtGalway
Championship statistics

1916

1918

Results

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Connacht Senior Football Championship

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1 July 1917
Quarter-Final

Roscommon2-3 – 1-0Leitrim

5 August 1917
Semi-Final

Mayo0-3 – 0-0Sligo

12 August 1917
Semi-Final

Galway1-4 – 1-0Roscommon

7 October 1917
Final

Galway1-4 – 1-1Mayo

Leinster Senior Football Championship

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1917

Round 1

Longford2-2 – 4-5Westmeath

1917

Round 1

Louth2-7 – 0-2Wicklow

1917

Round 2

Laois2-7 – 0-2Carlow

1917

Round 2

Louth1-4 – 0-14Dublin

1917

Quarter-Final

Louth2-7 – 0-0Meath

1 July 1917

Quarter-Final

Laois2-7 – 0-0Offaly

Referee: J Fitzgerald


8 July 1917

Quarter-Final

Dublin2-1 – 1-6Kildare

16 July 1917

Quarter-Final

Wexford6-4 – 0-2Wicklow

13 August 1917

Semi-Final

Wexford1-7 – 0-1Westmeath

1917

Semi-Final

Dublin0-5 – 0-3Laois

14 October 1917

Final

Wexford1-3 – 1-1Dublin

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: A Rogers (Louth)

Munster Senior Football Championship

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15 July 1917
Quarter-Final

Clare2-6 – 0-3Waterford

22 July 1917
Quarter-Final

TipperaryWon –Kerry

8 July 1917
Semi-Final

Cork1-1 – 0-0Limerick

26 August 1917
Semi-Final

Clare0-5 – 0-4Tipperary

Referee: T. Irwin (Cork)


14 October 1917
Final

Clare5-4 – 0-1Cork

Ulster Senior Football Championship

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13 May 1917
Quarter-Final

Antrim2-2 – 0-4Down

13 May 1917
Quarter-Final

Cavan2-5 – 0-2Derry

13 May 1917
Quarter-Final

Monaghan1-2 – 0-3Fermanagh

13 May 1917
Quarter-Final

Armagh0-9 – 0-6Tyrone

17 June 1917
Semi-Final

Antrim2-4 – 1-5Armagh

An objection was made and a replay ordered.


1 July 1917
Semi-Final

Monaghan3-1 – 0-2Cavan

12 August 1917
Semi-Final Replay

Armagh0-5 – 0-3Antrim

28 October 1917
Final

Monaghan4-2 – 0-4Armagh

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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18 November 1917
Semi-Final

Clare2-1 – 0-5Galway

18 November 1917
Semi-Final

Wexford6-6 – 1-3Monaghan

Main article: 1917 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

9 December 1917
Final

Wexford0-9 – 0-5Clare

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Clare win the Munster football title for the first time ever.
  • Wexford become Leinster champions for the fifth year in a row and the second county after Dublin to win the All Ireland football title for the third year in a row.

References

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  1. ^ "Football Results 1911 - 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)