Date 24 September 1939 Attendance 46,828 | Venue Croke Park, Dublin | |
Event 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship | ||
The 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 52nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
Dan Spring (later TD and father of Tánaiste Dick Spring) scored both Kerry goals. Meath rued their missed chances - they shot 11 wides.
It was the fifth of five All-Ireland football titles won by Kerry in the 1930s.
This was the first Championship meeting of Kerry and Meath.
References
1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA