1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

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]

1918 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning teamWexford (5th win)
Provincial Champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterWexford
UlsterCavan
ConnachtMayo
Championship statistics
1917
1919

Results

Connacht Championship

Roscommon0-5 – 1-4Leitrim

Mayo1-6 – 1-0Sligo

Galway1-5 – 1-0Leitrim

Mayo0-4 – 0-1Galway

Leinster Championship

Preliminary Round
Wexford2-2 – 0-3Laois

Quarter Final
Wexford2-6 – 0-1Kilkenny

Quarter Final
Westmeath4-4 – 1-2Offaly

Quarter Final
Kildare4-2 – 0-3Westmeath

Quarter Final
Louth1-4 – 1-3Meath

Semi Final
Wexford5-8 – 2-2Carlow

Semi Final
Kildare0-1 – 0-7Louth

Final
Wexford2-5 – 1-4Louth

Munster Championship

Tipperary1-5 – 0-2Cork
Referee: A. Quillinan (L)

Tipperary4-4 – 0-0Waterford

Kerry5-3 – 1-3Clare

Tipperary1-1 – 0-1Kerry
Referee: M. Mehigan ( C )

Ulster Championship

Antrim4-1 – 2-4Derry

Armagh0-5 – 0-4Down

Cavan1-4 – 1-2Fermanagh

Monaghan4-4 – 1-0Tyrone

Antrim1-2 – 0-3Monaghan

Cavan2-4 – 0-0Armagh
Attendance: 3,000

Cavan3-2 – 0-0Antrim

All-Ireland 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

Tipperary2-2 – 1-4Mayo
Referee: J. McGrath

Wexford0-5 – 0-4Tipperary
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: F. Patrick

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

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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-07-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-09-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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