1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Galway (5th win)
Captain	John Donnellan
Manager	John "Tull" Dunne. (St Grellan's, Ballinasloe)
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kerry
Captain	Niall Sheehy
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Meath
Ulster	Cavan
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
No. matches played	31
Player of the Year	Noel Tierney (Galway)
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The 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 78th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 26 April 1964 and ended on 27 September 1964.

Dublin entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Meath in the Leinster final.

It was Galway's second consecutive final, having lost to Dublin in the previous year's decider. The Tribesmen won their 5th All-Ireland title, beating Kerry by 5 points in the final, 0-15 to 0-10. It was the start of the most successful era in Galway football, their "Three In A Row".

Leinster Championship format change

In 1964 only 2 Quarter-finals instead of the usual 4 were played in the Leinster football championship. The first round which contained just 2 matches and second round containing 3 matches was introduced the system lasted for just 1 year. It was to improve football in weaker counties.

Results

Connacht Senior Football Championship

Quarter-finals

7 June 1964 Quarter-final

Leitrim

2-5 – 1-8

Roscommon

Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon

21 June 1964 Quarter-final replay

Roscommon

1-10 – 1-10
(aet)

Leitrim

St. Coman's Park, Roscommon

28 June 1964 Quarter-final second replay	Leitrim	1-10 – 5-9	Roscommon	Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon
	P McGarty 0-9, D Gannon 1-0, P Dolan 0-1.		PJ Watson 2-1, C Mahon 2-0, D Feeley 0-6, J Kelly 1-0, G O'Malley 0-1, T White 0-1.	Attendance: 10,000

Semi-finals

21 June 1964 Semi-final	Sligo	1-12 – 2-12	Galway	Markievicz Park, Sligo
				Attendance: 5,000

5 July 1964 Semi-final	Mayo	3-9 – 1-7	Roscommon	MacHale Park, Castlebar
	M Connaughton 1-2, F McDonald 0-4, D Doris 1-0, M Ruane 1-0, J Farragher 0-1, J Morley 0-1.		C Mahon 1-0, D Feeley 0-3, G White 0-1, P Watson 0-1, J Kelly 0-1, B Kyne 0-1.	Attendance: 15,000

Final

19 July 1964 Final	Galway	2-12 – 1-5	Mayo	Tuam Stadium, Tuam
	C Dunne 0-8, S Cleary 1-2, C Tyrrell 1-0, J Keegan 0-1, M McDonagh 0-1,		F McDonnell 1-2, J Farragher 0-1, J Langan 0-1, D Doris 0-1.	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: E Moulds (Wicklow)

Leinster Senior Football Championship

First round

26 April 1964 First round	Longford	0-8 – 0-12	Westmeath	Pearse Park, Longford
	B Burns 0-4, S Murray 0-2, P Gillen 0-1, S Donnelly 0-1.		P Collins 0-4, J Moran 0-3, T Dolan 0-2, G Kane 0-1, P Buckley 0-1, M Carley 0-1.

3 May 1964 First round

Carlow

3-7 – 2-9

Wicklow

Geraldine Park, Athy

Second round

24 May 1964 Second round	Dublin	1-14 – 1-5	Carlow	St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge
	J Timmons 1-5, S Coen 0-4, D Ferguson 0-2, D Foley 0-1, B McDonald 0-1, J Gilroy 0-1.		M Nolan 1-0, B Hayden 0-3, T Murphy 0-1, E Walker 0-1.

31 May 1964 Second round

Laois

2-8 – 0-13

Westmeath

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

31 May 1964 Second round	Louth	1-10 – 1-6	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
	L Leech 0-5, J Mohan 1-0, K Behan 0-2, B Gaughran 0-2, J Mulroy 0-1.		F Morris 1-1, S Keevans 0-4, M Bergin 0-1.	Referee: T Mooney (Meath)

Quarter-finals

7 June 1964 Quarter-final	Meath	2-12 – 0-8	Kildare	Croke Park, Dublin
	T Browne 1-2, G Quinn 1-2, J Walsh 0-4, D Carty 0-2, K McNamee 0-2.		P Dunny 0-3 H Fay 0-3, J O'Donnell 0-2.

14 June 1964 Quarter-final	Louth	1-9 – 1-4	Offaly	Croke Park, Dublin
	G Clifford 1-1, L Leech 0-4, K Behan 0-3, V Murphy 0-1.		J Kelly 1-0, J Mulligan 0-3, T Cullen 0-1.	Referee: P Kelly (Dublin)

Semi-finals

21 June 1964 Semi-final

Dublin

0-8 – 1-2

Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

28 June 1964 Semi-final	Meath	1-12 – 2-7	Louth	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Walsh 0-7, K McNamee 1-0, D Carty 0-3, T Browne 0-1, P Mullvaney 0-1.		K Behan 1-2, L leech 1-2, R Gaughran 0-2, S Ryan 0-1.	Referee: M Mangan (Dublin)

Final

26 July 1964 Final	Meath	2-12 – 1-7	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
	Ollie Shanley 1-3, Jimmy Walsh 0-4f, Paddy Mulvaney 1-0, Kevin McNamee 0-3, Dave Carty 0-2		Brian McDonald 1-2, Sean Coen 0-3f, Bill Casey and Des Ferguson 0-1 each	Attendance: 57,133 Referee: John Dowling (Offaly)

Munster Senior Football Championship

Quarter-final

14 June 1964 Quarter-final	Tipperary	2-5 – 1-7	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	G Danagher 1-2, L Boland 1-0, M Keating 0-2, J O'Donoghue 0-1.		T McGrath 1-0, R Pyne 0-2, T Daly 0-2, P McMahon 0-1, M Queally 0-1, M Canavan 0-1.	Referee: J. Sheehan (Dublin)

Semi-finals

14 June 1964 Semi-final	Waterford	1-2 – 2-8	Cork	Fraher Field, Dungarvan
			J.J. Murphy (1-2), Paul O'Sullivan (0-2) & Willie O'Leary (1-4).

28 June 1964 Semi-final	Tipperary	1-7 – 1-14	Kerry	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	P Conway 1-1, B Keating 0-4, J Donoghue 0-1, L Connolly 0-1.		B O'Callaghan 0-8, D O'Donnell 1-0, M O'Connell 0-2, T Barrett 0-2, M Fleming 0-1, P griffin 0-1.	Referee: D. White (CIare)

Final

19 July 1964 Final	Cork	1-8 – 2-11	Kerry	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	Willie O'Leary 1-4 (0-3f), Mick Bohane, Flor Hayes, Johnny Carroll, JJ Murphy 0-1 each		Dom O'Donnell 2-1, Bernie O'Callaghan 0-6f, Mick O'Connell (0-1f), Mick Fleming, Tony Barrett, Frank O'Leary 0-1 each	Attendance: 26,023 Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

Ulster Senior Football Championship

Preliminary round

31 May 1964 Preliminary round	Tyrone	0-8 – 1-9	Antrim	O'Neill Park, Dungannon
	S McElroy 0-2, S O'Kane 0-2, P Forbes 0-1, M O'Neill 0-1, S O'Brien 0-1, M Donaghy 0-1.		G McRory 1-2, P Lynn 0-2, J O'Neill 0-2, S Rice 0-1, D Dougan 0-1, J Ward 0-1.	Referee: L Maguire (Monaghan)

Quarter-finals

7 June 1964 Quarter-final	Fermanagh	0-7 – 1-10	Donegal	St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
				Attendance: 3,000

14 June 1964 Quarter-final	Cavan	3-9 – 2-3	Derry	Breffni Park, Cavan
	JJ O'Reilly 2-0, C Gallagher 0-5, M Cahill 1-1, B Sherlock 0-1, J O'Donnell 0-1, P Pritchard 0-1.		B Rafferty 1-0, C McGuigan 1-0, D Mullen 0-2, F Brolly 0-1.	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: M Mahon (Fermanagh)

14 June 1964 Quarter-final	Antrim	2-6 – 1-8	Armagh	Casement Park, Belfast
	S Rice 1-1, P Lynn 1-0, J McRory 0-3, J O'Neill 0-1, E Greeves 0-1.		J Whan 1-1, K Browne 0-4, E Casey 0-2, K Halpenny 0-1.	Referee: J Donaghy (Down)

21 June 1964 Quarter-final

Down

2-9 – 1-6

Monaghan

MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey

Semi-finals

28 June 1964 Semi-final	Cavan	1-9 – 0-7	Donegal	St. Molaise Park, Irvinestown
	C Gallagher 0-6, Lynch 0-1, J O'Donnell 0-3.		Griffin 0-3, Flood 0-1, Campbell 0-1, McDevitt 0-1, McFeely 0-1.	Attendance: 8,000

5 July 1964 Semi-final	Down	2-8 – 1-9	Antrim	St. Tiernach's Park, Clones
	J McCartan 2-1, P Doherty 0-5, S O'Neill 0-2.		J Ward 1-0, J O'Neill 0-3, P Lynn 0-2, G McRory 0-1, S Rice 0-1, S McQuillan 0-1, D McNeill 0-1.	Referee: L Maguire (Monaghan)

Final

19 July 1964 Final	Cavan	2-10 – 1-10	Down	Casement Park, Belfast
	C Gallagher 0-8, P Pritchard 2-0, J O'Donnell 0-2.		P Doherty 0-5, J Lennon 1-0, B Johnston 0-2, S O'Neill 0-2, V Kane 0-1.	Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Semi-finals

9 August 1964 Semi-final	Galway	1-8 – 0-9	Meath	Croke Park, Dublin
	M McDonagh 1-0, C Dunne 0-3, S Leydon 0-2, M Reynolds 0-1, J Keenan 0-1, S Cleary 0-1.		J Walsh 0-5, O Shanley 0-2, J Quinn 0-1, D Carty 0-1.	Referee: S Garvey (Cork)

23 August 1964 Semi-final	Kerry	2-12 – 0-6	Cavan	Croke Park, Dublin
	T Long 1-2, B O'Callaghan 0-5, M O'Dwyer 0-4, A Barrett 1-0, P Griffin 0-1.		C Gallagher 0-4, B Morris 0-1, P Pritchard 0-1.	Attendance: 45,578 Referee: J Dowling (Offaly)

Final

27 September 1964 Semi-final	Galway	0-15 – 0-10	Kerry	Croke Park, Dublin
	C Dunne 0-9, S Leydon 0-2, C Tyrrell 0-1, J Keenan 0-1, S Cleary 0-1, M McDonagh 0-1.		M O'Connell 0-7, P Griffin 0-2, M O'Dwyer 0-1.	Attendance: 76,498 Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

The Carrick-on-Shannon ground is named after a 1916 rising leader this year as it is named Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada after Seán Mac Diarmada.
Meath won the Leinster title for the first time since 1954.

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Noel Tierney	Galway			4

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1

References

^ Malin, Brendan (1 October 1964). "They Gave the Cup And Broke His Heart". The Boston Globe. p. 42. Retrieved 11 November 2024 – via Newspapers.com. John Donnellan is captain of the Galway footballers...

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