Leinster Senior Football Championship

Leinster Senior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsir Peile Laighean
Founded	1888
Title holders	Dublin (50th title)
First winner	Kilkenny
Most titles	Dublin (50 titles)

The GAA Leinster Senior Football Championship (sponsored by Toyota, Ulster Bank, Vodafone) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council and are played during the summer months. The competition involves the counties of Leinster playing against each other. The Leinster football Final is played in July in Croke Park, Dublin. The winning county is presented with the Delaney Cup. Dublin are the most successful county, having won the championship on 50 separate occasions, more than double their nearest rivals Meath.

The GAA Leinster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis, whereby a team is eliminated from the competition once they lose. All of the counties of Leinster except Kilkenny participate in the championship. The draw is seeded, with the previous year's semi-finalists getting byes to the quarter-finals. Six of the remaining seven teams are drawn for three preliminary round matches, while the seventh team also gets a bye to the quarter-finals.

2011 Championship

Preliminary Round

Quarter finals

Semi Final

Final

Laois

0–10

Longford

0–09

Laois

0-11

Dublin

1-16

Dublin

1-12

Kildare

1-11

Wicklow

0-05

Kildare

0–12

Kildare

0-16

Meath

0-10

Dublin

2-12

Wexford

1-12

Offaly

0-08

Wexford

2-16

Wexford

1-24

Westmeath

0-15

Wexford

4-12

Carlow

0-10

Carlow

0-14

Louth

0-13

2010 Championship

Preliminary Round

Quarter finals

Semi Final

Final

Louth

1–11 (14)

Longford

1–07 (10)

Louth

1–22 (25)

Kildare

1–16 (19)

Louth

1–15

Westmeath

2–10

Wicklow

3–13 (22)

Carlow

0–12

Wicklow

1–11 (14)

Westmeath

0–15

Louth

1–10

Meath

1–12

Meath

1–20 (23)

Offaly

2–07 (13)

Meath

2–14 (20)

Laois

0–10

Meath

5–09

Dublin

0–13

Wexford

0–15

Dublin

2–16

2010 Leinster Football Final

Main article: 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final

On July 11, 2010, Meath reached and won the Leinster Final against neighbours Louth.

During the Leinster Final on July 11, 2010, in the 74th minute of the match against Louth, a goal was awarded by the referee after brief consultation with only one of the match umpires (although close circuit camera evidence shown on the RTÉ Two coverage of the game proved that the ball was carried over the line by a Meath player). However, Meath received the 2010 Leinster Title and the cup.

2010 Leinster Football Final controversy

Further information: 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final#Violence and 2010 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final#Reaction

The sense of outrage throughout the whole GAA community, after the goal that never should have been, was shared by thousands of TV viewers who saw the incident beamed live into their living rooms and was expressed through many media outlets. There were an overwhelming amount of calls for a replay after the match by many commentators including The Irish Times newspaper,^[1] Eugene McGee,^[2] and Louth fans alike, as well as many Meath fans and ex-players such as Bernard Flynn and Trevor Giles.^[3] Despite the outcry, on 13 July the Meath county board decided not to offer a replay to Louth.

The Louth County board issued a statement on the 14 July saying that they would not be taking the matter any further and that the matter was now closed.^[4]

In the statement, the Louth County Board spoke of the enormous sense of injustice which was being felt in Louth GAA. They also questioned the referee’s official report saying it was contrary to Playing Rules where he indicated in his report that he blew the whistle for a penalty, but then changed his mind and awarded a goal instead. The referee also wrote that "he made a terrible mistake".

Louth County board referred to Rule 6.41 Award //facts of game: The award of the game rests with the committee / council in charge acting on the referees report.

In doing so the Louth County Board intimated that the committee/council in charge erred in leaving the matter to Meath County Board to offer a replay without seeking clarification from the referee in relation to his match report and his statement that "he made a terrible mistake".

The debate on who officially won the game is now over with Meath recorded as being the winners but numerous TV replays show that the goal was indisputably a technical foul in respect to the Playing Rules of Gaelic Football as quoted below and as outlined in the GAA Official Guide -Part 2.^[5]

“

Rules of Foul Play RULE 4 – TECHNICAL FOULS 4.12 For a player attacking a goal to carry the ball over opponents’ goal-line.

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Roll of honour

	Team	Winner	Winning Years
1	Dublin	50	1891, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
2	Meath	21	1895, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2010
3	Kildare	13	1903, 1905, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1956, 1998, 2000
4	Offaly	10	1960, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997
4	Wexford	10	1890, 1893, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1945
6	Louth	8	1909, 1910, 1912, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1957
7	Laois	6	1889, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 2003
8	Kilkenny	3	1888, 1900, 1911
9	Carlow	1	1944
9	Longford	1	1968
9	Westmeath	1	2004
12	Wicklow	0	N/A

Previous Finals

2011 Final	Dublin	2–12 – 1–12	Wexford	Croke Park Attendance: 43,983 Referee: J. McQuillan (Cavan)
	J McCarthy 1-0, A Brogan, B Brogan (1f) 0-03 each, S Cluxton (1'45), D Bastick, P Flynn, B Cullen, K McMenamin, R McConnell 0-01 each, G Molloy 1-0 (o.g.)		B Brosnan 0-9 (4f, 2 '45), R Barry 1-0, C Lyng 0-2, A Flynn 0-1

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2010 Final	Meath	1–12 – 1–10	Louth	Croke Park Attendance: 48,875 Referee: Martin Sludden (Tyrone))
	G Reilly 0–4, C Ward 0–4, J Sheridan 1–0, S Bray 0–2, A Moyles, N Crawford 0–1 each.	Report	B White 0–4, JP Rooney 1–1, C Judge 0–2, P Keenan, A McDonnell, A Reed 0–1 each.

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2009 Final	Dublin	2–15 – 0–18	Kildare	Croke Park
	B Brogan 0–7, B Cahill, J Sherlock 1–1 each, C Keaney 0–3, A Brogan 0–2, C Whelan 0–1.		K Donnelly 0–3, M Conway, J Kavanagh, P O'Neill, R Sweeney, A Smith, J Doyle 0–2 each, D Earley, R Kelly, E Callaghan 0–1 each.

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2008 Final	Dublin	3–23 – 0–09	Wexford	Croke Park Attendance: 80,112 Referee: G. Ó Conamha (Galway)
	A Brogan 1–4 (1 '45'), D Connolly 1–3, C Keaney 0–6 (0-4f), T Quinn 0–4 (0-4f), M Vaughan 1–0, J Sherlock 0–3, C Moran, B Cahill, S Ryan 0–1 each.		C Lyng 0–4 (0-4f), E Bradley 0–2, M Forde 0–2, R Barry 0–1.

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2007 Final	Dublin	3–14 – 1–14	Laois	Croke Park Attendance: 81,394 Referee: M. Hughes (Tyrone)
	M Vaughan 1–6 (0-5f), A Brogan, B Brogan 1–1 each, C Whelan, C Keaney (0-1f) 0–2 each, T Quinn, G Brennan 0–1 each.		M Tierney 0–7 (0-6f, 0–1 `45'), R Munnelly 1–1, C Parkinson 0–3, B McCormack, P O'Leary, B Sheehan 0–1 each.

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2006 Final	Dublin	1–15 – 0–09	Offaly	Croke Park Attendance: 81,754 Referee: M. Duffy (Sligo)
	T Quinn 0–7 (0-3f), J Sherlock 1–1, A Brogan 0–4, C Keaney 0–3 (0-1f).		N McNamee 0–4 (0-1f), T Deehan, C McManus (0-2f) 0–2 each, A McNamee 0–1.

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2005 Final	Dublin	0–14 – 0–13	Laois	Croke Park Referee: J. McQuillan (Cavan)
	T. Quinn 0-4, B. Cullen 0-3, J. Sherlock 0-2, S. O'Shaughnessy, C. Whelan, C. Moran, A. Brogan, C. Keaney 0-1 each		R. Munnelly 0-5, C. Conway 0-4, N. Garvan, D. Brennan 0-2 each

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2004 Final	Westmeath	0–13 – 0–13	Laois	Croke Park Referee: P. McEnaney (Monaghan)
	D. Glennon 0-5, D. Dolan 0-4, F. Wilson, J. Fallon 0-2 each		B. McDonald, C. Conway 0-3 each, R. Munnelly, S. Cooke 0-2 each, M. Lawlor, K. Fitzpatrick, D. Rooney 0-1 each

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2004 Final Replay	Westmeath	0–12 – 0–10	Laois	Croke Park Referee: M. Monahan (Kildare)
	A. Mangan 0-4, D. Dolan 0-3, D. Glennon 0-2, M. Ennis, B. Morley, F. Wilson 0-1 each		R. Munnelly 0-3, K. Fitzpatrick 0-2, T. Kelly, P. Clancy, B. McDonald, D. Brennan, C. Parkinson 0-1 each

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2003 Final	Laois	2–13 – 1–13	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 81,786 Referee: Seamus McCormack (Meath)
	B McDonald 1–2, R Munnelly 1–1, I Fitzgerald 0–4, T Kelly 0–2, G Kavanagh, P Clancy, B Brennan, D Miller 0–1 each.		J Doyle 0–5 (0-4f), P Murray 0–4 (0-3f), R Sweeney 1–0 pen, S McKenzie-Smyth 0–2, P Brennan, G Ryan 0–1 each.

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2002 Final	Dublin	2–13 – 2–11	Kildare	Croke Park Attendance: 78,000 Referee: M. Collins (Cork)

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2001 Final	Meath	2–11 – 0–14	Dublin	Croke Park Referee: M. Curley (Galway)
	R. Kealy 1-1, G. Geraghty 1-0, E. Kelly, T. Giles 0-3 each, D. Curtis 0-2, O. Murphy, R. Magee 0-1 each		C. Moran 0-4, C. Whelan, D. Farrell, W. McCarthy, 0-3 each, J. Sherlock 0-1

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2000 Final	Kildare	0–14 – 0–14	Dublin	Croke Park

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2000 Final Replay	Kildare	2–11 – 0–12	Dublin	Croke Park

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1999 Final	Meath	1–14 – 0–12	Dublin	Croke Park

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1998 Final	Kildare	1–12 – 0–10	Meath	Croke Park

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1997 Final	Offaly	3–17 – 1–15	Meath	Croke Park

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1996 Final	Meath	0–10 – 0–8	Dublin	Croke Park

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1995 Final	Dublin	1–18 – 1–08	Meath	Croke Park

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1994 Final	Dublin	1–09 – 1–08	Meath	Croke Park

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1993 Final	Dublin	0–11 – 0–07	Kildare	Croke Park

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1992 Final	Dublin	1–13 – 0–10	Kildare	Croke Park

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1991 Final	Meath	1–11 – 0–8	Laois	Croke Park

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1990 Final	Meath	1–14 – 0–14	Dublin	Croke Park

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1989 Final	Dublin	2–12 – 1–10	Meath	Croke Park

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1988 Final	Meath	2–5 – 0–9	Dublin	Croke Park

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1987 Final	Meath	1–13 – 0–12	Dublin	Croke Park

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1986 Final	Meath	0–9 – 0–7	Dublin	Croke Park

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1985 Final	Dublin	0–10 – 0–04	Laois	Croke Park

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1984 Final	Dublin	2–10 – 1–09	Meath	Croke Park

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1983 Final	Dublin	2–13 – 1–11	Offaly	Croke Park

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1982 Final	Offaly	1–16 – 1–7	Dublin	Croke Park

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1981 Final	Offaly	1–18 – 3–9	Laois	Croke Park

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1980 Final	Offaly	1–10 – 1–8	Dublin	Croke Park

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1979 Final	Dublin	1–08 – 0–09	Offaly	Croke Park

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1978 Final	Dublin	1–17 – 1–06	Kildare	Croke Park

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1977 Final	Dublin	1–09 – 0–08	Meath	Croke Park

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1976 Final	Dublin	2–08 – 1–09	Meath	Croke Park

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1975 Final	Dublin	3–13 – 0–08	Kildare	Croke Park

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1974 Final	Dublin	1–14 – 1–09	Meath	Croke Park

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1973 Final	Offaly	3–21 – 2–12	Meath	Croke Park

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1972 Final	Offaly	1–18 – 2–8	Kildare	Croke Park

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1971 Final	Offaly	2–14 – 0–6	Kildare	Croke Park

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1970 Final	Meath	2–22 – 5–12	Offaly	Croke Park

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1969 Final	Offaly	3–7 – 1–8	Kildare	Croke Park

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1968 Final	Longford	3–9 – 1–4	Laois	Croke Park

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1967 Final	Meath	0–8 – 0–6	Offaly	Croke Park

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1966 Final	Meath	1–9 – 1–8	Kildare	Croke Park

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1965 Final	Dublin	3–06 – 0–09	Longford	Croke Park

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1964 Final	Meath	2–12 – 1–7	Dublin	Croke Park

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1963 Final	Dublin	2–11 – 2–09	Laois	Croke Park

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1962 Final	Dublin	2–08 – 1–07	Offaly	Croke Park

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1961 Final	Offaly	1–13 – 1–8	Dublin	Croke Park

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1960 Final	Offaly	0–10 – 1–6	Louth	Croke Park

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1959 Final	Dublin	1–18 – 2–08	Laois	Croke Park

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1958 Final	Dublin	1–11 – 1–06	Louth	Croke Park

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1957 Final	Louth	2–9 – 1–7	Dublin	Croke Park

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1956 Final	Kildare	2–11 – 1–8	Wexford	Croke Park

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1955 Final	Dublin	5–12 – 0–07	Meath	Croke Park

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1954 Final	Meath	4–7 – 2–10	Offaly	Croke Park

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1953 Final	Louth	1–7 – 0–7	Wexford	Croke Park

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1952 Final	Meath	1–6 – 0–8	Louth	Croke Park

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1951 Final	Meath	4–9 – 0–3	Laois	Croke Park

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1950 Final	Louth	1–3 – 1–3	Meath	Croke Park

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1950 Final Replay	Louth	3–5 – 0–13	Meath	Croke Park

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1949 Final	Meath	4–5 – 0–6	Westmeath	Croke Park

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1948 Final	Louth	2–10 – 2–5	Wexford	Croke Park

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1947 Final	Meath	3–7 – 1–7	Loais	Croke Park

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1946 Final	Laois	0–11 – 1–06	Kildare	Croke Park

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1945 Final	Wexford	1–9 – 1–04	Offaly	Croke Park

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1944 Final	Carlow	2–6 – 1–6	Dublin	Athy

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1943 Final	Louth	3–16 – 2–4	Laois	Croke Park

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1942 Final	Dublin	0–08 – 0–06	Carlow	Croke Park

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1941 Final	Dublin	4–06 – 1–04	Carlow	Croke Park

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1940 Final	Meath	2–7 – 1–7	Laois	Croke Park

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1939 Final	Meath	2–7 – 2–3	Wexford	Croke Park

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1938 Final	Laois	2–08 – 1–03	Kildare	Croke Park

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1937 Final	Laois	0–12 – 0–04	Louth	Croke Park

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1936 Final	Laois	3–03 – 0–08	Kildare	Croke Park

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1935 Final	Kildare	0–8 – 0–6	Louth	Croke Park

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1934 Final	Dublin	1–02 – 0–05	Louth	Croke Park

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1934 Final Replay	Dublin	3–02 – 2–05	Louth	Croke Park

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1934 Final Second Replay	Dublin	2–09 – 1–10	Louth	Croke Park

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1933 Final	Dublin	0–09 – 1–04	Wexford	Croke Park

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1932 Final	Dublin	0–08 – 1–05	Wexford	Croke Park

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1932 Final Replay	Dublin	4–06 – 1–05	Wexford	Croke Park

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1931 Final	Kildare	2–9 – 1–6	Westmeath	Croke Park

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1930 Final	Kildare	0–6 – 1–3	Meath	Croke Park

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1930 Final Replay	Kildare	2–6 – 1–2	Meath	Croke Park

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1929 Final	Kildare	2–3 – 0–6	Laois	Croke Park

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1928 Final	Kildare	0–10 – 1–6	Dublin	Croke Park

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1927 Final	Kildare	0–5 – 0–3	Dublin	Croke Park

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1926 Final	Kildare	2–8 – 1–5	Wexford	Croke Park

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1925 Final	Wexford	2–7 – 0–3	Kildare	Croke Park

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1924 Final	Dublin	1–04 – 1–04	Wexford	Croke Park

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1924 Final	Dublin	3–05 – 2–03	Wexford	Croke Park

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1924 Final	Dublin	–		Croke Park

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1923 Final	Dublin	3–05 – 0–00	Meath	Croke Park

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1922 Final	Dublin	1–07 – 0–02	Kilkenny	Croke Park

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1921 Final	Dublin	0–6 – 1–3	Kildare	Croke Park

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1921 Final	Dublin	3–03 – 1–02	Kildare	Croke Park

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1920 Final	Dublin	1–03 – 0–03		Croke Park

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1919 Final	Kildare	1–3 – 1–2	Dublin	Croke Park

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1918 Final	Wexford	2–5 – 1–4	Louth	Croke Park

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1917 Final	Wexford	1–3 – 1–1	Dublin	Croke Park

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1916 Final	Wexford	1–7 – 1–0	Kildare	Croke Park

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1915 Final	Wexford	2–2 – 2–2	Dublin	Croke Park

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1915 Final Replay	Wexford	2–5 – 1–4	Dublin	Croke Park

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1914 Final	Wexford	3–6 – 0–1	Louth	Croke Park

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1913 Final	Wexford	2–3 – 2–2	Louth	Croke Park

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1912 Final	Louth	1–2 – 1–1	Dublin	Croke Park

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1911 Final	Kilkenny	2–4 – 1–1	Meath	Inchicore

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1910 Final	Louth	0–3 – 0–0	Dublin	Croke Park

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1909 Final	Louth	2–9 – 0–4	Kilkenny	Croke Park

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1908 Final	Dublin	1–7 – 0–3	Kildare	Croke Park

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1907 Final	Dublin	1–11 – 0–4	Offaly	Croke Park

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1906 Final	Dublin	1–9 – 0–8	Kildare	Croke Park

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1905 Final	Kildare	0–12 – 1–7	Louth	Croke Park

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1904 Final	Dublin	0–5 – 0–1	Kilkenny	Croke Park

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1903 Final	Kildare	1–2 – 0–5	Kilkenny	Croke Park

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1903 Final Replay (disputed)	Kildare	1–6 – 1–5	Kilkenny	Croke Park

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1903 Final Second Replay	Kildare	0–9 – 0–1	Kilkenny	Croke Park

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1902 Final (Unfinished)	Dublin	2–4 – 0–2	Wexford	Croke Park

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1902 Final	Dublin	1–5 – 0–5	Wexford	Croke Park

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1901 Final	Dublin	1–9 – 0–1	Wexford	Kilkenny

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1900 Final	Kilkenny	0–12 – 0–2	Louth	Inchicore

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1899 Final	Dublin	1–7 – 0–3	Wexford	Croke Park

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1898 Final	Dublin	2–6 – 0–0	Wexford	Croke Park

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1897 Final	Dublin	1–9 – 0–3	Wicklow	Croke Park

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1896 Final	Dublin	2–4 – 1–5	Meath	Croke Park

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1895 Final	Meath	0–6 – 0–2	Dublin	Croke Park

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1894 Final	Dublin	0–4 – 0–4	Meath	Croke Park

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1894 Final Replay	Dublin	0–2 – 0–2	Meath	Croke Park

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1894 Final Second Replay	Dublin	1–8 – 1–2	Meath	Croke Park

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1893 Final (unfinish, Wexford awarded title)	Wexford	0–1 – 0–5	Kilkenny	Croke Park

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1892 Final	Dublin	w/o – scr.	Louth	Clonturk

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1891 Final	Dublin	w/o – scr.	Kildare	Clonturk

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1890 Final	Wexford	1–3 – 1–2	Dublin	Croke Park

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1889 Final	Laois	0–3 – 0–2	Louth	Inchicore

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1888 Final	Kilkenny	1–4 – 0–2	Wexford	Inchicore

References

1. ^ Irishtimes (12 July 2010), Rough justice for heartbroken Louth. Joe Sheridan throws the ball into the Louth net to win the Leinster title for Meath, http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/gaa/2010/0711/1224274490689.html, retrieved 12 July 2010 
2. ^ Irish Independent (12 July 2010), fair play exists in the gaa, Louth should get their replay, http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/eugene-mcgee/eugene-mcgee-if-fair-play-exists-in-the-gaa-louth-should-get-their-replay-2254833.html, retrieved 12 July 2010 
3. ^ Irish Examiner (12 July 2010), Giles calls for replay, http://www.hoganstand.com/Louth/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=131906, retrieved 12 July 2010 
4. ^ Hogan Stand (14 July 2010), Louth board say matter is closed, http://www.hoganstand.com/Louth/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=132211, retrieved 14 July 2010 
5. ^ GAA (16 July 2010), Gaelic Athletic Association. Official Guide- Part 2, http://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/official_guides/Official_Guide_2009_Part2_100110194036.pdf, retrieved 16 July 2010