1938 Kerry Senior Football Championship
DatesMay - 27 November 1933
Teams10[1]
Champions Dingle (1st title)
Jimmy McKenna (captain)
Runners-up North Kerry
Con Brosnan (captain)
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The 1938 Kerry Senior Football Championship was the 38th staging of the Kerry Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889.[2]

Boherbee John Mitchels entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by North Kerry in the semi-finals.[3][4]

The final was played on 27 November 1938 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Dingle and North Kerry, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Dingle won the match by 3–03 to 2–05 to claim their first ever championship title.[5]

Results

Semi-finals

28 August 1938 Semi-final North Kerry 2-06 - 1-07 Boherbee John Mitchels Austin Stack Park
28 August 1938 Semi-final Dingle 0-09 - 0-08 Strand Street O'Rahilly's Austin Stack Park

Final

27 November 1938 Final Dingle 3-03 - 2-05 North Kerry Austin Stack Park

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ "1938". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ "The beginning". Laune Rangers GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Club Titles - Kerry". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ^ "About ckub". John Mitchels GAA website. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Brosnans keen to emulate success of their forefathers". Irish Independent. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
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