The following is a list of goalscorers in All-Ireland Senior Football Championship finals. See List of FIFA World Cup final goalscorers a similar list but in soccer not Gaelic football
Scoring in Gaelic games: Most scores are points but there are goals too.
The last final to finish goalless was in 2022.
The first ever goal in a final was scored by William Spain twelve minutes from the end of the 1887 final.[1] Billy Mackessy scored the first hat-trick in the 1911 final. Dean Rock holds the record for the fastest goal scored in the history of All-Ireland SFC finals, after sending the ball past David Clarke directly from the throw-in of the 2020 final, breaking Kerryman Garry McMahon's record which had stood since the 1962 final.[2]
Goalless finals
[edit]Complete list of goalless finals.
1910 (was not played)
1952 replay
1988 replay
2000 drawn game
Finals goalscorers
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Pre-1928
[edit]Year | Detail |
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1887 | William Spain for Limerick, 12' from the end[1] |
1889 | 3 goals for Tipperary |
1890 | 2 goals for Cork |
1891 | 2 goals for Dublin; 1 goal for Cork |
1892 | 1 goal for Dublin, with ten minutes to go |
1893 | 1 goal for Wexford |
1894 (1) | 1 goal for Dublin |
1894 (2) | 1 goal for Cork |
1896 | Bill Murphy for Limerick |
1897 | William Guiry X2 for Dublin |
1898 | Joe Ledwidge X2 for Dublin |
1899 | 1 goal for Dublin, in the first half |
1900 | 3 goals for Tipp |
1902 | 2 goals for Dublin, in the first half |
1905 | Jack Connolly for Kildare |
1908 | 1 goal for Dublin |
1909 | Johnny Skinner for Kerry |
1911 | 1 goal for Antrim, followed by 6 goals for Cork that included a Billy Mackessy hat-trick the first in an All Ireland Football final |
1912 | 1 goal apiece for Antrim and Louth |
1913 | Dick Fitzgerald, Johnny Skinner for Kerry |
1914 (1) | 2 goals for Wexford; 1 goal for Kerry |
1914 (2) | 2 goals for Kerry |
1915 | Jim and Aidan Byrne for Wexford; Dick Fitzgerald and Denis Doyle for Kerry |
1916 | 3 goals for Wexford; 1 goal for Mayo |
1919 | 2 goals for Kildare, by Frank "Joyce" Conlan and Jim O'Connor |
1920 | Frank Burke for Dublin; Tommy Powell for Tipp |
1920 | Bill Fitzsimmons for Dublin |
1923 | P. J. Kirwan for Dublin; 1 other goal for Kerry (Brosnan) |
1925 | 3 goals for Galway; 1 goal for Cavan |
1926 (1) | Bill Gorman for Kerry |
1926 (2) | Tom O'Mahoney for Kerry |
1928 to 1969: Introduction of the Sam Maguire Cup
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1928 | 2 goals for Kildare; 2 goals for Cavan |
1929 | 1 goal for Kerry by Ned Sweeney, 1 for Kildare |
1930 | John Joe Landers, John Joe Sheehy Ned Sweeney for Kerry |
1931 | Paul Russell for Kerry |
1932 | Bill Landers and Paul Russell for Kerry |
1933 | Louis Blessing and "Son" Magee for Cavan (both first half); 2 other goals for Galway |
1934 | Michael Ferriter X2, Martin Kelly for Galway; 1 other goal for Dublin |
1935 | 3 goals for Cavan; 2 goals for Kildare |
1936 | 4 goals for Mayo including a Paddy Munnelly hat-trick |
1937 (1) | 3 goals for Kerry; 1 goal for Cavan |
1937 (2) | 4 goals for Kerry by Timmy O'Leary (2) Miko Doyle and John Joe Landers; 1 goal for Cavan |
1938 (1) | 3 goals for Galway; 2 goals for Kerry |
1938 (2) | 2 goals for Galway |
1939 | 2 goals for Kerry by Dan Spring; 2 goals for Meath |
1940 | Joe Duggan for Galway (just before half-time) |
1941 | Tom O'Connor for Kerry |
1942 | Paddy O'Connor for Dublin (10th minute); 1 other goal for Galway |
1943 (1) | 1 goal apiece for Cavan and Roscommon |
1943 (2) | 2 goals apiece for Cavan and Roscommon |
1944 | Frankie Kinlough for Roscommon; 2 goals for Kerry |
1945 | Derry Beckett and Mick Tubridy for Cork |
1946 (1) | 2 goals for Kerry by Paddy Burke and Tom O'Connor; 1 goal for Roscommon |
1946 (2) | 2 goals for Kerry also by Paddy Burke and Tom O'Connor |
1947 | 2 goals for Cavan; 2 goals for Kerry |
1948 | 3 first-half goals for Cavan, 1 second-half goal for Cavan; 4 second-half goals for Mayo |
1949 | 1 goal for Meath; 1 goal for Cavan (both second-half) |
1950 | Peter Solan(?) and Seán Flanagan(?) for Mayo; 1 goal for Louth |
1951 | Tom Langan and Joe Gilvarry for Mayo |
1952 (1) | 2 goals for Cavan; 1 goal for Meath (none in replay) |
1953 | Mal McEvoy for Armagh (early) |
1954 | Tom Moriarty for Meath; 1 goal for Kerry |
1955 | Ollie Freaney for Dublin |
1956 | Frank Stockwell X2 for Galway (both first half); Johnny Creedon and Denis Kelleher X2 for Cork (second half) |
1957 | Tom Furlong for Cork; possible own goal? for Louth |
1958 | Owen Gribben and Paddy Farnan for Dublin |
1959 | Dan McAuliffe X2, Garry McMahon for Kerry; 1 other goal for Galway |
1960 | 2 goals for Down; Dan McCartan (11 minutes into the second half), Paddy Doherty two minutes later from a (p) |
1961 | Mike Casey and Peter Daly for Offaly; followed by three goals for Down, all before half-time |
1962 | Garry MacMahon for Kerry after 35 seconds; 1 goal for Roscommon |
1963 | Simon Behan for Dublin |
1966 | Mattie McDonagh for Galway, after 21 minutes |
1967 | Terry Kearns for Meath, six minutes after the restart |
1968 | Seán O'Neill and John Murphy for Down, before eight minutes had been played; Brendan Lynch (late) for Kerry |
1970 to 2000
[edit]Year | Detail |
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1970 | Din Joe Crowley and Mick Gleeson for Kerry, both late in the game |
1971 | Murt Connor for Offaly; 2 others for Galway |
1972 (1) | 1 goal each for Offaly and Kerry |
1972 (2) | Paddy Fenning for Offaly;[3] none for Kerry |
1973 | Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Cork, after 2 minutes; Tom Naughton for Galway, second half; 1 other Galway goal, second half; Jimmy Barry-Murphy for Cork, second half; Jimmy Barrett for Cork, second half |
1974 | Michael Rooney for Galway, first half |
1975 | John Egan for Kerry, Ger O'Driscoll for Kerry |
1976 | John McCarthy, Jimmy Keaveney, Brian Mullins (all for Dublin) |
1977 | Jimmy Keaveney (X2) and three other goals for Dublin; Joe Kernan (X2) and 1 other goal for Armagh |
1978 | John Egan for Kerry,[citation needed] Mikey Sheehy for Kerry,[citation needed] Eoin Liston X3 for Kerry[4] |
1979 | 3 goals for Kerry; 1 goal for Dublin |
1980 | John 'Jigger' O'Connor for Roscommon, after 35 seconds; Mikey Sheehy for Kerry |
1981 | Jack O'Shea for Kerry |
1982 | Séamus Darby for Offaly, last minute |
1983 | Barney Rock for Dublin; Stephen Joyce for Galway |
1984 | Barney Rock for Dublin |
1985 | Jack O'Shea for Kerry (after 11 minutes); Joe McNally X2 for Dublin (second half), Timmy O'Dowd for Kerry (afterwards) |
1986 | Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy |
1987 | Colm O'Rourke |
1988 (1) | 1 goal for Cork (none in replay) |
1989 | Anthony Finnerty for Mayo (in the 38th minute) |
1991 | 1 goal for Down, 1 goal for Meath |
1993 | Séamus Downey for Derry; 2 goals for Cork |
1994 | James McCarten for Down |
1995 | Charlie Redmond (late in the first half)[5] |
1996 (1) | 1 for Mayo |
1996 (2) | Trevor Giles (p) for Meath and Tommy Dowd for Meath; 1 for Mayo |
1997 | 1 for Mayo |
1998 | Dermot Earley Jnr for Kildare (first half), Pádraic Joyce for Galway (second half, before 50th minute) |
1999 | Joe Kavanagh for Cork (start of second half); 1 other for Meath |
2000 (2) | Declan Meehan for Galway in the 6th minute |
2001 to present
[edit]Year | Detail |
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2002 | Oisín McConville for Armagh (54')[6] |
2004 | 1 for Kerry (first half); 1 for Mayo (first half); 1 for Mayo (second half) |
2005 | Peter Canavan for Tyrone; Dara Ó Cinnéide for Kerry; Tomás Ó Sé for Kerry |
2006 | Declan O'Sullivan for Kerry (7'); Kieran Donaghy for Kerry (9'); Kevin O'Neill for Mayo (16'); Colm Cooper for Kerry (26'); Pat Harte for Mayo (34'); Kevin O'Neill for Mayo (soon after; before half-time); Eoin Brosnan for Kerry (second half injury time)[7] |
2007 | Colm Cooper for Kerry; Kieran Donaghy X2 for Kerry; Daniel Goulding for Cork |
2008 | Tommy McGuigan for Tyrone |
2009 | Colm O'Neill for Cork |
Year | Player | Team | Score | Minute | Result | Report | Ref |
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2009 | Colm O'Neill | Cork | 10' | 1–9 (12) – 0–16 (16) | [8] | ||
2011 | Colm Cooper | Kerry | 1–12 (15) – 1–11 (14) | ||||
Kevin McManamon | Dublin | ||||||
2012 | Michael Murphy | Donegal | 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0) | 3' | 2–11 (17) – 0–13 (13) | ||
Colm McFadden | Donegal | 2–1 (7) - 0-0 (0) | 11' | ||||
2013 | Bernard Brogan | Dublin | 2–12 (18) – 1–14 (17) | ||||
Bernard Brogan (2) | Dublin | ||||||
Andy Moran[9] | Mayo | ||||||
2014 | Paul Geaney | Kerry | 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0) | 1' | 2–9 (15) – 0–12 (12) | [10] | |
Kieran Donaghy | Kerry | ||||||
2016 (1) | Kevin McLoughlin | Dublin | 1–0 (3) - 0-2 (2) | 9' (o.g.) | 2–9 (15) – 0–15 (15) | [11] | |
Colm Boyle | Dublin | 2–0 (6) - 0-4 (14) | 23' (o.g.) | ||||
2016 (2) | Lee Keegan | Mayo | 1–4 (7) - 0-6 (6) | 18' | 1–15 (18) – 1–14 (17) | Report | [12] |
Diarmuid Connolly | Dublin | 42' (p) | |||||
2017 | Con O'Callaghan | Dublin | 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0) | 3' | 1–17 (20) – 1–16 (19) | [13] | |
Lee Keegan | Mayo | 1–12 (15) - 1-11 (14) | 53' | ||||
2018 | Paul Mannion | Dublin | 1–3 (6) - 0-5 (5) | 20' (p) | 2–17 (23) – 1–14 (17) | [14] | |
Niall Scully | Dublin | 2–5 (11) - 0-7 (7) | 27' | ||||
Peter Harte | Tyrone | 2–14 (20) - 1-12 (15) | 65' (p) | ||||
2019 (1) | Jack McCaffrey | Dublin | 1–4 (7) - 0-5 (5) | 19' | 1–16 (19) – 1–16 (19) | Report | [15] |
Killian Spillane | Kerry | 1–14 (17) - 1-12 (15) | 56' | ||||
2019 (2) | Eoin Murchan | Dublin | 1–10 (13) - 0-10 (10) | 36' | 1–18 (21) – 0–15 (15) | Report | [16] |
2020 | Dean Rock | Dublin | 1–0 (3) - 0-0 (0) | 1' | 2–14 (20) – 0–15 (15) | [17] | |
Con O'Callaghan | Dublin | 23' | |||||
2021 | Cathal McShane | Tyrone | 1–10 (13) - 0-9 (9) | 46' | 2–14 (20) – 0–15 (15) | [18] | |
Darren McCurry | Tyrone | 2–10 (16) - 0-11 (11) | between 58' and 61' | ||||
2022 | Paul Geaney | Kerry | end of first half | 1–15 (18) – 1–13 (16) | |||
Paddy Small | Dublin | 46' | |||||
2024 | Aaron McKay[19] | Armagh | 47' | 1–11 (14) – 0–13 (13) | [20] |
Men with multiple goals
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They include (list probably not complete):
Men who scored penalties
[edit]A comprehensive list of all penalties taken in All-Ireland finals was published in the Irish Independent in 2024.[21]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Spain, William". Dictionary of Irish Biography. October 2009.
- ^ "Rock smashes fastest goal record in All-Ireland SFC final". Hogan Stand. 19 December 2020.
- ^ Barry, Stephen (15 May 2020). "Offaly All-Ireland winner Paddy Fenning passes away after illness". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Bomber fears for his young successor". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 1 August 2006.
- ^ Keane, Paul (31 August 2018). "Charlie Redmond remembers infamous red card: 'There's two fellas getting the gate here or nobody'". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Armagh are champions". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 September 2002.
- ^ Cahill, Jackie (18 September 2006). "Rule by Kingdom; Mayo flop as Kerry prove they are still masters with 34th title Kerry". Daily Mirror.
- ^ "Cork 1-09 Kerry 0-16 - As It Happened". RTÉ Sport. 20 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-24. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- ^ Potts, Seán. "Blue Wave begins". Decades of the Dubs: 2010–2014. The Herald. p. 5.
…The 2013 final mightn't have reached the same dramatic heights … but Andy Moran's second half goal kept Mayo in the game…
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC final: Kerry 2-9 0-12 Donegal". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC final : Dublin 2-9 0-15 Mayo". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC final: Dublin edge out heartbroken Mayo in replay at Croke Park". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC Final: Dublin 1-17 Mayo 1-16". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC final: Dublin beat Tyrone 2-17 to 1-14 to secure fourth title in a row". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "All-Ireland Football Final: Dublin and Kerry must replay after thrilling draw". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Barry, Brain (14 September 2019). "Dublin complete drive for five, recap: Dublin's All-Ireland final win over Kerry, as it happened!". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Fogarty, John (19 December 2020). "Dublin dash Mayo dreams to seal sixth All-Ireland in a row". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ O'Brien, Kevin (11 September 2021). "As it happened: Mayo v Tyrone, All-Ireland Football Final". The42.ie. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Armagh roar goes up as McKay hits Galway net". Hogan Stand. 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Armagh hold on in dramatic finish against Galway to clinch first All-Ireland SFC title in 22 years". Hogan Stand. 28 July 2024.
- ^ Keys, Colm (27 July 2024). "On the spot – The penalties that made and broke All-Ireland final dreams". Irish Independent.