The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 79th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament. The championship began on 2 May 1965 and ended on 26 September 1965.
Limerick rejoin the Munster football championship for the first time since 1952.
The decider was a repeat of the 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, between Galway and Kerry. There was no change in the outcome as Galway defeated Kerry again by 0-12 to 0-09. It was Galway’s second title in succession, on their way to "Three In A Row".
Provincial Championships format changes
Connacht Championship format change
The Connacht championship, instead of the normal system, has two quarter-finals and one semi-final instead of the usual one quarter-final and two semi-finals for just one year. All-Ireland champions Galway received a bye to the Connacht final meaning that Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo and Leitrim would be in separate quarter-finals. The winners of the two games would play in a lone semi-final while the semi-final winner would play Galway.
Leinster Championship format change
The Leinster championship dropped the second round after one year in 1965. The preliminary round winners went on to the quarter-finals.
Results
Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Dublin v Wexford
30 May 1965 Quarter-final | Dublin | 2-11 – 1-7 | Wexford | Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow |
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J Keaveney 1-3, M Whelan 0-4, T Donnelly 1-0, B McDonald 0-2 (0-1f), G Davey and D Mulligan 0-1 each |
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W Foley 0-4 (0-3f), S Sheridan 0-2, P Wilson 0-1 |
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Semi-finals
Dublin v Kildare
20 June 1965 Semi-final | Dublin | 1-11 – 0-5 | Kildare | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
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J Timmons 0-7 (0-1f), Donal Mulligan 1-0, C Leaney 0-2, N Fox and B McDonald 0-1 each |
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J McKenna, P Dunny, B Judge, N Madigan, K Kelly (0-1f) 0-1 each |
Attendance: 18,004 |
Final
Dublin v Longford
25 July 1965 Final | Dublin | 3-6 – 0-9 | Longford | Croke Park, Dublin |
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Jimmy Keaveney 1-1, Des Foley and Brian McDonald 1-0 each John Timmons (0-1f) and Gerry Davey 0-1 each |
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Sean Murray 0-4f, Jimmy Hannify 0-2, Jackie Devine, Mick Hopkins, Sean Donnelly 0-1 each |
Attendance: 30,120 Referee: Paddy Hughes (Louth) |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Kerry v Clare
13 June 1965 Semi-final | Kerry | 2-10 – 1-6 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
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B O'Callaghan 1-3, M O'Dwyer 0-4, V Lucey 1-0, M Fleming 0-1, M O'Connell 0-1, D Geaney 0-1. |
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J Cleary 1-0, P McMahon 0-3, T Mangain 0-1, T Mee 0-1, P Tubridy 0-1. |
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Final
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Semi-finals
Kerry v Dublin
8 August 1965 Semi-final | Kerry | 4-8 – 2-6 | Dublin | Croke Park, Dublin |
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D. O'Sullivan 0-1, M. O'Connell 0-1, Denis O'Sullivan 0-1, D. O'Shea 1-1, J.J. Barrett 0-1, B. O'Callaghan 1-3, M. O'Dwyer 2-0. |
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Final
Galway v Kerry
26 September 1965 Final | Galway | 0-12 – 0-9 | Kerry | Croke Park, Dublin |
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C Dunne 0-4, S Leydon 0-3, J Keenan 0-2, J Donnellan 0-2, M Garrett 0-1. |
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B O'Callaghan 0-6, M O'Connell 0-2, M O'Dwyer 0-1. |
Attendance: 77,735 Referee: M Loftus (Mayo) |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- On 16 May 1965, Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary hosted its first match for 23 years the Munster Quarter-final meeting between Limerick vs Waterford their first meeting between them in 31 years as Limerick get into back in the Munster football championship for the first time since 1952 after recording wins over Waterford and Cork but lost Munster final to Kerry who made an historic 8th Munster title in a row.
- Longford reach their first Leinster final but are beaten by Dublin.
- Galway win the All Ireland title for 2 in a row another 3 in a row of Connacht titles.
Top scorers
- Overall
- Single game
Rank
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Tally
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Total
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Opposition
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Pre-1928 | |
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Beginning of Sam Maguire | |
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80-minute experiment | |
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Qualifiers and quarter-finals era | |
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Associated competitions | |
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Statistics and awards | |
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