1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team Galway (5th win)
Captain John Donnellan
Provincial Champions
Munster Kerry
Leinster Meath
Ulster Cavan
Connacht Galway
Championship statistics
Player of the Year Noel Tierney (Galway)
1963
1965

The 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was played from May to September 1964. 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".

Results

Connacht

7 June 1964
Quarter-Final
Roscommon 1-8 – 2-5 Leitrim

21 June 1964
Quarter-Final, 1st Replay
Roscommon 1-10 – 1-10 Leitrim

28 June 1964
Quarter-Final, 2nd Replay
Roscommon 5-9 – 1-10 Leitrim
Carrick-on-Shannon
Attendance: 10,000

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

28 June 1964
Semi-Final
Mayo 3-9 – 1-7 Roscommon
Castlebar
Attendance: 15,000

19 July 1964
Final
Galway 2-12 – 1-5 Mayo
Tuam
Attendance: 30,000

Leinster

1964
Round 2
Louth 1-10 – 1-6 Wexford

14 June 1964
Quarter-Final
Louth 1-9 – 1-4 Offaly
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Referee: P Kelly

26 July 1964
Final
Meath 2-12 – 1-7 Dublin
Croke Park
Attendance: 57,000

Munster

14 June 1964
Semi-Final
Cork 2-8 – 1-2 Waterford

28 June 1964
Semi-Final
Kerry 1-14 – 1-7 Tipperary

19 July 1964
Final
Kerry 2-11 – 1-8 Cork

Ulster

31 May 1964
Preliminary Round
Antrim 1-9 – 0-2 Tyrone

7 June 1964
Quarter-Final
Donegal 1-10 – 0-7 Fermanagh
Irvinestown
Attendance: 3,000

14 June 1964
Quarter-Final
Cavan 3-9 – 2-3 Derry
Cavan
Attendance: 2,000

14 June 1964
Quarter-Final
Antrim 2-6 – 1-8 Armagh

21 June 1964
Quarter-Final
Down 2-9 – 1-6 Monaghan

28 June 1964
Semi-Final
Cavan 1-9 – 0-7 Donegal
Irvinestown
Attendance: 8,000

5 July 1964
Semi-Final
Down 2-8 – 1-9 Antrim
St. Tiernach's Park, Clones

19 July 1964
Final
Cavan 2-10 – 1-10 Down
Belfast
Attendance: 30,000

All-Ireland Championship

9 August 1964
Semi-Final
Galway 1-8 - 0-9 Meath

23 August 1964
Semi-Final
Kerry 2-12 - 0-6 Cavan

27 September 1964
Final
Galway 0-15 - 0-10 Kerry
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 76,498
Referee: J. Hatton (Wicklow)