Who Has Lost The Most All Ireland Football Finals?

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  • Kerry have lost 23 finals;
  • Cork have lost 16 finals;
  • Dublin have lost 13 finals;
  • Galway have lost 13 finals;
  • Mayo have lost 15 finals.

How many All-Ireland finals have Mayo lost?

Most notably, Mayo have appeared in

eleven finals

since winning their last title in 1951, losing them all (1989, 1996 after a replay, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2016 after a replay, 2017, 2020 and 2021); this is the longest unbroken sequence of losing finals in the history of the competition.

How many All-Ireland football finals have Kerry lost?

It has won the competition on 37 occasions, including two four-in-a-rows (1929–1932, 1978–1981) and two three-in-a-rows (1939–1941, 1984–1986). It has also lost more finals than any other county (

23

).

Who won most all Irelands?

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship No. of teams 33 Title holders Tyrone (4th title) Most titles

Kerry

(37 titles)
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Who lost the All-Ireland Championship in Gaelic football in 2020?

Their grief continued as the team lost to

Tyrone

2-14 to 0-15 in the final at Dublin’s Croke Park stadium – the first time Tyrone had beaten Mayo in the past 13 years. The curse of Mayo: can Ireland’s unluckiest side end a 70-year run?

What player has won the most All-Ireland football medals?

Player Team Finals won
Michael Darragh MacAuley

Dublin 8
James McCarthy Dublin 8 Philly McMahon Dublin 8 Kevin McManamon Dublin 8

What county has lost the most All-Ireland hurling finals?


Kilkenny

have also been runners-up the most times, losing the final twenty-five times. The province of Munster has provided the most champions, with seventy-one wins between all six counties. The current champions are Limerick, who beat Cork in the 2021 final at Croke Park.

Who has won the Sam Maguire the most?


Kerry

won the trophy on the most occasions. They were also the only team to win it on four consecutive occasions, achieving the feat twice -first during the late-1920s and early-1930s (1929, 1930, 1931, 1932), and later during the late-1970s and early 1980s (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981).

Who won All-Ireland 2021?

Championship details Teams 31 All-Ireland Champions Winning team

Tyrone

(4th win)
Captain Pádraig Hampsey

Who won the All-Ireland in 1957?

All-Ireland Champions Winning team

Louth

(3rd win)
Captain Dermot O’Brien Manager Jim “Sogger” Quigley Provincial Champions

Has the last Mayo man died?

Mayo’s last All-Ireland football winner

Paddy Prendergast

dies aged 95. Paddy Prendergast, former winner of the All-Ireland Football Championship with Mayo, has died aged 95.

Are any of the Mayo 1951 still alive?

THE death has been announced of Paddy Prendergast, the final surviving member of the last Mayo team to achieve All-Ireland senior football glory 70 years ago. …

Dr Mick Loftus is the last surviving member of the Mayo panel

from 1951, although the former GAA president didn’t feature in the decider against Meath.

How many All-Ireland have Cork won?

The county currently lies second in the all-time roll of honour in terms of All-Ireland SHC titles, having won its

30th in 2005

. Cork has won the Munster SHC title 51 times, more than any other team in the province. Cork also lies second in the National League roll of honour, after winning its 14th title in 1998.

Was Mick Loftus on the 1951 Mayo team?

Mr Prendergast was the last living member of the 1951 Mayo starting team. One member of the county’s panel, former GAA president Dr Mick Loftus, was

a substitute on the side

and lives today in his native Crossmolina.

What man has the most All-Ireland medals?

Email “

Rena Buckley

makes GAA history with an incredible 18 All-Ireland medals”.

Which Dublin player has the most All-Ireland medals?

If you stretch collections of All-Ireland medals out to just brothers, than the Spillanes from Templenoe in Kerry,

Pat, Mick and Tom

, are the gold standard with 19. Pat won eight, Mick seven, and Tom four. Close behind them come the Ó Sé clan of the Gaeltacht – Darragh (6), Tomás (5) and Marc (5) – with 16.

Who won eight All-Ireland football medals?


Dublin

won an eight All-Ireland title in ten years after defeating James Horan’s Mayo once again. The win meant they sealed the six-in-a-row and there seems to be no end in sight for this incredible team.

Who won All-Ireland hurling 2019?

Championship details Winning team

Tipperary

(28th win)
Captain Séamus Callanan Manager Liam Sheedy All-Ireland Finalists

What player has the most All-Ireland hurling titles?

Player No. Championships
Richie Power

8 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Eoin Larkin 8 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 Eddie Brennan 8 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Frank Cummins 8 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983

Has Waterford ever won the All-Ireland?

The All-Ireland senior hurling final saw Waterford lining out in only their fourth ever championship decider. They last played in the All-Ireland final two years earlier in 1957 when they were defeated by Kilkenny. Waterford last won the title in

1948

when they defeated Dublin.

Which county has never won an All Ireland?

Least successful counties

There are eight counties that have never been represented in a Senior All-Ireland Final. These are

Carlow, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Sligo, Westmeath, Wicklow, and Longford

.

Who has won the O’Duffy Cup the most?

All Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Founded 1932 Trophy O’Duffy Cup Title holders Galway (4th title) Most titles

Cork

(28 titles)

Did Monaghan ever won an All Ireland?

Monaghan’s home ground is St Tiernach’s Park, Clones. The team’s manager is Séamus McEnaney. The team last won the Ulster Senior Championship in 2015 and the National League in 1985.

The team has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship

.

Who won the first ever All-Ireland football final?

The first finals played at what is now Croke Park took place in March 1896 with

Tipperary

successful in both codes, beating Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Hurling Final and Meath in the All-Ireland Football Final.

Who won All-Ireland hurling 2021?


Limerick

won the game by 3-32 to 1-22 to claim their third All-Ireland title in four years. This final marked the highest winning score ever achieved in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling final, surpassing Kilkenny’s previous record set in the 2008 final.

Who did Mayo beat in 1951?

Prendergast lined out in defence for Mayo when they defeated

Meath

in the 1951 All-Ireland senior final by 2-8 to 0-9. The year before he occupied the same position as Mayo were crowned the Sam Maguire winners after their 2-5 to 1-6 success over Louth. He had also played in the 1948 final when Mayo lost out to Cavan.

Who won the All-Ireland hurling in 1920?

This is

the Dublin (Faughs)

team that won the 1920 GAA Hurling All-Ireland title. Dublin beat Cork (Selection) on the score of 4-9 to 4-3 in the final, played at Croke Park on May 14, 1922.

How many All Irelands have Wexford won?

The county football team has won

five All

-Ireland Senior Football Championships, with the most recent win achieved in 1918.

How many hurling All Irelands have Clare won?

Clare has won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

four times

in its history. The county won its first title in 1914 and it took another 81 years for them to win their next title in 1995, which remains the record wait for a successive title in Senior Championship history.

When did Mayo last win the All-Ireland?

Paddy Prendergast, the final surviving member of the last Mayo team to win the All-Ireland senior football title has died aged 95. The Ballintubber native was full back on the Mayo team who claimed back to back All-Ireland triumphs in

1950

and 1951.

How many All Irelands have Cavan won?

Cavan have the most successful county football team in Ulster, having won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

five times

, the Ulster Senior Football Championship 40 times, and the National Football League once.

What age is Paddy Prendergast Mayo?

Personal information Sport Gaelic football Position Full-back Born 1926 Ballintubber, County Mayo, Ireland Died 26 September 2021 (aged

95

) Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

How many cursed Mayo players are left?

The priest supposedly put a curse on Mayo, that they would not win another title until all of the team had died. Since the deaths of Pádraig Carney in 2019 and Paddy Prendergast in 2021, only

one member of the 1951 team remain living

– Mick Loftus, though he was a sub and did not play on the day.

Who did Mayo beat in 1950?

All-Ireland Championship

FINAL: Mayo 2-5

Louth

1-6 (Croke Park, 24/9/1950).

Is the Mayo curse lifted?

It has been 70 years since the Mayo Senior Men’s Football team lifted the Sam Maguire Cup, and if GAA lore is to be believed, the reason for their dry spell is an infamous curse that was placed on them. It might sound barking mad that a team could be cursed, but

Mayo hasn’t won the All-Ireland Final since 1951

.

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