1964–65 National Football League (Ireland)

1964–65 National Football League
League details
Dates	October 1964 – 4 July 1965
League champions
Winners	Galway (3rd win)
Captain	John Donnellan
League runners-up
Runners-up	New York
Captain	Kenny Finn
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 National Football League was the 34th staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Galway won the home competition with a win over Kerry in the final. The play-off with New York was now two-legged: the hosts won the first game with a last-minute point, but on Independence Day Galway won in a rout.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Down v. Galway in the home semi-final match

Results

Finals

Galway v Kerry

16 May 1965
Home Final

Galway	1-7 – 0-8	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 47,191
Referee: Mick Loftus (Mayo)

New York v Galway

27 June 1965
Final, first leg

New York	0-8 – 1-4	Galway

Gaelic Park, New York City
Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)^[6]

New York v Galway

4 July 1965
Final, second leg

New York	0-9 – 3-8	Galway

Gaelic Park, New York City
Attendance: 12,215
Referee: Liam Maguire (Cavan)^[7]

Galway win 24–17 on aggregate.

References

↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ GAA Archives
↑ Chicago Tribune 28 June 1965, Section 3, Page 3, 1st column
↑ Terrace Talk 1965
↑ "Galway Takes Football Title Before 12,215 at Gaelic Park" - New York Times
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151
↑ "For The Record, A History of the National Football and Hurling League Finals", Tom Morrison, Collins Press, 2002, ISBN 9781903464151

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Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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